Hi Wendy just looked on the courses and found you on a course 1/77 I did have a box below which had open on it, so just pressed that and behold there you were on the left front row. many years before my time.

Hi everyone, why can’t I get the course photos up? I just get a blue screen but the names are at the bottom!

Should have included GUARDIAN link to Indian Navy / HERMES article = herewith-

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/16/india-aircraft-carrier-russia-rivalry-china

Charlie can you convert it to a link please !

Or anyone interested Cut and Paste to your www bar.

How I’d love to re-visit HERMES. Spent the best years of my life on her, with Colin Brenchley and Steve Howard amongst others. Wonder if 4H2 (first commission) and 4J4 (second commission) messes are still the same…..

Pic of HERMES in online GUARDIAN today.
Now INS VIRAAT (India) she is expected to go on until 2020 if they can keep their Sea Harriers flying until then. She was launched in 1953 ! What a long life! Comprehensive article on WIKI !

Hi Don – remember you well (Northwood late 60’s – when the Officers Mess burned down around Christmas I think).

Best wishes SPUD

Met Observer 1960 1968
Brawdy Portland Malta Admiralty Tiger Northwood and Eagle
I recognise a few names from This forum Now retired and living in Northamptonshire

Ray, by the way is Bhutan near Bradford?

You are quite right Ray, I was driving round today watching the fuel gauge needle head very rapidly south and thinking “what have you done you knob?”, but later when I was parked in Asda car park a guy knocked on the window and said what a fantastic car it was.
Made me feel a whole lot better, what the Hell, I am only spending my own “bees and honey”, so my daughter will be a few quid poorer than she thought she might be, how sad, never mind.

Seems like you are having a huge old-age crisis, Ken. For ‘back to the 70’s’ it should read ‘now in my 70’s’
Same thing happened to me on my return from holiday in Bhutan a couple of weeks ago (trying to spend all my kid’s inheritance) Sandra and myself had the English Consul to Bhutan as a tour guide….when I got home and said to my mate ‘we were driven round by the British Consul’ he said ‘give over, you mean you were driven round IN a British consul’

First report for a long time!
Just bought myself a very sporty Japanese coupe car. It must be the boy racer coming out or maybe senility is finally taking over!
0 to 60 in 5 secs,150mph top speed, I will never see either of these measurements achieved but by gum it don’t half look nice on the drive
Just need to grow a big moustache, root out the flares and the platform soles and here we go guys 70’s all over again.