Come Fly With Me (Photos posted under June 9th Entry)

Today was a very exciting day.

At Christmas I bought the other half a voucher for a flying lesson as he is a complete planespotter.

Today he finally took his first flight and I was a passenger!

We went to Edinburgh Flying Club and had a briefing about how to control the plane and then got on board a 4 - seater Piper Archer, the instructor handled the take off and then did a demo before handing control to the Other half.

We went out to Stirling via the Falkirk wheel and then back to Edinburgh via the Ochils and the Forth Bridges. The sights were beautiful and I took loads of photos (published later) from the back seat.

When we got back down to earth it was off home for some lunch and then back on the treadmill - I had speed reps - 1 mile jog and then 6 lots of 5 minutes at 10mins/mile pace with a 1 minute recovery in between and then a final 1 mile jog. It was bloody hard but I think the jolt of adrenaline I got from the flight helped me finish ok.

See June 9th Entry for photos from todays adventure.