Topic: Another BBQ and slope day at the Southdowns

2.4 and ch60
and I'll bring some sausages, rolls and drink 

I'll bring some gourmet burgers and drink!

I will need channel 84 if there is enough lift to fly my Swift - the rest will be 2.4

Si

Sounds like it's well planned :-) If we are with it, we will see you there tomorrow. The view of Shoreham airport will be similar to the view we have now but from the other side of the fence!

LOL Lee

I'll bring some burgers, buns and maybe some sausages too...

A good tip worth noting

Max sausages on a disposable BBQ = 20 at one time
Max Burgers = 8 at one time

but as Gary has two BBQs we could use one for Sausages and one for Burgers.

I can easily drop into Rustington Sainsbury's on way and get rolls................

But...................How many should I bring?..............   

It might be good if Dave (Bad Raven) got all the rolls then they would be freshest and not duplicated? 
I'm guessing there will be about 10 of us but as rolls are cheap perhaps it might be a good idea to over cater and get "more than enough" sausage and burger rolls?!...

I have no experience of disposable BBQ but Asda are doing 3 for £5 - is 2 enough I could pick up 3?

Si

OK I am going to bring 8 pork and apple sausages 6 burges abd a 2.5lt bottle of 7up

does that help 

maybe next time everyone should bring £3 and one person gets it all 

Suggest anyone still using 35MHz lists frequency here, might help to set up before arrival and avoid clashes.

Remember, if at Mill Hill, EVENS only please, SRFC power field and airport (evening) is too close to ignore.

Most of my stuff is 2.4GHz, but a few are still steam powered, and are on 80 (2) and 66 (2).

I'm working  in Staines until 4pm so won't be with you guys until 5:30 pm.
Hopefully some of you will still be there.
I intend to stay until sunset so you won't be on your own JJ.

Will you have a BBQ alight for tea time eats or will you have stuffed yorselves full at lunchtime?
I'll bring some burgers and rolls with me if the cooking facilty is still available.

I'm on 2.4 and 78

35 meg frequencies so far are 66, 78, 80 and 84.  - Any more to add?

you missed me at CH60 

Sounds like it's well planned :-) If we are with it, we will see you there tomorrow. The view of Shoreham airport will be similar to the view we have now but from the other side of the fence!

I'll let you try and land one of those at Mill Hill...........or Shoreham, come to that.........  


 

I think I have 3 barbeques at home, so I'll bring 'em all. 

I imagine we'll have 8 or 10 people.  I suspect we'll have a few less North Downs folk than if it had been north wind, since they have SW slopes locally. 

For Dave (Bad Raven)
I live close to Rustington, where are you?
John

you missed me at CH60 

Oops sorry Allen 

35 meg frequencies so far are 60, 66, 78, 80 and 84.  - Any more to add?

As I have now been to tescos I need to edit my shopping list
2.5Lt 7up
6 Pork and apple sausages
4 Quarter pounders with onions
6 finger rolls
1 small bottle of Ketchup!!

for anyone like me who has not been here is a postcode that will get you to the bottom of Mill Hill, just need to follow the road from there

BN43 5TH

Can someone bring some utensils
last time I was turning the sausages with pliers

Can someone bring some utensils
last time I was turning the sausages with pliers

Will do Allen

Si

OK, guys, since I was coming down today, I did a recce.  I thought I'd better swing by, cos with all the NE's recently Mill Hill has not been on my visits list for a while, and the last time the hill was diff to negotiate due road works.

So I arrived 12:15, left 16:15.  Little group of the regulars present.

Sunny, good visibility, wind OK to good, lift quite high, lots of air traffic in circuit (inc a Citabria!), NO close approaches.  Loads of room in car park.

