Today was supposed to be a good day, but the weather patterns didn't play ball, it being too windy and showery. We gridded the pilots in preparation, and the Wilga from HB flew in to help out, but all to no avail and we scrubbed mid afternoon when the hoped for slot didn't materialise.
Kevin Atkinson's submission to the daily photo competition summed it up quite well:
From our point of view the scrub was quite useful as it gave John & I time to prepare curry & stroganoff for 60 without the usual rushing around at the last minute. We fed 63 people in the end, and in spite of the huge amount of food we prepared, every last bit was eaten! This after people had spent all day eating the amazing cakes that members had brought in....
After dinner we all went off to the hangar where one of our regular competitors, Jane Nash, gave us a classical guitar recital. The music was quite excellent, and you could have heard a pin drop in the hangar (very unusual) while she was playing. We really are very lucky in our competitors....
Rowan took these nice atmospheric photos from the hangar entrance, where more people drifted in to listen. Another great evening.
