SND....wow that told him!!
That's what I thought. Particularly interesting how he went sight-seeing the city from West to East when it should have been more or less obvious to him his chances were running out, and his best were NOT to the East. An unquenchable optimist, like every-one called Biggles!
Its incidents like this that make me wonder why the CAA allow reduced hours in gaining a NPPL as opposed to a PPL
Certain states of mind can defy ANY amount of tuition. The number of hours required can only make good the complexity of whatever subject under study.