Go gliding in Yorkshire with Burn Gliding Club for the winged experience of a lifetime over the hills & moors! This North Yorkshire centre is situated on an ex-WWII bomber command airfield near Burn outside Selby & offers unparalleled aerial views of the scenic surroundings & a birds-eye perspective of God's own county. What's more its rural location means that summertime sunshine creates plenty of localised rising currents of air (or thermals) thanks to what the Burn gliding team refers to as the ' Pennine wave' giving your glider that extra boost to keep you airborne for even longer. In winter the plumes from the three nearby power stations of Drax Eggborough & Ferrybridge recreate this thermal lift effect even when there's snow on the ground everywhere else making this a unique setting for gliding. All glider experience days at this Yorkshire airfield begin with a brief welcome then it's out to the runways to find out which of the club's many twin-seater gliders you'l... ...
Tee off in the Highlands with a round of Glencoe golf! The Dragon's Tooth golf course is just lovely. It's right in the heart of the West Highlands of Scotland at the foot of the mighty Glencoe Valley. This course has been beautifully nurtured since 2002 & offers a fun course with stunning views. Now you might think a golf course in the hilly Lochaber region would mean slogging up steep hills to reach the greens. Far from it at Dragon's Tooth. Very skilfully thought out by golf course designer Rob Hisemen (whose portfolio also Includes:: the prestigious Royal Golf Club at Riffa Views in Bahrain with Colin Montgomerie) the greens make the most of the natural lay of the land to create what is actually a gentle meandering course on undulating l&. What strikes any golfer teeing off here at Dragon's Tooth is the vistas from the elevated greens. The fairways seem to plunge into the shores of Loch Linnhe framed by the Ben Vhair mountain range beyond. & indeed there are lots of golf... ...
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Gliding North Devon
Gorgeous gliding in stunning Devon with modern & vintage gliders.