Mark flies the cirrus off a breezy Poniette launch
Light winds forecast and blue skies so
the guys headed up the main hill whislt Mike and myself took a trip
to Villamartin for a check up on his foot. By the time we exited a
very efficient spanish health service with confirmation that Mikes
foot was bruised but not broken the guys had moved from the main
launch to the Poniette launch where the wind was more on although a
little on the breezy side despite the forecast.
Michel and Mark gave it a shot along
with a number of pilots from the other groups but the lift was not
great and the breeze giving only bouncy ridge lift. They both made
safe trips to the noticeboard field where Mike and myself joined up
with them before those left on the hill came down in the other
vehicles. With the wind freshening we headed home dropping off some
kit and bodies then heading back out for the annual visit to Zahara.
Peachy steps it out on the Big Boys toys
Not to sure what Simon was up to ??
After a short session on the adult toys
and Martin having to pulled off from them we set off up the hill.
Martin, Peachy, Phil and myself were led on a route march to the top
by a highly energetic Simon which left us all gasping on arrival.
The views were just as good as ever and whilst the boys sat on the
parapets I coward well away from the vertical drops.
Nice view from the top of Zahara
As hoped a glider finally appeared off
the SW launch and when we saw a few more we decided to head back up
checking out the landing field (bar lady) on the way. Whilst still
windy enough in the landing zone we opted to go up leaving Kaz there
to let us know conditions . At launch things were good and after a
report from kaz that things were mellowing the guys decided to fly.
Whilst not epic it was fun flight for most and everyone had good
landings with Martin being very pleased with his both nicely tippy
toed and in the notice board field. Simon put in another small XC but
still a long way short of Dredgies record.
Nice set up for the notice board field at the end of the day
Back in Algo the guys went out to eat
in various establishments and by the time Kaz and myself returned
from seeing some friends there was a pretty well lubricated group on
the terrace with a very vocal Phil using his best Spanish to quieten
down the dogs, no chance............
Quote of the day “shutupio u dogio”
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