Kiel Canal
Thanks Bob, That's even better as both MisMike and I left the mob in late '73. Memory playing tricks again: I had assumed it happened on the first 33 ship exercise in '72.
If I see the lady again,and having just moved from Wilts to Herefordshire it's less likely,I'll tell her I have a cast-iron defence.
I've remembered another little gem about that particular Mrs Colonel; she used to come and ride Anne's( my better half) horse and at first was most put out that we hadn't tacked him up for her, muttering"'when B***n was CO of the battalion in Germany one of the men always got my horse ready for me". We soon disabused her of that idea.
A few weeks of resting the yard broom against her car also got the message through that she had to sweep away the dollops that fell during tacking-up, not this lowly ex-Flt Lt.
Sadly she and said Colonel, of the matinee idol good looks, have now parted - fancy your chances anyone?
Brian W