Light SW, good climbs to 3400m.
Although it came on late to Peña Negra things soon turned on. I was first over the pass on the tandem with Pepe Luis, a Bullfighter from Salamanca and a local pilot. Graham, Brian, Nigel, Martin and Carolin followed. Carolin and Martin landed soon after the pass, leaving the rest of us to decide what to do on arriving at Avila; carry on or get down to get back for an evening flight for the unfortunates who had landed early. Brian and I landed, and Nigel decided to fly back some way, making excellent progress the to just W of the Bend in the road.
High excitement on the retrieve when on driving down the pass the front wheel of the white van came loose. Pete expertly maintained control, bringing it to the hard shoulder. Poor white van; after a visit to the mechanic last week just a bit of grease was prescribed…..it seems it was something a bit more serious!
August 26th, 2010 at 09:03
blimey!
well done Pete, hope you got bought loads of beers later for that!!!
having driven that white van myself and quite fond of her, hope she can be repaired!
wishing all of you good flying – sounds like Nigel has had a marvellous fortnight
August 26th, 2010 at 21:04
Well done Nigel – looking forward to seeing you do your 120Km before coming home. Good luck to all for the last 2 days. Ask Puri what type of Fenugreek seed she wants and I will see if I can send by mail.