Up on the Downs

[Hagar]

The South Downs that is. Devil's D-yke is a local beauty spot just north of Hove. It's a popular site for hang gliding when the wind is in the right direction. Conditions were almost perfect yesterday so I took a little trip up there

[Romulus111VADT]

Wow, cool pictures!  8-)

I can't help but think that the hang gliders look like their wearing a body bag just in case....

[C]

What a load of bollocks.

Shows how good the auto-censor is!

[Hagar]

What a load of bollocks.

Shows how good the auto-censor is!

Precisely my point.

[Craig.]

great shots
What were they filming for then?

[Hagar]

great shots
What were they filming for then?

Some educational thing. Probably not on general release. I forgot to ask the director for his card.

[ozzy72]

So you'll be changing your ID from Hagar To Mr. de Nero and telling people to contact your agent from now on then Doug?

[Omag 2.0]

I bet it will be a naughty movie and Doug wasn't wearing anything but a raincoat...  ;D

[ozzy72]

If Doug was out in a raincoat then he'd be like Terry Jones as the flasher in Monty Pythons Flying Circus (I think it was the Frontal Nudity episode). He kept flashing women and eventually the camera and he is fully clothed and wearing a sign on a bit of string around his neck saying "Boo!"

[Rifleman]

Love those last few Doug.......a sight for soar eyes......

[Aerophile]

Great shots.  Hang gliding has always looked like a whole lot of fun.  ...some day.  You're going to post a lyoutube link to the video in the video forum when it comes out right?

Romulus - I liked the crack about the body bags.  ;D

[Hagar]

Thanks for the comments, puns & rude suggestions. It will be interesting to see the film when it's finished. My part in it will probably end up on the cutting room floor.

I can't help but think that the hang gliders look like their wearing a body bag just in case....

It was chilly enough around the ol' lug'oles for them to need those "body bags". All joking aside there have been several nasty fatal accidents at this site since hang-gliding became popular in the early 1970s. One involved a collision between a hang-glider & a R/C model glider. I remember it well. Fortunately the modeller did not belong to my club.
http://archive.theargus.co.uk/1998/8/26/199626.html

[Omag 2.0]

Those bags must be warm, but you'd better be quick zipping them open when getting close to the ground...

[TSC.]

Lovely shots again Doug - although my favourite part of the thread was you typing 'bollocks' - never thought I'd see you say that on here.  ;D

Cheers,

TSC.

[Hagar]

[quote]Those bags must be warm, but you'd better be quick zipping them open when getting close to the ground...