Geoff writes: another lousy forecast, but the sun came out here, so off we went to Santa Brigida (we’re getting a bit bored going there, but very little chance of flying anywhere else). The closer we got, the cloudier it became. When we arrived, the cloud was very low, but it wasn’t quite clagged in. We drove up, found some other local pilots there. The wind seemed ok, so I set up, and clipped in, and it promptly dropped off. No chance of thermals, too cloudy. I stood on launch for a while, then the others decided to fly down (no chance of staying up) and go for lunch. Excellent – guaranteed to improve after they left. And about 30 minutes or so later, it picked up a little, and I eventually managed to get off, flew for a while (and radio’d the luncheon club to tell them I was above launch), and then top landed. Judith launched, eventually went down, and waited till they came back for a ride up. Meanwhile, I launched again, and top landed again. Hardly epic, but 25 minutes or so in total.

By the time they all got back up, the wind had dropped, and they just had top to bottoms. Going for lunch – especially in the short winter days – is always a mistake.

See photos of today.