After the big storm of last night and rain this morning we finally got an evening fly down. things are looking a little better for tomorrow. Today Puri took some of the group to the Sierra de Francia for a walk. I stayed home and managed to finish of a few caricatures. Pete Douglas from […]
The Cbs have been hammering all night and continue this morning. Wind, somewhat irrelevant, but SW and moderate. No chance today as I am sure you have realised. The walking situation could be tricky too if this rain continues. A jaunt to Avila for lunch and tourism comes to mind, or we wait to see […]
There is a glitch in XC skies at the moment so I cannot get out the usual 3 day forecast. However, looking at the maps the wind does seem at the moment that it will be too much on both days from where we are looking at it tonight.
As expected, but also with some nice strong wind thrown in from the SW. Cyclogenesis and other biblical terms. Wind over the back at main site, too scary to go to Lastra. Electrical storms since early in the morning further north according to the news. We shall have to find something else to do. I […]
My Illustration for the X-Alper. Out now in XC Magazine
The low pressure becomes more of a feature today so we must make an earlier move to try to get some safe flying done. XC will be unlikely , unless it is getting stuck at altitude and running from the conditions. At 8.30 the wind at take off a light SE. If this persists when […]
Potentially a very nice day with good climbs starting with a trigger temperature of 26ºC in the valley. We will probably find that local breezes due to convection on the mountains will win out near the terrain and I imagine it will be on the hill at Chia (SE early on and will also […]
Here are a few designs I have developed for possible T shirts. The 3rd one, Busy Thermal, is currently being printed. Using direct digital printing now allows us to do shorter runs of high quality without having to get expensive plates made up for each colour for screen printing. The latter always needed large […]
Today is looking like a reasonably big xc day with base up near 4000m and winds from the SE. Looks like there might be some deep Cu development if it goes much above 31 degrees C. A nice line from Chia towards Salamanca or Cuidad Rodrigo. It is looking a bit like a southerly and […]