Blogs from Spain, Europe - page 1149

Mountain bound again, Same stuff for all the comp pilots. Got my first job in Spain, we started to pick up the pilots that had landed away from the main gaggle. to take them back to town, they promptly got in the van and took there shirts off Pay not good, but the perks seem to be great. Later that evening one of the cafes put on a party great fun, Spanish band in the open air, we were rocking until 11.30pm, a lot of locals came out to enjoy as well. ... read more

“What do you mean the rate isn’t available?” I fumed. The balding Spanish man standing behind the desk had just informed us that the reservation I placed on Hertz.com a month earlier couldn’t be processed. “I have a confirmed reservation for 2,464 Euro from June 21 to October 10!” I assured him. “Do you have a print of the reservation?” he inquired through unpracticed English. “No, but I can show you on Hertz.com. Do you have Internet access?” The accelerating pace of my counterattack must have confused him. “Internet?” “Yes, if you have an Internet connection I can login to my Hertz account and show you the confirmed reservation,” I reiterated, while clearly annunciating each word. “No Internet. You call and make a new reservation with an available rate,” the man countered with a grin. Ready ... read more

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I decided that it would be great to see the frenzy of Take off this morning so we made our own way up the mountain. What a great site, the abundance of colour spread across the take off, all different shades and sizes of gliders being laid out ready for the starting gate to open (the time the pilots are officially are aloud off the hill and have a time frame of 1 hour to the starting gate which has already been programmed into their GPS somewhere in the heavens) . I looked at the results from yesterday and Matt had come 105th, up there for his first comp well done Nuts. I’ve taken hopefully some great photos to show you which are attached. I’m again taking it easy today, the usual breakfast the same ... read more

That's it for now..... But there packing their bags again in a few weeks, for a Cruise round the Med'. Cozzy you'll be able to bore dad with your Tenerife cam corder and pic's!!!!. ... read more