WOW!.. I had no idea… not sure which got me drooling more… the Kestrel or the Vulcan U/C…
JJ

It’s actually from an A340 (in the entrance to the museum, I think)

(Edit. Ahh, just seen the caption. Skim-reading at work again)

The evidence is still there if you know what to look for -I.e. an out-of -character buliding filling a gap in an otherwise uniform row of houses.Paul F

Bill Gunston once recalled how, as a young cadet in the war (or maybe just after) he was detailed to show an American around town. The visitor remarked on the gap in a row of houses, and was told that a German bomb had fallen there. “Gee” he replied, “Sure was lucky it missed those houses either side” BTW, anyone know what Bill Gunston is doing now? Fond memories of the days when he seemed to bring out a new book every couple of weeks. I think my favourite was “Plane Speaking”

oral heaven………..ears i mean, lol!!!!

Mmm… Freudian slip there, Holty? Shouldn’t that be Aural Heaven? 😀 😀 😀

I must admit, I’ve sometimes wondered at what point a passenger could legally demand to be let off a flight. I guess the captain has the final say, and once airborne he/she wouldn’t turn back for some trivial or unjustified reason. But supposing they’d just closed the cabin doors and were about to push back when someone panicked or something and demanded, really demanded, to be let off? Or during taxiing, or lining up for takeoff?

Hey, we could start a writers’ group. And on the subject of secret/amateur writers, a little teaser; who was Ernest Scribbler? (No Googling)

Hi. I do a bit of writing myself, so I hope I can offer a little constructive criticism.
Horror is not really my thing, but I wonder if the setting isn’t just a bit clichéd, ie the manor house, roaring fire, wind howling outside, etc. I think a less obvious and more mundane kind of setting might make the climax more unexpected and dramatic when it happens. The story requires them to be alone together, so how about they’re stuck in a lift (the confined space might add tension, and extra terror when the Reaver appears) or the old man is a minicab driver (Maybe you could have the doctor gradually recalling events as he comes around again in hospital after a crash?)
Secondly, I’m not sure anyone would open a conversation quite like that. I think you need to ease into the subject just slightly with something like “God, this English weather will be the death of me, sleeping out like that. Probably no more than I deserve, though…”
As I’ve already said, I’m not really into horror, but I don’t really understand the part about the Devil refusing to claim souls. I always understood the devil to be evil incarnate, without any mercy, morals or scruples.
Overall though, I reckon it’s a nice, tidy, concise piece of work. One nice touch was the doctor wetting himself. I reckon that’s a very human and very believable reaction, and one that the reader can really empathise with. As you say, it needs a bit of work, or polishing-up as I think of it when I’m writing; eg “Affect” should be “Effect” and “Believes” should be “Beliefs”
Anyway, good luck with it, and thanks for sharing; I know the courage it takes to offer something like this. And please remember this is just my take on it, and others will probably love it. Let us know how you get on with it?

I can never forgive Galloway for his “Sir, we salute you” performance, clicking his heels and bowing his head to a tyrant who was already known to have gassed thousands of his own citizens. And as for fannying around in a leotard on Big Brother when he should have been doing his job as an MP… “Respect”? I think not.

Benny Hill.
Phil Silvers Show (Sgt Bilko).
The Twilight Zone.
Monty Python.
Blackadder (shame they never made the series set in the 60’s)
Crossroads (the original version) so bad, it was brilliant.
Central Weekend (Friday night discussion programme that nearly always came close to a punch up)
Heartburn Hotel (never really caught on, but I liked it)