Tengus Birthday
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Hi Tengu
You could get him to take you clay pigeon shooting or pony trekking, you know the sort of thing, something outdoorsy that you will enjoy.
After all, it is your birthday
You could get him to take you clay pigeon shooting or pony trekking, you know the sort of thing, something outdoorsy that you will enjoy.
After all, it is your birthday
That's nice of your dad 
I guess it depends what you and your dad would enjoy doing together. Being as I've got a spare few minutes, I'll try and think of as many ideas as possible:
I guess it depends what you and your dad would enjoy doing together. Being as I've got a spare few minutes, I'll try and think of as many ideas as possible:
- Look out a map and go for a walk around a nice bit of countryside - your dad could treat you to a pub lunch either in the middle of the walk or at the end.
- Check online and see if any local attractions are open and go see one e.g. National trust houses/gardens and the like.
- Get a starter lesson in something you've never done before: rock-climbing, surfing, snow-boarding, diving, kayaking, water-skiing, paragliding, parachuting, basket-making, pot-making, oil-painting, woodworking, ball-room dancing et c.
- Find out where your nearest off-road training centre is and learn to drive off-road.
- Go for a nice meal at an interesting restaurant.
- Find out what films are on and go to the cinema to watch one.
- Hire some bicycles and go for a cycle ride.
- Go-karting
- Clubbing
- Bingo
- Snooker
- Go to watch the races (horses/greyhound/cars)
- Play a round of golf
- Go swimming at your local sports-centre
- Try out some rides at your local amusement park
- Visit the zoo, museum or art-gallery
- Find out what's on at the theatre and go and watch a play
Those are great ideas.
But My Father wants to do his own stuff, (Hes the property steward for the chapel; means his own life and property gets neglected) hes too busy to play with `me`.
If he wants to get a girlfriend he will have to learn to be less selfish. And to keep a house that you can get into.
But My Father wants to do his own stuff, (Hes the property steward for the chapel; means his own life and property gets neglected) hes too busy to play with `me`.
If he wants to get a girlfriend he will have to learn to be less selfish. And to keep a house that you can get into.
A friend purchased a loved one a 'trial fly lesson' in which you get hands on a stick, i think it was £140 direct with the company (not from Virgin or red letters)
I suppose it depends on what its 'expensive' (£140 seems it to me)
Or if time is short, take a picknick and brave the cold (shouldn't take too long)
I suppose it depends on what its 'expensive' (£140 seems it to me)
Or if time is short, take a picknick and brave the cold (shouldn't take too long)
One birthday my wife bought me a trial flight in a Cessna 172. I think it was about a hundred quid for an hour.
I was terrified the whole time. Amongst other things the instructor completely ignored the pre-flight checks on the magnetos (one failed but he insisted it was all right), and he completely ignored me when I said I couldn't feel the steering on the way down the runway although we did manage to get off the ground without hitting anything. The 'plane felt like a big, wallowing boat and was about as responsive to the controls. It felt like I could hardly see anything out of the cockpit, everywhere you looked there seemed to be bits of aircraft in the way. To cap it all on the way back to Bristol the instructor started an argument with air traffic control, who didn't like his idea of crossing the runway whilst a passenger jet was making its landing approach. He finally accepted their decision not to allow us to cross ahead of the jet, but with anything but good grace, muttering about altitudes.
Back in the office, they asked me what I'd thought about the experience. I told them, in far more detail and with a bit more colour than I've written here. Everybody said they'd never heard anybody say things like that after a trial flight. They seemed a bit miffed when I let their parrot chew lumps out of one corner of the certificate that they'd given to me, but it was a lovely parrot.
Just as I was leaving one guy took me to one side and said "I think you'd make a good pilot, all the things you've been saying are all the things you need to look out for." I thanked him for the compliment. I didn't tell him that I'd already learned to fly a helicopter, but never fixed wing.
I was terrified the whole time. Amongst other things the instructor completely ignored the pre-flight checks on the magnetos (one failed but he insisted it was all right), and he completely ignored me when I said I couldn't feel the steering on the way down the runway although we did manage to get off the ground without hitting anything. The 'plane felt like a big, wallowing boat and was about as responsive to the controls. It felt like I could hardly see anything out of the cockpit, everywhere you looked there seemed to be bits of aircraft in the way. To cap it all on the way back to Bristol the instructor started an argument with air traffic control, who didn't like his idea of crossing the runway whilst a passenger jet was making its landing approach. He finally accepted their decision not to allow us to cross ahead of the jet, but with anything but good grace, muttering about altitudes.
Back in the office, they asked me what I'd thought about the experience. I told them, in far more detail and with a bit more colour than I've written here. Everybody said they'd never heard anybody say things like that after a trial flight. They seemed a bit miffed when I let their parrot chew lumps out of one corner of the certificate that they'd given to me, but it was a lovely parrot.
Just as I was leaving one guy took me to one side and said "I think you'd make a good pilot, all the things you've been saying are all the things you need to look out for." I thanked him for the compliment. I didn't tell him that I'd already learned to fly a helicopter, but never fixed wing.
I've bought my wife a couple of flying lessons over the years and she loves every minute of them, think they were just over a hundred quid.
Then I've paid for her to have a Harris hawk flying experience day where she walked about with someone and a Harris hawk and went hunting with it, she loved that also.
Another idea I like is to go out with your father walking for the day and get a bar meal afterwards, as your walking you have something to talk about which can sometimes help if you don't always get on.
Then I've paid for her to have a Harris hawk flying experience day where she walked about with someone and a Harris hawk and went hunting with it, she loved that also.
Another idea I like is to go out with your father walking for the day and get a bar meal afterwards, as your walking you have something to talk about which can sometimes help if you don't always get on.
Well I was trying to talk you out of it.
It's not supposed to be risky, that was really my point...This particular training school is at Bristol airport. I forget what it's called but there can't be many of them there. My wife found it in Yellow Pages but they'll probably have a Web site if you do a search.
I don't remember them asking about health and eyesight etc. but I had a flying medical cert at the time. You might need to look into that, I don't know what the rules are for an introductory flight.
