The van is fixed, so we have our freedom back! It was a glorious day, so we went out to fly. Forecast was for wind from pretty much any direction, but mostly west, which doesn’t usually bode well. We decided to go to Santa Brigida, and saw strong wind on the way. On getting to Amer, it was over the back and very gusty, but to our amazement, people were launching from Puig d’Afrou and getting up. It was too late for us to go, so we went for a spot of lunch with Roger and Patricia, a Ryanair pilot who is keen to learn to fly paragliders. We took her up to the launch, just to show her around, and the wind turned south. Geoff and I both flew, along with a French guy and his wife from Albertville. Unfortunately, it was too late for Roger, who had to be at the airport for 4.30pm.

Conditions were interesting. Geoff found it bumpy, but I didn’t. At one point I thought I had got into convergence, but it stopped over the middle of the valley. In the end it turned east and on my second flight I got drilled. Still, nice to be in the air again.

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