The first of 2007.

Having already mentally prepared myself for the kind of weather, which January normally has attached to it, it was a nice surprise to be able to fly on Saturday 6th January. Although the light rain which was falling when we arrived at Barton and pulled the aircraft out of its hanger, could well have spelled the end to operations at an already water sodden grass airfield, it failed to put a damper on our day. Although we initially aimed to visit Huddersfield Crossland Moor, Sherburn-In-Elmet and Breighton, the low cloud over the Pennines quickly put a stop to these ideas. Instead, similarly to the last flight I made in Victor Alpha, we tracked across to Formby and then up past Blackpool to Lancaster and then back towards Barton for a base leg join and perhaps the smoothest landing to date on grass. Although the Vis was not perfect, the flight was interesting, and the sights along the way managed to occupy my passengers.