To give a flavour, the following planes flew while I was there (inc mine)

Wild Thing 46"
Wild Thing 60"
Fusion 46"
Fusion 60"
Voodoo (Pylon racer)
Catalina Flying Boat
Modeltech Mustang
FlyingWings Hawk
Multiplex Fox (stretched wings)
Phase 6
FlyingWings Slipstream
Easyglider
Couple of mouldies (they all look the same to me.............. )

And several own designs inc two of mine.

Shoreham record................



About what Gary said, 15mph up the slope.

Forecast is similar for tomorrow, hope I didn't wear it out. 

for anyone like me who has not been here is a postcode that will get you to the bottom of Mill Hill, just need to follow the road from there

BN43 5TH

The best route in off the A27 is:-

A283 Steyning Road
Left at mini-roundabout into
Upper Shoreham Road
Left immediately after pedestrian crossing into
Erringham Road  (Brown Tourist Sign)
swing left into
The Street
Right into
Mill Hill

Warning: The Street/Mill Hill bottom junction is blind, single track, AND INCREDIBLY IS A FULL WIDTH BUS ROUTE coming down from Mill Hill Drive!! 

Road is single track with passing places, initially just in people's drives, soon after the bridge over the A27 go past the first level "car park" gravel area , on up the hill, past the waterworks on the left and to the signposted wooden fenced and gated car park.

Are you sure thats a right on to Mill Hill it looks like a left

1hr 42mins for me, so I reckon I will be there for around 11 ish assuming the bridge and M25 is OK.   

I have some buns, bratwurst and some burgers but strangely no drink at the moment!

Aldij is staying at home, I now dont have a RX for it, but the Alex and Fish will be making the trip and I'll see how long the Fusion stays in one bit!.

Might bring the Binary with me too just in case.

Are you sure thats a right on to Mill Hill it looks like a left

Not if you go, as described, via Erringham Road................. 

Might bring the Binary with me too just in case.

Let's hope that's not necessary after all the trouble we're going to!  Isn't it just f^&%ing typical that we've endured Northerly winds for so many weeks and now we get SW?!...

Simon

Looks light till lunchtime so might bring the firework too... its not like I need to walk miles to pick them up out of the car

Grrrrr! I was banking on this trip to fly my Red Arrows!  Looks like they might be grounded

I'll take them anyway just incase.

You might be pleasantly suprised

You might be pleasantly suprised

Hope so! 

We're not going to make it :(
Once we got in, unpacked and did all the other post holiday stuff we just crashed out. This morning, I feel like I'm on another planet - not with it at all.
Have a great day and I'll join you on the next one.
Please take loads of photos of the action

Grrrrr! I was banking on this trip to fly my Red Arrows!  Looks like they might be grounded

I'll take them anyway just incase.

Don't Panic !

As you see from above posts pic, the forecast 8-10 yesterday was actually locally a 14, and that was on the airport at sea level.  Up the hill it was sufficiently more, enough that a few "fat boy" overweight WT's were quite OK on it as the lift was very good.

Looking now it's 3 N offshore, which is the same as yesterday at this time.

 


This is my last post this morning.......................now offline.

Well there's wind here in sittingbourne, lets hope there is up the hill 

Steve

Hmm, I'm rather wishing I had a glider with a fan on the front at the moment!

Si

Is that a on the spot 'live' report Simon ?

Is that a on the spot 'live' report Simon ?

No Deryck just leaving now with fingers crossed...

Si

NOW do you trust me??................................   



 

NOW do you trust me??................................   



 

Yes Dave, super day and really nice lift!

Did anyone pick up my BBQ utensils when I left - I forgot them!

Si

Great to see you guys today.  What fantastic weather!  The lift wasn't great, but it more or less did the job.

The Thurnham Massive were shocked by the small size of the landing zone - "Wot!! Only 100 yards to land in?  Can't be done!!"

But actually about the only destruction was achieved by a South Downs resident.

I think maybe we should organise another one in Aug or Sept.

I took a ton of pics, I'll post a few.

Few launches

Simon may be smiling now, but wait till he notices he's forgotten his transmitter...

Few more...

more pics...