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I have a similar affliction towards aviation. The x1 project was pioneering stuff .... pushing the boundaries. Given his flying history its amazing how he lived so long. The Keith Richards of flight history

Happily, we were much better than Southend and Stevenage when we played them both and neither look to have the financial clout to bring in better players. We have been promised investment in more players in January and ultimately, that will determine our league status. It's been another really poor season so far.

Fighting the league battle down in the Midlands through touch is a lonely battle. Union dominates and despite the rules essentially being rugby league the governing bodies are working more with the RFU (and a recent partnerhsip with London Irish). How different to Oz where the touch game seems embedded within the NRL. Maybe if the NRL does ever gets its mitts on Superleague we might be able to see that repeated in this hemishpere. One thing for sure is that touch is a brilliant game where families can play together with minimal injury risk. It improves fitness and handling and we should be trying to work with it in rugby league.

A name I've known since I was a kid and would spend all my time reading books on every little bit of aviation from the history to the details of every nut and bolt on a Pratt and Whitney radial engine! I still do now, but more so then! RIP Chuck! Forever resting up in the sky where you were most at home!

The only thing I can think of it limits the liklihood of collisions if I put up a spiral bomb as it dropped most people that play the sport haven't played league (well not in the UK) so it could help that way.

The Welsh are still with us, so try Penderyn. Rather nice, too.

I prefer playing tag to touch, it's hard to play both but in tag you are to kick it below head height and it's slightly easier to make breaks.

The two leads appeared very briefly in Chopping Mall, as another married couple.

Just found out Pete Bland passed away at the weekend - died from Covid. Not a national figure, but a legend in the fell and road running community in the the North West. Sponsored and arranged countless events over the past 40 years

NRL affiliated OzTag had a tournament at Coffs Harbour on the weekend, about 140 teams, Bill Harrigan who runs it said there would have been 250 but for the virus. They had a few highlights on the news, a team out of Fairfield Sydney won the over 30`s, looked like they were all of Vietnamese background, and they were throwing the ball round like Harlem Globetrotters, they interviewed the losing Captain, I think from Tamworth? he was absolutely knackered and he said they were way too quick and evasive for him. I was just really pleased to see the game reaching into communities that mightn`t have the greatest representation in the tackle version of the game. P.S. Harry and Eddie, I don`t think the team mentioned double as the Vietnamese National RL team either.

Ged Stokes ex Workington Coach

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55225903 Chuck Yeager, aged 97 which considering what he achieved fame for is frankly remarkable