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Managing club: Devon and Somerset Condors HGPG
Site briefing
Countisbury is not a site suited to the inexperienced pilot and a minimum of 100 hrs airtime is strongly recommended. You should try to consult a coach before before flying the site for the first time and take particular care in assessing the conditions. Wind speed and direction can change very quickly and good decision making is vital. Bottom landing options are extremely limited and potentially lethal. Do not allow yourself to get caught scratching low.
Top landing: On the cleared area left of the hut on top take off and left of the track to the NT car park. Also in front of the church wall at the lower take off for paragliders however you need to take careful account of the wall. - this is a very tricky landing due to the proximity of the wall - assess this option very carefully. Slope landing is available in a number of places Bottom landing: No bottom Landing.
Take A39 from Minehead to Lynmouth. Park at the National Trust (Barra Burrow) free car park half a mile on the right before the Inn - what3words - ///weeps.exotic.dress Follow the path and walk out to the hut and mast, this is Top T/O - what3words - ///mocked.easily.status Lower T/O is down on the slope in the bowl in front of the church - what3words - ///army.delays.patio
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