Dates: 16th -19th June
Duration: 4 days
Cost: £ 70 (Newcomers £60)
Max Pilots: 50
Location: Honey Cottage Campsite, Ettrick
FAI Category: 2

For 2011 we are back at the Honey Cottage campsite and are delighted to announce we are once again being looked after by Tommy Bryson and his team.

There will be a BBQ on the Friday or Saturday and bacon butties and packed lunches will be available if pre-ordered.

This round will also serve as the Scottish Cup, currently held by Mark Riches. Mark will be doing his best to hold on to it in 2011.

For those of you who have never been to Ettrick, it's worth pointing out that the village is rather remote from shops and the local pilots of Wingbeat are going out of their way to make your visit as easy as possible. They are a dedicated few, who really want you all to have a great time. Tommy Bryson and Jamie Glendinning will be writing a short piece giving more local info regarding local amenities etc. Watch this space.

Can every one who is planning on staying at Honey Cottage camp site please email Gary directly gazandwiz@gmail.com. Gary will then contact the camp site owner and give him the numbers. This includes motorhome/small campers as well as tents. He can then allocate a patch for us all.

The local hall is booked for Saturday night, which will be the venue for the main event party. Tommy and his team will be providing BBQ food and a modest amount of beer and wine. There is the possibility of using the hall for talks, however the camp site registration room may suffice for our purposes.

If there is sufficient interest, the aforementioned campsite room will be used to provide simple breakfasts, should you not be bothered to cook for yourself; bacon butties, eggs, tea, coffee etc. If you would like this to happen, please email me, as above, with your intention to support this service. No doubt you'll be interested in the cost of this... numbers will make a difference but a massive profit is NOT the intention. It'll just make thing easier for you given the 20 mile trip to the shops!

If the weather plays ball, it is hoped for a dusk fly-down from a local hill with a spot landing competition, followed by bonfire and general 'soak up the atmosphere' of this lovely area.

Djins Char Ginner, Bhutan Open Champion 2009, has graciously volunteered to talk about flying in a country that many of us would have trouble finding on a map, especially if you can't spell it! Talk will include photos of the event that elevated him to top pilot.

A word about airspace. The vast majority of the sky we'll be flying in is below class D airspace with a base of 5500 feet. There is more even lower than that in some places. Copies of the local airspace will be provided at registration. Please make sure you know how to set your altimeter/alti-vario to take-off height and to display in feet, or else be very good at converting from metres to feet. We have had airspace infringements in the past here and we want to avoid them at all costs. We will help you with this on each day we task.