What a rush around day! First thing into Olot to get the van serviced, then back home to have coffee with Veronica (there was Geoff thinking he was the only English in the village!) and then back to get the van. However, there’s a hole in the transmission that needs to be repaired and it all got a bit complicated, but suffice to say, we couldn’t go to fly in Berga with Nicky. Instead we decided to try our luck at Santa Brigida with Tomas, Marc and Joan.

It was clear even before we got there that it was windy, but we went up anyway to see if it would drop. Tomas is a professional balloon pilot and he keeps a supply of helium in his truck to blow up balloons which he releases to check wind speed, direction, etc. before he launches. It was incredibly thermic, and the wind turned at times, so we blew up balloons to try to see what rotor looks like. This of course inspired lots of silliness – and in the end I got to do something I have always wanted to do, but never got the chance… talk funny with helium. It was hysterical!

We never did get to fly, but we had a really nice afternoon…

See photos of today.

See video of me talking funny.

See video of Joan talking funny.

See video of Marc talking funny.

See video of me doing ‘Helium Happy Birthday’.

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