Geoff writes: tramuntana forecast, so, as usual, we planned a trip to Santa Brigida. It was dull and cloudy in the morning, and, according to Mike, raining very hard just accross the border in France (though not here). So we did a bit of work, then the sun came out, and off we went, meeting up at Santa Brigida with Roger. And it was very nicely flyable. Sunny, thermic, not rough, and easy to stay up.

Whilst I was flying, someone else turned up on a quad bike, Gerry Mayr. He is on his way – by quad bike! – from Germany to Dakar, and stopped off at Niviuk to pick up a glider. He managed to get a flight to try it out, then bottom landed. Gerry holds various world records for quad biking.

He has an amazing trailer, which includes a garage (his word) for a paramotor engine, a tent, cooker, solar panels for his computer….. and, no doubt, a kitchen sink. Hard to believe you can get so much into so little space. Though going downhill towing it behind the quad bike could be a bit of a nightmare – it’s pretty heavy. Great to meet him, and hopefully we’ll see him again on his way back.

Judith has spent the evening recording a podcast (our first for a while) with Steve Hudson of the Derbyshire Flying Centre. Still to be edited though, so will be publicised when it is ready.

See photos of today.

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