Helicopter buzzes launch.The front which was supposed to go through yesterday came through this morning, so we woke up to rain. Always a depressing sound. By lunch time it was sunny and after a short snooze (I’m still not sleeping very well at night), we headed off to Santa Brigida for a quick evening flight.

It was off to the west, but seemed doable, so we went to get our gliders out when a helicopter started to buzz the ridge. We realised pretty quickly that it was a pilot under instruction and they practiced hovering in front of the monastery, landing in the quarry, buzzing close over launch, etc. It was entertaining, but we were relieved to see them go so we could get in the air.

Conditions were smooth as silk and we both had a lovely evening flight. The colours are starting to change here and everything looks green, red and yellow in the evening glow.

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