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Paul Bellamy
6/8/2007 9:08:52 AM | While collecting my new(ish) car from Scotland last weekend I had the opportunity to visit some of the places 401st personnel used to arrive and depart from the UK.
First on the list was my Prestwick Airfield, which was the main point of arrival for aircraft using the North Atlantic ferry route, and apart from a new control tower and terminal building it's pretty much as it was in WWII.
A nice landing approach out over the Isle of Arran and the Clyde, before the smoothest landing I've ever had.
Due to a Sat-Nav gremlin, instead of driving south to England, I ended up in the middle of Glasgow, so took a short detour to the quaysides of Greenock and Port Glasgow, where all the non-flying personnel arrived by ship.
Not much to see at Greenock, the original liner quays have been buried under a more recent containerised freight terminal, but at Port Glasgow a single crane and warehouse still remain, amid new blocks of flats and modern warehouse units.
After that I thought I'd better get back to my journey. 450 miles, and 6 hours driving through pouring rain saw me back home.
An interesting way to spend a Sunday, especially when the air fare from Stanstead to Prestwick is a mere
Paul Bellamy
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Phoenix
6/8/2007 1:42:28 PM | Small world Paul, have been to Prestwick with the RAF so can identify with what you say and was myself in that part of Scotland on holiday at the same time as you were collecting your car..............spookie!!!!!
PS
I don't have SatNav and I've never missed the turning south!
All the best
Dale
improvise, adapt, overcome
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Paul Bellamy
6/8/2007 6:31:38 PM | Ooh, I was well on the right road South, but due to Ryanair's regs I couldn't carry a roadmap on my person.....
Got from Irvine to Kilkmarnock fine, aiming for the A76 for Carlisle..... but a lack of signs on the bypass only caused me to go with the instructions...... I knew I was heading North, but was then stuck on the A77/M77 nightmare. 😉
Hey-ho.... I knew where I wanted to be, but as I wasn't there I took advantage of the situation. Good serving of mince, neeps and tatties at Cairn Lodge Services btw..... spot on.
Paul
Paul Bellamy
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