Geoff writes: the forecast changed a lot overnight, in terms of wind direction, and so rather than go to El Mont, it seemed a better bet to go to Bellmunt, which we duly did with Nils and Mark, meeting up with Joan too. We went up, and there were already a few people flying and getting up, with some nice cloud development. I was the first to launch of our group, and it didn’t seem too rough, and there was plenty of lift. I was pretty determined to cross the pass to Olot, at least, if not go further. The problem was that cloudbase was only about 2500′ above take off, about 6200′ above sea level, and I wasn’t at all confident about making it over the pass – it’s a few kilometers to actually reach the pass, and if you don’t get something on the way, you’ll be below it, in some very inhospitable territory, with very few landing options other than trees. So after three attempts, getting to base each time, hoping that base would rise (but it didn’t) I gave up on that idea.

The clouds were getting bigger and more developed, and I eventually decided to go and land – Judith and Joan had already landed. It took me a while to get down, there was plenty of lift, but I managed to also find enough sink, and I got down ok. The overdevelopment continued rapidly, and an hour after I landed, whilst we were having our beer and sandwiches with Joan, there was no sun, but a lot of rain!

Great to see Nils again, and to meet Mark for the first time – both top class street performers, as you’ll see from their web sites if you click on their names!

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