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Old 23rd Apr 2004, 20:43
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Junior Flash-Up
 
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Inspirational Days

This morning I did a trial lesson with two "students" in which I found myself near Matlock (Peak District) at 7000 feet. The weather was CAVOK, visibility must have been 80 kms or more and the air was silky smooth. I could see from Matlock to Liverpool and along the North Welsh coast, far into Lincolnshire to the East, beyond Sheffield to the North and Birmingham to the South. Later, after descent, I spent a moment watching our shadow racing across fields, gardens, houses and roads, outrunning everything in sight.

While taking in this spellbinding vista, I realised this:-

1- An hour can be a very short space of time!
2- There is no better office.
3- It is very easy to get jaded and cynical about this industry when involved in it full time, but days like today serve to remind me about why I got into it.

"If you have to ask, then you'll never understand"
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