On what was possibly the last decent flying day before Christmas, the Midweek Flying Squad assembled early to get out a K13 and the Astir and were rewarded with a glorious, sunny winter's day with little wind. Mike W and Chris A took Chris P and Eric through winter refreshers, Andy at last got his hands on the Astir - and pronounced it very enjoyable to fly. Richard K started Peter's winch training (how did he get away with not being winch trained for so long?), before he flew the Astir. Paul M and Felix showed us how to do it with an impromptu spot landing competition in the south field (there was some dispute over who won!). Dave G provided useful help and advice, as well as taking some photos one of which appears below. Practice launch failures and spins kept the ground crew amused. The day ended with mince pies and cream, thanks to Peter - we couldn't have wished for more from the day.