Useful links

Accomodation in and around Abergavenny

A good bed and breakfast - your first choice
Edlogan Bed and Breakfast is run by Paul's wife at their home in Blaenavon. Talk to Paul when booking your course with Paraventure or call on 01495 790961 or 07775865095. Total immersion.

A good place to stay in the area
The Riflemans Arms at the World Heritage Site of Blaenavon is central to our flying sites. Basic room price is only ?30 per person, the staff are friendly and the food is excellent. The hotel section was built in 2006 so facilities are immaculate. No website at the moment but The Riflemans can be reached on 01495 792297. Tell them we sent you!

Black Sheep Back Packers
Bunk house accomodation in Abergavenny.

Bryn Bach Park Tregedar
Our course meeting place for our courses and camp site.

Courtyard Cottage
A self catering cottage that sleeps up to 14 persons in Abergavenny. Perfect for big groups to the area.

Symonds Yat Rock Lodge
Bed & breakfast and self-catering accommodation on the edge of the Forest of Dean and overlooking the Wye Valley in an area of outstanding natural beauty.

The Abergavenny Farm Holiday Group
The Abergavenny Farm Holiday Group are all farmers offering B&B, farm holiday cottages, bunkbarns or camping on their farms in the Black Mountains between Abergavenny, Crickhowell and Llanthony

Flying Clubs - UK and our friends around the World

BHPA
The website of our sports governing body

Paragliding and hang gliding info
Information site in the netherlands

Pilot friend
Aviation resource

S.E. Wales HG & PG Club
Our local Club. Get in touch with these guys if you are a newly qualified pilot or you want to visit the area.

Speed flying in the UK
This site is edited by one of our exstudents who is helping to push this brand new sport in the UK. These guys use little tiny paragliders to belt down mountainsides. Worth a look!

Talgarth Gliding Club
Mountain gliding club. Good web cams showing the Black Mountains towards Hay Bluff.

Top Flight Sails
Our friend Nigel who offers a top quality bespoke repair service in Tredegar for hang gliders, paragliders and microlights.

Insurance

Airsports Insurance Bureau
One of our favorites. Used by the Paraventure instructors.

JS Insurance
The best value for money holiday insurance we have found so far

Sports Cover Direct
A good insurance company covering holiday, travel and personal policies. Recommended.

Travel & General Insurance Company plc
This company has been around for years and now offer us policies as well as the mainstream activities. Everything you need for travelling with your paraglider with excellent rates. Highly recommended.

Stuff worth seeing

Abergavenny - Gateway to Wales
Nestled between seven hills right on the Welsh/English border, Abergavenny truly is a "Gateway To Wales". An ideal base for exploring the Brecon Beacons, Abergavenny has much to offer tourists - a blend of old and new, with activities and things to do to suit young and old alike. A visit to Abergavenny can really feel like a break away from it all - you can almost feel time slowing down as you unwind and take in the fresh mountain air and beautiful scenery. Take a look!

Abergavenny Webcam
Webcam looking at the Blorenge

Beacon Park Boats
Family run canal boat holiday hire business, located on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, set within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Information Britain
Info about our wonderful country

Johnie
That's 2 clveer by half and 2x2 clever 4 me. Thanks!

Mark Andrews Paragliding and Paramotor Pages
Mark is one of our ex students and some say as mad as a fish. Excellent video downloads can be found here.

On Rock
A new information resource for anything to do with climbing. Also covers learning to paraglide.

Stuart Holmes photo site
An amazing site by our friend Stuart Holmes. You may have already seen a few of these photos in XC Mag. Enjoy.

Wikipedia description of paragliding
Paragliding for beginners

Wikipedia description of paramotoring
Paramotoring for beginners

Tuitorial

Cloud recon and definition
Excellent site explaining cloud types. Put together by NASA. Highly recommended to our students.

Pilot Notes
An information resource for students studying for the BHPA Pilot exam paper.

Videos

Vimeo
We are a VERY actice school/club. Here's what we have on Vimeo.