So the plan for today was to get up really early and get on the first lift at Masella, ski until lunch time and then drive across the valley to France and fly at Targasonne.

However, yesterday the top temperature at Masella was 16C, and today was supposed to be warmer. Mike wasn’t confident about the forecast being good for flying at Targasonne and I wasn’t feeling 100%. So we scrapped that plan and instead we went flying at Sant Pere de Rodes. Since it was my monthly day off flying, I was designated driver.

Matthias and Jesus had gone up the hill earlier and we met up with Mike and Oriol in Palau Saverdera. Once at the top, we could see the thick inversion below us. Matthias had launched and gone straight down, so we all waited around and then Jesus launched for an extended top-to-bottom. Mike flew next, but Oriol had to wait a while, as the wind started switching north and only thermals were bringing it on. He got off and had the longest flight of the day, working weak thermals under the inversion layer.

By this time it had switched north properly and Geoff walked across to the other launch and flew there, landing on the beach at Port de la Selva. I drove down to get him and we spent the rest of the afternoon sitting in the sun, looking at shoals of fish and being groomed by some shaggy dogs to be their playmates.

See photos of today.

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