Last year, a visitor to Barkston Heath told me why he had disliked the place when he was a QFI and BH was a Cranwell RLG. I had to check the records to confirm it, but it was true, and makes the weather a minor inconvenience.
It was 1942, and he was doing night circuits with his student, BH being a safer option, as Cranwell was getting a fair amount of explosive attention at the time. Unfortunately, he felt he had to take control and divert back to base when the aircraft ahead downwind burst into flames; it had been shot down by the opportunist enemy who had slipped in between them.
It's a bit quieter nowadays.
