24.6.2014 – almost flying day

Tuesday would slowly start the “flying day routine”, which means: waking up, breakfast, shower etc. checking that everything is ok on the website and social media, updating WGC14 facebook, reading and answering on feedback of the website, briefing at 10, updating WGC14 facebook, putting the links to tasks on the website, a bit of free time to get a camera and prepare myself for the launches, updating WGC14 facebook, taking photos, waiting for the towings to start, updating Finnish gliding team facebook page if I remember, taking photos, updating WGC14 facebook the start line times etc., after towings some comment of the weather on WGC14 facebook, soup lunch together with other organization members, perhaps helping the competition office with some technical stuff, then “developing” the pictures and publishing them, being surprised every time how soon the competitors are back from the task, setting up the results show at café, photographing the finishes, then a little bit of free time (perhaps a beer-time even), then dinner, then “developing” the last pictures and publishing them, and updating the daily winners on the website, reading and answering the emails and feedback on facebook. When you do this four days in a row, the caravan looks like after bombing and you forget which day it is.

Except that today we got only to the grid. Weather forecast looked like we would have a weather window for 2,5 hour AAT task, but first towings were repeatedly postponed, and then rain showers were developing too fast and so the day had to be cancelled at 13:45.

At this point I anyway started feeling that because of the rain and preparations, I haven’t seen people as much as I hoped. I hope this situation will change before the competition ends.