Please tell me that was Lyneham.
No, it was Wittering, the student was heading for Oundle, climbed to avoid the Lyveden Gliding site turning left in the process and infringed the stub near Spanhoe, he then turned South and declared Thrapston was Oundle. During all of this he was in contact with Cottesmore.
the practice of "creating situations to try and fail people".
An examiner has a very good idea if a candidate is going to pass or fail a test before the aircraft even takes off. On no account should an examiner contrive to fail a candidate. He should brief the candidate on everything that will be required of him. If the examiner were to do some of the things indicated here, the candidate would in the UK be able to appeal under Regulation 6 against the improper conduct of the test and have it annulled.