2008 WRE

The southeast winds return. The forecasts look good. Strong winds, low clouds, lots of moisture.

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Belgian Nationals

http://rich-lovelace.blogspot.com/

koos <<email>> writes:

News on the Belgium Open, but it's in Dutch. See http://www.ladeesse7.blogspot.com or a short clip here: http://koosdekeijzer.info/PreWK/belg1.wmv.

No word on the Belgian Nationals

http://www.hangglidingchampionship.be/en/index.html

Last we heard it was too windy to fly.

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We headed off to St Andre as the forecast predicted no wind there! As it happened there was wind on take off and up to 20mph in the air – very St Andre!

It's the second day and still no flying due to the wind today.

Amazing sky above the campsite before the rain came again!

After a couple of stunning days in Laragne the first day of the Belgium Open is a washout! We woke to sunshine but this was closely followed by cloud and a thunderstorm. The sun is out again as I write this but looks like more thunderstorms are on their way and the forecast predicts the Mistral! The weather in Europe this years seems to be total pants – hey ho! There seem to be around 40 pilots in the comp so it should be fun without too much clutter.

Laragne Chabre, France, HG