As promised, the weather briefing today indicated stronger thermals over a wider area with cumulus in the high mountains. Although this turned out to be accurate it was still tricky at times and the main ridge didn't work as well as on the previous day probably due to the lack of wind to organise the thermals.
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| Ray cleaning the Duo |
Today was the first time that we were able to retire to the clubhouse for a drink in the shade whilst waiting for convection to start. The birds and cumulus were notably absent so we opted to launch at around the same time as the day before.
This worked out ok though the new tug pilot has taken to arriving at stage 1 below the summit and then scraping the ridges up to stage 2 making assessment of the conditions more difficult. That said there were no relights with everyone making it to stage 3 and beyond.
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| View east from Jaca |
By mid afternoon cloudbase was over 11,000' with superb views along the Pyrenees and down into France.
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| Mark flying East at 10,000' |
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| Looking into the Ordesa gorge no fly zone |
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| Returning west along the Tendenera |
The clubhouse restaurant is excellent but has been closing at 16:30 so there has been no opportunity to have a post flight debrief in the bar. However tonight they stayed open for us especially and we were treated to 7 varieties of Tapas for a starter, a choice of steak or fish mains then chocolate mousse or cheesecake. All very good.
A cold front is due to pass through tonight but there is some uncertainty about the prospects for tomorrow.
Bob.
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