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Old 5th Nov 2017, 19:12
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BEagle
 
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In VC10K days, we certainly stayed at the Old Course a few times when Leuchars OM was being rebuilt. Which was fine - except for the time when our stay coincided with a Liberal Democrat party conference (or was it SDP then). Hence the advice to everyone not to visit the heads solo, in case there was a Lib Dem politician lurking therein.

Some pompous, career-seeking Flt Cdr (some may know of him as 'avocado with feet' from his time in the South Atlantic) decided to order us home even though the wind was still out of limits at the time "Because the Dulles schedule has taken off, we can't lose face to them and we'll save the Queen some money...". So we rushed around packing bags; when it came time to pay the bill, the hotel told us that we'd have to pay for the extra night which had been booked anyway! Fortunately the crosswind at Brize had abated to 27.9 kts across by the time we got back....
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