Hello Halo!!!
Have to agree with you about how fast rumours and gossip travel!
And I think at least some of the runway inspections at Seaton were in for annoyance<g>, although I tended to use the standard phraseology of 'Ops 3, hit the grass!!!!!!'. Just like virtually every Approach Radar exercise you'd get a Partenavia or Islander come in off the airways chugging along at a GS of 40kts. He'd be the first a/c you'd talk to after 'clocks on', and still outside 4DME 40-odd minutes later at 'clocks off'.......ahhhh, the memories!
Undoubtedly the best thing about the college, though, was a plate of sausages and chips for 60p!!!!
Gonzo