I hadn't realised it was so long since I posted anything in this thread.
BUT !
All being well, I should be 'on tour' again towards the end of next week - not quite sure yet when I can get away, as I need to have a new alternator fitted to the 'Tin Tent' - got the parts, and hopefully the work will be done by Wednesday ; it's a Public Holiday here this weekend and Monday, so my tame spanner monkeys are not working.
My original, fairly vague idea was to travel to Norfolk, basing myself on the campsite at Scole (seen in earlier posts in this thread), and visit some WW2 airfields, two of which have museums in restored Control Towers. However, the times of opening (first Sunday of the month for one, and every Sunday and Wednesday for the other) means that some planning is needed, in order to visit the various sites at the right times, especially as I'd like to meet up with an old friend at another museum, if possible, and hope he remembers me - I was fit and healthy when we last met !
Consequently, it'll probably be a good idea to move around a bit more, and head into Suffolk too, with a campsite right on the edge of the former Leiston airfield, where I'll probably stay for a couple of days, before heading back to Scole, possibly having visited some other sites of interest too, including, perhaps Halesworth and Framlingham (the latter where my old friend works as a volunteer).
So far, the sites I'd like to visit (some of which are now mainly farmland) include Thorpe Abbotts, Eye, Seething, Old Buckenham, Fersfield, Lesiton, possibly Halesworth and Framlingham, maybe a couple of others, and, if I can be bothered negotiating the Norwich ring road, the Norwich Aviation Museum, at the northern edge of what used to be Horsham St. Faith airfield, now Norwich International Airport. I might also re-visit the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton (Bungay), and depending on my return journey, call in to see the boys at Bottisham.
As the weather is looking good (at last !) in the region, there's a very good chance I may stay longer than the originally intended four or five days, probably being away for seven or eight days, or more, as there's no rush, and nothing important to prevent me 'tooling around' for awhile, so, at this stage, plans are still very fluid.
I'll be 'arming' myself with all the relevant books and maps, and, of course, my cameras, so if all goes at least partly to plan, I hope to get some reasonable photos, and some narrative to accompany them.
I'll also have my lap-top with me, so I can 'report back', given I have a good connection, but any photos will have to wait until I return home, apart from, perhaps, the odd 'up-date' shot from my compact camera.
So, with a bit of luck, it should sound something like "We've got a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, and we're wearing sunglasses - hit it !" (with apologies to 'The Blues Brothers' movie).
I'll post something here when I'm ready to roll .................... meanwhile, a couple of pics from a few days after this year's 'Flying Legends', when I was still on the campsite, relaxing..