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MOTAT

01 Sunday Dec 2013

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We went to a local café before going to MOTAT (Museum Of Transport And Technology) in the afternoon.

The Hot Chocolate was highly recommended – it was a stick of chocolate melting into hot milk – lovely.

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The museum was fascinating – we were there 4 hours and could have stayed a lot longer.

Noel’s getting a bit stocky…

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There is a tram to take visitors between the main site and the aviation site.

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Shorts Sunderland.

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Lockheed Lodestar.

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Miles Magister. Built in 1938 this plane was based at Woodley (UK), with the RAF 8 Elementary and Reserve Flying School until 1945. I grew up and live in Woodley!

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This plane can’t be real, but it is! It’s a Transavia PL12 Airtruk.

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In the evening Lynne’s friend Phil arrived in his recently-acquired Pontiac Grand Ville that only just fitted on the driveway 🙂 and we had a delicious dinner, cooked by Lynne.

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