Just like in the film Battle of Britain..
Well, there we were on Saturday, nice day etc. Departed 09.30Z from an airfield somewhere North of Southend for Calais. FIS on SND..no one else to be heard outside the circuit. 09:50, FIS from Manston...just us again as we crossed the Garden of England. Into Calais, deserted.
Lunch and 4 crates of cooking from Cite later, 1300z departure. Manston, like puppies wanting a fuss, happy to hear from us again. We called coasting in, we called North Kent Coast, we said goodbye..again, no one else around..just us and a few clouds. In a Larry Olivier moment, I said to Mrs Strake ' that's it, they've gone, we've won.' She, oblivious, remained asleep.
And so it continued, all quiet on the eastern front.
Is anybody there...??