Mike took my photo standing beside the 'plane, which is owned by our mutual friend, John Linford.
Then we hiked about half a mile along to the Plantings Inn for Sunday lunch.
A feature of the gardens of the Plantings Inn is this old church bell tower. The bell was cast by Wilsons foundry in Glasgow.
It was very poignant standing on the old airfield where my father had served.
The RAF buildings are now used for agriculture.
It was raining so we decided not to visit the castle and its gardens.
My turn to fly home and we were nearly home when a big black thunderstorm blocked the way ahead and the rain came on real heavy.
So I put the 'plane down safely on the old World War II airfield at Kirkbride, a few miles west of Carlisle.
There is a lot of RAF infrastructure still here, now used for industry and warehousing and in centre background we see the old boiler house chimney. The modern 'plane looked rather out of place among the wartime buildings.
By now the thunderstorm had passed and I flew a short ten minute flight back to the home airport at Carlisle.
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