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Thanks John, if I was 10yrs younger the walk to and from during the day, carrying my gear would not bother me much. But sad to say it is a problem now

Pete, you can always park on the hard standing at the entrance.

Thanks for checking the field Tony. We have parked in this area before and it is perfectly OK for a car, but a bit too risky for my van. Sorry I will miss the flying, hope you all have fun. Pete

Just spoke to Paul, he does not have internet access at the moment but confirmed that the competition is ON for tomorrow (Sunday) Start 10:30am The address is: Manningtree Road, Little Bentley, United Kingdom, CO7 8SP See Tony's post re driving on the field. If in doubt you can park on the hard at the entrance. John h

I've just come back from the Little Bentley field, it's wet in a few places but with care quite navigable The entrance looks the worst but if you avoid the soft bits you'll be fine. The first couple of puddles don't hide anything bad, the bits to avoid are fairly obvious. Rather than the usual left turn between the fence posts (I've put tape up to stop you), bear to the right to avoid that wet area (in the crook of my red line above) then go along side the obvious churned up track then on the track by the hedge. Park along side the hedge where I've put the green line, maybe nose to tail, again choose your spot when turning round and you'll be fine. Remember, there are likely to be walkers that walk that track by the hedge so keep a path through between your vehicles and any stuff you put on the grass. Paul and John can advise where they would like you to park.

Bring some rope and someone can tow you out

Paul I am ok with Sunday but concerned about the state of the field.Worried about getting stuck on the field with my heavy van.

Ooohhhh... thats turned out really nice. Looking forward to the 19th

Happy friday Brett!

I can do Sunday. Would be disappointing to travel a couple of hours on Monday and then not fly due to rain.

Paul, can do Sun or Mon but would prefer Monday. Although forecast is currently better for Sat it's so changeable that I don't have a lot of faith it it.

I’m OK with Sunday.

Hi All thanks for your interest looking at the forecast now Monday is looking pretty miserable but Sunday looks really nice have spoken to Tony and the field should be ok: Please can you confirm if you can do Sunday by tomorrow lunch time as it would be nice to be able to swap. I will then do a Yes / No at 6.00 PM on Saturday. Many Thanks Paul

Hi Paul i sent you a PM regards phil

Again, the results for this comp will not be added to the totals, till mid to end of May. Just FYI

If the results for this comp should be added to the totals, I won't be able to do so till mid to end of May.

I hi Mike interested I sent a PM regards Phil

Hope to make it for F5L. Great that it’s on the Saturday, not Sunday as I originally thought! Neil P

Weather forecast is looking a bit hit and miss at the moment

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Provisionally add me to the comp please, if hay fever ok. David

As usual it was excellent service at Model Shop Leeds and I'm now the proud owner of a Kavan Resco. I don't think I've ever bought a model that felt so light in the box! I've got to say that I'm very impressed with the build quality and Will at the model shop believes they are made in the Czech Republic which explains it. Looking forward now to setting it up and getting it up in the air.

Congratulations to the 9 pilots that took advantage of saving some money and have entered Radioglide before the end of April with the 'Early Bird' discount. For the rest of you, you have until the 20th May to get yourself entered.

Hi Terry Please add Derek Collings Gordon Loomes and myself Alan Twine for open elec

1/5/2024, Mad Hatter 2e F5L 201 seconds 3:21 My humble offering. I flew down at the BATS school playing fields yesterday evening. Managed to bury my bubble dancer in soft mud for their open glider comp (flying the wrong model - it was rather a long way upwind).. Why upwind, well - there was a bit of ridge lift and I was well on the way for the 8 minute max when I was joined by a couple of others and ended up flying the wrong one. Also - close downwind was a large housing estate - only about 100m downwind in fact. A definite no fly zone. So, I got the my Mad Hatter out for the first time since last November and its rebuild and started retrimming it. Decided that the CG was too far aft but the real problem was the housing estate. Lift was quite weak and very narrow and the breeze was picking up. Only 2 obvious thermal flights but both had to be abandoned as the model approached the houses.