A dramatic change in the weather
I woke up at 6 am and rushed up to the terrace to find big clouds gathering fast over the east. The sun peeped out for a short while only to be enveloped by cloud and it began to get very dark. A huge thunder storm ensued and we thought – bother another day gone but, I was to learn that the big mountains hold a lot of weather surprises. Within two hours the storm has spent itself and much to our delight strong valley winds whipped up and drove the clouds away.It turned out to be such a clear blue sky day that we could see the snow covered peaks in the distance.
Quickly we geared up and regrouped – Steve, Dwane, Hiren and me caught a cab and headed up to Billing. We huddled together for a detailed brief and then hung about waiting for news that the valley winds had mellowed and for someone to take off and assess the strength of the thermals.
Everyone I know launched and had a blast. I had a great one hour forty five minutes thermalling flight that soothed away my flying blues. Celebration time it was – everyone was joyous – the magic of Paragliding in Billing prevailed.