Organised by Geoff Duquemin

The Annual AYA Europe Fly-In and Convention was held on May 24-27 at Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The Channel Islands are British and situated in the western approaches to the English Channel, off the coast of France. The islands are 80 miles off England but only 30 miles off France. The convention was organised almost entirely by Geoff Duquemin and his scrumptious wife, Margaret. Friday, May 24, dawned with a dismal outlook and even worse conditions, if that’s possible!

Some intrepid souls had managed to get into Guernsey before the cloud settled onto the ground, and some had even turned up in the cloud only to turn round and divert to fields in France. Two wives went by commercial flight, only to end up suffering a horrendous boat ride from another island to Guernsey. Serves them right! Others went back to bed. clogging up the telephone network getting meteorological updates and trying to wish the bad weather away.