I had a very productive morning at work - perhaps because no-one was there to interrupt me - and as a result am feeling a lot more positive about the work that needs to be done by Thursday evening. This was followed by crazyscot's promised plane ride.

I'd expressed an interest in seeing the coast, so our first plan had been to go up to King's Lynn and the Wash, then east to Norwich and back to Cambridge. Today's weather over East Anglia looked stormy, so Ross prepared a Plan B (and also plan C). We started from Gransden, and went north east, passing Cambridge on the west side and heading north to King's Lynn for a look at the Wash. There was indeed much stormy weather to our east, so we took Plan B and headed west to fly around Rutland Water. From there we headed south west towards Rugby, and I enjoyed seeing the M1/M6/A14 junction from above (so well-known from all the recent climbing trips). At that point we swung back south east and returned to the airfield. Just on two hours in the air in all, and marvellous fun. Ross offered me a turn on the controls, and another time I might have taken him up on it, but I was thoroughly enjoying not being in control of anything, so declined.

After tidying the plane back up again, and a cup of tea, we headed home. I felt marvellously relaxed and more than a little buzzed and tired - a most civilised way to spend a Bank Holiday afternoon. A pleasant evening at home with the housemates and the dog, joined by Peter and Debbie, rounded everything off nicely.