I wondered what had happened to the Binnsworth Meatbox after the place had been pongo'd. Good to see that it went to a good home!
No doubt there's some old lorry, 19th century gun, stuffed horse or somesuch guarding the gate now though. Don't you know...what...what....
I hope the Chinook crew enjoyed the unusual training exercise.
Regarding the weather-guessers' wind-measuring jobber at that Secondary Modern flying training place, I gather that the early morning weather check at Leeming wasn't deemed satis. unless the associated beat-up of the tower had caused a decent 'gust' reading even on flat calm days. An isolated unforecast 20 kt gust must have upset the MetOs' stats considerably - especially as it normally occurrred at roughly the same time each day. Much querying of the beetles, seaweed and fir cones must have resulted!