Ron, with his old beaten up UP Makalu, at cloudbase !

Caudete, impressive to fly on the first time.

Take off near the windmill farm.

Above the windmills at Caudete.

Take off. Thanks Chris for the foto.

Fog this morning, mist, dew. We had to move inland to get away from this very low cloudbase so.

We drove all the way inland to Caudete, some 80 km, and I was hoping I had it right. Backed up by info from Ismael who lives in Caudete, I was pretty sure actually that this was gonna be THE site of the day.

When we arrived winds were too off to the south. Not so good at take off, and even less good to find the right thermals with this cross wind.

But it got better. Fluffy clouds started to form over the inversion. Thermals started kicking in.

I asked my pilots to head out and look for thermals in the valley, not to fly too close to the ride. And it worked. After flying through some 'cobblestones'-air, the thermal was present in the valley. Soon all rigged, and in the air.

More and more the winds were on the hill. We had to convince Ron to get down at 6 pm, beer o'clock mate !

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http://www.topparagliding.pl/ Polish pilots, with chief instructor Woytek 'Troll' visiting Doyouwanna Alicante, encantado.