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Tim Pentreath documents cross-country flights and vol-biv journeys in Britain and European mountains.
Tim Pentreath shares footage and stories from cross-country flying and multi-day paragliding journeys. His videos follow flights, the search for lift and progress along a route. He is also associated with ADVANCE and sells its equipment through Fly Aszent.
It's Sunday 19th July, and after bombing at Frome the day before, I was determined to do better today. Join me for a wonderful flight with friends from Leckhampton to Portland Bill on a truly beautiful day. Tracklog - https://www.xcontest.org/2026/world/en/flights/detail:timpent/19.7.2026/10:56 Animation - https://www.sportstracklive.com/scene/0d5a02e2-7a6f-4c40-a730-0a6f2d153fd1 #advanceparagliders #xctraceruk #paragliding #xc #leckhampton #portlandbill
It’s Friday 3rd July and another chance to finally break the 100km barrier this year (and hopefully 200 too!) after a string of 80 and 90km flights. It turned out to be a great day, and as this is a long flight, please excuse the long video! Grab a beverage of your choice, make yourself comfortable, and settle down for a wonderful eight hour flight over the central English flatlands! Tracklog: https://www.xcontest.org/2026/world/en/flights/detail:timpent/3.07.2026/10:00 #advanceparagliders #xctraceruk #paragliding
It's Monday 10th August and having missed out on a number of big days recently for a variety of reasons (life gets in the way sometimes), I was keen to have a fun low pressure flight from my local hill to remind myself that's it doesn't have to always be about chasing big distances! Tracklog: https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:timpent/10.8.2026/12:43 #advanceparagliders #xctraceruk #paragliding
It's Friday 24th July 2026 and it's not quite the 5* day that RASP forecast! Despite leaving Worcester Beacon in a gaggle, once we'd crossed the River Severn and M5 motorway I found myself leading out on my own, a mistake from which I never fully recovered! There seemed to be an inversion at about 2500ft which made things very difficult, and after one lowish save at 950ft ago near Pershore, I was gutted to find myself low again approaching Evesham - I REALLY didn't want to bomb at 25kms! Tracklog: https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:timpent/24.7.2026/10:49
It's the third day of the annual North South Cup and after the first two days in South Wales and the Malvern Hills, we're now on the border of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the task is a 105km triangle taking us deep into the Lake District. Well, that's the plan at least...! Grab a beer and see how it worked out for me...! Tracklog: https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:timpent/10.5.2026/11:37 #paragliding #advanceparagliders #xctraceruk #xc
It's Monday 27th April and with a good, albeit blue day forecast, all the usual suspects headed to Leckhampton given the light N'ly wind. We were aiming for Dorchester (130kms) with the hope that we might be able to make it to the beach at Weymouth if everything went well... SPOILER ALERT - it didn't 😭 Grab a coffee and see how I got on... (And well done Rob and Graham for making it to Dorchester!) Tracklog: https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:timpent/27.4.2026/11:27 #advanceparagliders #paragliding #xctraceruk
Verified October 31, 2026
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