What a surprise, the plan didn't quite work out. An early check on the weather showed that the anticlockwise route was the most lkely to have good weather, so with a certain feeling of deja vu I set off. First stop was Troyes after 254NM. The flight was fine, and even though the airport was deserted I managed to get some fuel. My egg card was refused, but Lloyds carried the day. I then checked the weather for Switzerland and found towering Cumulous was present with Thunderstorms possible later. This all said to me no, so I headed south. Almost an exact rerun of last year except I passed over the airfields I landed at and continued to Gap. Well almost , as I cleared the first of teh mountains the turbulence got bad.Twice I hit my head on the canopy and a negative 0.2 G was recorded. I turned back after the second one and landed at a small airfield at a place called Romans. I was so releived to be on the ground that I elected not to unpack the tent and a very friendly local club mem ber drove me round the corner to a lovely little hotel tat even has WiFi so hence the update.
So Day 1 522 Nm covered about 600 miles, so not bad. I woner what tomorrow will bring.
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