After spending the evening with my dad having a farewell dinner, I dashed back this morning to pack for the next escapade. We set off for Ager at 10am and met up with Nicky and Mark at 1pm.

Conditions looked perfect in the landing field – warm, sunny and little wind. At the top it was SE, despite the SW forecast. An easterly component isn’t good on the top launch as you can get a bit of rotor blowing round the rocks. Mark was off first and I followed a little later. It was a bit hairy – I got off nice and easy and then had a big collapse straight away. I’m sure they could hear me squealing like a girl in town a couple of thousand feet below. Once out over the lower ridge it all calmed down, although Nicky and Geoff decided to go to the lower launch to be on the safe side. I had a nice flight, thermalling around and enjoying the scenery. There was some good lift, but predictably also some big sink. In the end, I got flushed.

We all packed up quick and headed back up, so that I could fly again and try the Axis Vega II. It was 5pm by this time, but still very nicely thermic. I got to test out the glide and speedbar, as well as checking out how it turns. I liked it!

Then off to the Bar Torres for plenty of wine and some food.

See photos of today.

See Nicky’s photos of today.

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