Flying Adventure
HAUL YOURSELF TO HULL FOR A WEEKEND BREAK It may have been a while since we Channel hopped, but Martin Ferid takes himself to ’ull – birthplace of Amy Johnson…
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enerally speaking, those of us that enjoy a bit of Channel hopping tend to stretch the end of the touring season from around the end of this month well into the next. It's hard to think that a whole year has come and gone without a spaghetti alla carbonara, a paella or a bouillabaisse in their countries of origin. In fact, to be honest, a simple steak frites would have done. I concluded that rather than capitulate to umpteen negative feelings, as aviation is made more complex, difficult and expensive, I should attenuate things with a more relaxed approach. I've failed, of course, in fact quite abysmally, and get ever more frustrated with each bureaucratic attempt in the irrefragable ‘death by a thousand cuts’. Much as I haven’t quite reached the stage
16 | LIGHT AVIATION | September 2021
Above Hull Beverley is a pleasant grass airfield but a taxi ride from town. Photo: FLYER
where I believe in sightings of Elvis and conspiracy theories, I can see how others well might.
Joining the PCS
One way of getting the most out of this world we indulge in is not to wait for aleatory inputs, but by attempting something new or challenging. Although I’ve been teaching independently for a long while now, after a chat with National Coach Chris Thompson, I'm about to join the LAA team of coaches. Having read some of their bios, as far as aviation goes, I will certainly be in some prestigious company and can only hope that I can hold my end up and do the rest of them justice. My passion has always been Continental touring, so I’m all for less hangar-time and more air under those wings. Hand in hand with that, I'm hoping for greater uptake of the
