Geoff writes: it was a really poor forecast today, with a front coming in, but it seemed to be coming in slower than expected, so we went to Santa Brigida late morning, still expecting to turn round before we got there. But all the indicators on the way were good, not blown out, right direction; and the sky, though completely cloudy, was not threatening rain. And in the event it was a very good day, flyable all day until we left (and probably after). It was very lifty, really easy to stay up, with some strong-ish thermals coming through, in spite of the total lack of sun. It was quite bumpy at times, more so than I expected, but nothing to cause a problem.

I flew both the Artik II and Judith’s Aspen II, since I’ll end up having one or the other (one, of course, will cost a lot of money; the other one will be free).

The place was almost empty – probably everyone, like us, believed the forecast and made other arrangements. When we arrived there was just Andreu, and Adria turned up later. Johnny also arrived, after a text from us to say it seemed flyable. And Judith wasn’t very well so she stayed on the ground.

See photos of today.

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