I agree with you about ridge soaring. Not only boring, but dangerous.
Mary, try running your local ridge from Lower Clopton ( nr Bidford) all the way to Bath Racecourse with a NW wind and then tell me its boring ! It only needs a 9 nm tow into wind from where you are, and you might get back too if there is even a weak thermal to drift down wind and homeward.
Lots of people do that ridge run when the wind is 290/15 and I have never heard of anyone being bored.
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If that does not get you going, try the Southdowns from Petersfield to Eastbourne not above 1,500' QNH. Neither boring nor dangerous.Why not drive to Parham when the wind is N or NE @ 15 kts and try it? Even the Chilterns can be fun if you cross the gaps and go to Dunstable and back from Booker (Shep used to do that in his K6e every month when he was young).
I agree with snapper1 Edensoaring is prety exciting too with a ridge 300km possible in beautiful countryside.
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