For the last week we’ve had a funny noise round the back wheel of the van and not wanting to break down on the drive home we thought we better have it checked out before going off to fly at Berga today. Geoff took the car in and the nice mechanic confirmed that our copious use of WD40 had made no difference at all to the broken suspension spring and knackered shock absorbers. When asked if it would be ok to drive to Berga his response was a withering look. This means we are grounded while we wait for the parts to arrive (hopefully tomorrow) and the work can be done. To be fair, the van gets a lot of off-road use going up Santa Brigida and Puig d’Afrou, so it’s hardly surprising that it needs a bit of a make-over sometimes.

So despite the glorious weather, it was work for us. Although we did sneak out for an hour lying in the sunshine having lunch. Nicky went to Berga, and was the only one to fly. All the blokes were too chicken!

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