Here is my take on Philby, who I think I have known since about 1994. He was here with us last week. As always this is a digital painting not a photo manipulations. In retrospect I think I should have pushed the exaggeration a bit further. I always start with lots of small thumbnails sketches […]
Something of an all or nothing day. If the wind is suitable for take off we should be able to go a long long way. With the SW wind it may come onto PN but that may be very crossed and with dust devils so we will go early to the S site. Today the […]
Good XC conditions today with a climb of 3300m straight after take off at 12.30. Good Cu development but more of a NW in Avila so Hans, Michael, myself and Jack landed there. A PB for Hans for distance and also for Johan who carried on to 90km. A PB for young Jack who had […]
Potentially a very good xc day with good thermal quality and maybe climbs to 4000m and for sure over 3000m. An occluded front to our south moving away eastwards. There is likely to be some build up of cu and we must keep an eye on them, though the largest formations will occur in the […]
Today the principal problem will be the take off. The wind is expected to be 15 knots at around 2000m at 3pm. If you look at the surface winds the convergence area in blue at 2pm is well to the north of our valley as the south west winds have displaced it northwards. There might […]
Still a way to go on this one, but back to flying today.
XC soar seem to indicate SW winds, but the Hirlam, which I tend to favour now shows more of a NE flow. with convergences along the mountain towards Barco and Bejar. A nice inversion at 3100m which should cap any vertical development and cloud formation. Likely early clouds at a low level due to moisture […]
This was a commission from Melody for his birthday. Simon was on one of my La Palma trips some years back. Memorable for me for last hangover of my life due to Caprinya overindulgence. Never again.
Here is Greg under the Spanish Pyrenean sun on his Vol Biv trip. Something went wrong on the likeness, but I like the lighting.