Hello, anyone there?

We rolled into Sisteron at about lunch time today. There were a few gliders flying, enjoying what looked like nice cumulus conditions in the mountains. I fear it will be a while before I get to join them.

Yes, there are mountains here

Despite it being right in the middle of advertised opening hours, the office was deserted and locked up. Ok, no worries, we still had some other stuff to do. Our accommodation was duly located and deemed very satisfactory, then we had to stock it with essentials such as beer, wine and chips. I still had a faint flicker of optimism so we went back out to the airfield to see if anyone there had even heard of the Grand Prix. No such luck of course so we gave up in disgust and went home for a quiet beer. I'll try again tomorrow.

Graham.