A few days before Xmas,
under cables low-level (forced, not intended), vis round 100 yds,ultra crap Continental Low Wx, Wessex 5. Route to go past Schiphol to Valkenberg and hugely uncertain of whereabouts. Eventually hit Zuider Zee and spot island. Convince driver that we should check (confirm???
) position before near misses with the heavies. Kind gentleman, in white coat, confirms (tells me where we are). Proceed around Schiphol and hover taxy in with a request from Air Traffic to report to them -SOONEST!! Very official chap says that our en-route landing had been reported 'cos the kind gent in the white coat was a Dutch Foot and Mouth Research Establishment scientist and the UK Min. of Ag &Fish had us down for a 6 week spell in quarantine!!
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They did - we didn't, but being hosed down by the local Fire Brigade on the cliffs at N Foreland in Mid December wasn't the most welcome alternative, either!! - but that's another story.
