{"id":1943,"date":"2010-02-06T18:51:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T17:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.judithmole.net\/blog\/?p=1943"},"modified":"2010-02-07T19:09:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T18:09:56","slug":"saturday-6th-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.judithmole.net\/blog\/?p=1943","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, 6th February 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Geoff writes:<\/strong> we’re into the last day of the conference. It actually closes 8.30am Sunday morning, UK time, but that’s because we have such a huge number of international delegates, from ten time zones. So all we need to do tomorrow morning is wake up, and close it (then there’s a few days work tidying up the final stuff, e.g. sorting out the professional credits some people get for attending – but our time is more flexible on that).<\/p>\n

Tonight is the official conference dinner. So that’s me and Judith going to the restaurant across the way. Can’t wait….<\/p>\n

It was warm and sunny today, of course. Probably flyable tomorrow, but we are not<\/strong> going to Santa Brigida<\/a>. It’s the annual aplec festival, a sort of town and flying event. Hundreds of people descend on Santa Brigida<\/a>, all to eat and drink, dance, BBQ and many to fly. A ridge we find can get crowded with five or six pilots, in weak conditions,\u00a0can have ten times that tomorrow. And a small top landing is even smaller when there are hundreds of people, pets, cars and barbecues scattered all over it.<\/p>\n

Judith writes:<\/strong> Say what you like about virtual conferences and the lack of networking opportunities (which is rubbish btw), but the conference dinners are excellent – no salad, soggy salmon and cheesecake; and I didn’t have to sit next to the sweaty bloke with bad breath I always seem to end up next to at real conferences. The only draw back was the after-dinner speaker… Geoff really needs to work on his repertoire. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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