The big news from this morning is that I won the Parapente Girona PG world championship sweepstake! I picked Andi Aeby, so I am four bottles of good wine, a dinner at Can Co and a crate of beer better off. Yippee!

The forecast was very inconclusive. There were weather warnings for strong NW winds and snow; but it could also work out as sunny and light winds, depending on where you were. What was an issue was over-development, but then again… depends on how localised, close together, etc.

We ummmed and aaahed for a bit and decided to wait and see, so Michaela and I went to the tree house/labyrinth at Argelaguer. As we walked in, we met the constructor and it was really interesting talking to him, especially when I said that I had been many years ago. He’s keen to build the maze and tree houses, rather than towers. He assured me that there were seven of them before, rather than just the five that I remembered. Michaela loved it! He’s expanded the labyrinth even in the two weeks since we went and the owner told us about bits that we hadn’t seen before, so Michaela and I went down a steep bank, via three tree houses, to a little bridge to a place I didn’t even think was his land. Amazing what you can miss.

As we were in the maze the sky was just incredible. Cumulus to die for, but it seemed to be picking up. By the time we had climbed the highest tower it was definitely over-developing. However, ever hopeful, we went to Santa Brigida, thinking that it might stay blue there.

When we got to Amer, it was south. It would have been absolutely perfect, had it not been for the cu-nimbs surrounding us. We waited for a while, and the blue hole around us closed in and we admitted defeat when we heard thunder near and then above us.

Michaela and I then went to Olot to procure the prizes for the LMSC awards (our lips are sealed!). Since neither of us are habitual shoppers, it was a real novelty fun experience, enhanced by cake!

See photos of today.

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