When I was on 8 Sqn in 68, avpin was transported in unopened drums in the Argosy when we went to Masirah for live firing. Memories come flooding back, green water in the swimming pool, currency reserve bank of India rupee, no coins, change given in goods! Rusty tins of McEwans Export, women in black Burqas walking across the desert to and from tin town (dwellings constructed of oil drums). Great bbq on the beach, beach alive with crabs as the tide went out, fishing off the pier. Happy days!