Day 8

There was lots of uncertainty on the weather yesterday with a stable airmass to the south and very unstable to the north. 15m was at the front of the grid but at scheduled launch time there was no activity. We finally launched 3/4 hour late with very weak conditions. The whole of 15m class ground round at around 2-2500 feet for about an hour before conditions picked up enough to start. The other classes launched later and had their task reduced to 2 hours but ours remained a 3hour AAT. While conditions were weak I stayed with the massive gaggle that meanderd its way on task and after another hour the conditions suddenly improved with great climbs and 7500ft - and then I had trouble keeping up. The day ended up lasting much longer than previous days, so a later start would have been a better choice - hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Today the weather looks doubtful with wall-to-wall high cloud and thunderstorms predicted for Hungary.

Last night was the International night where all the teams exhibited their national foods. We had no Vegemite, lamingtons or pavlova, so while I flew yesterday the team found some Australian wine. A good night was had by all.