Still very unstable which will continue through until tomorrow. Moderate SW winds, a bit top end for Lastra even if it was not for the threat of storms. This evening the wind should veer to the West so we may be able to do an evening flight at Peña Negra.
Here is the english text for a french translation Johan. Not word for word, but basically the same. The video is here: This is for one of my San Hillarie festival entries. If the weather is as bad as we expect tomorrow, perhaps you can help me with it. Sir James Mallinson. Lord of […]
Yesterday was an absolute classic day with perfect Cu and a marked convergence with strong smoothish climbs to 4000m. I did my PB for carrying a 100kg passenger (Juan) to Avila on the tandem. A bit of a taxi service now as the day before I took Adrian there too. Tricky staying low for the […]
The approaching fronts has made today flyable but nowhere near as good as it has been. It is unlikely that we can safely fly tomorrow, although the winds are still fine. Today the winds have moved more to the south. It is likely that it will come onto PN but we will go earlier, before […]
My XC mag just arrived and here is the illustration I did for Ed Ewing at XC mag last month during the X Alps. If you were following the race then you will recognise the situation. When Chrigel was penalised for going the wrong way up a track and had a moan at the sponsor […]
Superb conditions yesterday with the whole group over the Pass and at or near Avila and back some. PB for Graham and a local PB for Hans who made 92km of the return from Avila. Even I managed to stay of the tea and biscuits for long enough to do a Tandem flight with Adrian […]
This is the day before a frontal transition which are usually the epic days. Friday and Saturday will not be so good, Saturday probably unflyable with a cold front going through. There after for the DSC group I have arranged for it to be suitably epic! Today there is an inversion at 3800, so climbs […]
This week we are blessed with nice easy XC conditions, though the light winds tend to give us convergence and often a quartering headwind in the Avila Valley. Most of us opted yesterday for a circuit around the Piedrahita Valley. Laurence went over the Pass for a 4 hour flight on his Ozone Buzz 3 […]
Another excellent XC soaring day which could be a Segovia day, but it is likely that the ground level winds will be against us after Avila. Once again a circuit flight between the two passes would be appropriate. Convergence in the Avila valley will be much to the south.
Once again we continue to be affected by the Azores high, any instability and rain affecting only the east of the Peninsula. Today generally light winds from the NW with limited Cu development in in convergence areas and on mountains. Good quality thermals with climbs to above 3000m by around 1.30pm, The upper and mid […]