This event was run by Alan Simmons who was situated in Buckland Woods near Tring. Six teams were at the start (two new to evening DFs). Your scribe had lent one spare set to new team and then lent other set to S Stone as his set went on blink. When transmission came on (was fair signal), I was unable to hear it as my set decided to go deaf, so with a bearing heading given to me, I raced off to the Risborough area where at 8 pm I heard the Tx signal. After much driving up and down very narrow lanes with trees blown down and a serious threat of heavy rain, I came across a new team member (Chris Friel) who appeared to be in full control of where he was going to, so left him to finish. On driving up road found two DF cars and so left my vehicle there and ran into woods (lovely bluebells), eventually running into a pond-type area, which Alan was situated on the corner of, with a aerial with counterpoise which made it quite hard to pin down. Three teams eventually found Tx but new team Chris Friel got into the woods but forgot it still got dark (no torch). A good natter was held at the Swan pub at Lea.

Brian Bristow.