Weekend shenannigans

Edited slightly
Saturday:
Woke up feeling much happier. Had a flying lesson again and covered the secondary controls (flaps, power and trim) and even took off. Not bad for a 2nd lesson. (Well, technically 5th, but the other 3 were 10 years ago).
I'm axious to learn about the navigation side of things, though I guess that will have to wait until I've managed to get the hang of the flying-the-plane bit before worrying about the theory.

In the evening was the big social party after Charl and Lel's commitment ceremony. It was wonderful. I'm so happy for you both, and you have incredibly good looking friends ;-) Fantastic to catch up with people and special thanks to softfruit and snagglepat.
Sauciness of the night involved about a dozen of us baring our tops. Tame, I know. Maybe I should post a quiz asking "Guess whose nips" :-) Fear not, I shall acquire permission before using any photos taken.

Oh, the other thing: when I arrived I was stopped by someone in the bar who recognised me from the documentary. He told me his story (which I'll not share here), but it was great to know that I'd given some other people hope. UNtil then I hadn't really given much thought about how I came across.

Sunday:
Did nothing much, but I did download the documentary as I didn't have a complete recording of it. I shall shortly be getting that put onto DVD along with a BBC documentary shown earlier last week also on Nf just to broaden the scope a little. Anyone want a copy?

The "10 things" meme

Here are 10 things that I've done that I don't think a lot of you will have done

1) Piloted a plane out of Manchester International Airport
2) Been on prime time TV as one of the starssubjects
3) Modelled for a photoshoot for a online porn site
4) Nearly drowned at the age of 3
5) Bit hit by a car... twice.
6) Been an studio engineer, editor and presenter at a radio station... sometimes all 3 at the same time.
7) Travelled abroad alone at the age of 12.
8) Held a belching contest with my mum... and lost.
9) Been to a wedding with members of the royal family as brides maids.
10)Been for a bungee jump

It was tough keeping these clean such that I could make it an unlocked post. I might consider making an alternative version ;-)