Morning Glory
With the sacrifice made and Mr K back
in the UK the sun shone and the wind dropped. A beautiful sunrise
greeted us along with the morning bonfires giving a different look to
the sky. Spirits were high and after last evenings meal surprisingly
most were up early. A noticeable absence was Simon S who was
suffering a little but not due to excess alcohol or food poisoning as
far as we could make out, more a case of the squits..........
morning van loading under Martins watchful eye
The cars loaded with a bit more space
to spare as Simon decided to give it a miss and spend the day
recovering we headed to top up at the fountain before heading to main
launch. Getting a good parking space was a good idea as soon the
masses began to arrive and gliders got laid out. Nice to see some
hangies on site staking their claim in the middle of the area slowly
getting surrounded by Paragliders. With no rush to get off the hill
there was time for some personal hygiene in the form of some excess
hair trimming including eyebrows nasal and ears all of which Peachy
seemed far to happy to be involved with.
Peachy enjoyed it far too much
the challenge
The Hangies made a break for it before
they got totally hemmed in and the flying began. The early birds
used the side launch then as the sun heated the hill it switched
back to the main one. A few launches later and it went back to the
side before veering even further. We made the decision to bundle and
trundle to Ponientte which proved wise as some of the later launches
proved quite exciting as it fell into the rotor.
Hangies on launch
It was still early for the west launch
and the lift was spasmodic but with Peachy in a go for it frame of
mind he stood and stared. Half a K out the Vultures circled, Peachy
fidgeted, they circled he fidgeted and finally he was gone out and
down, the hill watched. Down down down then …...... a bit of rock
and roll a crank to the right and he too was circling upwards
accompanied by a loud yelp. That was it the fun begun with gliders
stating to launch with varying degrees of success.
Peachy sets the ball rolling
Carls gets set to join in
You looking at me
The guys held back but as the lift
filled in they began to get up there with Michel boating around and
giving regular updates. Carl. Martin, Julie all got out and up
playing with the thermals as the sky filled with circling wings. A
sink cycle saw it clear a little and kept Colin on the hill whilst we
waited for it to return.
Colin waits
Wheres Colin ?
Sure enough it did and gliders climbed
again. With the everybody bar Michel in the notice board field Colin
got off and climbed away to enjoy plenty of thermalling in the lifty
conditions. Another sink cycle saw gliders mass in front of launch
and things get tight and just a little tight for some, a rustling
sound and It was time for Colin to throw his Hanky having become
embroiled with a French Lady who also got hers out just as car two arrived back at launch hearing it all go on on the radio.
They both landed fine and after a bit
of bush work were returned to launch unscathed. It took a while for
everyone to get back onto an even keel then it time to fly again. A
lovely evenings flying was had by all including myself having a just
what the doctor ordered peaceful fly with the Vultures before we all
landed in the Noticeboard field for beer and chill out. Phew …...
An “interesting” day and one that
hopefully will pay dividends for all concerned, every cloud has a
silver lining, you just have to find it ;)
Quote of the day ” “ well
naturally that one is unprintable
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