Year: 2010

Yippee! Tower Hill is working once more :)

Yippee! Tower Hill is working once more :)

Saturday we can call the official opening of the flying at Tower Hill for the season. Flyable from 8.30 in the morning up to sunset. Tower dished out her usual magic and through the day there were varying conditions to suit any pilot choice. Pilots flew all day long, top landing for refreshments or a break and taking to the air once more. Me thinks the Swedes did the trick and brought good weather with them. A truly glorious flying day it was that left me humming the words ‘ what a feeling’ .

Welcoming the East Wind

Welcoming the East Wind

Friday morning we were out at the crack of dawn and on the road to Tower Hill. An excited bunch of paragliding pilots all looking forward to the unexpected bonus of flying a week or two earlier than anticipated. The flying site was all prettied up after the rains – clothed in yellow wild flowers and a coat of green. There was no one else at the flying site but us and a swarm of dragonflies

Nirvana’s Tree Plantation Drive

On the occasion of Independence Day Nirvana Adventures donated a hundred saplings to the local village secondary school. We took part in a very moving independence day celebration that brought back memories of our school days. The tree plantation ceremony followed. The children had dug the pits themselves and they requested us to help them [...]