Published: 24 Jan 2023
Horse & Farrier (LS21 1BQ) 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Pete Darwood of the Himalayan Hinterlands, and current holder of the Founders Trophy with a flight of 131km, will be talking about weather; how it is generated, how to forecast it for flying...
Continue readingPublished: 8 Jan 2023
Horse & Farrier (LS21 1BQ) 7.30pm for an 8pm start. A talk by one of the Dales top pilots (Richard Meek), about one of the top places to fly (Bir), followed (or preceeded) by 2022 awards and mugs for one of the best clubs in the country...
Continue readingPublished: 16 Nov 2022
Horse & Farrier (LS21 1BQ) 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Following the, always superb, AGM, we shall engage in some committee shenanigans to bring out the very best (worst) from your newly elected committee members. As you will know, the AGM offers...
Continue readingPublished: 4 Nov 2022
The DHPC Repack will be held on SATURDAY Feb 4, 2022 from 10:00am to 2pm at Ilkley Grammar School, LS29 8TR. It will be in B Hall which is in the Main School building. Access is through the main entrance off...
Continue readingPublished: 31 Oct 2022
Back at the Horse & Farrier (LS21 1BQ). This month we have Chris Foster, creator of both xcmaps.net and gpswaypoints.net, providing us with an introduction to the functionalities these two web resources provide. They are superbly useful. Chris...
Continue readingPublished: 21 Sep 2022
As we merged the September social with the XDales Social, this will be our first club night this season. We will hear the debrief from Ed Cleasby of the second XDales event alongside contributions from Tam Morrison, who led the social with some...
Continue readingPublished: 31 Aug 2022
No club night on the first Thursday of September. If you want to be sociable get yourself over to Langcliffe between 9 - 11 Sep. See news item below.
Continue readingPublished: 18 Aug 2022
This is being held in tandem with the X-Dales '22 Hike and Fly event that Ed is running. Communal fire, BBQ, lots to do and flying related practice if not actually flyable! Harness hangers. Get yourselves there! Easy walk into Settle, with shops,...
Continue readingPublished: 12 Aug 2022
Let the bracken thrashing commence! Folks, we are on for the Baildon Sod unless I call it off. Gather from 6pm on the east face. Obvious parking just off Bingley Road. All are welcome to join the mayhem and calm down with a pint after. I've...
Continue readingPublished: 9 Aug 2022
The Glorious Twelfth refers to 12 August, the start of the shooting season for Grouse and to a lesser extent Ptarmigan. It is one of the busiest days in the shooting season (which lasts until the end of December), with large amounts of game...
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