It can only get better! ;-)

rain...rain...rain... and just to make it more exciting, an east wind too! :(
There was a beautiful blue sky this morning at 07:30 but by 09:00 the clouds were building and closing in. Coll d'Ares was lost in the fog and Tablones was only just below cloud base. With cumi-congestus out in the valley and an east wind the group collectively chose not to fly so Merlin and I walked back down the mountain to Àger while the others went kiting at the lake. The sign at the top says 2hours45mins to town - we did it easily in 1 hour30minutes even allowing for lots of evasive action to escape downhill mountain bikers in the annual VolCat 3 day stage race. These guys race for 3 days over 200km and 5400m of ascent ... they must all be slightly bonkers! At some points even Merlin with 4-paws to balance was sliding over the muddy tracks out of control and then a blur of shiny lycra comes by at warp speed. Since we didn't see too many mangled bikes and bodies it seems that they can actually control mud, scree and gravity!
Fingers are crossed that tomorrow we might get to play in the sky...