A fantastic day, with perfect conditions. Ian, Grant, Nigel and myself flew to Avila and came back to near the bend in the road. Very strong convergence in the Ambles Valley. 2 hours of big restitution flying in the evening.
The return of excellent conditions, though weak early on even though the day looked spectacular. Colin, as always, off early and after one low save near the Chalets kept high and watched numerous others bomb out. I flew Terry on the Tandem, and alongside Nigel had a great 2hours + doing a circuit of the […]
Early development of congestus, but wind comming round for decent evening flying in late afternoon.
Every day for what seems like forever each day has been a similar pattern. Wake up, blue skies, up the hill and flying. That long steady pattern reaching back to June closed today with the arrival of a cold front. Ah well!
Another big day with climbs to 3800m with sparce but perfect Cus. An airport run day, but Paul, who did the run collected Grant past Avila and Ian near the motorway tunnel for a 100km first in europe. Evening flying ok, but too west for decent climbs. Tomorrow looking like the first mediocre day in […]
Well that was a week. Baz made his PB twice, today the second time this week with around 50km and 4 hours airitime. Ian Walker made PB twice and with 21 and a quater hours for the week. Likewise Catherine with her Avila run and Also Wim. Today also Colin with a Pb distance, possibley […]
Yesterday, Friday, the wind was a bit strong for us (though the French pilots did just over and just under 200km). Today was perfect. Light N and smooth easy thermals. A trip to the pass and then onto Barco for 3 hours of lovely flying (4 for Baz).
Yet another classic day with very pleasant climbs to above 3000m marked by Cu along the convergence. A NW wind gave us the usual convergence at Muñogalindo and NE at Avila. Good Cu convergence all along the mountains. Wim landed at 55km in Avila, doubling his PB. Ian flew back from the 50km mark to […]
Yet another high quality day yesterday, though as a bit of a rest day we just flew down to Barco with Colin, Catherine, Paul and Baz arriving to the Pineda Bar. Good evening flying once again, lightening off earlier. I am suffering from some sort of bug which has left me without a voice and […]
Another superb soaring day with climbs to 300m and a NW to N wind of around 15km/hr. Strong climbs and convergence lines in the Ambles valley and difficult to get down at Avila in the booming conditions. Ian, Paul, Catherine Juakin and myself at Avila. Another day with big restitution for the evening flight.