Well, as Mandy's blog suggested, the day was poorer than forecast. I attempted to head to the west but it was pointless since it was not possible to clear the mountains in to the next valley, so I trickled back to Prievidza and spent 45 minutes thermalling at 500 feet. Eventually I got a 'good' climb of 2.5 knots to 4000 feet (3200 AGL) and set off in the direction of Nitra to the south. But conditions deteriorated and at best I found 0.5 knots to 1800 feet AGL on track before alto cu killed the day. I thermalled at 400 feet over an aerodrome 24 km south of Prievidza for a time and was surprised to find a Grob 103 (from the aerodrome) join under me! Eventually we both succumbed to the inevitable and landed. They were a friendly bunch of people and spoke some English - they were actually from the Nitra club but hadn't been able to fly for several weeks due to the floods so they'd moved their operation north. The retrieve was uneventful and we were back in time to enjoy a beer by 6pm.
Rain is forecast for tomorrow and the forecast for the next few days is poor - so we may have some time to do some touristing.
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