Saturday is the start of the second weekend of the local Club Challenge and the task is set as a pilot selected roam around central France. As with previous days cloud base was high with thermal strengths that are only dreamed of in Devon but there were huge gaps and masses of spreadout. Kieron and Andrew had more French training, Harry consolidated his solos and Nathalie had family business in Paris, OL did 3hours not going very far, local pundits did 300-400kms in the same time! In the evening there was a celebratory barbeque, the French do make some very fine wines and the Chinese do not (but that is another story)
Thankfully Sunday dawned grey and got greyer, 'les enfants anglais' had a day in Paris, P&J visited a nearby chateau, local Club members managed to soar in the drizzle?
Monday started grey, but brightened later with heavy showers. Kieron soared again, Harry had more solos and converted to the Junior, Nathalie re-soloed, Andrew slept.
Tuesday drive home - started with low cloud and heavy rain, but soon cleared to give spectacular looking conditions all the way from Rouen to Yeovil in the late evening - could have flown home!
We have lots to say about the Club at Cherence, all of it good but with some strange (to us) procedures. All in all a good week away, but they kept saying that we should have been there last week, or in fact for the last two months as it has been so dry with some spectacular flying but the weather always breaks down in time for their local Challenge weekends.
