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Club Night - 3 Oct 24

Published: 30 Sep 2024

Dales Club Social this Thursday at the Horse and Farrier in Otley from 8pm. This first social of the season will start with an expert panel of flyers who are primed to answer the questions you wonder to yourself, but have yet to ask a fellow flyer....

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Baildon Sod 2024 - Tuesday 17th July!

Published: 16 Sep 2024

Let the bracken thrashing commence! Folks, we are on for the Baildon Sod. Gather from 5.30pm on the east face. Obvious parking just off Bingley Road. All are welcome to join the mayhem and calm down with a pint after. We'll see how much we can get...

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Glorious Twelfth

Published: 11 Aug 2024

The Glorious Twelfth refers to 12 August, the start of the shooting season for Grouse.  It is one of the busiest days in the season (which lasts until the end of December), with large amounts of game being shot.  The season for pheasants...

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Club Night - 4 Apr 24

Published: 3 Apr 2024

The last club night of the winter season.  Rhian Ebrey: Diversity, Equality & Inclusion in Paragliding: what's all this woke about?  We're all aware that the paragliding community isn't very diverse. In this talk, I'll lay out why that...

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Club Night - 7 Mar 24

Published: 5 Mar 2024

Social club night on Thu with John 'Westie' Westall extolling his fabulous Hike n Fly championship. Horse n Farrier in Otley 8pm

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Club Night - Thu 11 Jan 24

Published: 7 Jan 2024

Happy New Year. Our first social evening of 2024 falls on the 11th of January (to allow us all to bed in a bit…). As always, we’re in the Horse and Farrier in Otley at 730pm for an 8pm start. On this day, we are proud to present Mr...

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AGM & Prize Giving - Thu 7 Dec 23

Published: 1 Dec 2023

Horse & Farrier (LS21 1BQ) 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Committee reports are already on the forum, where you are welcome to comment, ask questions and make suggestions remotely.  We'll try to keep the official business on the evening brief,...

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Club Night - Thu 2 Nov 23

Published: 24 Oct 2023

Horse & Farrier (LS21 1BQ) 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Tom Shuttleworth is speaking about the First 30 Hours. He's going to cover: What's important about the first 30 hours or so? Where to fly? (Why does everyone else know where to go? Why...

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Club Night - Thu 5 Oct 23

Published: 29 Sep 2023

Horse & Farrier (LS21 1BQ) 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Ed Cleasby will conduct an XDales debrief and Stef will entertain us with a discussion about next year's Fly-In. The library will be open for business.

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Glorious Twelfth

Published: 31 Jul 2023

The Glorious Twelfth refers to 12 August, the start of the shooting season for Grouse and to a lesser extent Ptarmigan.  It is one of the busiest days in the shooting season (which lasts until the end of December), with large amounts of game...

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