Knowing maybe this week no other site than coastal site, the decision was unanimously made. INLAND !!
So here we go, hay-hi hay-ho !
Off for a 80 km drive to my most far site I visit, Col de Rates.
The site on itself is beautiful, but too close to the sea to ever get high cloudbase. Days with 500 climb are very rare for instance. Anyway it is the choice if in southern Alicante you're stuck with clouds. And it is the choice in autumn when Monte Cabrer, San Antonio are covered in clouds.
When we arrived, some local pilots, Nacho, Mirko, Mani, Pedro were soaring already.
So up we drove.

We had to brief to get all pilots ready for spirals and big ears because the incoming northeast eastern air from the sea was gonna get our already low cloudbase lower and lower.
But it was brilliant, all flew nicely in and out of the clouds. And most important I think, for lots it was the first time experience with flying in and out of those clouds harmless. Smooth cloudsuck, new for some of us.

Next days, it looks like more clouds are gonna hit us, so we'll have to look for sites near the coast.

I saw very controlled take offs, to very uncontrolled landings today. Be careful guys, stay fit, do groundhandling, don't let the glider fly with you, YOU have to fly the glider. Bye bye.

By this, I want to congratulate my good old brother-in-law Hassan for running the Antwerp race. Hip hip hip ? Hoera !