In case you had not seen this - you can use it to see thermal hotspots and track logs across Europe. Quite useful if you are going to a new unknown area and want to work out where the action is.
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Thanks Mark - based on all the feedback so far we are now looking around Barcelona for ease of access to Ager, Organya and Berga - also still easy to cross into France for the Alps, Italy, and dip down into Andalusia - and of course Morroco the next stop!Dave.--
On 2 Apr 2015, at 23:01, Mark Luscombe <mark@plumjam.co.uk> wrote:Hi David,I've been to the Perpignan area to Paraglide on two occasions, about 4 days flying out of 9 days during each trip, not great. I flew Ceret, Tuchan, Chateau de peyrepertuse, and Targassonne. The area suffers quite a lot of over-development and storms, it is quite green! But the general area is very nice.The South side of the Pyrenees is much more reliable for Paragliding, and like others have said the South East of France is probably the best overall.Cheers, Mark.On 2 April 2015 at 17:54, David Molden <davidmoldenchen@gmail.com> wrote:This is really useful James, thanks, and a very informative weblink on the winds …. need to take this into consideration.
Dave.
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> On 2 Apr 2015, at 17:45, James Learmont <james@ridgemagnet.com> wrote:
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> David,
>
> I've stayed in Carcasonne with high hopes of lobbing off a nearby mountain, but although it is a fabulous place to visit and we were lucky to find a cheap house with our own enormous pool, the prevailing meteo conditions don't actually seem to be that good with a strong dry wind setting up for days at a time. We had one flyable day at one of the castles we visited (Ceret maybe?) but as I didn't know the local conditions I wasn't there with my kit, but some of the locals really were having a ball and I was very jealous - all two of them! When you do fly it will be epic, the scenery is spectacular.
>
> Read this, and then you'll understand why any cross-pyrenees flying expeditions usually come to grief when they get anywhere near Perpignan.
> http://www.frenchpropertylinks.com/essential/winds-france.html The good news is that there is so much strong wind that you'll not need to worry about mosquitoes for most of the time. Worked for me anyway!
>
> IMHO, if you want to fly in the south of France, go east and base yourself over in St. Andre north of Nice. There are tons of sites round there and the microclimate is perfect. If you must fly the Pyrenees then you likely want to be on the Spanish side and half way to the sea on the other side, there are English schools that run trips there.. can't remember the name of the place but I'm sure you'll find on PG earth!
>
> (PS and I'm sure you know, travelling to these sites can take ages.. and ages... down winding mountain roads, best to base yourself very close to one)
>
> Looking forward to your videos!
>
> James
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> Thx Hugh.
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>> On 2 Apr 2015, at 11:18, Hugh Burnaby-Atkins <hburnaby@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> You could try making contact with Simon Payne of Sky High PPG - I believe he spends a lot of time in the Pyrenees (both PG and PPG). Google search will bring up his contact details via BHPA club list.
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>>> On 2 Apr 2015, at 10:30, David Molden <davidmoldenchen@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi, we are about to up-root from the UK and relocate to be more central for European flying sites - Alps, Catalonia etc. We're currently looking at Perpignan which looks like there are some decent local sites as well as good access across the Pyrenees to Ager, Berga, Organya, and north to the Alps.
>>>
>>> Anyone flown around Perpignan can give me some info on how good the flying is there? Ceret and Tuchan look like popular sites on ParaglidingEarth.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Dave.
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>>> David Molden
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