Poland

Yesterday we rigged under blue conditions but I was not confident about the potential of the day. Taking a launch at 1300 I found reasonable lift under the few cu's in the sky. The first leg was to the mountains in the east (see the photo below) but arriving half way up it was a long struggle to climb. This was the character of the day - occasional good climbs (3 knots) under cu, followed by huge blue holes to cross. I persisted and headed north on the 2nd leg into Poland. No passport checks at the border, in fact the only difference seemed to be that the potential outlanding fields turned from a reasonable size in Slovakia to postage stamps. The run home was challenging with weak climbs in deteriorating conditions but I eventually made it back.

The flight can be viewed in various formats on the OLC athttp://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=819441983

You'll find my future flights using the link below.
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightbook.html?sp=2010&st=olc&rt=olc&pi=22665

Last night we were treated to a double fireworks display - first the usual Saturday night fireworks at the Bojnice Zamok (castle), followed by a spectacular thunderstorm. This has left us with low cloud, high cloud, mid-level cloud; basically unsoarable conditions. So I'll take today off and hope that the weather improves.