A trip to Otivar today. I have not been here for 18 years and remember it as the place where Puri overshot the tiny landing field and went into some trees below. Today some nice thermic conditions, though Bart undershot the landing twice. A mention in dispatches for Nigel who braved the deep vegetation to […]

We have now had two decent days in Granada from Cenes. Nothing particularly special, just light climbs and normally to the bottom. Out tonight for dinner in the centre of Granada like yesterday, maybe another Lebanes meal.

2nd place for Xebi Bonet and 3 rd for Russell Ogden in the Europeans. I am very happy for them both and the Spanish team with their best ever result , 2 nd.

Once again high thermal tops though the increased wind from the west and slightly more stable conitions at lower levels will make things tricky early on.  No prospect of return with this much wind  -around 20km/hr at take off level, so open distance is the best option taking care of the 3048m NOTAM after Avila […]

Keep calm and carry on. Relentless rain…….but the wind is now right!

Yesterday we had some good flying. Four flights each for most of the group. I even managed a quick flight to test conditions on the first flight when it still looked a little windy. Post cold front conditions with hoar frost at launch and a wind chill factor well below zero. We all landed after […]

Low pressure and trough centred over us. Winds are fine, but the long awaited rain is consistent.

Nice to start with but rapid overdevelopment after midday.

I had an unfortunate accident friday afternoon, dropping very fast onto a slab of concrete near our home, breaking my right forearm in three places and dramatically changing my inmediate future life and plans. With three weeks of our season to go, Puri and Jorge will show how dispensible I was whilst I am on […]