Another day of great weather so I got my final three consols in, followed by my 'hop n pop' (or hoppus poppus as it was nicknamed by some of the others!).
On the hop n pop, you're taken to around 6k feet instead of 13.5k feet and there is no freefalling (as such) involved. Once you're out of the plane and stable (i.e. belly facing the earth!) you pull your chute and glide down. It's done to train you in exiting stable and pulling quickly, in the case of an emergency on any plane. I exited stable and pulled fairly quickly (after i'd pulled I was still at 5k - time for some spirals), though my instructor who was also on the plane said it wasn't my most tidy exit! Still counts as stable though!
I did the low jump with Drew (who completed his AFF and 10 consols too while I was there) and Ian (a formation skydiver who was just doing it for fun). Ian decided to exit the plane in a 'bomb' style - like making a splash into a swimming pool - and Drew decided to be a bit extreme and try a few moves out in freefall before pulling (he likes to push himself as much as he can I think :P). Then the plane went on up to the full altitude to let the rest of the others exit.
After i'd done that jump I knew that i'd achieved everything I'd gone to Spain to do - 18 jumps in total - and I was very pleased :) Had a couple of Cheers vodka and cokes that evening as I didn't have to get up early the next day (or jump from any planes unless I really felt the need), along with some food. We had a chinese meal this evening (I think there was about 14 of us there) which was nice, and a regular spot for the skydiving crowd I believe!