Thoroughly good day -
Great seeing all who made it - sorry you couldn't get through EVO - it wasn't the weather really, was it - Solent wouldn't let you through.
We got there earlier or would have found the same crud as you did.
Left Fairoaks With Singapore Girl @ 09:10Z in reasonable weather, but found lowering but patchy cloud down around the S coast. Routed via Thorney & Hayling Island (where I enjoyed a great holiday 2 weeks ago) for some sightseeing then via Portsmouth to Beaulieu and Stoney cross.
Had to drop down to about 1700 on the QNH from time to time, and kept a careful lookout behind to check we weren't getting boxed in by the weather, but the cloudbase continued to hold up at around 1800 all the way to Compton.
With SG's excellent navigation and my excellent flying (ahem!) we made it to where Compton Abbas should have been, exactly on time - except it WASN'T THERE!
Some mean bu**er had moved it about 10 miles NE, or maybe it was NW. Or possibly SE. or W. So an interesting 10-15 minutes or so ensued while we searched for it - while dodging in and out of the base of the clouds.
Anyway, find it we did - just as well, I was dying for a pee!
Everything after that was great - good landing, good food, good company, good weather, lots of interesting aicraft coming and going in front of us. Bliss.
Oh, yes - FFF got in the world's cheapest round when he brought back 7 pints of WATER (and a coke) to the table. I'm sure someone has a photo of it - publish please!
Great flight back, no probs.
What a super day!
Thanks SG
SD