Our journey home seemed long and it involved travel from: Annecy to Nice Nice to Dubai Dubai to Singapore Singapore to Brisbane We arrived into a fairly cool Brisbane at 01:30 on Friday morning. Mount Tamborine was of course somewhat colder and we lit the fire straight away. By 7am we were at Paws and Whiskers kennels to collect our little red dog, Nudge(Nu). The weekend has been a complete blur as jet lag has got the better of us. We have slept a lot, take...

The wind in the Maritime Alps did not let up. We spent our time doing other things but then made the decision to head to Annecy where we hoped to get some flying in otherwise we would do other things. So after spending Saturday morning at Castellane market we spent the rest of the day in the Verdon gorge followed by Bastille day celebrations in St. Auban village. A late start on Sunday and we hit the road again heading for Annecy. From Grenoble onwards we were in...

After the last day of the comp was cancelled due to windy conditions, we hit the road again to get some miles in. We drove about 5 hours before deciding to stay in Lleida for the night. On Sunday we continued our journey back to France. On the way we wandered around beautiful Girona and drove through some gorgeous countryside. We arrived in Collioure on the coast of France and settled into our accomodation at the Casa Pairel Hotel. Collioure is a Gorgeous coas...

We arrived in the village of Pedro Bernardo on Friday evening, 29/6/12. The drive was long and although the terrain was desolate for alot of the journey, it was not uninteresting. We settled into the Hotel El Cerro which is lovely and our room and balcony looks down the valley. With the competition due to start tomorrow, Sunday 1/7/12, Ash went up to launch with a few guys to survey the scene. Unfortunately it was too windy so we did some sight seeing in Mombel...

We left the Pottyplace in the Maritime Alpes and headed for Spain. After negotiating the motorways we headed through the Pyrenese mountains. After a long day we enjoyed an overnight stay at the Hospes Villa Paulita in Puigcerda. As you see by the photos it's quite an impressive hotel with a beautiful outlook over the lake and The Prince and Princess even got to stay in the turret!