Lawnmowers in the sky

SATURDAY

I headed over to Prestatyn for a wet parkrun on the seafront. I was well back at the start and happy with an official time of 00:27:27.

The weather improved as the day went on. I spent a couple of hours in the garden this afternoon.

For two days running there has been a handful of paragliders in the area. A bit of a novelty at first but annoying after a while as they sound like a fleet of noisy lawnmowers. Fortunately they were gone after ten minutes.

Amazingly motorised hang gliders are unregulated with respect to registration, airworthiness and pilot licensing however they still must comply with rules of the air such as keeping above the minimum heights/distances from people and property, taking off/landing well clear of congested areas and not operating in controlled airspace.


On another note, Harriet and George landed in Vancouver this evening after an eleven hour flight from Gatwick. They are honeymooning in Canada.