Finally weather and weekend come together. Despite poor forecast, by midday it looks very good. By 2h15 I'm rigged and at the Laveno launch, only Andrea crash and another guy there when I rigged. Off into a sink cycle, which I survive and pick up a +3-4 thermal a litle out in front, up to 1400m and Brusciatta. Another series of climbs to around 1800m at Nudo, then over to Colonna. I'm staying high, 1600m around there, but on the glides I'm feeling out the glider a bit, six weeks since I've flown.

Up to 2100m with a PG (well, he climbed through me at 2100m... so it was weak there) and then decide to head for Sette Termine, 8km away. I notice my GPS doesn't work any more; oh well, this was intended to be an easy day out, and I'm not dropping too fast. There's a PG already on route, I follow him off to the side, his glide is surprisingly good. Two sailplanes mark that the cloud at Sette Termine is working, I enter at 1600m and work the +2.5-3 up to 2100, decide to head back. probably 40mins into the flight now.

Arrive at San Martino high (1600m) and over Colonna there's a big thermal, +4m, I take it 2200m and there's a few PGs, two HGs and a couple of sailplanes in it too. I head south, first for Forte Orino but change my mind since there's only a PG on the wrong side going down, so I just cruise over Gemonio etc back home. I try the GPS and it turns back on... amazing glide angles displayed. Get over the house at 1400m, but there hasn't been a hint of a thermal (I'm probably too high) and I head for Sasso to arrive easily high enough to get up. Buoyant everywhere, of course, I buzz the restaurant, ente a 2.5m up thermal and loop up a couple of 100m in about two 360's...

But I'm tired and a bit sore, so I head in to land, lose my height, come in nice, wind switching a bit and flare slightly late so drop the A-frame. Very nice flight but with the performance I can get from this wing I can get pretty anxious: my physical and mental condition doesn't meet the challenge.

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