We accomplished the mission with 10 minutes to spare and everything went very nearly like clockwork, except that Scillies suddenly had no fuel so we had to make an unplanned stop in Haverfordwest. But the staff there came in especially early to cook us all breakfast which was great.
We landed at 16 airfields on 15 islands (we touched the mainland twice because of the unscheduled stop at Haverfordwest) in 10h15, with a total time between the first take-off and the last landing of 16h35.
We got great publicity all around the country (though it was a bit odd to arrive in Inverness to find Radio Cornwall asking for a live interview).
The co-operation and generosity we received was fantastic. I don't know who to thank more, Marshalls (who provided huge support, including a formation instructor for four days), Jersey, who, the moment we asked them, put on a complete volunteer staff at 4.00am, Guernsey, who had enormous opposition to overcome, but still managed to find volunteers for both Alderney and Guernsey at 0440L, Haverfordwest who came in and cooked for us at almost no notice, HIAL, who waived innumerable landing fees and provided great support, or all the commercial sponsors, without whom none of it would have been possible.
But actually I do know who to thank most. That is the four ex-scholars, who are all severely disabled in one way or another and yet took part in a day that would exhaust any able bodies person. It was over 10 hours flying in tight formation during a 20 hour day, starting at 3.00am and ending at 11pm. That is tough, but these brave people (two men, two women) got through it despite great hardship with the minimum of whingeing and the maximum of fortitude.
The money is coming in and I do hope that you will go online to
Reach for the Islands - main page and contribute, if you haven't already.