Could have been the Haynes manual on the Hurricane; check on Amazon, under “Haynes aircraft manuals,” and see.

There is one Container ship, Marco Polo, and the miles it travels in one day is unbelievable, I also think it’s the largest container ship, registered in the U.K.

There was an item, on BBC South, which included that vessel, in which they said that fuel costs have reached the point where owners are telling captains to slow down, since it can save thousands of pounds.

There was talk of oil being found in one of the support legs, which sounds exceedingly dangerous.

Possibly of interest to some, but I remember my mother telling me that the rabbit, in the photo on page 83, was the inspiration for the Flanagan & Allen song “Run, Rabbit, Run.”

I can’t see why there’s so much surprise about this; with MPs no longer able to fiddle their expenses, they’ve got to make up the shortfall somewhere. I love the notion of the “final salary pensions,” since MPs are the only “workers,” in the country, who make no contribution to their pension.

When Rolls-Royce representatives visited Russia, they found that Merlin engines had been dumped in the mud, with Russians using their packing cases as living accomodation; I doubt that cases for Spitfires would have been any less substantial.

Obviously a day with no other doom & gloom to report, so “Let’s frighten the populace with a volcano.” At least newsreaders will find Katla easier to pronounce, and spell.

Across the channel ? I thought he only did Ilfracombe to Lundy Is ?

The programme explained that (same distance, but Lundy Islanders, apparently, are more accomodating to model aircraft than the French.) Entertaining, and good fun, but too much infuriatingly overpowering (and unnecessary) “music” as usual.