Happy Birthday to the Blog

With the howling gale bending trees to unbelievable angles and the rain running down the window pane in torrents, the decision to make this a non flying day seems fully justified.

K13 launching on a sunnier day

At this time of year, as well as planning the new year and it’s exciting possibilities, thoughts inevitably turn to the year past. While in contemplative mood it occurred to me that the blog is exactly 3 years old.

The first post was January 2nd 2010 which was a blue sky day with freezing temperatures. Since then there have been a total of 730 blog posts, 1260 photographs and an astonishing 100,000 page views ( 99,944 actually ).

Reviewing the blog and photos one thing is clear. The common theme is gliding of course but the blog is really all about people. People striving to achieve personal goals. people experiencing the joy of unpowered flight but most of all people working together to make the gliding club what it is.

The blog reflects this activity and all that remains for me to do is to thank everyone who has contributed articles, photographs and information. The biggest thanks must go to our readers because they make the effort worthwhile.

So many thanks everyone for playing your part and let’s look forward to an even better 2014.

Steve