Tasty clouds to the east.Forecast was for sun then snow/showers/wind. I looked at the forecast and immediately said it was an early day, with the only chance of flying being before lunch time. Having said that, we promptly piddled around all morning and got to Santa Brigida at 12.30pm to see Marc high up and going XC. The sky looked good but the clouds were growing fast.

We drove up double fast and got our gliders ready. It was still looking good towards the east, with big clear blue patches between the clouds. To the west it was starting to look ominous. Marc had decided to turn around and was heading back to launch, sometimes climbing with big ears on.

Marc top landing at Santa BrigidaHe top landed and reported very strong thermals and getting sucked into cloud, with the blue bits being as lifty as the clouds. Within 10 minutes of us chatting it had overdeveloped and we could see rain in the distance. Udo and Jenny had arrived from France and were looking at the conditions from below. Time to pack up and go for coffee.

We had lunch and a couple of hours later the sky had cleared and the sun was shining, there were little fluffy clouds and we headed back up Santa Brigida only to find the wind howling.

We gave up for the day and went to Rupit for dinner.

See photos of today.

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