Gourmet flight to France

On Friday 11th April Tony and I flew with Matthew to a delightful restaurant near to St Malo. Boasting no less than 3 Michelin stars, Les Maisons de Bricourt, offered us the perfect excuse to nip over to Cardiff (to collect Tony) then head South in Matthew's beautiful Cirrus SR22, overflying Jersey and Guernsey before making landfall at Dinard and then heading over for a fabulous lunch!

Zoomer ride to Hendon

Thought I would take the Zoomer up to the famous 'Ace Cafe' one Saturday and ended up joining friends from the X9 riders club on a jaunt up to Hendon where there was a bike show.

In mostly urban driving the 50cc Zoomer had no problem keeping up with scooters powered by engines over 10 times its size! Sometimes, even on a bike, less is more :-)

Airborne Lama 5 fascinates Bushka & Minibu

Do they look terrorised by those whirling blades of death? Yeah, right - not a bit!

Red Arrows April 1st Fly-past

The Red Arrows flew over Canary Wharf today. They were celebrating 90 years since the creation of the Royal Air Force. Luckily I was ready for them...

Minibu checks the chopper!

This is the model helicopter - a twin engined, Lama 5 - bought from Maplin in Putney, U.K.

In the background is Minibu the Persian, waiting for another chance to nibble one of the rotor blades.

She thinks I can't see her in the shadows, but I know her plans!

Bushka checks the chopper

Had my first real hovering flights with the Lama 5 this evening. Much harder than you might imagine - with lots of little hops till I got the hover more or less under control.

Bushka the Maine Coon watched from on top of a table, but dropped to the carpet once the helicopter had landed.

Pussies & choppers - who would have thought...