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Posted May 24, 2014 by James Robertson

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Deep-in-the-forest-at-5am

May-Hill-winter-day

The-watcher-in-the-woods

Soaring-the-spine-near-Talgarth

Looking-for-lift

An-early-morning-walk-in-the-Forest

May-Hill-seen-from-Linton-Ridge

A snowy take off in Papa Alpha,

Papa Alpha dreams

Papa Alpha above the Brecon Beacons.

From the glider pilots point of view.

Dont-ask-me-Im-lost-too

Dawn-in-the-Royal-Forest

Hogmanay-in-the-Alma-Inn

Dawn-in-the-Royal-Forest-2-of-2-approc-16ins-x-5ins.

Dawn-in-the-Royal-Forest-1-of-2-approx-16ins-x-5ins

A view of Symonds Yat

A view of Symonds Yat

The-end-of-the-day-above-Castel-Dinas

In-the-Roaring-Forties

Light-in-the-Forest

Sunbeams-in-the-Forest

Serengetti-Sunrise

Cold-war-dawn-patrol

Aerial-Playgroud

Behind-you-Skipper

Reflections on-the-Wye-from-Wilton-Bridge

Heart-of-Darkness...-the-search-for-Kurtz

The-Beauty-of-Clouds

A-Misty-Day-at-Soudley-ponds-20-x-16-ins

Early-Morning-in-the-Forest-of-Dean

Early-Morning-in-the-Forest-of-Dean-2

Step up to the Light

A-Meeting-on-Troed

The-Great-Fire-at-Notre-Dame

Castel-Dinas-in-the-summer-sun

Evening-at-Castel-Dinas

Castel-Dinas-in-winter

Castel-Dinas-catches-the-setting-sun, oil, 9 x 6 ins

She'll be coming round the mountain!, oil, 20 x 16 ins

A nasty and dangerous sky, oil, 20 x 16 inches

The Horseshoe Bend on the River Severn from above Newnham on Severn.

A foggy winter day on May Hill

Invincible after the accident

Invincible before the accident

Sunset on the Black Mountains from Talgarth Airfield, oil, 24 x 18 inches.

The-centre-of-Lea-village-in-1923-20-x-16-ins

Looking down Rock Lane in Lea village

Grosvenor House flies to Australia 1934

The-Black-Mountains-after-the-storm

East wave above the Beacons

F⁭lying with a K13

Castel Dinas

Sunset on the Black Mountains

The Royal Hotel in Ross on Wye

Llangorse Lake as seen from Snoopy

The Lea in 1923

Libelle 948 climbing in the wave

Evening Light on the Black Mountains

The beauty of clouds

Snoopy above Talybont

First over Everest

Big Wings

A winter afternoon on May Hill

Dawn in the Forest

Autumn colours in the Forest of Dean

A winter storm above May Hill

A glider in an angry sky

Snoopy aloft

Hongrie from Malaup in a storm.

Master of Flight

A meeting above the River Wye

Morning Light on Pen Y Fan

Impression of the Skirrid and the Sugar Loaf

High above Pen Y Fan

Slowing down ...

Just follow me

Playing in the waves (36" x 12")

The Horseshoe Bend from May Hill

Forest Boar

Snoopy soaring over Talybont in the Brecon Beacons

Ralph's Racing Finish

Pushing for Home

JAC arrivee au Glacier Blanc

The Slingsby Sisters

Supermoon rises over High Hope

Storm clouds above May Hill as seen from linton Ridge

Moonlight on May Hill

A winter walk on May Hill

A moonlit night at Linton

A misty winter's afterrnoon on May Hill

Video

Together, above the storm.

Up, up and away

Catching a Thermal

Early morning in the woods near Bailey Lane End

The Flying Scotsman crosses the Ribblehead Viaduct

Deep in the Southern Ocean

North Devon Waves

An Old Lady in Wales

1939 - Henshaw goes for the Cape

Is this close enough?

Up, up and away!

Early morning in the woods nearRuardean Woodside

A winter afternoon on May Hill

The Temples of Bagan

The House in Bamako

The Dancer

The Crown Inn at Lea

The Bridge at Ronda

The Artist at Work with Admirers

Sunderbans Sunset

Richard and Rosie on May Hill

Pwl Y Wrach

Morning LIght

Morning light on the Brecon Beacons

May Hill as seen from Breakheart Hill

Lenticular over Pen Y Fan

Lea Village Stores from Rock Lane

Lea Stores from Rock Lane

Hong Kong Harbour

Guardian of the Forest

Early Morning in the Forest near Hope Mansel

Distant light

Clatter! Clatter! Clatter!

