Aerial view of Mont St Michel, September 2016
Much to the surprise of many people, and very much to my own amazement, I made a dawn ultralight flight over Mont St Michel.
Feeling just a little nervous before boarding
It was a breathtaking experience – both physically and emotionally. Raising your visor when flying into the wind really does make breathing tricky, but that’s the only way to take photographs!
The views were wonderful, the flight was smooth and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Twenty minutes at around 900 feet is a truly exciting way to spend dawn, and an experience I intend to repeat.
Heading back to land
How to follow in my wings:
Fly with Didier Hulin at ULM-Mont-Saint-Michel
Do a photo workshop in Normandy & Brittany with Tim Mannakee (or one of his other great trips)
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 24 September 2016
Part of Six Word Saturday
Travel with Intent 
wow, what an amazing experience. I have done a balloon ride which was incredible, but this looks exhilarating
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Absolutely brilliant. Takeoff is like a roller coaster ride and the views over Mont St Michel are tremendous – it was timed for dawn on a high tide day, and I was very lucky as the sun shone while I was up there. I will definitely do it again. For one thing my current camera had bigger batteries so I’d get more shots 🙂 Last time the battery in one camera died (it is very cold up there which doesn’t help) and there is no way you can change a battery up there – holding your head upright is hard enough!!
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yikes the thought of holding the camera sounds scary let along doing anything else with it! Much easier in a balloon!
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Yes, a balloon is still on my list. But I quite like the microlight as you sit down and are strapped in. For what its worth when swinging along in a deckchair beneath some wings
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well a balloon is like getting into a washing basket!
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Wow!!! I can’t believe how exhilarating it is to see it all from the air. Simply amazing!
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It makes coffee and scones on the York Moors look very tame, Debs 🙂 🙂 Great shots you got.
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Well scones are a strong competitor!
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What an amazing experience!
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How exciting! Yes, you’really right, the view was incredible.
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Unbelievably good. And I was very lucky with the weather. It was cloudy most of the day but allowed the sun through for my flight.
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Just Wow ! I want to do that !
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Wow! You are very brave. But what an exhilarating experience and great photos!
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My first attempt at aerial shots.
More will follow hopefully.
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what a truly elegant castle. It looks like I always think ‘real’ castles should, with turrets and a high wall and arrow slits. Elegant, just elegant.
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It’s a very impressive building. From any angle!
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I so what to do that!!!!!!
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There must be some other great locations to do this. I will be investigating!
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Great! I would love to do that!
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I can’t recommend it enough! I will be looking for this option on done in my other travels. Though next weekend I’m planning to go underground not overground.
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Wow! I don’t like heights, but interested to see you don’t either!!
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I can usually cope with heights if I have something to hold on to. But I was worried I might freak out on this tiny open thing! Great pilot though – he would have taken me back if I had paniced. But it was too wonderful for fear!
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I have to try that sometime!!
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WOW! This must have been a really breathtaking flight! Stunning veiws and what an experience. You are a really lucky girl!
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2 kewl fer skewl see…i know evryone that trys this sport loves it …..
glad ya had a good ride…am sure ya will want to do it again sumday!…
now i am inspired again to go out an get flying again …soon! .Q
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I can’t stand heights but once an inch off the floor I was more than happy!!
I hope you get flying soon!
On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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