November 22nd

It was a miserable day, what with the rain and the wind.  Oh, the anemometer's stopped working (again) as it's got water inside it.

Vic has a tree in a pot by the front door, and that managed to fall over, so we pulled it upright and repacked it.

We wasted the day playing Warcraft and watching "Edge of Tomorrow".

November 19th

It was the EAA membership meeting.  There were only about 25 people there, and I briefly showed the web site in an attempt to get people to use it more :o)

November 16th

I got up on the roof and cleared the tumble drier vent, and the gutters, then spent a while raking leaves - this is going to be a regular thing for the next few months, I reckon.

When all that was done, I went over to the airfield and spoke to Jack - he thought he had a spare EGT probe, but it's a different fitting to the ones I have, so eh.  Danny pulled is Quicksilver out, and the battery was dead, so we jump started it.  It wasn't running very well, and it looked like it wasn't getting gas to the rear cylinder as the fuel hose was full of air.  We re-jump started it, and he ran it at full throttle with Jack and me holding it back until that cleared, then he went out for a low hop.  I pulled the Flightstar out and managed a couple of circuits before it was starting to get dark.  And cold, it was cooling down quickly too.

November 15th

After playing Warcraft for a while in the morning, we pottered around for a bit, then I went to the airfield.  All the EGT wires look to be plugged in OK, and when I took the plane out, one still wasn't working, so Houston, we have a problem.  I spent the flight just doing circuits, and everything was a little busy, so I was doing full stops rather than touch and goes.  I was just taxying over to park up, when Jack and Danny came over - Danny wanted to go for a flight :o)  We got him strapped in while Jack grabbed the passenger headset, then we went for a quick circuit (visibility was starting to suck, and poor Danny was just in a T-shirt, so getting cold).  He had a great time, it would seem :o)

November 12th

Gwen came over after work, and was playing with the guinea pigs when Tilly and I got in from our walk.  Tilly went ballistic :o)

November 11th

Today was Veteran's Day, when Americans celebrate their veterans by working.  Government workers are free to go shopping though, which confuses me every time I wonder why there's been no post delivered.

November 9th

We watched the excellent MotoGP finale from Valencia.  It was interesting to watch people's reaction to the spits of rain, and I thought Lorenzo's gamble on swapping to rain tyres was a good decision, bearing in mind his terrible position at the time.  It didn't cost him anything, even thought he didn't finish the race, but it could have meant he won if the rain started the fall properly.

I took the front fairing of the DRZ apart, as one of the little LED lights I've put on has stopped working.  Seems like the problem is the LED, rather than my wiring, so I'll have to look for a new LED :o(