Well, no two days out here are the same and so it proved. Forecasts suggested rain and cloud with little chance of flying. However we stuck to our task and stayed the course. There was lots of top cover and fog/low clouds in the valleys but by 1400hrs enough of the high level cloud drifted away to chance a high tow to Las Bancos and try to get into the snow line and to the tops. Richard Taylor has been getting lots of practice working hard to tame the strong mountain thermals at the snow line and after a major battle managed to get to the top mountain peaks. Several encounters with vultures were also a learning experience. John Brookes did his first instructional flight for Club Nimbus and then flew with John Simmonds playing with the snow line thermals. Wolfie and Bob took a tow to the top and played along the local peaks for nearly 2hrs before returning to give John Bareford a similar run.
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