Day 5 of Regionals - Wednesday 29th June

Forecast for Wednesday had been a drinking forecast, which is what we'd all done. Once the blues band had packed in the previous night, the locals had been strumming guitar and singing, only to be joined by various competitors in the clubhouse. They shifted the piano into the main room and when I sloped off to bed after midnight Alex O was playing the piano accompanied by Phil & Abenezer on guitars and a large crowd of singers.....

'Normal' 2016 weather prevailed on Wednesday morning, and we scrubbed around briefing time. Lucy got on with some maintenance, while John & I took the opportunity to do the fresh food shopping for our meal tomorrow. It was the second and last time I left the airfield in 9 days - both times for food so not sure what that says about me!.

Andy Linfield and son Simon prepared dinner for us all, and we were entertained on what turned into a pleasant sunny evening by the local Adderbury Morris Men. They provided a very jolly entertainment, and also an impromptu training session for one or two of our pilots! Hopefully they will come and fly with us later in the summer - a couple of them were very interested in gliding.

Pete, one of our competitors, got stuck into the dancing!