Day 3

And on the third day the Tabbner showed up. The wind had dropped, it was warm enough to take off the third sweater and the sun had his hat on. We launched at 1200 onto the local hot spot and most of us soon popped up to 8000'. One of us in an open Class supership had to light his turbo to speed things up but eventually we were on our way. A run east past La Motte and onto Dormillouse then up the East of the Durance and into increasingly good conditions. At Pitman ridge we made 12,000' and moved on over the top of Bardonecchia, into the Sollieres valley and up to the limit of the Cumulus where cloudbase was up at 13,000'.



Running back across Sollieres airfield



On the way back South we ran round the West end of the Ecrins and made our way down the side of Serres Chevalier and Les Deux Alpes ski resorts. The views here were stunning with ice fields, crevasses and super scenery.

Yours truly in the ASW27

Rare sight: The Bus in a turn