This morning, the sky gods put a damper on things again by allowing a thick blanket of mist to sit over La Mercy. Kim had been waiting at the airfield since 05:00 to get airborne, and by 06:30, there was still no sign of anything lifting. Ron took his trike up through the mist and declared that although it peaks out at about 550' (300'AGL), at times its light enough to be OK. He came in for landing (safely), and after a couple of minutes did the same. After a bit of friendly "chatting" between myself and David on "chat" 123.45, Kim and I took a gap in the mist to climb above it into heaven.
For those of you who know the area, the little ridge sticking out in this photo is on the East of La Mercy, the pine tree hill, beyond that is the N2 and then the sea. None of which we could see after take-off.
The low cloud stopped at Tongaat though, and beyond that it was just wonderful flying.
My faithful and gorgeous pilot, Kim and I took the scenic route, via Glen Mill. Well worth every km. It was stunning
Finals Eshowe
We were very impressed with all the airfields around our area, most of whom had representation at Showed. There was one trike from (Thanks Craig and Dougie), one fixed wing from Ballito (Dave and Wally), one fixed wing from Cato Ridge (Frans and John), and 2 trikes from La Mercy (Ron, Annie and Kim)
The coast-wise flight was equally great, with whales and dolphins, low level aircraft and all sorts of exciting things.
Next time come along... words and pictures can't begin to describe.
Annie
I hope to enjoy some of that scenery from a trike one day in the hopefully not too distant future, looks amazing.