Tom, a young Norwegian Pilot flying a Nivuk peak alongside Peter and I at the Pass on Monday made 197km. We of course stopped with John Kingsley at Avila (John´s radio and Gps had both gone down). A shame really, as that is twice this year I have been high at Avila early in the […]

Whilst arriving at take off 2 gliders were already flying across from Lastra, and the day initially looked very good with Cu´s near to 4000m and convergence setting up in the Ambles valley.  The forecast wind was a little strong and over the back, so there was some doubt as to whether it would come […]

A truly epic day with light winds and convergence with good Cu at around 3500m. I flew tandem with Peter once again, getting a very low save after the pass, but then connecting with the cloud and having an easy time to Avila. John Kingsley, the senior member of the group at 62 years, got […]

After dropping the Dunstable boys we managed to get back early again with the Malverns lot in time for the afternoon flight. On the drive back from Madrid there was a strong South to Avila, then a big convergence went from the Piedrahita valley and north east from the pass. At take off the wind […]

Quite a slow start to the day, with little coming through til 3pm, then the wind becoming problematic and lighter and threatening to come over the back. I had a few aborted launches on the upper take off, having to go off below the road in the end. We soon got into a cracking climb […]

After, yet another, late night drinking at the Panera, the Dunstable boys may finally be reaching their alcohol intake limit. Even Graham look a bit off this morning and ducked out of the second flight. Our first flight found good conditions on the hill, but the valley very stable. I was flying tandem with Peter, […]