The forecast was more promising for today (although still a little windy from the north), so we decided to go to Puig d’Afrou in the morning, and Santa Brigida in the afternoon. It was lovely and sunny when we went out and on getting to Puig d’Afrou, it was south with little cumulus popping off. What stood out was the fantastic visibility. We could see the whole of the bay of Roses, including Palau Saverdera and the launch at Sant Pere de Rodes.

I was the designated driver, so Geoff and Michaela got ready quickly, but as soon as they were ready it turned north. The north launch is a tricky, committed (ex-hang glider) ramp, so not good in light conditions. They changed to the north launch when it promptly switched to nothing. In the distance we could see a warm front coming in which we had obviously missed on the forecast, and this shut off the sun and made it less likely to bring it back on to the south side.

All the while, we could see people flying at Santa Brigida so after swapping launches several times, we gave it up as a bad job and packed up. As soon as the gliders were in the bags it came on south. Typical.

The drive down was nearly as bad as the drive up… bumpy and skidding on the mud, even in a 4 x 4.

At Santa Brigida the wind was east and gusty, but as the front passed, it came more on and was sunny. Geoff, I and Michaela flew four, three and two times respectively. I flew my Aspen for the first time since October and I really, really need to get my launches sorted. It was challenging flying, but nice to get our feet in the air.

See photos of today.

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