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Richard Boyd:
Today (10th March) both Andrew and I headed to Slieve Gallion to celebrate Mothers Day. The sun was shining on the low ground but up in the heavens it was a different story !!!!!!!!!
SNOW SNOW SNOW !!!!!!! So much snow we were unable to make it to the top of the mountain.



Brave man

andrew wallace:
It was good crack  :clap:  :clap:

Fred:
Good one guys!  :clap:  :clap:

Snow should be here tomorrow!  :D

Freedom Flyer:
Glad to see some fellow winter flyers :clap:  :clap: We don't fly if we don't fly in winter



My Brother checking out his Radian before a launch


Into the wild white yonder


Me launching my Radian, wasn't a whole lot of lift use power to get up a small breeze for a 10-15 min launch.  This particular hill was where I had my very first sailplane flight 31 years ago.



Took this photo to tease our other brother who was at work teaching this particular day.


I take it you folks don't get snow too often. FF

Richard Boyd:
Hi Fredom Flyer, thanks for sharing your fotos of your winter flying.
You fly off a really beautiful slope.
Snow is not the nornal weather we get in Ireland. We usually just get rain rain and lots of wind of the Atlantic.
On Sunday we had northerly winds, it was baltic to say the least.

I have been going to this slope for over 40 years with my Father. In the early days I was like a labrador as I had to retrieve the planes usually from the bottom of the slopes lol
Thankfully technology has changed our hobby and hill climbing does not happen that often now.

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