Friday 21st - Davies Diary La Motte

The plan was to launch after 2 pm when the SW wind had established itself. Christian briefed me that this was my flight and responsibility to get away. Lovely launch to the south followed by some rather scratchy  8's took us high over the Blanchere. Airbrakes out to go and work the Malaup . There is something deeply unnatural about flying fast towards a cliff face at 120 k hr. More mountain training and told to go far closer than I was comfortable with . The stepping stones of Jouere Auribeau to Blayeul(2189m). Cloud base was at 2700m and we returned fast to Malaup for more close cliff work before doing my final loop and Christian went through his programme of Cuban 8s etc before handing back for me to land into a brisk SW wind. The last flight of a great fortnight of holiday and flying. - Wyn

What an end to an awesome 2 weeks, a late flight at 5:30, we climbed quickly to cloud base and smoked along the bottom of a long street of cumulonimbus lift at times of 10kts and sink of -12kts! can't wait to come back, the holiday was made with all the friendly gang, "équipe de shoque" and the 3 great instructors Momo, Christian and Jean Claude. - Dylan