My wake up song of the trip is 'Flying' :)
"Look at me I'm riding high, I'm the airborn master of the sky & everything beneath me seems to fade without a trace without a shade, ooohhhhh I am flying ...in open space :) "
Its a nice way to start the day!

Rain showers and wind rocked the cabin all last night so it was a very nice surprise to wake up to sunshine and little wind this morning!
The forecasts all seem to be different, strong wind, light wind, sunshine, showers ... so I think I will chose the one I like best and believe in that.

The last time I was here in Porterville was 10 years ago, little has changed! Its a small town, not dissimilar to Manilla in Australia in terms of size, layout, amenities and atmosphere. Though Porterville does have more eating places ... but only just & the mountain is substantially bigger!
There is an additional take-off slightly to the south of the old Dasklip launch that takes more gliders but apart from that all is pretty much as I remember it. Rob Manzoni is as affable as ever, the people are really friendly and the poor girl in the store has patience beyond all reason to cope with the numpty foreigners trying to buy / install local SIM cards in their variously locked/unlocked phones!

9am ... All the positivity down here didn't seem to have an affect on the weather goddess upstairs - the wind is strong again :( But the fluffy cloouds starting to form in the valley look beautiful.
Plans are afoot for rock climbing, wine drinking, kite surfing ... lots of things ending in 'ing'. I think I will be work-ing

10am ...its howling! From being just slightly on the breezy side of flyable its gone to a howling strong southerly in just a few minutes. Definitely a day for being on the ground wishing to be in the air than the other way around!
After chatting with Rob I realised the reason for the light-wind first thing this morning ... the place we stay is just at the foot of the mountain and exactly in the lee of the south-easterly wind. The town was getting the full effect of the wind from early-on while Peace of Africa was peacefully sheltered.

Weather from yr.no