The No Straws Walker takes to the Skies

By Chris Elliott…..

I have been following the activities on Facebook of Gary Abbott Taff and his No Straws Walkers as they had training and conditioning walks every day in preparation for their 5 day Cape to Cape Walk starting on Tuesday 30th October. It will take them five days to cover the 125 miles and they are doing this in support of the No Straws North Cyprus campaign.

To my surprise I saw some great pictures that Gary had shared on Facebook and thinking perhaps he had made a reconnaissance flight in preparation for the group’s walk I asked him to tell me more and this is what he had to say.

Hi Chris I came across this opportunity to fly by chance and contacted Serkan Ozcezarlı at the Gecitkale Airport via email on flyserkan@yahoo.com and he also has  a Facebook page.

After a few messages it was arranged for myself and my sister in law to go there for a flight. The staff were extremely welcoming, professional and courteous, and we were offered two alternatives.  A 30-40 minute flight or a 1 hour flight and we both took to the skies for the shorter option, they also do micro light flights as well at Geçitkale.

We will definitely be going back and the price was extremely reasonable. Please feel free to take any photos or videos from my posts for your publication.

If any readers are a bit of a thrill junky I would recommend this 100% and the views are also amazing. I was offered the opportunity to take the controls of the gyrocopter but I declined as I was mesmerized by the views as we were flying at approx 800ft.

As you can see in the photos  “it was Awesome” and I’m still beaming and it was a great morning with these guys at the KKTC Hava Sporlari Federasyonu at Geçitkale Airport.”