During Easter break from the Towers in 1969, 3 of us went on a detachment to Kinloss to visit the MPA world of the Shacklebomber.
A seemingly endless train journey and the overnight sleeper to Glasgow before the stopping train to wherever it was inspired me to find another method of getting back to Somerset. Which was solved by a friend of my late father who borrowed a Sea Vampire from Yeovilton and flew up to RNAS Lossiemouth.
I was promised MT would take me from Kinloss to Lossie - I had to wait at the guardroom and someone would pick me up. I did as instructed and a few minutes later this ancient Standard Vanguard screeched to a halt - I think it was an estate version, probably the last one in the RAF! Driven by a lunatic Flt Lt who hurled the old bus around the B roads at indecent speeds....
The 90 min trip in the Sea Vampire was rather more civilised and a lot less scary!
Last edited by BEagle; 1st Mar 2015 at 09:17.