Ben and Rachel joined today with the Duo Discus. The NW breeze of 20kts again made for easy launching and after Ben finished swearing at the ClearNav and we persuaded him not to rip it out and drop kick it across the field we got in the air and congregated above site. The ridges South made progress easy and we ran all the way down to Fayence in good therms with 8kt averages to 10,000'. From here we had a great view of Cannes and the Mediterranean coast and considered a final glide and beat up at the Monaco Grand Prix but thought better of it.
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| The seaside! |
A run up the Vars ridges to Barcelonnette was all very straightforward though the volume of snow still around is clearly making things take a while to get going. Lake Brice was frozen and snow covered but from our vantage point of 11,500' this was academic. We ran as far North as St Crepin and then returned over the Ecrins. Whilst the others went in to land I made use of the Northerly wind and ran out to Aubenasson on the Western edge of the alps and then back home on the ridges. All in all a very pleasant day out so I could justify a maxi Entrecote at the Hotel du Nord!
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| Running home over the Ecrins |
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