UniformCharlie

Still Swansea (Thursday, 16 June 2005)

Ooops. So much for our plans to fly today.

But all is not lost. But we were blatantly hopeful. Or rather .... we were stupid .... hoping that the weather at the airfield 3 miles from the house would be better. For some reason, over the curry the night before, we had decided to take ourselves off. Fly back to Germany leisurely over three days. So we had everything packed, beds stripped and in the washing machine, rubbish cleared. Ready to go.

3 miles away, Swansea airport looked like this:

With both temperature and dew point at 15°C you could wring out the air! Although we already had the weather brief and forecast printed from the computer at the house, we were still asking the TWR crew if they knew something the Met Office did not know. "Well, yes, sure", Ieuan said, "the weather is going to improve over the day. We might be able to see the end of the runway by the end of the afternoon." Ha! But he meant it. And he was right! Thanks Ieuan ... nice name  ... and so is Hugo .... err Hugh  *see, LP, I did mention it! ... sorry for insiders only again*

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