Dieter’s Schloss at the Sportaviation Camping Park on January 16 2013
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What about the use of all these technical new gadgets? Here I am sitting with John’s cellular “personal WIFI hotspot” outside on Dundees balcony and are able to communicate with you.
Love it! In between the hare’s run around , the kookaburra’s sing , the “maggie” is sitting with us and the kangaroo-family is at ease as all ears are down.
With John and Dundee
Something else , at least for me exciting was yesterdays visit to my chiropractor Simon. If somebody could get as close to what we think, God would be, he is that person. He is proud on his European patient and to be honest when my neck get’s out of balance, I only look forward to see him as I know that what my manual therapist in Holland does in 6 months, he does within 15 minutes!
This time it went with a lot of noise as my neck-bones were really “shrieking”. He put my shoulders straight and one hip and I feel like a new person.
Yesterday was a nice soaring day here and 7000 ft was a nice cloud base. In the end of the evening I was part of a nice ceremony where Ib cut the top of the champagne bottle with a sword.
It was his and Werner’s last day here in Tocumwal. With a smile he said referring to my words about “being on the right spot on the right time” he definitely was on the right spot but not at the right time. But both he and Werner enjoyed their stay at Eddies and Cheryls and showed that by sharing the bubbles with them and the pilots, though there were no new records broken. Before he said already that this would be difficult as one the records he would like to have was a 750 and that was a pretty strong Danish one too.
Great job done by Ib!
It was great to catch up with Ralf and Jochen and Stefan has arrived to but I have n’t seen him yet. Also from “the past” is Wayne {Wood} , I always described him as the shark-fisher catching the shark with came on my plate later as fish[flake] and chips. He gave up the fishing and is a shipper/pilot on a boat now.
After so many years they have n’t changed at all and look better then ever. Maybe it is true that age makes you softer and more ” beautiful”.Good for me and my same age or older friends!!!!
Lots of friends from the “past”, as Jochen , Ralf, Terry, John, Eddie and a friend from Nicole and Richard from Sydney who started flying with us in the past but I forgot his name, sorry about that!!
The day yesterday finished with a huge T-bonesteak, provided and cooked by Dundee on the BBQ. Did I think the steaks in Uvalde were big look at this one too. Not bad either is n’t it?
It’s after 11 AM now and JJ has started already and is on track for hopefully a nice task.
The Benalla pilots in 18 m. have to fly today 493.6 km. so a nice task for them on day 7 and in open 494.5 km.[ day 7] while the 15 m. friends go for 379 and standard 377.[both day 6]
Tomorrow will be even hotter as another ” scorcher” is predicted for tomorrow!
On Friday when I move to Benalla, we might see isolated showers depending on the speed of the front expected to be there around 10 AM and it is interesting to see what this will do to the last day of the comps at Benalla.
In Chaves HURRAY they had a 1000 point -day on day 6 and those points were for the French in Club class.
In standard class day 7 and they had a 1000 point day on day 4 when Mario Kiesling from Germany “received” the 1000 points. Day 7 was won [958 points] by French pilot, Christophe Cousseau and the PW 5 class had day 5 and was won by a polish pilot [757 points] .The comps go till the 19th so it is really getting exciting now, with lot’s of pilots in the top and small differences in points.
That’s it for now . Busy day ahead as all days have been already.Tonight Margie and I will visit Sportaviation to catch up with a few of her and our guests in the past, we both ran Sportavia in different times. CU cheers Ritz