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Jonny
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Member#: 394 Location: North West Registered: 06-10-2003 Diary Entries: 350
Mood: waitin for the next blow!
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27th February 2004
Other: Pen Dinas North slope Wind Direction: NW Wind Stength: 10mph Surf / Sea State: N/a Air Temperature: 4C Sea Temperature: N/A Weather: Clear skies - Sunshine Max Speed: Distance Covered:
With the uni closing for the day, we had the whole day to play with. Made
our way up to Pen Dinas with the bath tub and a few tractor tyre inner
tubes. We first launched the 2 man bath tub. The runs were so much faster
than the previous day with the old snow like ice with the fresh powdery
snow on top. I
along with one of my mates were the guinea pigs for the first run, the run
was so much faster than the previous day meaning we had to bail at the
bottom or face crashing into a barbed wire fence. We had quite a few runs
with the bath tub before calling it a day as it was so tiring lugging it
back up the hill.
We then switched to the tractor tyre inner tubes, these took sum beating
for enjoyment so we had a number of runs until we were gathering up so much
pace that it was becoming dangerous. I carried on though until I didnt bail
in time and hit the fence hard, luckily I didn't break anything apart from
a few cuts and bruises.
After a few hours we eventually called it a day and then had one final run
in the bath tub, "this ones for the road", it was our best run yet, after
waiting for a few minutes to clear the runway we launched. The speed was
incredible, by the time we reached the bottom it was too scary to bail out.
We had to do it though as the fence was approaching fast, me and Jamie
bailed jumping in the opposite directions doing sum spectacular roles while
the bath carried on ploughing into the fence at pace. We were both a bit
dazed after the crash and stood up to everyone on the hill cheering, the
bath tub certainly provided amusement for everyone. We took some great
photos which I will download in one of the forums. A great session so
worthy of 5 stars as snow is so rare here. Got the use of a snowboard on
Sunday so gonna go further inland and give it a whirl.
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