Geoff writes: there was some debate last night about the forecast and what Wayne and Richard would do. Whether it was better to ski or fly, and if it would be sunny or cloudy. In the end, lethargy won, and they decided to lie in, and go flying.

Unfortunately, when we woke up, there was complete cloud cover. Nevertheless, we drove to Santa Brigida, and as we got closer the sky got better, the sun came out, and I was quite optimistic. And then was very surprised to see that the wind was completely the wrong direction when we got there. We debated moving to another site, but decided to stay there, expecting it to come on, as it soon did. Santa Brigida always works!

It was Brit day at Santa Brigida. As well as us, Nicky Moss drove up from Barcelona, and Mike Cluer drove down from France. We ended up having a good day. The wind was surprisingly strong at some points, and it was rough, but there was good flying and reasonable height to be had much of the day, with some strong thermals, ending with the usual smooth evening flying. Richard again flew the speed wing, and this time managed to soar it for a while, before choosing to go down to land.

We had the usual beers in the LZ – although this time we didn’t linger because it was so very, very cold!

See photos of today.

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