You may have noticed that no news arrived last night (22/03/01). M had not contacted me by 23.00hrs which I put down to: unable to get to 'phone (?locked up?), didn't try, did try and couldn't get through or doing something more interesting (ref. M the tourist!). I hoped, hoped, that everything...
The quality of communication between M and I is deteriorating due, in part, to time difference as he struggles eastwards (I think?) but also because I am spending increasingly long hours at my desk. Our conversations now take place as I drive home - 20.00 hrs for me; midnight for M. He informed me that...
Today an enigmatic message to my office at 18.00 hrs relayed by our secretary "Tell my beloved that I'm going to bed and that I'm now known as 'BCL' (Below Camel Level)." Well BCL rang later and caught me driving home from work. Another easy day today. Flying over the mountains...
Hello It seems that Maurice has managed to upset no one today. He telephoned me at 21.31hrs this evening, shattered again but jubilant. Fantastic flying! He and little G-KIRK have covered approx. 500 miles at very, very low level owing to head winds of up to 40mph. The desert was wonderful and M seemed...
M set off v early this morning, hoping to be in a position to push on to Dubai. However, they again covered about 500 miles in 10 hours which seems to be this intrepid pairs performance under desert conditions and were content to land at Bahrain. In order to make best use of a slight tail wind at 10...