Well, I am up to 66, so catching up on you! To start with, I was all like "I have to get through this as quick as possible, hurry up hurry up" and then it dawned on me that however long it took me, I was enjoying the process, and what was the rush. Result is I am far more laid back about it now, and probably making a better job of landing cos I am not quite so tense all the time.
As for Olympics, it is a pain. That said, for half the time the microlight world championships are on, so my intructor is off to Spain anyway. The other half the time, I am going to see if I can find some friendlymicrolighters to take me up outside of the zone. A friend of a friend has recently retired and lives (or at least flies from) a field near Leicester. I'm gonna see if he is interested in letting a learner at his plane :-)
Luckily he is an instructor too!
Where in Lincs do you fly from?
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