Merlin has become accustomed to Louises waking timetable so at 07:00 he started knocking on the door to go for a walk - arrrghhhhhhh!!! :(
By 09:00 I was able to cope being vertical with eyes open and prepared for the icy-cold so we headed out....

Icy leaves

What is this flower ... ?

After breakfast we decided to head for El Mont. Today is the Aplec at Sta. Brigida so flying would be minimal and chaotic, while socialising and drinking would be at maximum. The prospect of playing arial bollards with 50 semi- drunken Catalan pilots convinced us to play alone today!

El Mont launch is a hang glider ramp with just enough room to lay out a paraglider but NO room to run or to stuff up a launch! I had vertigo just standing on the ramp so ran bravely away to hide while Geoff prepared to throw himself over the edge! A hangy launched just before us and for the first time ever I felt physically sick and dizzy at he launched... Geoff waited for a good breeze and launched perfectly but to gradually slide down towards the village in very stable conditions.
By the time I had recovered some composure and could actually stand on launch without getting dizzy and falling over the wind had gone over the back :-S ... next time I'll be ready!!!

Merlin thinking poetic thoughts helped
by Jacint Verdaguer!

It was a stunning day with amazing 360 degree visibility to the sea at St Pere and Roses, the Pyrenees and Canigou, Pedraforca and with the lake at Banyoles shimmering in the distance - Wow!!! :)

Canigou and the Pyrenees

Roca Corba, Banyoles and the volcanoes of Garrotx