Well, I just got back, and since I have knobby's list, I suppose I'll have to be the one to tell you all about it.
Final head count was as follows, and apologies if I miss anyone:-
LownSlow and Whirlybird from Rush Green (via Sleap to pick up Whirly) in LownSlow's Auster.
Wycombe and Brooklands in a C172 from...Wycombe
DB6 in a gorgeous little Firefly from Church Fenton; hardly worth flying in from there, but I did enjoy admiring the aircraft (even if it doesn't have Whirly wings)
BlokeInAnArcher in a...C172 from Stapleford.
Gerald Robinson in a C172 from Belfast
Circuit Basher in yet another C172 from Kirknewton
Roaterboater in an Enstrom from his own house in...Saddleworth, I think he said.
Jolly Tall, who cycled.
DRJAD, steve, Ninja Bill, and knobbygb (who was the organiser, not me, honest!) who are all based at Sherburn.
Not bad for our first Northern fly-in; Sywell doesn't count as it is NOT in the North, except by London standards. And talking of London, it seems as though they have nasty unreliable weather down there. Not like us in the North and Wales, who had bright sunshine all day, which made flying straight across the Pennines absolutely beautiful. But I shouldn't tease those who missed it too much. I'm really sorry you didn't make it, but those who did seemed to enjoy themselves doing the usual things one does at fly-ins - eating, looking at interesting aircraft, and saying: "Are you a prooner" to any likely looking person. I wore my PPRuNe T-shirt which made it slightly easier, and most people seemed to know instantly who I was...though someone thought I might be Aerbabe!
LownSlow, thank you for the lift, and I do like the Auster (even if it doesn't have Whirly wings).
Roaterboater, sorry to have missed the offered flight in your Enstrom; if you're ever in the Llangollen/Sleap/Welshpool area...
I have a few photos, but as usual I spent too much time talking, and couldn't get this lot to stand still anyway. But if I can work out how to post them I will.
It was definitely a good fly-in. So when's the next? And where?