Geoff writes: after the disappointment of yesterday, today looked like it was going to be the same. We got up late – the wine – and it was even cloudier than yesterday, with the fog reaching ground level.  Judith and Nicky went for breakfast whilst I stayed in the van and sulked. Eventually, I went to join them, sort of, and did some more work in the bar, whilst they went off for a walk.

But after they got back, it started to break up, though the top ridge was still mostly in cloud. But we went up, as soon as I could drag them away from chatting, and people were starting to fly as we were driving up. It turned out to be a really exceptional day, with the clouds below us, above us, at the side, but plenty of blue in between, so much of the flight, we were flying up the side of clouds. With the clouds, and the stunning scenery, it was an amazing flight. Judith eventually landed, she was cold, but I carried on flying, eventually choosing to go to land at the camping.  She had managed to finally see her reflection in the glory (the circular halo) on the cloud. This is pretty rare, and she had never seen it before – but today, she saw it four times.

Nicky had driven for us, still feeling a little ill, so when she came back down, Judith took her up for an evening flight. The cloud had come in a bit more, and it took a while for her to get off, waiting for it to clear, but eventually she did.

All in all, a really nice day.

See photos of today.

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