Yeserday (Monday) our first day with 6 Belgians and 2 Devonians and no flying. A nice run down the river on the rafts and kayaks, though Julie came out at the top of a big rapid banging her knee and putting her out of action today. Her other half, Dougal, had a craking flight to Barco and back to Santa Maria. Whilst waiting for the conditions to become flyable (cloud on hill and a little windy from the east) we helped shift and place a few of the Astro turf rolls. As the astro turf workers went off to lunch the wind dropped and the sky cleared giving us some classic thermal soaring, though with a base somewhat low at around 2400m. Of the Belgians only Tim, Dominique and Jaques flew, all landing before Santa Maria on the way to Barco.
The evening flight was OK, but too off to the East to make it much fun. In the photo you can see some of the Astro turf in place.
It first needs all to be placed, then glued together, and then to have a number of tons of sand spread on top.