Sunday - are we in Australia or Aboyne?

Another scorcher, and again the blipmaps were not confident of a good day. However, by 11am there were small cumulus forming over the hills and by midday it was really looking quite good.

I launched at half 12 and rapidly made my way north towards Dufftown where the conditions just got better and better. I wanted to reach Easterton but the conditions deteriorated near the coast so I elected to run over to Granton-on-Spey instead, among other places on a truly vast tour of the North East/Cairngorms/Grampians.

As the photo shows.....46.8km to run to Aboyne, climbing through 6000ft at 8.5knots average.

It doesnt get much better for thermals at Aboyne