Splendid, HF, thank you so much.
May I put in a word in defence of Mona's Isle, home of tailless cats and four-horned sheep?
It is to me (not having served there) a lovely place; in peacetime, my long-departed family members visiting for holidays always seemed to recall enjoying good weather ..... because they were guided by a former naval person (one who had volunteered for the RN as a boy sailor in WWI), who had the sailor's sense of what we came to call the Met, and on any given day could direct the company to that side of the Island which was due to enjoy the better climate. (He was a remarkable gentleman, having as a humble AB seen fit to put
the 'Former Naval Person' straight face-to-face in unequivocal language - and survived! - but that's another story, and I fear way too far off-topic).
I have had the great pleasure of meeting some of the intrepid aviators who continue to fly, for fun, from one of the wartime Manx airfields - and here, by their courtesy, is a link illustrating some of the WWII history -
Andreas Gliding Club