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 […]

Our second non flyable day. No storms but big build ups and some rain. After a morning for the group sightseeing in Avila (and a meeting for myself with the tourist board to sort out posters and maps for the competition events) we returned to Piedrahita, but with the cloud still at hill height and

After 10 days flying we brought our Dutch guest back to Madrid today (see farewell photo) and collected our assorted group from England (from The Dover and Folkestone and the Dunstable club…..also a lone Northerner, Andy, our regular guest and bird expert from Lancashire. Yet another flyable day, and on arrival the group had an […]

The animal lovers among you will be relieved to know that ‘Frankie the Fox’ is still around. He was

We had some very good news yesterday. The planning permission for our new home (just below the big spine) has finally come through after almost two years of waiting. The excavations have now started and I have taken a photo on my glide back from the pass.