Today was the Romeria de la Virgen de la Vega, when all the town goes 5km north of town to the hermitage where the Virgen is kept. A meal is provided by the town hall. Nice flying conditions throughout the day with base of around 2500m, good Cu development from early on, but some larger […]
Cbs from 9am so no flying today. There were plenty of sunny spells, but the Cbs soon filled in again. Nature walks for some of the group. Myself and Jamie checked on the progress of my Warré hives in Zapata. Two which had drawn comb throughout their first box were provided with fresh boxes below. […]
A sunny start to the day, though light south easterly winds, so off to Chia. A couple of flights each in ridge and light themal lift, but always monitoring the development of the clouds. In the Valley behind (Piedrahitas valley), large congestus and Cbs from around 2pm. At chia it was ok untill around 5pm, […]
The day started out with early Cu and light winds. Most of the group had a good first flight, most climbing out low from the Chalets (photo). Unfortunately Bruce ended up in some fields further down the slope and ran into the Oak trees at the end on his landing attempt. We decided to
For our first full day with the new group the days started with a text book morning flight, with good reliable climbs on the chalet spine, most pilots getting a good climb out above take off. Only Simon got
Our first group of the year from Holland enjoyed 10 days out of 10 for their flying week, kicking off our season with flying clients. A mix of conditions throughout the week, with good unstable light winds early on, though a little stable over the last 3 days. Today we went to
Some gentle thermic conditions today with thermal soaring and small excurtions along the valley towards the pass.
A late start with the wind comming on at around 12.30. Upper level south westerlies and a poor temperature trace. After the morning flight we embarked on an attempt towards the pass. Three of us got to the pass, but since we could not get over 2300m asl, we decided not to cross, and made […]
A nice forecast with good Cus. Our early morning task was a flight to the Long Bar (achieved only by Jan), then over the pass on the XC flight, crossing on the plateau to the north of the pass (Jan with best distance to Amavida (25km). The evening flight gave some gentle soaring, but not […]
With a forecast of high westerlies we still managed to fly before it came through, with good thermals and wind still below 15km when we landed. During the afternoon, Roel and myself checked out the progress of my Bee hives, most importantly my Warré style hives in Tortoles. The Warré method is a move back […]