Wednesday 6 June 2012

Lasham Regionals - Tuesday 5 June 2012

I’ve discovered that it’s very difficult writing a flying blog when there is little flying….
Today’s briefing was delayed until 11:00, at which point the organisers scrubbed the day for all classes.  The photo below shows the weather conditions on the grid where the Open Class had left their gliders out overnight.



Considering we are not flying, we are still managing to spend money like it’s gone out of fashion.  So far we purchased a new phone for Steve (as previously mentioned), and today, a new airbed for the tent (the last one went down every night even though it is less than a year old), and we also purchased a new leisure battery for the caravan because a cell went down.

How do you spend your time when not flying?  Well besides shopping for replacement goods, in my case it’s making fancy dress items at the moment.  We will be flying in the Shenington Regionals at the end of the month at which they are holding a 1940s Hangar party.  So it has been fun trying to find the necessary fancy dress items to match.  I’ve sorted a 1940s style dress, purchased some shoes from a charity shop and today I managed to finish knitting a maroon beret which will have to do for a hat for me. 


Steve has already purchased a couple of WWII gas masks (genuine articles!) and today we purchased a flat cap for him.  I am now knitting him a tank-top to go over a white shirt.  Hopefully when I’ve finished, we’ll look like a couple from the lower classes attending the dance.

Here’s hoping for some knitting time if there's no flying tomorrow!

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