More mild weather and a gentle westerly flow in mid winter means just one thing, our old favourite Polhaun Cove.
It has always been in my mind to jump forward from the Cove onto Rame Head proper and fly over the Chapel on the pinnacle and today turned out pretty perfect for the attempt.
On the third try I managed to get into the first bowl around from Polhaun with about 20ft to spare, I was not to worried as there was plenty of beach within a downwind dash. Once over the rim the lift was incredible in the strenghtening breeze from the 200ft shear cliff below and I was able to fly right out to the Chapel, over the Coastguard station and gain some 500ft ATO.
I did not hang around long as the wind was really picking up so went off to top land, easier said than done, if there is just a hint of lift my M4 refuses point blank to go down even with big ears and I did not fancy a spiral in such strong wind so chose a ploughed field and ended up landing going backwards.It was no problem in the end and a good landing considering, the brake travel is very short so it does not take much to stall the wing.
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| Cornish Bill, first man off |
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| View from the first bowl on Rame Head |
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| Rame Head Chapel on the point |
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| The church a little closer |
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