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Four Nations Flying Tour

A dramatic "follow the weather" microlight tour visiting friends and family in Gatwick, Norfolk and the Lake District, taking in France and Wales for good measure. A bit of a photographic challenge to produce anything worthwhile through the near permanent haze layer below us, but I've tried. (Oh - a serious little footnote for any of my students reading this: despite appearances and my captions, we were at all times in sight of the surface.)
17th October 2015, 45 photos

The Dust Settles

Watching the Cockenzie chimneys come down from 1800 feet above.
26th September 2015, 4 photos

Dad's 80th

Dad's 80th birthday lunch at Craigmillar Park Golf Club - a lovely bunch of "seniors" together with James, Ann, Kim and me.
6th September 2015, 21 photos

The Flying Grannies

Kim and I flew our mums to Bute for a pub lunch - the first "proper" mircolight trip for both of them. Mum loved it all. Madeline, er, endured it!!
16th August 2015, 5 photos

All Over Arran

Wonderful 3 nights' camping at the "cool" Seal Shore campsite - cycled our usual 68 miles route taking in the 3 big climbs - and numerous others (it's Arran!!). Then another long day climbing Goatfell from Sannox via the scrambly Cioch na h-Oighe peak. Finally, we cycled from Lochranza, over the Mull of Kintyre, to the north tip of Gigha and returned the same route in blue skies and warm sunshine.
13th August 2015, 16 photos

Air Show 2015

The EOSM team attend the 2015 East Fortune Air Show with the Red Arrows, the Eurofighter Typhoon, the P&M Quik Lite and assorted others.
25th July 2015, 17 photos

Going Ape and Hay Stacks

A short school holiday Lake District break to camp at Buttermere, climb Hay Stacks and Go Ape at Whinlatter.
17th July 2015, 12 photos

Snowdon and Snowdonia

A week in northwest Wales visiting various attractions and with a mission to bag Snowdon when the weather allowed and give James his biggest climb to date.
10th July 2015, 48 photos

Only Snowdon

With James and Kim on the Pyg Track route up Snowdon and the Miners Track route down. A little cloud on the summit for our morning arrival, but cleared nicely as we emerged from the cafe and gave us a wonderful warm and sunny descent.
9th July 2015, 17 photos

Mhor Please!

Fun little mini-break with Gordon and Jill to bag a couple of elusive Munros at the top of Glen Lyon, with a night at the trendy Mhor 84 hotel near Balquhidder.
19th May 2015, 14 photos

Mull For Lunch

My instructor day off so I became passenger for the day and sat back while Kim flew us to Mull for lunch and Bute for a stroll to the beach in the sun and an afternoon refreshment.
17th April 2015, 4 photos

Malham

Three days' camping in unseasonably splendid weather to visit Malham Cove - another Harry Potter film location successfully ticked off by James.
10th April 2015, 26 photos

Avoriaz Sun Sun Sun

Mid-term holiday - skiing in Avoriaz with James - unbroken sunshine from start to finish. So, so lucky!
19th February 2015, 19 photos

First Solos

Marking 10 years’ instructing on 23rd July 2024, an album containing all of the first solos. There have been 51 of them over the 10 years. The album will continue to grow though, hopefully.
29th January 2015, 53 photos

Morning Coffee In Dundee

My day off from flying. So went flying!! Met Kim's mum for morning coffee in Dundee in glorious winter sun.
2nd December 2014, 4 photos

Biking and Hiking Chapter Two

Fantastic week of hillwalking and tandeming in the Cairngorms, Torridon and Skye, using the motorhome to its full advantage and "following the weather". It just so happens that for the second year running the weather took us the pretty much the best places it possibly could have. We feel very lucky.
17th October 2014, 58 photos

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