Category Archives: Patch News

Well so much for ‘flaming June’, it seemed more like April showers to me. Never mind, summer will be along in July…I hope. We had a bit of a problem with the mower a couple of Sundays ago and with … Continue reading →

Times flies, I’ve just realised it’s almost month end and I haven’t even started Patch News, so this edition may be a little rushed! There was lots of flying during May and, although I was away for a couple of … Continue reading →

Well my April Fool in last month’s edition fooled at least one person, but I won’t embarrass Dwayne Pipe by naming him…oops! For all you others that haven’t confessed, there are NO giant moles at the patch… so I don’t … Continue reading →

Its April already and time seems to be flying more than I am! But March hasn’t been too bad, fairly typical spring weather I suppose, lots of wind and rain but also several really nice days. We’ve managed quite a … Continue reading →

The wintry weather certainly continued during February with more wind and rain but the worst of it always seemed to arrive at the weekends. I was desperately short of material for this edition of Patch News until about a week … Continue reading →

After the pretty lousy weather of December there was a distinct improvement in January. Several of us flew on New Year’s Day and, although it was very blustery, it was a good start to the year.Sadly for the workers the … Continue reading →

Well that’s Christmas over for another year, I hope you all had a good time and received lots of modelling related presents. December was a pretty awful month for flying, lots of wet and windy weather that seemed to make … Continue reading →

It’s 10.30 on a Sunday morning and I should be at the patch, but it’s blowing a gale and there is light drizzle so I’m taking the opportunity to produce some light drivel of my own. The Hampshire Astronomical Group … Continue reading →

In Patch News last month I explained that I would be away on holiday at the end of September and beginning of October so would be relying on others to keep me up to date with patch happenings. Everything worked … Continue reading →

This will be rather an odd edition of Patch News as I’m off on holiday (yeah yeah, I know…again!), so it won’t include the last week of September. My aim is to complete this before I leave and, wi-fi permitting, … Continue reading →