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[Darth Loo-knee]

Did you have a good time?

[hotel21]

Cheers Daz, had a great time, thanks.  Managed 4 weeks without my OOF fix so was somewhat of an achievement in itself!

Heres a couple of pics to get a flavour of the break.

My son about to be launched into a 'parapunt' on the top of the Puy du Dome.....



One and a half heart beats later......



One of the D-day beaches (Omaha, I think....)



The church at St Maire Eglise, 10 km from the American landing beach and the one that one of the 101st Airborne landed on and played dead for a few hours before getting down.



A good trip, all in all.    

[Baron Von Spongebob]

Good pics..

[Darth Loo-knee]

I get shivers up my spine seeing the pictures and imagining what went on... Brave people that shouldn't be forgotten.

What did your Son think of doing that then? what a view from up there..

[iggy21uk]

Great pics...  & welcome back


Ian

[hotel21]

I get shivers up my spine seeing the pictures and imagining what went on... Brave people that shouldn't be forgotten.

What did your Son think of doing that then? what a view from up there..

Really quite spooky visiting the D-day beaches and the assorted museums/cemetaries in the area.  Makes you feel really minimal in the greater scheme of things.....    

As for Junior and what he thought of his flight, better let the cheeser grin explain.....

[Markie]

fantastic piccies Bruce, my heart nearly stopped looking at the "air bound daredevil" goodness knows how he felt  

[TheBoy]

Has he lost the will to live  


Seriously, looks like a blast, glad you enjoyed it, looks like decent weather, and welcome back

[hotel21]

Thanks peeps.  Yeah, weather was a blast but also had some spectacular rain and a cracking electrical storm that lit the sky for almost an hour one night but without a simgle clap of thunder or raindrop!!

Junior graduated from Uni at the summer and this was part of a graduation pressie.  He already flies a 13 metre kite with a beach board and a buggy and wanted to basically do the same thing but actually hang from it.  He got his wish.......    

[TheBoy]

Thanks peeps.  Yeah, weather was a blast but also had some spectacular rain and a cracking electrical storm that lit the sky for almost an hour one night but without a simgle clap of thunder or raindrop!!

Junior graduated from Uni at the summer and this was part of a graduation pressie.  He already flies a 13 metre kite with a beach board and a buggy and wanted to basically do the same thing but actually hang from it.  He got his wish.......    

Hope he took plenty of spare undies.....

[Darth Loo-knee]

Thanks peeps.  Yeah, weather was a blast but also had some spectacular rain and a cracking electrical storm that lit the sky for almost an hour one night but without a simgle clap of thunder or raindrop!!

Junior graduated from Uni at the summer and this was part of a graduation pressie.  He already flies a 13 metre kite with a beach board and a buggy and wanted to basically do the same thing but actually hang from it.  He got his wish.......    

Has he done that surfing with a kite? saw that being done in Cornwall looked brilliant, they take off from the waves  

[hotel21]

Thanks peeps.  Yeah, weather was a blast but also had some spectacular rain and a cracking electrical storm that lit the sky for almost an hour one night but without a simgle clap of thunder or raindrop!!

Junior graduated from Uni at the summer and this was part of a graduation pressie.  He already flies a 13 metre kite with a beach board and a buggy and wanted to basically do the same thing but actually hang from it.  He got his wish.......    

Has he done that surfing with a kite? saw that being done in Cornwall looked brilliant, they take off from the waves  

No, not surfed with it as it needs to be a different type of kite.  This needs one with a rigid or inflatable leading edge so that when it lands in the water, it keeps its shape and can be re-inflated by the wind and get you going again.  The standard 'land' kites are like a parachute that need inflated by the wind passing through it.  Not easily done if its sodden wet on top of a wave in the oggin....

apparently......  

[Darth Loo-knee]

 
It would be just my luck to have the Coast Guard fetchin me in

Whats it like Bruce to have people miss you when you've been away??

[hotel21]

It would be just my luck to have the Coast Guard fetchin me in

Whats it like Bruce to have people miss you when you've been away??

 

[amigov6]

 :)Good to have you back Bruce & glad you all had happy hols. [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]