Andrew Craig
@andrewcraig.bsky.social
Co-editor of Head In The Clouds: The Best Stories From 50 Years of Free Flying. Get it from xcmag.com or your local bookshop. Paraglider pilot, cyclist. Krypton Factor champion 1992, twice Mastermind semifinalist, winner on The Chase. Former BBC journalist
It looks to me as if navigating with one of these must have been staggeringly difficult.
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It looks to me as if navigating with one of these must have been staggeringly difficult.
The first leader of independent Sudan. Arab and black.
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The first leader of independent Sudan. Arab and black.
They've used the right picture!
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
They've used the right picture!
Mr Mamdani, will you condemn the 1970s English soft-porn magazine Parade?
October 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Mr Mamdani, will you condemn the 1970s English soft-porn magazine Parade?
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social One of your country cousins standing watch over the River Chelmer.
October 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social One of your country cousins standing watch over the River Chelmer.
I've stayed in Travelodges with worse views.
October 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I've stayed in Travelodges with worse views.
I don't know hold old this picture is. It's not too outrageous that the artist thought Ben Macdui was higher than Ben Nevis - but what had he or she been smoking to think there was a four thousand foot mountain in Shetland?
October 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I don't know hold old this picture is. It's not too outrageous that the artist thought Ben Macdui was higher than Ben Nevis - but what had he or she been smoking to think there was a four thousand foot mountain in Shetland?
Jonty Hitchman lands at Pandy after a two-day autumn flying expedition.
September 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Jonty Hitchman lands at Pandy after a two-day autumn flying expedition.
A pleasant autumn 25k from Pandy to Abergavenny. It was spicy at first, but mellowed out nicely.
September 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A pleasant autumn 25k from Pandy to Abergavenny. It was spicy at first, but mellowed out nicely.
50k in September is always a bonus! Milk Hill to near Theale. Back by train to Newbury and then Pewsey. Nice day out.
September 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
50k in September is always a bonus! Milk Hill to near Theale. Back by train to Newbury and then Pewsey. Nice day out.
I'm not sure where you're seeing that 17.1 figure. This Met Office document shows the UK mean temperature for summer 2018 as just below 16 degrees.
August 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'm not sure where you're seeing that 17.1 figure. This Met Office document shows the UK mean temperature for summer 2018 as just below 16 degrees.
"And now, a man with three bottoms."
August 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"And now, a man with three bottoms."
It's got wheels, and a big hopper on top. Ploughs don't have that.
August 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's got wheels, and a big hopper on top. Ploughs don't have that.
42 km from Combe Gibbet to Medstead. Very pleasant.
August 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
42 km from Combe Gibbet to Medstead. Very pleasant.
Tour des Combins, day two. An easy day - except for the knees - descending to Cuchepache, before tomorrow's daunting 1,300 metres of ascent.
July 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Tour des Combins, day two. An easy day - except for the knees - descending to Cuchepache, before tomorrow's daunting 1,300 metres of ascent.
Tour des Combins, day one. A very pleasant hike up from Bourg St Pierre to the Hospice of St Bernard.
July 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Tour des Combins, day one. A very pleasant hike up from Bourg St Pierre to the Hospice of St Bernard.
Two months after breaking my ankle, I'm flying cross country again. That's Basingstoke - but I decided not to land there!
June 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Two months after breaking my ankle, I'm flying cross country again. That's Basingstoke - but I decided not to land there!
Let's settle this - I'll get my globe... bloody hell, it's not just big, it's falling to pieces!
June 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Let's settle this - I'll get my globe... bloody hell, it's not just big, it's falling to pieces!
Segregated state? If it were a segregated state, I don't think someone called Mohammad Abu Fani would be scoring penalties for Israel.
June 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Segregated state? If it were a segregated state, I don't think someone called Mohammad Abu Fani would be scoring penalties for Israel.
Post a ten-year-old picture of yourself.
June 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Post a ten-year-old picture of yourself.