After waking up and having breakfast, I found Andrew Parker; my original instructor, in his office and immediately asked him if Britain was still afloat. He said he had a good time in a place where things "worked properly" and constant power was a given! I explained the situation regarding the SPL and he said that it's been the case before, and to just enjoy the flying. Great seeing the bloke again, hopefully I'll manage a flight with him before I leave.

While pre-flighting Echo-Echo-Golf, Daniel appeared. He asked me what we should do in the air for this slot. I didn't really have a preference, except for not doing navigation as it would eat up too many precious hours, too quickly. The fuel tanks were half full anyway; so a nav was out of the question.

Anyway, we settled for a spell in the GF, and were allocated the West Coastal sector. After noticing what a gorgeous and hot day it was, we also noticed thick black smog all along the coast; as pictured above. Daniel seemed adamant that it was oil of some kind. We practiced a number of stalls, spins and recoveries; all rather nauseating, but bearable.

On one occasion, while spinning, we noticed a whale and slid down to take a look. A visible cloud of sand in the sea, not too far from the coast gave him away. Apparently whale's rub themselves on the sea bed in order to clean. I tried to capture a decent photo of it, but failed! It wasn't long before it sank back down into the abyss.

After a few more turns, we headed back for base. There was a slight tailwind on approach, meaning that our speed over the ground was faster, in order for the same airspeed as normal to be achieved. This made the landing distance slightly longer than normal, but luckily it was a fairly descend landing, and led to taxi back/parking and lunch.

Waldo and I went into town in the afternoon and browsed the model/hobby/rc shop. They only had one range of Radio Controlled models - very large and very expensive! Upon returning, we noticed a new, but thankfully smaller fire than Saturday's, just outside of the base. Luckily it's appeared to have now been put out.

Dinner was followed by a few card games, lots of chat and Olympics on TV in the bar, before sorting out the payment of the BA flight home, and writing this post. Now it is most definitely time for bed, have an early slot tomorrow!