Algodonales 2011 Day 6 Two Seasons in One Day

 The guys have the sky to themselves as we get going at Ronda

 Barry flies by the windsock

 Bills bush,nice but not quite as nice as Jackies

 Mark floats past launch at Ronda

 Hill 47, well actually Teba, spot the condom

 Team photo under the flag

 Mark ready to go back at Lijar west

 Mike enjoys the evening lift

Andy gets down as dusk closes in

Spoilt for choice the hardest decision was which site out of four to go to. We opted for Ronda la V whilst others headed to El Bosque, Lijar and Teba so spreading everyone out.

With the wind smack on the guys wasted no time in getting set up with Bill leading the way closely followed by Graham.  With the wind and thermals picking up the local school moved on leaving plenty of space for all.  Soon the sky was full of Cloud 9's pilots having fun in chllenging enough conditions.  Mike gave it a miss being a bit lighter on his wing which proved a wise move as the wind picked up.

Mark and Andy had a ball honing their ridge soaring skills and Mark "popped" in his first top landing after having survived a heavy sink cycle which saw a few slope landing. There was even a little mine clearance going on a rare sight indeed.

By early afternoon things were getting top end and with the thermals banging through and an overcast sky to the west we decided to make a move and have a look at Teba. On arrival the wind was smack on but strong so we did a site brief counted the condoms and flew the flag. The wind eased and promptly backed to the west so it was back in the cars for a long shot visit to Lijar west on a wing and a prayer.

Just under an hour later the guys were rigging on launch with conditions having just got flyable as we arrived, aren't we thelucky ones. Wasting no time the guys all launched to enjoy some cracking evening flying both with each other and the Vultures in super lift. Mark demonstrated the reverse reverse take off method, eat your heart out Michel.  As the sun set Mikes sink rate kicked in seeing him well up there and wondering how to get down.  By the time I drove down some of the guys had landed, some in Pauls cafe field and some in the Notice board field, although Andy determined to make the most of it was still a speck in the sky.  Finally Kaz called him down as the light faded rounding off a cracking day flying wise for all.

Quote of the day "yes I know which way to turn"

The guys went out to celebrate and we have not seen them since.......................