dear james
thanks for yr reply.
i will visit your links as soon as I ring in the next time.
in the meatime however one question :
what do you mean with :

top to bottoms are from 1600 to 3 grand

is this height difference between take off and landing ?
and is this meter or feet ?
meters is impossible
but even feet looks high for this mountain range

and when you fly in the dales, is this also on the pennines ?
i walked the pennine way 20 years ago and would like to come back and fly
some of these hills.
the advantage is that there are no trees to grab you. and the views were
gorgeous.
do I understand that also the massif central would have less trees as
f.i.the alps ?

see you
roger

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> "Roger Deylgat" <XXRoger.Deylgat@skynet.be (please remove XX - which is
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> > I am planning a paragliding holiday in the massif central (puy de dome,
> > cantal, sout west of clermont ferrand .... etc) and would like to get
info
> > about the best sites.
> >
> > Any hints ?
> >
> > My priorities are :
> > 1.safety
> > 2.not too crowded in the air.
> > 3.landscape (no cities or industry . won't be a problem here ..i hope)
> > 4.height difference
> > 5.and obviously also possibilty to climb
> >
> > I just spent a week in Annecy and the Mont Poupet. Did my first
> crossflights
> > from Montmin to Planfait alongs the "Dents du Lanfon". Quite a wild ride
> > ....
> >
> > Roger.
> >
> > hi roger
> i have went to cantal the last two years and had a brilliant time, the
> scenery is a bit like the dales / lakes, climbing sites are also there and
> pre-bolted. top to bottoms are from 1600 to 3 grand.
> lika the dales and lakes there is no industry apartr from farming. we
> stopped at a gite in a village called le claux. just north from puy mary,
> one of the local sites. which is not far from murat. the landscape is
> large glaciated valleys.there is also a wendy station on the ridge above
the
> gite and exellent landing fields. it is also very quiet, we spent most of
> our time flying without anyother pilots around. i wrote an article for the
> club mag and i'll also give you a link for the area. the gite we stopped
at
> was gite de etape puy mary , an exellent host although he does not speek
> english
> if you need any more please e- mail me, i will be pleased to give you all
> the info you need
> jim watson
> http://www.parapente-puy-mary.com/
> http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dgg5dh1/PostCP.html
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