Today A dry start with sunny spells for the east. However, heavy rain in the west will push further east as the day progresses. Strong winds with gales at times for the north-west. Breezy elsewhere.Continue reading

Today Some heavy and persistent rain to start across the north and east of the UK, this tending to ease through the day. Elsewhere, there will be sunny spells with a few showers at times.Continue reading

Today A chillier but mostly dry start with fog patches, but light rain or drizzle possible for the south-west. Some heavy outbreaks of rain will push in from the west later, along with strengthening winds.Continue reading

Rain will tend to ease as the day progresses, allowing for largely dry conditions with variable cloud across a lot of the country later in the afternoon. Windy in south Wales and southern England. SaturdayContinue reading

Many areas will be largely dry with spells of sunshine for a time, but north-east Scotland may have the odd shower. Cloudier and windy in the west though with spells of rain pushing in fromContinue reading

Day 2. Sunny here. I wonder if anyone is flying ? After a chilly start this morning most areas of the country will be dry today with lots of sunshine. A few showers will pushContinue reading

The Long Jump is open. Good luck to all teams who are out there hoping to fly a LONG way.

It will soon be October and time for The Long Jump. Entries welcome anytime. last year’s winners are featured in Sussex Life this month. FAME!

Another successful Long Jump draws to a close and we can enjoy the crazy adventures shared by the seven teams in their reports. It all started back in 1984 when I landed after a flightContinue reading

The prize giving lunch is held on Sunday 25 November – lunch is served at 12.30 so I’ll be there 11.30 onwards to greet the Long Jumpers. The results will be published here at 4pm.Continue reading