After yesterdays big rains and storms we had some very pleasant flying this morning. I flew a commercial tandem and the passenger was quite blown away with what we did. Nice solid climbs with vultures in almost every thermal. We landed out in the valley as the clouds started to get a little out of […]
The day had great promise with a SE flow and a base rising to 4000m in the afternoon, though with deepening low pressure. The wind came on the hill aroud 12, but was fickle, threatening to waver over the back. Good Cu formation soon cast shadows over the slope, cutting further the anabatic flow and […]
A great day with base over 3600m in the flats towards the end of the day with Cu forming only over the high mountains around 4200m. Conditons in the valley were uncharacteristically weak early on, claiming a few early bomb outs. Anton, Mike, Nigel and myself went over the pass flying into a light headwind […]
Another nice day with everybody getting away with comparative ease on the XC. Best of the day was Nigel who flew to the Tornavacas pass and then back a little to land with Mike, also not far from the pass. Good climbs in the flats but blue thermals. Only onthe big peaks did the climbs […]
We went XC this morning on the first flight leaving the take off area at little more than 100m towards Barco. Only Dave, Nigel , Anton and myself cleared Santiago de Collado. Three of us reached Barco, deciding to land early to get back to give the others another go. For the second flight very […]
A busy last day for this weeks group. With base just above the top on the morning flight I decided we should try for an XC towards Barco at 11am. Abundant lift and a low level flight (max 2000m) for the 20kms to Barco for myself Nigel, Dave and Alan and then a snack before […]
It seemed the best place to fly in Europe today was the UK or Russia. As we have Russians and Brits here this week it was a great shame that perhaps the worse place to fly was here with the sudden groth of a low and rain and storms. Oh well, a bit of footy […]
Lovely conditions today with light NW winds and moderate thermals to around 3000m. The morning flight was easy to stay up and after tea and a snack we took off for the XC fligtht around 2pm. A few dropped out at the pass but Nigel, Steve, Dave, Alan and myself crossed easily. With a 4/8 […]
A great looking Cu filled sky but just to windy, even from early on. We took the rafts and Kayak to the Tormes for a white water run. Remarkably there was still just enough running water to make the trip worthwile and entertaining.
Back to flying after an unseasonal longish spell of very poor weather. We were up early today, the first flight being quite easy to stay up, though with the low base tricky to stay free of cloud. We landed after around 40 minutes when the clouds seem to cycle up and start showing some showers […]