Rathlin Island/North Coast Road Trip 2012

[Richard Boyd]

Due to popular demand we are again going on the road sea and land to fly of the cliffs of Rathlin Island.

DATE, 26th-27th MAY 2012

If the seas are too rough we have a vast amont of slope venues in this area,

The coast is a place of outstanding natural beauty .

Come join last years 4 degrees and have the time of your life.

If you have any questions , then please ask.

Richard Boyd
Dungannon Model Flying Club/ Buzzards



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[Happy Days]

Come join last years 4 degrees and have the time of your life

What are you talking about Richard?

(You really should take a little water with your whisky old friend! It's rotting your brain :lol: )

[andrew wallace]

oh yes i'm up for that  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:
just hope the sea's a good bit calmer
must say it was one of the highlights of last year  

[billscottni]

Hope to be with you for the full trip this time round

[Richard Boyd]

Come join last years 4 degrees and have the time of your life

What are you talking about Richard?

(You really should take a little water with your whisky old friend! It's rotting your brain :lol: )

Hi Mr.Keith, 4 of us set of to fly of Rathlin but only 3 got on the ferry, I hope the 4th degree will join the 3 degrees this year. Just a personnal joke my friend. Try your best to come up again this year, we will do our best to make you feel at home.

[Happy Days]

Thank you  Richard, N.I. hospitality is world renown so I know I’d feel at home.  

As for your ‘3 degrees’ that’s a bit worry. :?  There was a female pop group called that many years ago. I’m wondering if you and your ‘friends’ were going to dress up in drag and try to pass yourselves off as them!  (Somewhere on this forum I’ve seen a picture of you all wearing women’s wigs! :wink: )

The 27th is my burpday (Birthday, for the un-initiated to my childish use of language) and I’m pretty sure that “ ’er in doors”  is arranging something for me. (It’s supposed to be a surprise, but like most women she’s very ‘transparent’ and I’ve been seeing this coming for months.)
But I fully intend to make at least one trip up north. I really want to fly off of …………..er I can’t remember it‘s name, :oops: ….. you showed a picture of it in a post last year……really steep, high hillside with smooth grassland on top,……I’m sure it’s near Andy. My brain’s obviously going soft :roll: ,…..I’ll remember it’s name one day! But I want to fly ‘there’ on a north westerly.

BTW have you finished painting your house yet? so that you can get on with the serious aspects of life, like flying model aircraft! :lol:

Right, I’m off to bed to catch up on some zzzzzzzzzzz’s

[Richard Boyd]

Hi Keith, the place you referr to is Binevenagh, after flying Rathlin we will most likely fly Binevenagh on the Sunday, its only a few miles from were we stay,

VIEW OF  
Foibhne’s peak



this is a north plus west and south facing flying area, believe it or not this is an extended part of the giants causeway and runs from Castlerock up into the Sperrins were we also fly, in the foto is the cliff section and also there are  grass slopes lower down the road.

 
As for the 3 degrees, sure Mr.Keith we are celts and many a year ago we wore kilts  :shock:

This week should see the bathroom and upstairs completed, I have to take a break from renovating as I need to get back to flying and do some work for Lithuania trip in a fortnight, then next project is to build and extention on the back of the house and use it as a workshop, its not right storing planes in my bedroom as I am a very heavy snorer, the planes don't like it  :roll:

[Richard Boyd]

I will try and source cheap accommadation for those who are travelling. I have a caravan in Castlerock but it fully booked, maybe JP could bring up his camper and park it up beside the van and we could give someone a cheap place to put down there head.
ANYWAY , we will deal with this at a later date.

[Happy Days]

As for the 3 degrees, sure Mr.Keith we are celts and many a year ago we wore kilts  :shock:

I knew it! :lol:  :lol:

[andrew wallace]

this is us before we set sail

i look forward to you coming up to fly off Binevenagh Keith  

[Richard Boyd]

Gentlemen and Ladies the weather Gods are with us again this year for our road trip to Rathlin YIPPEE.
The winds are turning to the west on Saturday and it is wall to wall sunshine with 18-20mph winds forcast for both days !!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are coming to fly with us please be at the ferry terminal at 9.30am as we are on the 10am sailing.
Bring a pack lunch and drinks of your choice.

If you are late then take the next ferry and then the yellow bus to the west light house, we wwll be on the grass slope to your left as you approach the visitors carpark.
Drive safely and your about to have the experiance of a life time !

[Richard Boyd]

Due to the easterly winds staying with us I have decided to cancel our trip to Rathlin. A BIG THANKS to Glen Millar for flying around Rathlin this evening trying to sort out an easterly site but it was to no avail.
Both JP and myself have decided to try Murlough Bay for some slope fun  
If it works out then this will be another site for us to fly.
Sunday we are planning to do some bungee launching of benone beach.
Bring your bucket and spade and lots of sun tan lotion as we are getting lovely sunshine  

MURLOUGH BAY

[andrew wallace]

winds didn't suit Rathlin this year but we had a great weekend flying off murlough bay, torr head and cushendunn then we went on a magical mystery tour i took the wrong turning for orra and we ended up back in ballymoney  :lol: i should have went to cushendull :!: next time

sunday we spent the day on downhill beach but everybody in the north of ireland was on the beach
i flew the blaster,richard flew his magic and john flew his swift
richard and john returned later in the evening and flew their thermal models off the bungee    

great week end  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:

[JohnPearson]

Hi Andrew

Here are a few photos that Roisin took on Saturday of us flying at Murlough Bay and Richard and myself flying of the bungee on Downhill beach that evening. Great weekend, sun burn and all  :clap:


Andrew takes the first flight at Murlough Bay


Saturday's pilots


What a view, that's Scotland in the background!


Next stop! Torr's Head.




flying off Downhill beach on Saturday evening.


The filip 600 on the bungee.


Richard in holiday mode!


As the wind dropped off we got out the floaters.


Even the dog enjoyed the gliding!


What a gooding looking fellow :oops:




Richard getting some running practice, chasing the parachute :lol:

Great weekend, thanks to all the pilots who turned out, see you all next year.

[billscottni]

Looks like a cracking weekend, sory I missed it  :cry:

I hear Murlough Bay was pretty turbulent. Any of the slopes you visited worth a return trip?