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Wind Dir: 310-350
Pre-flight contact:
Hugo Iffla 07786962427
This is a very sensitive site, and the landowner (Karen Titley, daughter of the late Alan) wishes to keep visiting numbers low. Please do not turn up with a group of more than 4 pilots, and please try and share transport to keep the number of vehicles on the site low (perhaps leave a vehicle down at Fairbourne).
On no account launch from the hill behind the site (Pen-y-Garn) which is tempting if the wind is light and off to the West. This land is owned by a different farmer and has been banned for many years.
In common with other sites please take all your litter home with you – Karen Titley is particularly sensitive about this.
Description:
A long NW facing cliff with great views over the estuary and potential for mountain flying. Getting away from takeoff to the first set of hills behind is not easy but can be done with persistence. Flying along the ridge towards Cadair Idris becomes progressively more difficult- the WNW sea breeze sets in but the ridge needs more of a N the further along it you go! Be careful as the windspeed in proximity to Cadair Idris may be significantly higher than at takeoff. Mind you, if you've got to Cadair Idris from Ffairbourne, you must be quite handy!
Access & parking:
Please make your first visit with a Fairbourne regular and park very near to the wall by the road and don’t drive to the front of the site. No-one at all has permission to drive to the launch.
Takeoff:
Take-off below the windsock pole just to the left of the large rock hoping for enough wind or a committed run to help you clear the barbed wire!
Top Landing:
Any where in the top field avoiding other flyers taking off or the gorse bushes
Bottom landing:
Paragliders can land on the massive beach at low tide or small sloping pebble bank at high tide. Watch out for people in the summer. Hang gliders can also land on grass nearer to the estuary or in the smaller field behind the houses (ask a knowledgeable member for exact locations).
Restrictions & notes:
Strictly members only, with some past problems and a real potential to lose the site if we get it wrong. Please be courteous to any potential landowner or farm worker you meet near the site. Watch out for changes in wind direction as the sea breeze starts or stops in the summer. With a lot of North in the wind and no sea breeze it is possible to fly to the ridge behind the site and then onto Cadair Idris, one of the most magnificent ridge runs in the country. But watch out for forced landings in the narrow valley in front of the mountain. There can also be wave in the winter.