A pleasant enough day for the final practice although they did send us into some fairly wild and woolly country. This was in the principality of Andorra, high in the Pyrenees mountains. There is nowhere to land in here. We were warned to turn our phones off as Andorra has no agreements with foreign telcos; if you fly over it and your phone downloads an email or something we were told to expect a 50 Euro bill.
The opening ceremony was held after flying tonight. Amongst the speeches and local entertainment was this human pyramid building which is apparently a thing in this region. The kids on the top look about 9 years old and seemed very proud of themselves afterwards.
It would probably be illegal in Australia.
First contest day tomorrow. So far I've managed to get into strife by getting low. It is just not an option around here, it doesn't work down low. So tomorrow I will be doing whatever it takes to stay high. I think that is the right tactic. We shall see.
Graham
1 June.
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