I was out there on Wednesday this week for this first time, sampling the ales in the aviation-themed pub, the Goddard Arms Freehouse in Clyffe Pypard, of which the museum will be a part. They plan to open the museum later this year, which will be a sort of conference room at the back. As the HP-42 project progresses, sections will be displayed in the museum apparently. I was also pleased to hear that the project is still very much alive, as I hadn’t heard much recently. The pub is a bit out of the way, but is only 15 minutes drive from Swindon and the M4. Well worth a visit, even for the pub-side of things (lots of pictures, props and a few odd’n’ends like the fins from a Miles Messenger), and they do a very nice pint of ‘Vulcan’ (or you can have ‘Concorde’), but do what I did and get someone else to drive. The pub also acts as a tea room.

Andy