Category Archives: Patch News

July was a typically British July, some glorious weather and some downright awful. Doreen and I were away camping for the first week of July when the weather was pretty much perfect. Coincidently at exactly the same time the bullocks were … Continue reading →

I must begin this month with the sad news that long-term PAM member Frank Buckland passed away on 19th June. Frank had joined the club in its very early days and he served on the committee for many years in … Continue reading →

May was quite an eventful month, we had baking hot days, storms with very heavy rain, and cows that came and went again. Unfortunately the cows were in the field when we had a couple of days of really intense … Continue reading →

No flying this Sunday 7th May 2017, as the field will be used as a car park for the South Downs Green Fair at the Sustainability Centre. There will be no flying for safety reasons.

After the pretty lousy weather we endured in March things were much better in April, the winds that had been so prevalent in March eased a lot and there was virtually no rain.. Unusually even Easter had good flying weather. … Continue reading →

Well March certainly lived up to the old rhyme “March winds and April showers…” Let’s hope the April showers aren’t as prolific as the March winds have been. We still managed to get some flying in although on the really … Continue reading →

February is a short month and I’m off to Marrakech at the end of it so I’m making an early start on Patch News, I’ve begun writing this edition on 18th February. Hopefully I’ll be sprawled out by a pool in … Continue reading →

I must begin this month with the very sad news that Frank Buckland’s wife Pam passed away on 8th January. I’m including the news here because I know many ex-members read Patch News and they may not have heard of … Continue reading →

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you’ve all had a brilliant Christmas and fantastic New Year’s Eve. Still got a headache? Serves you right, I have no sympathy for you at all!So who was lucky enough to receive some modelling … Continue reading →

Cripes Carruthers, another Patch News, I don’t know where the time goes! The November weather was much as expected really, some good days but also plenty of less good ones. The Midweekers got caught out by early morning fog a … Continue reading →