Day 2 Romans to Venice

The day started early with breakfast at 7:00. By 8:00 I was in the air heading for Gap. I had hoped that by starting early I would avoid the worst of the turbulence. As I climbed to 4000ft I realised that with a wind speed of more than 40 knots and mountains more than 9000ft I was due for some trouble. I was not disappointed. At one point I nearly turned back but gradually as I reached 7500ft things settled down. After an hour I approached Gap. I was a bit high as I turned close downwind at 2000ft above the airfield, but managed to sideslip the height off. The landing was fine and refuelling was accomplished quite quickly. The flight plan was filed and off I went, “G-TREX I cannot find your flight plan” as I lined up. “Contact Marseille information when airborne. I tried, and tried and tried. Eventually once I had climbed to 8500ft they were able to hear me and activated my flight plan. The rest of that flight was wonderful. Flying over virgin snowfields was magnificent. Mont Blanc stood out to the side. Eventually the magic was over as I arrived at Cuneo (Turin South according to Ryanair). After an hour with paperwork,. I was presented with 12 A4 pages of invoice receipt etc for 13 euro. The next stage was the flight to Venice. It went according to clockwork. The approach was breathtaking. The pictures do not do it justice as I was focussed so much on the landing. A beer in St Marks square had to be done and it was not disappointing.

So day 2 another 450 miles travelled.

As I shelter from the thunderstorms I can’t help but wonder what tomorrow has in store.