I once passed a pedestrian walking along a country road (no pavement) with his back to the traffic; the road had trees down one side and long grass on either verge. It was dusk and the pedestrian was wearing a dark green ‘shooting’ jacket, camouflage trousers, camouflage gaiters and a dark green hat; he also had a full-face beard!…

My second eldest came back from a night exercise with her air cadets earlier this year and casually muttered a tale of some stupid staff member driving their mini bus down a sunken lane at night, with no lights on, trying to find but nearly running over several cadets – in camo – and insisting that it was all just a good laugh. She begged me not to raise the subject with her CO since she is up for promotion and been told by others not to rock the boat; must say that I feel much less confident in their supervising capabilities now.