An Extraordinary Cloud above Ross on Wye

An Early Morning Walk in the Forest of Dean near Hope mansel

A Misty Morning on May Hill

Running from the storm

Red Kite ... Black Mountains (20x16ins)

Ready to go!

On the Dragons Back in the Black Mountains

Last Light

Last flight into Kai Tak

"K13 above misty Beacons"

The End of a Perfect Day

Sky Drama

Looking for lift

High in the sunlit silence.

High, in the sunlit silence"e at 10000 feet

Catch me if you can!

CKV-on-a-poor-day-in-the-Black-Mountains, oil, -20-x-16

Morning on the main ridge in Snoopy

Evening light on the airfield

Looking for a route through

A glimpse of Llangorse Lake from 8000ft east wave

Arrivee au Glacier Blanc

Looking for breakfast in the Black Mountains, oil, 20x16 ins

Lenticular clouds above Pen Y Fan, oil, 31 x 12 ins

A big sky, oil, 20x16ins.. .... SOLD

"Thanks for the tow, Doc", oil, 24 x 8ins

Snoopy takes an evening tow to Edas , oil, 7 x 5 ins

Snoopy takes an evening tow to Edas, oil, 12 x 8 ins

Morning light on the Beacons, oil, 32 x 12 ins

Landing into the evening sun at Talgarth, oil, 20 x 16 ins

The club K6 in East Wave at 8000ft, oil, 20 x 16 ins

Evening shadows on the airfield, oil, 16 x 12 ins

... and so we arrive at the Glacier Blanc., oil, 16 x 12 ins

young-swallow-in-the-hanger

wave-above-ceuse-from-chez-goudet

vulture-improved-2

vlcsnap-2013-12-15-15h19m39s79

vlcsnap-2013-09-13-18h17m52s60

vlcsnap-2013-08-07-17h57m42s219

vlcsnap-2013-07-18-12h00m13s228

vlcsnap-2013-03-21-17h21m00s12

views-of-the-parcour-5

views-from-15000ft-in-wave-above-gap-8

views-around-the-pic-du-bure-6

tallard-airfield

on-the-west-face-of-the-pic-du-bure

matt-wright-in-wave-above-gap-23-june-2013

gorge-of-verdon-3

exploring-in-the-wave-north-of-gap-36

exploring-in-the-wave-north-of-gap-32

exploring-in-the-wave-north-of-gap-18

exploring-in-the-wave-north-of-gap-1

east-wave-views-from-k13-with-john-sayce-1

cloudy-sw-wave-at-bmgc

ceuse-summit-2

a-fine-collection-of-old-gits

A snowy panorama from Snoopy, oil, 36 x 12 ins.

muvi-photo-of-snoopy-landing-at-talgarth

muvi-photo-of-464

look-no-hands

Photographs

Painting

Video

"464-goes-to-the-Beacons", oil,-20-x-11-ins

"464 tries the wave", oil, 20 x 16 ins ......................SOLD

"A big sky", oil, 31 x 24 ins

"A cold front passes over Hay Bluff", oil, 31 x 24 ins

"A glider in the low Alps near Gap", oil, 20 x 16 ins

"A sky full of fun at Talgarth", oil, 23 x 16 ins

A tricky northwest approach into Talgarth, oil, 24 x 16 ins

Gliding over the Black Mountains, oil, 20 x 16 ins

Going high, oil, 14 x 11 ins ..... SOLD

John Horley goes to the Beacons, oil, 24 x 8 ins .............. SOLD

Snoopy goes flying, oil, 20 x 16 ins

Snoopy lands east, oil, 20 x 16 ins.....SOLD

Snoopy takes an evening tow to Edas, oil, 44 x 20 ins..............................SOLD

Soaring the Beacons, oil, 24 x 20 ins

Soaring the clouds, oil, 20 x 16 ins....SOLD

South west wave above Pen Y Fan, oil, 24 x 20 ins

Tango 10 in the Black Mountains on a grotty day, oil, 20 x 16 ins

Tango 49 in east wave, oil, 20 x 16 ins

The big cloud, oil, 20 x 16 ins

Wave reflections, oil, 24 x 18 ins

a-snow-covered-pandy-run

in-front-of-the-upper-lennie-in-the-junior

letting-down-from-east-wave-in-the-junior

running-along-the-upper-wave-cloud-in-the-junior

smooth-upper-wave-from-the-junior

An evening ridge run in FWX, 20 x 16 ins ..........................SOLD

FWX in wave near Talgarth , oil, 20 x 16 ins ................................SOLD

