Finally a nice flyable day. Crystal clear blue skies and nicely flyable all day at Santa Brigida. Only us there to start with and then Marc from Ribes arrived. A few minutes later three skydivers from Empuria Brava who have recently started to paraglide turned up. It’s ironic when you see skydivers flying paragliders without a parachute! Marc, Geoff and I all had a few flights and the wind was picking up, so we decided to call it a day and have a beer in the sunshine, when we heard a car coming up the hill. I idly looked around and saw Erwan with a guy who looked remarkably like Barney Woodhead. To my utter amazement, it was. Phil Colbert, Andy Talbot and Barney were visiting the Niviuk HQ and came out for a quick evening fly.

With the wind increasing, I thought they had missed their chance, but they all got off ok and flew until near nightfall. Smiles and beers all round. We’re keeping our fingers crossed for them to get another flight tomorrow before their departure.

Ten pilots there today – and nine of them foreigners!

See photos of today.

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