As we got up we could see the sky was much cloudier. The task committee thought there was an improving forecast (it has been every afternoon so far!), so we set off to the Stol take-off for the next task. I was on the red bus again, which is the slowest, most uncomfortable vehicle in use in the comp. The backdoors keep popping open, so the back seats are not the safest on the bus. I got bored, so I persuaded Martin to play categories with me and before we knew it a third of the bus was playing.

When we got up, cloud was touching the top of the mountain and some of the surrounding hills were also clagged in. The task committee did devise a task for us, which was a ridge run task, with the usual first turn point and then to Tolmin, back along the ridge to the border and than back to Kobarid via two turn points. Fifteen minutes before the task started the cloud was getting lower, so the window was postponed. An alternative task was set, sending us just to Tolmin and back to Kobarid via two turn points. As we walked down to the second briefing, the clouds cleared and we could see a cunim in the distance. After some deliberation, they cancelled the task. It was still safe to fly down, an option pretty much everyone took to avoid another hour in the minibus, playing silly games.

I was a bit too enthusiastic with my big ears so landed short of Kobarid, but that was fine by me. I didn’t cherish the thought of coming in with 60 others. David landed with me and assured me that the walk back would only be marginally more than a kilometer and so we walked back to town. Turned out more like 3km…

We’re hoping it will storm tonight to clear out some of the humidity, it’s been so hot!

See photos of today.

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