Zulu Charlie, oil, 22 x 18 ins

464 soaring over the Beacons, oil, 20 x 16 ins (Out on loan)

A cold tow to Ydas ... oil... 20 x 16 ins

433-and-rainbow

475-and-rainbow

464-in-her-pyjamas-at-bmgc

happy-in-the-prefect-2

jh-landing-in-snoopy-2

evening-light-on-castel-dinas

fl100-in-east-wave-in-the-junior

ml-in-wave-at-fl70-a

$refraction-2$

snoopy-photos-by-the-rn-boys-1

snoopy-photos-by-the-rn-boys-4

snoopy-photos-by-the-rn-boys-8

table-mountain-fomr-fl100

wing-curve-on-464

the-naked-hillwalker-of-the-black-mountains

who-says-you-dont-get-thermals

a-new-moon-at-sunset-at-bmgc

andy-sutton-having-fun-in-snoopy

asw20-bendy-wings

bmgc-entrance-sign

jh-landing-snoopy-1

double-rainbow-from-464-3

evening-on-the-main-ridge-from-the-k21

john-price-leaving-bmgc-1-with-unsharp-mask

nice-lighting-on-snoopy

pretty-reflections-from-464

twin-vortices-in-the-east-wave-rotor-above-troed

tympa-casts-its-shadow-on-to-hay-bluff

winter-light-from-the-car-park

10kts-wave-climb-in-k13

brockie-landing-209

209-adjusted-3

464-after-a-good-day

a-beautiful-day-in-the-ecrins

a-glider-in-the-mountains-2

a-good-thermal-in-snoopy

cray-reservoir

cwms-in-the-beacons

a-great-view-down-gb

a-lovely-day-for-a-tow

e-wave-sunset-1

evening-light-on-tympa

gb15

Glacier Blanc 2

beacons-in-b-and-w-1

ben-harper-in-the-k13

gb21

glider-on-gb2

happy-guy-in-east-wave-in-k13

closeup-of-the-big-rock-1-nr-gb

cloud-covered-black-mountains-from-west-wave-above-glasbury

cloud-shadow-and-colours

cu-over-lennie-from-464

east-wave-rotor-cloud-from-k13

evening-light-on-fields-near-bmgc

great-views-from-the-club-pirat

griffin-vulture-on-the-pic-du-bure-adj

high-glacier-in-the-ecrins

high-in-the-ecrins

james-metcalfe-in-the-grob

jb-in-the-stemme-in-nw-wave-nr-bmgc-at-around-6k

kdv-on-the-ground

ne-wave

les-aiguilles-darves

letting-down-at-sunset-from-w-wave

oil-seed-rape

p1080670

looking-down-on-bmgc-from-east-wave

papa-alpha-in-the-winter

pen-y-fan-a-adjusted

pm-sun-on-the-bm

nice-evening-light-on-mynd-troed

nw-wave-above-the-wye-valley-from-464

on-the-ceuse-above-tallard

reflections-on-gb

rock-profiles

running-towards-pic-du-bure

snowy-bm

snowy-mountains

stitch-of-snowy-bm-at-sunset-2

sunset-at-bmgc

storms-clouds-from-the-ground-at-tallard-2

storms-clouds-from-the-ground-at-tallard-9-adjusted

t10-and-snowy-mountains

the-summit-of-pen-y-fan-on-a-super-day

views-from-st-vincent-des-roches-10

alps-1-028

6000ft-e-wave-in-asb

chasing-jh-cropped

cloud-top-2-cropped

a-lonely-lennie-from-se-wave-in-the-k13

a-nice-cloud-top-from-wave

eb28-b

a-nice-view-from-the-back-of-the-k13

evening-light-on-dinas

anne-crowden-in-k6-modified

bm-from-east-wave-at-11000ft

bm-from-east-wave-improved

bmgc-224-improved-with-photoplus

jill-banks-in-the-k13

k13-evening-light-2

evening-light-on-the-black-mountains

geoff-stinchcombe-in-ne-wave

gerry-and-john-in-fav

is32-and-a-curly-cloud-closer

looking-down-on-the-black-mountains

looks-like-a-good-wave-day-at-the-club-it-was

nw-wave-cloud-over-the-black-mountains

red-kite-1

robbie-and-snoopy

relaxing-in-snoopy-at-6000ft

remasterd-version-of-martin-p-and-lennie-above-nw-ridge-cropped

snoopy-brocken-spectre

sunset-to-print

the-airfield-at-bottom-from-11000ft-in-east-wave

the-eb28-starship-near-st-crepin

view-from-the-cockpit-of-464-waiting-to-launch-into-east-wave

