john_tullamarine,
My apologies... I shouldn't have 'bitten' in the first place.
landlady,
Yes, please stay!
A side note to your tale... the funny thing is that the businessman was right, strictly speaking....
Us techies did a lot of development work to make sure Concorde could take off and, above all, land in a pea soup fog, down to zero-zero visibility.
But of course, the rest of the airport would already have come to a complete standstill in those conditions, including the emergency services, hence the rules and regulations for minimum visibility.
Success with your book!
What's the title going to be? "Tea At Two" ?
CJ