Algo 2011 Day two Thermals and Turmoils

 The guys and gals at the top waiting to play

 Phippsy fires the Catapult as Kaz tries to impress Mark

 Bill starts the day off

 Bill heads out in bouyant but bouncy air 

Happy bunnies after some cracking flying by the tree

Well what a day it turned out to be.  With the guys still settling into Algo life we managed breakfast even if boiled eggs were off the menu due to cooker inoperatives.  With everyone on board we headed up Lijar based on a forecast of brisk winds due to ease back as the days went on.

Sure enough it was breezy on top so Parawaiting ensued, bit like in the UK except that it was warm and sunny!  The Catapult came out showing a new star in Mark W who with the advantage of longer legs not only had the power had the accuracy to go with them. Simon wanted to see Jackies bush, which attracted quite a lot of interest , not surprisingly, and having grown since last year deserved a little trimming.

By 17.00 things were looking a bit better although still breezy enough and a bit gusty.  However Bill decided to give it a shot and proved both his capability and that it was still rough enough as he popped up and down on his flight.  Finally he arrived in the landing field in challenging conditions and made a fine job of it.

No sooner had he landed than the wind further eased and the rest of the guys rigged up. One by one they took off into ever improving conditions and one by one they went up.  Soon the sky was full of wings having fun with the team mixed in amongst them.  Everyone had a fine time with the old hands and the newbies enjoying the abundant lift.  Mark and Andy both relatively new to Paraglidining although both experienced Paramotor pilots got to grips with free flight and were soon thermalling up and away.

Graham and Chris both more experienced made light work of it to enjoy some super flying.  Barry H was first to join Bill  having managed to avoid the lift but still had a fun time. Mike C had a ball getting his first thermalling experience seeing him hundreds of feet above take off and thousands of feet above the ground before rounding it all off with a first class landing.

Even Kaz got to join in the fun as we found a spare driver for her vehicle and looked pretty pleased about it.

By the time I arrived in the landing field some of the guys were coming in whilst others were still up there playing and one had top landed ( inadvertently).  With everyone safetly sorted it was a happy band that opted for JJ's with tales of daring do and some just do.

 Quote of the day " it's better than sex"  it was not me that said that Kaz,honest.

Another day tomorrow with a forecast that may make it a challenge, but we like challenges....