young-ben-harper-at-7500qfe-in-se-wave

a-big-vulture

a-corkscrew-lenticular-from-8000ft

duo-x-reflections

approaching-front-from-bmgc

approaching-the-snowline-in-the-duo

beacons-from-duo-discus-x

below-the-pile-of-plates

black-mountains-and-the-wye-from-around-6k

jh-in-464-i

easy-nw-wave-topped-out-at-only-35k

following-martin-pingle-in-weak-wave-near-bmgc

mike-cudmore-happy-at-11000ft-in-east-wave

old-earthworks-near-brecon

ready-to-roll-in-snoopy

pen-y-fan-from-the-duo-discus-x

rhona-in-the-junior-1

snoopy-evening-shadow-on-ydas

sunrise-at-bmgc-with-a-strong-se-wind-blowin

sunset-on-the-east-wave

the-bga-duo-x-at-bmgc

the-front-of-the-wave-on-the-way-down

the-south-ridge-on-vulture-mtn

wave-over-cumulus-near-abergavenny

brockie-in-pa

cats-back-1-jpg

a-nice-cloudscape-from-5k-east-wave-adjusted

a-nice-ridge-line-from-464

another-view-of-les-ecrins

coed-cefn-from-6000ft-wave-in-475

company-on-the-pic-du-bure

east-wave-above-cymdu-from-5k

evening-soaring-in-464-near-the-lac

l-aiguille-on-the-vercours

flying-backwards-in-464

gold-height-nw-wave-in-464

low-sun-wear-bmgc

morgon

l-aiguille-at-the-southern-end-of-the-vercour

les-ecrins-from-glacier-blanc

letting-down-in-east-wave-in-the-k13

looking-east-along-lac-du-serre-poncon

morning-wave-over-the-beacons-from-bmgc

near-the-south-end-of-the-vercour

people-at-task-week-bbq

pre-frontal-wave-near-monmouth

ridges-in-the-alps-from-the-dg

running-along-the-lift-line

somewhere-in-the-alps

storms-west-of-sisteron-1

storms-west-of-sisteron-2

summit-thermal-from-pen-y-fan-from-10k

tympa-jpg

watch-the-edge

west-face-of-pic-du-bure

beacons-from-464

464-in-a-field

5000ft-in-wave-in-snoopy

a-snowy-view-of-the-black-mountains-from-snoopy

approaching-hay-bluff-in-snoopy

evening-light

bmgc-evening-light

castel-dinas-catches-the-setting-sun-2

jh-in-464

jh-reflections-2

duo-discus-in-wave-from-snopy

new-ox-bow-lake-dec-05

poor-snoopy

snoopy-on-a-cold-day

talgarth-evening

wave-stitch-from-464

464-jouere

a-wavy-east-wave-sky-above-cymdu-at-8000ft

another-view-of-the-is32-in-se-wave

ash25-near-sisteron

img_0907-jpg

bmgc-evening-glow

castle-dinas-on-the-black-mountains

dramatic-light-on-the-black-mountains

field-pictures-nr-evesham-from-464

near-sisteron-in-464

more-field-pictures-nr-evesham-from-464

papa-alpha-in-winter

rear-view-of-se-wave-from-464

snoopy-on-the-wing

snow-stitch-5

soaring-authon

t49-in-se-wave

the-nympsfield-dg505-exploring-the-east-wave

underlight-on-snoopy-wing

winter-view-from-the-t49

black-hill-2_img

black-hill-5_img

bmgc-snow-stitch-adj

castel-dinas-enhanced_img

black-mountains-snowy-day

bmgc-from-8000-in-east-wave-in-464-adjusted

john-bally-in-the-stemme

low-sun-nr-tal

john-rogers-in-epu-in-wave-over-cymdu

letting-down-from-11500-in-the-k13

pen-y-fan-1-jpg

morgon-and-lac-de-serre-poncon-1

my-uncomfortable-ls8

nice-lennie-from-k13-at-11500-in-k13

snow-snoopy-2-jpg

stemme-2

stemme-big-wings-23metres

talybont-from-11000-in-k13

the-instructors-view-at-talgarth

a-good-sky-on-a-300a_img

cymdu-from-snoopy2_img

chris-hughes-prefect-img

robbieand-amber-shrunk

talgarth-east-wave

task-week-sunset-at-bmgc_img

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KF2-2002

KF2-2002

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