End of Season BBQ

End of Season BBQ 15th Oct at the DGLC Gliding Club It’s fair to say that it hasn’t been the best of seasons as far as weather goes, but that’s not a reason to celebrate it. This year we will be taking the BBQ back to the DLGC where there’ll be plenty of food,...

Talk – Routes from the Peaks on 6th August

The 6th August 2016 was a big XC day from the Peaks. Eleven paragliders flew more than 100k and several pilots reached the east coast. What was particularly interesting about this day was the range of routes taken as well as the variety of sites used. On Sunday 18th September, Rich Carter, Chris Ashman...

Any ‘Old’ harnesses?

If anyones got any ‘old’ Paragliding harness’ gathering dust, then ‘Sheffield Climbing For All’ would really appreciate any donations as the old harness make for brilliant disabled climbing harnesses. “Sheffield Climbing For All” is a newly registered charity that will help disabled people access climbing activities and height-related challenges. We will be spending most...

First Morris Minor site to site entries recieved!

We have received the first few entries into the site to site competition, with prizes  down to fourth place enter a flight now to be in the running. Don’t know about this comp? Find out more in the competitions section!    

Preparing for Paragliding Adventures – Ruth Churchill Dower

Ruth Churchill Dower is a championship and PWC pilot from Yorkshire and long standing member of DSC. She is mum to two amazing kids (Evan and Chia) and runs a training company, Earlyarts UK, helping early years teachers use creativity to nurture their young children’s brains. She’s most creative however when she’s flying, and...

Easy Access Site Guide

It became apparent that people found the simple sign up process required to view the site guide too challenging. As such the Committee recently voted to provide completely open access to the Site Guide. See the new “Sites” top level menu item or just click through to see the Pilot Information or Site Guide pages.

DSC Reserve Repack Update

Another re-pack successfully done. We’re not too sure why, but we had to facilitate a second re-pack this year as there were a number of people who missed out. In total 58 reserves we’re repacked which equates to 10% of our members. We’d like to thank Jonn Warden, Matt Cook, Bill Morris, Alan Horsfield...

Flight Report – My first XC Flight by Andre Ferreira

Bradwell to Southwell 17th April 2016 Although I haven’t been flying for long, Cross Country flying has always been appealing but until now has remained elusive to me. I’ve read all 50 of the Ways to Fly better and I’m just about to finish Thermal Flying, and although I do understand Bruce’s and Burke’s...