Well, the first few weeks of my gliding sabbatical have been hectic. It's late April and i drive to Calais with the trailer, and about to board the ferry to France, only to receive an urgent email from Issoudun saying "dont come, the weather has gone horribly wrong...". Thankfully P&O are really nice about it and let me get off the queue and amend my booking.
So a few days later i am back in Calais, this time i do board the ferry and travel to Issoudun. I meet up with Helen and Cloudy, my club class team mates and the French cottage we rented is lovely. We fly one day and then the weather turns again, but this time with no hope and sight. The weather in the UK though, is looking magnificent.... typical. I decide to cut my loses and head back home...what can you do??
This time this is the right decision though and i manage to fly 12 consecutive days, woohoo!!!
My luck runs out eventually so i decide to head off back to Nitra where i hire a Pegas for 5 days.
So here I am, at Nitra, it's now day 3. On Friday I managed 4 hours getting to know the Nitra ridge really well, with some weak wave as well. Yesterday, late start, then twice round 124k at reasonable speed with conditions booming towards the end of the day.
Today blue and windy but should be good on the hills.
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