Today we should have mainly Blue thermals to above 300om, potentially 3800m.  Convergence along the Avila Valley, but after Avila the convergence will be where we can’t get at it…too far back into the mountains and airspace.  Avila should be easy, Segovia probable.  Should be good soaring on the hill for evening conditions again […]

Sky Junkie for this Month.  Pascal Cambell Jones (parameter Slalom hotshot) and Daisy the cow his Pylon.  Daisy´s breakfast is ruined!

Due to the North wind today any convergence will be well behind take off and this is likely to break down later in the day.   Winds not to strong and an inversion mid afternoon around 3200m will help keep big development down till later in the afternoon.  Wind may be more to the NW […]

Here is Mike T’s video from day 1.  He stops landing when he stops having fun.   A good bit of advice for dangerous sports.

A special mention for Tin Tin today who broke his PB yesterday with a challenging flight outside the convergence area and  flying for 7 hours, much of it with a cross wind.  Epic skies early in the afternoon soon developed to congestus in the Avila valley which made us push north along the Salamanca road […]

More wind today with 20km in much of the boundary layer.  convergence in the Avila valley but also enough instability to set off congestus and likely Cbs later in the day.  Once again a day to try to get N of the convergence, but with the stronger wind may be difficult to do until you […]

Mike Thomas with his first instalment of his video diary of his stay here.

A ridge of high pressure over the Peninsula should give us good soaring and XC conditions throughout the week.  Today the  southerly should allow us to push on beyond Avila to Segovia, though the convergence is likely to be wander more to the north after the Pass  which will make it more tricky perhaps.  A […]

Still under the influence of an extend trough and a cold front to the NW.  However, instability drops of later in the afternoon.  Winds SW but should come onto Pena Negra.  Not an easy day but looks more lily than yesterday.

  Today we have a trough lying across us with the corresponding risk of overdevelopment.  Winds start light and generally south and move around more to the west strengthening and then dropping off by early afternoon at ground level. This maybe an OK day to fly, but we may have to go to Lastra early […]