Week 3 Day1-3

Day 1
8/8ths cover with rain virtually all day. Great day to get the domestics done. Tomorrow looks better with high pressure over central Spain holding fronts at bay over the Atlantic.
Day 2
Light winds from the west with cloud base at 7500ft. Some convergence lift was found between stage 2 and 3. Mainly thermic with such light wind conditions. All the expedition flew throughout the day until about 1900hrs.
Getting to the snowline was achieved with a little care but once there staying at the top proved harder. However those new to mountain flying found the practice to locating lift and centering very instructive.
In such benign conditions launching on aero-tow and circuits followed by landings proved no problem.
John Caton and Jon Cox flew with John Simmonds, you can't beat a common name for confusion
An evening with those well know socialites and mass catering hosts really polished off the day. Thanks to Morag who created magical menus of sumpteous succulent meat balls and salmon for those with delicate constitutions

Day 3
It was  a slower day getting started with fewer narrow thermals low down. As there was a bit of a wait at the start, expedition members were treated to a discussion about wave, mountain thermals and how they can all combine.
Virtually no wind was forecast and a largely blue day. Thermals topped generally at 7500ft in the blue but further to the east some isolated cumulus went to 10000ft.
launching started at about 1400hrs and flying continued untill gone 1900hrs. It was hot and hard work for all, but thermalling skills are really being honed.
Everyone expressed themselves satisfied with the day and are looking forward to tomorrow. Another great evening was had with Merv and Morag hosting.