In the evening there was a good group of West Bay Coastguards for an evening out, (disappointing for some as Mark had been promising 'Baywatch type' Lifeguards!)
News from the Alps
A little local rain dodging.
Wet air from Italy and no valley breeze did not fill me with the confidence to go very far today but after three days on the ground I felt I should give it a go!
By 12.30 the Parcour was already being drenched, so after a good climb out of the valley of La Motte Du Caire I headed south east to Auribeau. It was not working at all so I went to Auton which provided a tres bon 6 kt thermal to cloud base. Everywhere to the east was being drenched with rain so I carried on south to St Auban, but the clouds beyond looked very scruffy and unhelpful so I back tracked to La Motte Du Caire and went west along the Crete des Selles and Mtgne Aujour before running south again on the west side of the Durance valley to Montagne de Lure.
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| The Durance valley looking north from Sisteron to Crete des Selles (Les igly-pigly ridge in the distance!) |
The clouds were working well and it was just a matter of cloud hopping along until your way was blocked by rain. For me it was not a day to head boldly off into dragon country, so after a bit of pottering around I headed back east to Sisteron town and across to Jeuere to investigate a monster cloud curtain hanging over Le Monge which was dumping it's cargo of rain in a hurry! I skirted the shower in strong lift and headed back towards La Motte du Caire to put the glider to bed before the Monster reached La Motte Du Caire and soaked us all! - JB
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| The Monster cloud over Le Monge!! (notice the little rolls of cloud low in the valleys beyond- maybe, due to the saturated air and cold down drafts from the cloud) |
