irlande en avril

[erwan]

Qui c'est qui a pété le 15?

[orionis]

Ben, la réponse est dans la question : la mouche (qui pète)!  

[the Pope]

Very good pictures;;;;;;happy to see again mt Leinster

[mario]

bon c est fini,retour a la maison a 2h du mat :cry:
mais bon que du bonheur.......... :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

[Fred]

Salut mon Ronan  

Content que vous soyez bien rentres!
Encore une fois, merci d'etre venus!! Respect!
Et les filles ont dormis avec leur Barbie cette nuit  

Bon, j'ai trié les photos  :mrgreen:

[Fred]

Ok, first of all, thank you all for coming from all over the Island!  :clap:
I think it's safe to say that we had fun!    Some good laughs, good chat, good flying, good friends and some good drinks!  A good mix for a great 3 days session!

Here are a few photos (sorry, not much I'm affraid, but I reached the maximum ability of my little camera  :cry: )


Thursday : French contingent arrived... Straight to Bunclody and of course.. The Pub!





Next morning, things were a little less easier  :wink:  But good spirit, as the sun was shinning!  



Friday - First day

Off to the slope, joined by Ralph, Les, John and Richard.
Flying started straight away, as conditions were very good, sun + wind (dying as the day went by, ending up the day doing thermal flying   )

Oh, and aperitif on the slope!

Ralph flying with a glass of Moresque in his hand :


Multitasking at his best!  















It was Friday the 13th, so we had to try our luck...
Empty can on a pole, an electric flying wing, and off for a game France / Ireland. Great laugh!    We ended up with a 1-1 score and both teams agreed that we had a great time!









And off to the B&B fro a great dinner cooked by John's wife, Roisin  :clap:  Enough to feed a small army, and absolutely delicious!









With Ralph And Les taking the the dish washing duties very seriously  :clap:



And of course, the night went on and on and on with some very good drinks and good auld chat! Last drink I remember was Punch I think... :mrgreen:

[Fred]

Saturday :

Glorious morning! Not a clouds in sight  



Time for some more action! A bigger contingent headed to Mt Leinster. I think we were about 20 at some stage  :clap:
Lots and lots of flying (one of my radio had 5 hours at the end of the day...) even with the weather throwing pretty much everything at us! Rain, eels stones, sleet, and even snow!! Fortunately, that never realy lasted long, and it was sunny most of the day with a very good wind (around 25km/h).

Richard took the opportunity to maiden his Quark (great color scheme in B&W!). What can I say... Launch, rolls, and off he went.. Though he had an issue with the radio, but no  :mrgreen:  (Video soon!)













Ger came with his Campervan, and was used as base camp, with of course, great tea and coffee. Thanks Ger!  :clap:



























Another great day had by all, with again, lots and lots of flying  :clap:
We all ended up having dinner at the Carlton Hotel in Bunclody, with some very good food, and a wine, not even good enough to make vinegar (well yeah, some French were here!!    Especially with the Chablis and Bordeaux that Ralph brought with him the night before  :clap: Yummy!  \/  )













And of course, the night ended up very late at the B&B...

Haven't laugh so hard in a very long time!!  

[mario]

trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrop bonnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
les enfants veulent deja  repartir
un grand merci pour l accueil, la gentillesse et les franches rigolades :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:
merci a john, richards ralph et fred pour les planeurs :wink:
merci a rachel pour la soirée fish and chips :clap:  \/

[the Pope]

PFFFFFF, même pas jaloux..........JE VOUS HAIS!!!! :twisted:

[mario]

:lol:

[Fred]

Ah ben vous reviendez quand vous voulez!!    

More photos?... Ok, more!  

Sunday :

Another glorious day, with some good wind at first, turning into a very calm, thermal day. All that under the sun. These are my favourite days!  





























Oh, we finally had a brain wave on the 3rd day, and think about doing a group photo!!  





The proof is in the pudding!
At the "LOWER!!!!" game, Ronan won!  [-o< My bébé survived, and the proof is this piece of grass stuck in the rudder's control horn... And the grass is low in Mt Leinster!  :clap:







Ger's Ka3... The photos don't do justice to the finishing of the model! Looks really stunning in real life!  :clap:













Another great day!!  :clap:

Monday : Off to the slope again, to be welcomed by 60km/h winds, 80 gust. Managed to break my ASW15 when at launch, the glider slipped away from Ronan's hands, and landed backward  :oops:
Only a broken rudder and canopy (new one on its way already   )
Got lucky on that one, as that was pretty stupid  :oops:  :oops:

Ralph flew his Wisper, but after about an hour of battling the wind, the wind finally won, and we all went back to the car park for a last cup of coffee / tea, and to say goodbye to Ralph and Les.

[mario]

petit souvenir

[Fred]

Ah ca les gamins, de vraies vacances!!  

[Fred]

Les touristes  







































Et la plus belle pour la fin  

[mario]

comme ça je ne suis pas puni.......... :wink:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  \/