Well it wasn’t a classic Tramuntana forecast, and we were a bit too close to the centre of the low pressures to the north, so it wasn’t a classic day. There was some discussion on the Parapent-Girona mailing list as to whether it was worth going or not. Nani posted a message saying we would go, but the news from Xiliu in La Cellera came back that the Coll de Gria, the strong westerly wind which flows from the Susqueda dam down into the valley, was “Hipo Huracanado”. At that point Nani bowed out, but it was a sunny day and who wants to work when the sun is shining? All indications on the way looked good and at Amer it was south, if a little breezy.

We sat it out and then Roger came from Girona airport and the sky clouded over, the wind dropped, and we all flew. We all got bloody cold. It was nothing special, but at least we got in the air.

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