Naturally we were amongst the first to arrive - I guess it must have been the anticipation instilled by my loyal PPrune colleagues who had done their utmost to prepare me for this encounter. Now the Col and his better half (whom he continually referred to as 'she who has to be obeyed haha') did not have the heating on - something about being poor retired military - so I opted to keep my green wellies on, especially as they went so well with my 40-year old tweed ensemble and flat cap.