Like most good French sites the take off accomodated pilots in every respect with big grass TO's to the S & SW and also HG ramps for minority flyers.
By 2pm we were 3grand above TO and experiancing some epic conditions, in fact I almost forgot how thermic it gets outside our uk boundrys and the cracking conditions we had only a week ago at xfell seemd tame in comparison!
Not being versed on the site fully I kept the landing field firmly in my sights and got some well needed practice in full on thermic conditions like these which I assumed would be needed in the coming days ahead.
As I circled with dozens of pilots I could hear the radio confirming my comrades landing one by one and the offer of bear was temptiing me down. So I headed out of lift far into the valley and eventually Newton had his way and I was approaching the huge landing field that could almost accomodate a small aircraft, however around 300ft I was greeted by a cracking thermal that was too good to miss and very soon was back upto TO and then cloudbase.
Two hours had passed it had been a long day and I could now taste the beer so this time it was search for sink so I put in my order with andrew at the bar and 10 mins later I was back on Terra firma swapping stories with the gang.
Grabbing a takeaway pizza we headed back to the campsite where we watched the gliders late into the evening and contemplated tomorrows flying.
A great introduction to millau and better than we ever expected
Stay tuned x
