My day job is managing director of Brick-Tie Preservation, a firm I started 25 years ago. I have no sentimental attachment to the firm as an entity, but I do have a profound attachment to my lads and the girls who form the business. We spent all day last Friday together, at my unit in […]
Damp, wall ties, waterproofing, woodworm, dry rot, wet rot,structural repairs…yes, all that and more!
16 Oct 11 by
Early season Paragliding in the lakes
29 Mar 11 by
I mentioned last November that I’d bought a new paraglider – a lovely Gin Sprint. It’s an intermediate glider, whereas my old one was a beginners wing. I managed to get it out of the bag again last Thursday after waiting on Bradwell Edge in the Peaks, without any joy, the previous Saturday. Anyway, Chris […]
Ha! passed my paragliding Pilot rating!
23 Dec 10 by
Just finished for Christmas and opened the post at home. I am now officially, full pilot rated. This means that I can legally leave the hills and fly cross country. In spring, I may find myself riding a thermal to cloud base again. This time I’ll be going ‘over the back’. I’m so excited and […]
Relax, you’re at 3000 feet…
07 Nov 10 by
Saturday morning and I was sat on the hillside at Wether Fell, near Hawes, in the Yorkshire Dales. I was waiting, along with ten or so others, for the wind to pick up. I had my brand new paraglider laid out ready, and I was strapped in y harness. I’ve been paragliding for five years […]