Saturday 16th January 2010

Very heavy overnight rain has washed away the snow. The airfield was shrouded in fog.

The morning highlights were 3 lectures delivered by Don Puttock on the effects of the approaching stall, the compass and an introduction to charts. These were seperated by tea breaks augmented with Sandra's superb carrot cake; very civilised.

After lunch, it was outside for some make and mend.

John Bolt worked with Roger and Barry Green to renew the ARC on their Astir.

Bob Jones, the club secretary, was wandering about with some strange looking implements clearing the runway drainage channels to ensure that the runway returns to flying condition at the earliest opportunity. He also repositioned the winch to the west end in preparation for Sunday's flying.

The sound of a hoover emanated from the clubhouse where Sandra was clearing up.  

Rick and Matthew Wiles along with Simon Thornton did a sterling job of clearing all the gravel that had washed down onto the hangar apron. They even pressure washed the whole thing. Last seen Rick was looking very wet. Perhaps he should have realised  the inevitable outcome of mixing a hose pipe, pressure washer and two teenagers.