The gang go swimming at papa guyo beaches
Mark takes of at Femes in the evening
If you look hard you can see a glider out there somewhere as the light fades
Smiley Moon for smiley pilots
Seafood BBQ, yummySitting here writing the blog in a very nice tempature with a seafood BBQ underway makes me realize just how lucky we are compared to many.
A strange day all round. A bit hazy when we woke up but with a warm southerly breeze so maybe it was sahara sand in the air. The important matter of the day was taken care of at breakfast where it has to be said that Mark F took a firm lead in the egg comp', Sams go tomorrow.
Macher was the place to be and I think every flier on the island thought so too as there was a good gathering there. However conditions were flyable but not always soarable. Whilst others held back or ended up slope landing we decided to go for a glide comp' and Mark, James and Sam headed out in a long line to fly down the road towards the villa. James took the honours putting a couple of hundred meteres on the others although a small wall did suffer. Wanda got away and headed out but with sink around she opted to slip it in by the school. Lisa was next off doing a super launch before heading out the sink had increased as had the wind so she made the decision to pop it down in the field between the lines. Kaz and myself soon hand them back at the top ready for the next one.
Things had got a bit rougher and it wasn't long before the hill cleared. The group were up for some swimming so we headed to Papagyo where we had a lovely afternoon on the beach and even I went in the sea so it must have been good. There were some lovely sanpipers running around the beach along with various other birds that Sam pointed out.........
As the sun dropped we headed back through Femes where we stopped to see if it was flyable. Kaz went for a coffee whilst we walked up. It was breezy enough but with a bit of effort Mark James and Sam all got away in the fading light. Sam landed at 18.45 with it as dark as you'd want it under a smiling moon superb.
Then back to the villa via the supermarket to pick up supplies for a seafood BBQ which hopefully will be nice!
A strange day all round. A bit hazy when we woke up but with a warm southerly breeze so maybe it was sahara sand in the air. The important matter of the day was taken care of at breakfast where it has to be said that Mark F took a firm lead in the egg comp', Sams go tomorrow.
Macher was the place to be and I think every flier on the island thought so too as there was a good gathering there. However conditions were flyable but not always soarable. Whilst others held back or ended up slope landing we decided to go for a glide comp' and Mark, James and Sam headed out in a long line to fly down the road towards the villa. James took the honours putting a couple of hundred meteres on the others although a small wall did suffer. Wanda got away and headed out but with sink around she opted to slip it in by the school. Lisa was next off doing a super launch before heading out the sink had increased as had the wind so she made the decision to pop it down in the field between the lines. Kaz and myself soon hand them back at the top ready for the next one.
Things had got a bit rougher and it wasn't long before the hill cleared. The group were up for some swimming so we headed to Papagyo where we had a lovely afternoon on the beach and even I went in the sea so it must have been good. There were some lovely sanpipers running around the beach along with various other birds that Sam pointed out.........
As the sun dropped we headed back through Femes where we stopped to see if it was flyable. Kaz went for a coffee whilst we walked up. It was breezy enough but with a bit of effort Mark James and Sam all got away in the fading light. Sam landed at 18.45 with it as dark as you'd want it under a smiling moon superb.
Then back to the villa via the supermarket to pick up supplies for a seafood BBQ which hopefully will be nice!
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