Just to go back a very long way, both on the thread and in time.
In about 1983, Lossie would convert your rail warrant to an air warrant no questions asked because it was "such a long way from civilisation". No use to me - home / girlfriend was in Aberdeen.
When I was posted to Odiham I got a very blank look asking for the same thing in reverse.
Not everybody thinks LM/KS are a long way from home (but my wife does so don't ask me back!)
Sven