Ah, Yes. Good old Dai, he did my CPLA checkride!
Forever practical. Far better to crash near the fire engines
Is he still around at Perth?
BTW, sometimes we are obliged to fly IFR in UK without a proper Radar service as there isn't always anyone to obtain a service from! Not ideal. We do have TCAS which helps a little provided others use their transponder and radios sensibly and fly quadrantals. Below the London TMA is a problem, no chance of a quadrantal but normally a radar service is available. But it seems there are an awful lot of aircraft out there NOT using Mode C in the London area...wonder why?