In August 1996, we had another lovely family and gliding holiday in La Motte du Caire. It was a family holiday because other families came with their children who played with ours regardless of language differences, other mothers I could chat with, lovely places to drive out to, like Gorges de la Méouge. We took photos; we have one of our daughter learning to ride her bicycle with her father holding on to balance her. Our son, who wasn't enamoured of yet another trip to an airfield, was learning to help launch gliders by holding the wing tip.

At that time, the gliding site didn't have its webcam. Here's how it looks today, just as warm, empty in the middle of the day. The 23rd August 1996 wasn't very good gliding weather because the thermals were too small and required tight turning, but it was still good enough to glide and so people launched, including the club's new two seater with the CFO and an early solo pilot having a check flight, and several private owners too, from Germany and England.