The Great British Long Jump 2010<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Well here we are again back doing the long jump! After last year\u2019s cock up with the mileage I sent my GPS to Lindsay Muir for an accurate distance LOL.
\nSo Adrian Waters, Steve Drawbridge and Mark Omega and I set out early to Folly Farm, Hungerford in the lovely Cotswolds. We had an ordinary journey down with all the usual stops, Adrian\u2019s breakfast parlour at the bikers\u2019 favourite pull in. (Silverstone)
\nWe met Pete Bish at the field to let us in. Adrian bought himself an air band radio \u2013 not sure what he was going to use it for!
\nWe set up the balloon, Oh Zenith what a work horse she is! She never lets us down. Alan Gray was my passenger for the flight (he\u2019s top crew man and chief navigator).
\nOur take off had fantastic conditions, blue sky, good upper wind and good direction.
\nAfter 20 minutes we were crossing between Brize Norton and Benson airport squeezing through without them noticing. Time for a coffee and sugar rush, Alan was doing really well on the navigation, we were roughly using 55 litres an hour \u2013 less as we got lighter. We then travelled to Cranfield where we spoke to a very busy airport that day and were pleased that we called and stayed at 4,500ft until we passed.
\nThe fluffy clouds had arrived by this time and were getting a bit menacing with black areas spreading. Alan said, \u2018I will keep an eye out for them.\u2019 I just said, \u2018Look the other way and don\u2019t worry!\u2019
\nSo onwards and upwards to Bedfordshire, Peterborough then over our patch Wisbech. Then we tried to get more left to go up to Coningsby however the southerly winds didn\u2019t kick in as forecast so we decided to take the height with right and went across the east coast so covering Kings Lynn then Sandringham, couldn\u2019t see her Majesty waving in the grounds. The sea looks awfully close \u201cmuch\u201d said Alan \u201cplease don\u2019t go left when we come down\u201d.
\nWe started our descent over Sedgefield, Norfolk and luckily stayed on track for Brancaster love the candy floss there! We had around 12 to 13 knots on landing in a great stubble field along the main road between Docking and Ringstead and couldn\u2019t find a landowner for love or money.
\nWe had a brilliant day 5 hours in my lovely balloon with great company, direction and retrieve that I was so pleased I was not involved with!
\nAdrian can tell that story.
\nRegards, Gary.<\/p>\n

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