The Long Jump

Great British Long Jumps – 2007.

And the winner is……

Mike Scholes.
Congratulations to him and indeed to all entrants who went out and pushed their own personal ballooning
envelopes so to speak.

The results can be found HERE, and the map HERE.

Mike’s report is HERE and the other reports will be posted in due course - watch this space!

1. Mike Scholes U/M 77 182 miles 18th Scotland to Lincolnshire 5h 47m

2. Mark Dunstan–Sewell C 105 171.9 miles 21st Caernarfon – Selkirk 7.2hr
Alastair Spurr
3. Alan Turner C120 166.6 miles 15th Bristol – Norfolk 6hr 5m
Brian Workman

4. Malc Skilbeck L 105 120 miles 22nd Bedford – River Humber 7hrs
Dave Sutcliffe

5. Gary Davies C120 110 miles 27th Hungerford – Cambridge 5hr 15m

6. Richard Parry T/C 77 99 miles 13th Gloucestershire – Crewe 5 hrs

7. James Strickland Sky 90 93.7 miles 13th Northampton – Grimsby 5 hrs

8. Richard Penney U/M 90 85 miles 30th Hay on Wye – Dorset 5.5 hrs
Spencer Craze

9. Ian Warrington 105 55 miles 21st Turweston – Newmarket 7 hrs
Andy Austin

10. Chris Hathaway C90 37.8 miles 20th Tetbury – Storridge 4hr 15m

11. Alasdair Ritchie L 120 26 miles 6th Oswestry – Denbigh 5 hrs
Duncan Ritchie

The following gallant Long Jumpers were unable to fly this year in order to excel in 2008;
Rick Vale, Rob Cross, Rob Schwab and Jon Francis

A total of 1147 miles were flown on 9 different October days. Weather details can be found
on www.thelongjump.com in order to see just how brave they were being.

Congratulations and thanks to all Long Jumpers who describe their fun and adventure in their reports
which will be posted here in due course.

See you next year!

Robin.

GBLJ Founder and Judge.

All systems GO for lunch on sunday at Booker, also known as Wycombe Air Park.
Lunch will be available from 12.30 onwards, but drinks are always available earlier.
I’ll probably get there about 11.

We have an upstairs room to ourselves, where they will lay out the buffet at £10 a head. Drinks available separately from the bar downstairs.

Happy Montgolfier Day to you.
Next time you have leaking hose connections and low fuel pressure in November - spare a thought for the Pilots of the first Montgolfier Balloon with a bonfire to control!

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We shall hold the lunch at BOOKER AIRFIELD again on SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER.
They’ll let us use the room upstairs this year so we don’t compete with the helicopters. It will be warmer too!
They could offer a buffet or let us choose from their menu so I need to know soon how many of you will attend.
Please email me on robin *at* gasballoon dot com

I’ll post this year’s menu tomorrow on this site!

Thanks.

Last chance today folks! Good luck.PLEASE send in your reports asap and I’ll get the results ino AEROSTAT.Lunch details will follow soon, but probably at BOOKER again on sunday 25 November. 

You can download your report form HERE.

Tuesday day
Much of Scotland and N.Ireland will be cloudy and breezy, with outbreaks of rain across western Scotland. England and Wales mainly fine and dry, but increasingly cloudy in the west. Sunniest in sheltered eastern parts of the UK.

Tuesday night
Rather chilly under clear skies in central and eastern England this evening. Cloudy and less cold elsewhere, with the thickest cloud bringing rain over western Scotland. Windy in the north.

Wednesday
Cloudy and windy with rain at times across the north. Mainly dry but often cloudy elsewhere. Temperatures generally above normal, especially in the east, so warm in any afternoon sunshine.

You can download your report form HERE.

Monday day
Rain in the southeast at first should clear eastwards during the morning. Otherwise sunny spells and scattered showers. Most of the showers will be in the west. Moderate west or northwesterly winds.

Monday night
Dry and cool with patchy cloud and plenty of clear spells in central and eastern parts. Less chilly with broken cloud and some showers in the west.

Tuesday
Cloudy and windy with rain over northern Scotland. Cloudy and damp over other northwestern parts. Fine and dry elsewhere with broken cloud and sunny spells. Locally rather warm.

Clocks go back this morning. Good day to gather chestnuts.

Saturday day
A cloudy, wet and very windy day for northern and western parts of the UK. The Midlands and the south east of England staying largely dry but rather cloudy. Temperatures up a little on recent days.

Saturday night
Squally winds and heavy rain over Northern Ireland, Scotland and Northern England for a time. Elsewhere, cloudy breezy and mild with spots of drizzle.

Sunday
Rain, some heavy, initially across Northern England will move south affecting most areas. Brighter conditions will follow the rain with a scattering of showers in the northwest. Quite mild.

Monday
A bright and blustery day with frequent showers, some heavy, particularly across northern and western Scotland. Showers may also affect Northern Ireland, western England and Wales. Other areas will be sunny.