Icare, welcome back to Blighty! I too am a local and like you will pursue a relentless and selfless quest for Chalk Farm still cider. It will be a long and weary road no doubt, but someone has to do it...
Danny, I suspect that the Carlstrom effect is common to all of a certain vintage, it certainly is for me. Your mention of Machrihanish though reminds me that the equivalent of being banished to Siberia for the RAF was a posting there as OC GD Flight. Its attraction was more for visitors than residents, I suspect. Good for stocking up on fish of various types though, from Salmon to Kippers. The ramp on the Hercules, being the coldest part of the fuselage, was the best place to stow it.
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