Geoff writes: a warm, sunny day, with light southerly winds. A good day for flying, but unfortunately Judith had to take her parents to the airport, and I had an online meeting I couldn’t miss (it’s getting increasingly difficult to fit in non-work stuff). The meeting went on for some time, so in the end we decided to meet up at our closest site, El Mont. As Judith arrived at the bottom, she saw a paraglider flying there, so it seemed like the right place to be. We’ve actually flown there loads of times, on hang gliders, but I’ve never flown a paraglider there before, though Judith has many times. The launch is a small ramp – very easy on a hang glider, and very hard on a paraglider. Judith got off perfectly, first time, but it took me two goes – light winds, pull up and then run like f….

It was quite thermic, and rough in places, and I had at least one large collapse, which was a bit surprising. There was wave about, though I don’t think that was the problem. The thermals were just strong and rough. We both flew out into the valley during our flights, and each picked up some less rough stuff, which kept us up for a while, before we went and landed near the village (and her parents’ car, which was our way to get back up the mountain).

Back on top, we had our apres vol beer looking at an amazing sky, and the sunset was pretty special too.

So an interesting day, if not quite epic!

See photos of today.

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