Category Archives: Patch News

I was away for two weeks near the start of the month and from what I hear most of what I missed was rain. The UK summer had been incredibly dry with record lows of rainfall so I suppose more … Continue reading →

Well, we certainly can’t complain about the weather in August, it was almost entirely dry and sunny, near perfect conditions for flying in fact. Many of the flying days were well attended, especially the midweek sessions, and several new models … Continue reading →

Well that’s summer over then, the nights are drawing in and it’s time to start looking for your winter build projects… just kidding! We had some lovely weather in June, including two heatwaves when for we all moaned that it … Continue reading →

I was away for the last week of April and much of May so I missed most of what was going on at the patch. Fortunately both MacFly and Dougal Entendre took lots of photos and video as well as … Continue reading →

This month’s Patch News will only include events of the first three weeks of April as I was away for the last week. But there’s lots to talk about, some flying and some non-flying. The month began with gloriously sunny … Continue reading →

March saw a definite improvement in the weather and club members did lots of flying. There was very little rain in the month which meant the parking area has now dried out well and our cars won’t be getting filthy … Continue reading →

It’s March, welcome to glorious spring weather and lots of flying opportunities! Well, that might be slightly optimistic but there are signs that the weather is getting better and February was certainly better for us than January. We flew on … Continue reading →

I don’t think I’ve ever had so little flying due to bad weather as this month. We expect January to be cold and miserable in the UK but this year it has been particularly bad. We seem to have been … Continue reading →

Happy New Year everybody, especially PAM members! I hope you’ve had a great Christmas and are looking forward to lots of flying in 2025. The days are already getting longer again and those long hot summers days are just around … Continue reading →