15:50
This evening's weather and early tomorrow changeable in the West. Steve & Karen, Tom and Mike & Mike are now up and flying to Speziana (South of Milan). Currently at 1700ft, 106mph, 80 miles to run and some thermal activity. Temp inside cockpit 34C, outside 26C; Laurie & June, Kevin & Sheila and Rick are spending another night at Icaro Village and will leave early tomorrow morning.
13:40
Approached hills North of Verona at 1500ft with decreasing vis and the need to climb to 2500ft. It then started raining and we are now on our way back to Icaro Village and some more planning!
12:48
Now taken off from Medicina after re-fuelling (a few miles South of Icaro Village) and flying at 1200ft towards Lake Garda. We're hoping to do stear a touring course around the lake. I say hoping because looking ahead the clouds are looking quite 'busy'! Thermals around - we've just been given some free lift at 500ft a minute!
07:52
No blog yesterday as too much going on. Made it to Venice yesterday in lovely weather conditions - nice flight, nice water taxi, nice views, nice photos, nice lunch in the shade and no culture. Perfect! At the end of the day thunderclouds appeared ominously over Venice but thankfully they stayed North as we flew South.
This evening's weather and early tomorrow changeable in the West. Steve & Karen, Tom and Mike & Mike are now up and flying to Speziana (South of Milan). Currently at 1700ft, 106mph, 80 miles to run and some thermal activity. Temp inside cockpit 34C, outside 26C; Laurie & June, Kevin & Sheila and Rick are spending another night at Icaro Village and will leave early tomorrow morning.
13:40
Approached hills North of Verona at 1500ft with decreasing vis and the need to climb to 2500ft. It then started raining and we are now on our way back to Icaro Village and some more planning!
12:48
Now taken off from Medicina after re-fuelling (a few miles South of Icaro Village) and flying at 1200ft towards Lake Garda. We're hoping to do stear a touring course around the lake. I say hoping because looking ahead the clouds are looking quite 'busy'! Thermals around - we've just been given some free lift at 500ft a minute!
07:52
No blog yesterday as too much going on. Made it to Venice yesterday in lovely weather conditions - nice flight, nice water taxi, nice views, nice photos, nice lunch in the shade and no culture. Perfect! At the end of the day thunderclouds appeared ominously over Venice but thankfully they stayed North as we flew South.
That island of heaving humanity looks quite small from up here
Sheila, Laurie, June and Karen on the water taxi
I know, I know, you've seen this picture many times before.
But when you're there it has to be done.
You concentrate on the architecture - we're thinking about lunch
Rick, Laurie, June, Kevin, Sheila, Karen & Steve
It's not the first time someone's given Laurie a funny
look because of something he's said.
Sheila, Kevin, June, Laurie, Rick and a disbelieving gondolier
The Blogger enjoying a sublime moment
Our supper last evening was huge fun in comparison to the night before when it was a spectacular failure with the manager of the restaurant so apologetic he said we could, if we wished, have the meal for nothing. In the end, he did quite well out of us!
The air conditioning in my room is quiet and very efficient. I will be sorry to be parted from it. Today's plans have yet to be fixed but the general plan is to fly to one of the lakes (Garda in the frame at the moment); so we are now starting our return leg.
Hopefully, more anon.
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