Two glorious days! and some work :-(

Friday, after spending the week chasing the weather without much success we decided to have a day off. We went for a bike ride in the morning, part on road , part off, then returned to Kobarid to meet up with Calvo.
For those who do not know, Calvo is the Bitish Team Manager and the British Championship Meet Director (amongst other things) and plays a crucial role organising and managing the competitions. The name? That comes from Spain where the local pilots nickname 'Calvo Loco' which means 'Mad Bald One' Quite apt!!
We spent the afternoon setting up computers, networks, GPS download equipment and a 20+ foot aerial for the radio coms.... Phew!

Saturday the weather finally improved enough for some good flying. Every man and his dog had turned up ready for the start of the competition the following day and the sky was full of people I know. Wendy and I flew till early afternoon then landed- only to get roped in to processing pilots for registration for 3 1/2 hrs. :-( This essential process includes checks on licences, insurance and other contact details, address whilst in the competition, mobile phone numbers etc. Quite tricky when people come from so many countries and all the associations have different (unreadable!)cards.

Sunday 6th and the first task. I had a superb flight pushing on with the lead gaggle of 6 gliders till a poor glide put me lower and chasing them on my own for half the course, costing me time on the leader (maybe 5 or 10 mins). A 7th place overall was a great result though, 5th Brit!
A lot of people had problems today, mostly self inflicted. The second turnpoint was on a ridge with very few landing options and many flew in low. They were unable to glide out and some (one, maybe 2?) ended up landing in trees! Not a good day out. The sensible ones glided out of the area to land safely but efectively having to give up on the task. At least they will fly again tomorrow!
Wendy had a great flight, sensibly staying high for the first turn point and then completing half the course for her 3rd longest flight! Result!
The forecast for the week looks good so I am looking forward to more tasks on the mighty R10!!
Cheers,