MORE BLADES

Cool or what

BIGGLES

On the 5th July we went to Sywell aerodrome so that I could have my Tiger Moth experience which Matt and Jonny had given me as a retirement/birthday present.It had had to be cancelled earlier due to bad weather but the 5th was fine if a little breezy.The flight was great and very basic as it was real seat of the pants stuff.My pilot was an ex 747 captain who does this for fun and to boost his pension.We were at one time going slower than the cars below which was kind of strange,and looking at the aiespeed indicator we were only doing 40knots.He let me have a go at flying it,and it was surprisingly easy if a little bumpy.He did say that a 17 knot crosswind was about the planes limit for landing and that it was gusting 20 at times.However when i said to him that he would need all his skills to land it he said that luckily few skills were needeed and true to his word he put it down without a bump but with a lot of sideslip.
Based at Sywell are a group of pilots called THE BLADES all ex Red Arrows .They were having a corporate day and two of the group put on a spectacular aerobatic display for their guests and of cours anybody else who was there.So thanks to Matt and Jonny for yet another flying experience.

BACK AGAIN

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted,I don't know why its been so long but I promise not to be so lazy in the future.So whats happened since I last posted.Life continues to be very busy with seemingly not enough hours in the days do to all that we want.I play golf at least twice a week and my game is steadily improving to the point when I won my first prize money which was the grand total of .65p.Lyn also plays at least once a week and her game is also improving,but no prize money yet.The allotment keeps us very busy as its a real task to keep the weeds down,but on the produce front we shall have enough spuds to never buy again,cabbages are not too bad but its a toss up as to who eats them first us or the slugs.Courgettes are also good but are not too prolific yet.We shall be down ther first thing tomorrow mornig to do battle once again.Bellringing has progressed to both Lyn and I ringing on Sunday morning so I think we can now call ourselves accomplished ringers.We have made loads of good friends in the Village and spend time with them either at the Quiz nights on the golf course and at bellringing and not forgetting the allotment.
We can't believe we have been here over a year as time has flown by, but we have and we enjoyed every aspect of our life here.
We now have over 130 pictures from charity shops and car boot sales so I think it is time to slow down.We have now switched our attention to old books to fill the shelves recently put up.
We have had a number of visitors including Shaun who was up for a golf match in June,the weather was lousy but the company was good.
Thats all for now and Ipromise to be more posty in the future