Update

Nothing happening for me on the flying front for a wee while. Spent nine days as an 'extra' on a film shoot (for film called 'ZOO') on various locations around Belfast and further out. Then last weekend I spent at Tollymore National Outdoor Centre on the edge of the Mournes  on a course to renew my REC Emergency Care first aid certification that I need as a BHPA Senior Instructor. This has to be renewed every three years.

The craic at Tollymore was good and the course has a high practical content so you are outdoors a lot dealing with simulated casualty situations. Others on the course included Game of Thrones tour guides who had not been on a course before and outdoor leaders of various sorts. Accommodation and excellent food are provided and coffee, tea etc is on tap whenever you want. It's a little bit mentally tiring but you certainly get your first aid skills sharpened up and the latest developments and techniques explained, demonstrated and practiced.

One of the other people on the course was James Linford. I taught his brother Charles to fly a hang glider many years ago (1970s) but we had lost touch. It was good to have an unexpected 'catch up' and to know that Charles if fit and well and living in England, although not hang gliding any more.