LL, I recognise that view ! But not on that exact trip. After being rehoused from our 'slum' (the description on the letter my parents received) I was very lucky to find myself 100 yds from RAF Usworth, now the Nissan car factory. My friend worked there as a tarmac hand waiting for his RAF joining instructions. So in my ATC uniform and armed with my parents permission I did a lot of flying in Ansons Chipmunks and Oxfords. Almost got a night flight in the Harvard after cleaning it but the ungrateful thing went u/s. Another cadet complained about my 'hogging' but it was just a case , as we have seen above, of right place right time. And as I spent most of my free time there cleaning pushing polishing and sweeping I was always available. The ATC CO forbid me to do any more flying. But I did keep up the flying but just did not log it. I was aided and abetted in this by all concerned at Usworth.