A la Verde! (Wild Wind)

 

Decked out for flying, but the wind is crazy.

All over the place, wilder than the forecast!

Finally, after some bush mowing, takeoff at 12:00.

Good lift, soon popped above inversion - it's quite hazy down there!

Orange groves in Kamikote.

Powerline crossing. A key spot along the way

And a nice 12.5 km mini-XC to Shimoura.  But harness gets caught on fence at landing -

speedbag suffers a big rip.