I feel I should apologise for not being very active on here over the last couple of months. I almost feel I've neglected you wonderful people. Work has been unusually busy, but its not just that.
Mrs Smiffy and I spend numerous weekends fundraising for a local karate school with whom our son has trained with for the last 16-17 years. He is now one of the instructors. We run a fundraising stall at local fetes at which the students usually do a display.
The fundraising is to send students to National tournaments and training sessions when they make the National squad. The schools students are often selected to represent the UK in European and World Championships. Our son goes as their official coach. Unfortunately, Karate isn't an Olympic sport, so receives no funding, so we raise money to send them.
A couple of years ago I was asked to fix a very sorry example of a "hook a duck" game. It was scrap really, so came home and built this. @miller1098 will be impressed, it's solar powered!
Sometimes I get called "The Duckmeister" which was very nearly my screen name.
Next outing, this coming Sunday, Corton Village Fete! @Shelly ?
But that only consumes so much time. as many will have noticed my avatar image is an aeroplane. I helped finish the restoration of this one, and now have a share in it, but although I've been around aviation on and off since the age of 4, I've never actually got a pilots licence. I've been limited to flying with other pilots. Well, this year I'm getting on with it and last Wednesday my instructor sent me off Solo for the first time!
If the weather holds out, I should complete training and final test this summer. This will give me a licence to fly microlight aircraft. The plan for next year will be to upgrade it so that I can fly the biplane solo.
The zed, well, all work postponed until the winter. I've decided not to do anything I can put off, so that I don't make it undriveable while the sun is here.
Mrs Smiffy and I spend numerous weekends fundraising for a local karate school with whom our son has trained with for the last 16-17 years. He is now one of the instructors. We run a fundraising stall at local fetes at which the students usually do a display.
The fundraising is to send students to National tournaments and training sessions when they make the National squad. The schools students are often selected to represent the UK in European and World Championships. Our son goes as their official coach. Unfortunately, Karate isn't an Olympic sport, so receives no funding, so we raise money to send them.
A couple of years ago I was asked to fix a very sorry example of a "hook a duck" game. It was scrap really, so came home and built this. @miller1098 will be impressed, it's solar powered!
Sometimes I get called "The Duckmeister" which was very nearly my screen name.
Next outing, this coming Sunday, Corton Village Fete! @Shelly ?
But that only consumes so much time. as many will have noticed my avatar image is an aeroplane. I helped finish the restoration of this one, and now have a share in it, but although I've been around aviation on and off since the age of 4, I've never actually got a pilots licence. I've been limited to flying with other pilots. Well, this year I'm getting on with it and last Wednesday my instructor sent me off Solo for the first time!
If the weather holds out, I should complete training and final test this summer. This will give me a licence to fly microlight aircraft. The plan for next year will be to upgrade it so that I can fly the biplane solo.
The zed, well, all work postponed until the winter. I've decided not to do anything I can put off, so that I don't make it undriveable while the sun is here.
Driving a Z and flying a plane must be twice the smiles per road and sky miles.
although that does equate to about 14mpg and we can travel in straight lines!