Today we drove to a site higher up.  The drive was fabulous through pine tree forests.

We reached an area, which was totally flat, but surrounded on all side by hills.  This site could be used for dynamic lift as well as a site to launch into thermals.

There were several launch sites, one of which could be used in a westerly wind.  This site was the ideal site for going over the back and flying over the flat lands towards Meteora.

This area supported several different wind conditions, and was a good area for X country training where you could get a 20 kilometre circuit in.

Not to be, the wind was too strong, so back to Old Panteleimonas.  Asterios launched, he had lots of sink, found a thermal and made the beach.  He said I must not fly because there was too much rotor.  This was being caused by the sea wind going up the hill, mixing with the higher wind going down the hill.

In the evening I went swimming, saw some hang glider pilots who were badly damaged from accidents they were having in the Nationals.  Got quite cold on the beach when the sun started to set, the wind was quite strong off the sea.

Today I saw my first English tourist

Finally I had supper, which was Greek Salad and Souvlaki.