Friday afternoon off work. Got to Northrepps airfield and had a chat with Chris. Wind pretty gusty up to 15mph or so. I waited an hour and it seemed to have calmed down a bit, but it was still strong. Some kiting confirmed it was reversable. Of course... by the time I actually got kitted up and hooked in - it isn't any more and the wind has move 90 degrees!! so, unhook, re-attach for a forward and off I go. Weirdly after take off I immediately come back to earth again before hedge and just barely clear the hedge... by now at about 30 feet or so, and then loose it all over the plowed field. It was like my engine had no power, but it did (and was fine at 9500) - just some serious sink air. I was ready to land in the field, but it came out of it, and started climbing ok. pretty rough for a bit though. On to cromer and the wind was clearly playing funny buggers - over the pier I needed full power just to stop descending into the sea. So after going along a bit to east runton, I turned back to head home. Note : I changed from goproHD:1280x960 to goproHD:1980x1080 for the rearward leg - this was uploaded in 1080p so if you have a 1920x1080 monitor you can watch this at full 1080p and see the difference in quality - it's quite obvious around the detail of the town, caravans, etc. Anyhoo, wind had move around a bit back to where it had started by now, and was getting up in strength. I had to use full speed bar to make any sort of progress back the northrepps. When I switched to slower trim for landing (still kept it out more than usual - about 5) it took an eternity to come in the last 100 yards or so. But landed where I wanted to, just west of the runways. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJcB8Hs8EBo

I've been farting around with this for a while - finally nearly finished (just light/reg bar and waterproof cover to add. The base is a bakrak stainless steel towbar rack. I have fitted a 4mm checkerplate alumimium base, and made frame from 30mm box section stainless. One stainless steel bar slips through the frame, through the swing arms and out the other side - where a small padlock secures it for transport and theft. It is extemely strong, light, and allows the fitting and removing of the paramotor in literally seconds - as shown in video. Unlike most examples, the base of the frame is NOT bolted down -t his puts lots of stress on the cage base as the weight of the paramotor during acceleration pushes against the base - potentially damaging/bending it. Instead, the vertical section secures onto the swing arms - the strongest part! and the load is a lateral one - strong with no chance of cage damage. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOlP3Im7bvI

The next day, I managed to get a flight up to cheddar gorge. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGnynLwjzyc

... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCQMqi3Rte8