Howling in Piedrahita. So we are all at a fiesta in town and eating lunch. Looking windy tomorrow too…

Martin, who is in my house and I went for a wander and explored Piedrahita town. We had exhausted the delights of the place within half an hour, so went back to drinking beer. In the evening we had a house dinner, cooked by Bella and Jess. The atmosphere in our house is really nice. I didn’t know anyone before I got there, but we’re three English, three Americans and me and everyone has amazing stories of life and flying to tell. After dinner off to the bar, and I should never, ever accept free beer. Always fatal!

Geoff writes: in contrast, more or less nil wind here. A poor forecast, but the sky was better than I expected, so I went to the Mynd, where it was mostly zero mph. Only two or three people out, presumably put off by the lack of wind and the forecast showers. A couple of people lobbed off at different times, and went straight down. Very few birds. Nothing coming through on launch at all. The ground was still a bit damp after all the rain of yesterday. Finally gave up around 4.30 and came home to do some work. Maybe it was better on other sites – given that it didn’t overdevelop as I expected, Snowdonia might have been a better bet.

I’m a little more optimistic for tomorrow, forecast east or SE. Maybe the Malverns.

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