We had rung Ted's former bomber crewmate, Ken (Chalky) White and his wife, Pam, and arranged to be at their home on Hayling Island at about 11am. They had invited us to stay but we had deliberately booked accommodation before contacting them from New Zealand as Pam had not been well. We headed away about 9.30am which gave us time to do a coupe of caches on our way. One took us to some sculptures erected near a large store. There was a large sign warning people that there might be sharp pieces. As one was of a crocodile the warning seemed unnecessary but will be to avoid a damages claim.

The find of the morning was another cache . We were to find a statue called Flyer which proved to be in the famous Goodwood aerodrome and motor race track. We drove in and checked with a man that it was OK to look around. He said fine but we couldn’t use the toilets!! There were some cars doing circuits but we went straight for the statues. We first found a pair showing Mike Hailwood (motorcycle and motorcar champion) then spotted the correct one which was of Douglas Bader the famous air-ace. He flew from here in 1941.

The real bonus was the grave we found near by. It was that of kiwi motor racing champion Bruce McLaren. The area around it was well tended and the headstone had a kiwi on it. John was absolutely delighted to find it. He did much of his car testing at Goodwood.

We then drove to Haling Island and had coffee with Chalky and Pam and caught up with a lot of family news. They then took us to a pub for lunch. It was on the hills overlooking Portsmouth and the sort of area we would never have found . We had good views as we drove along the tops right over to the Isle of Wight. It made us realise how big Portsmouth is. Pam pointed out the new tower, built like a spinnaker, from which you get great views on a nice day. It was still very cloudy.

The pub was old but had had an extension done in keeping with the original design. It was lovely, as was the food and we were there for a couple of hours. When we left we stopped to admire the views, then we went to Fort Nelson. Pam and Chalky stayed in the café while we had a look around.

Fort Nelson is an old fort but also had an artillery museum in it. There was an event on for the holidays but it was free for us to enter at 3.30pm. We had a look at the old fort area first and saw the views over the area. There were a number of old cannons on display and I admired the carving on some of them.

We went into the museum which took us through the history of artillery . They had various cannons from over the decades. There were a variety of mathematical instruments for measuring angles. One had sharpened points so it was a weapon as well. They said how important and skilled the job of a gunner was. It reminded me of the note in the Carlisle Castle that said the gunner of the day was a local butcher who had never fired a weapon.

There was a section about rifling and they had a section of a barrel to show the rifling in it. It explained how this added accuracy.

We then went into the tunnels and saw the conveyor belt that was used in the past to transport the shells. This area was very popular with the visiting children and we could hear a lot of yells.

We met up with Chalky and while John and he chatted I popped into a display of weapon making. They showed a foundry and a gunsmith.

We then went back to Chalky’s for a cuppa – which actually was a tea with sandwiches, cream cakes, strawberries and cream. When we finally left at about 7pm we did a few caches in the area by the beach and then found a supermarket where we bought an extra suitcase.