Who stole the sunshine?

It was overcast today, but worse than predicted, so we canned the planned hang gliding and went to Santa Brigida instead. It was breezy there and we had a nice boat about with lots of other people there. A few weak thermals managed to slip through the gloom and there was ridge lift too. When the wind suddenly got stronger Geoff bottom landed and I drove down to do some ground handling. Need to work on those forward launches before Annecy!

We packed up at 5pm and headed to Olot for the carnival. It’s always a week later than elsewhere, but it being the last one in this area, they like to put on a bit of a show. Best floats this year were the King Kong float, which had a huge articulated gorilla, which could crouch down, beat his chest and pick up Jane, who would then scream ‘No, no!’. All controlled with hydraulics. Very impressive. The other highlight was the massive bear from The Golden Compass. All the floats have dancers (sometimes more than 120 people) doing routines. The Thriller float had a fake Michael Jackson (in red leather suit and white socks) doing the whole Thriller routine with an entourage of zombies.

The funniest float was the drunken Scots. Not only were they partial to showing off their bums, but their dance routine looked like the entire population of Inverness on acid.

See photos of today.

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