feeling rather "fed up" , as he is quite conscience of his abilities as a pilot and it is a sad blow to his pride. I really think it will do him good as he is rather too cocksure of himself and his safety when flying. I have observed that it is when a pilot gets over confident and careless in his flying that he comes to grief nearly every time , and strive to keep this fact in mind ALWAYS. It is so neccessary to think with every move in flying that it has become a second nature to me to do so . Though often the thought and action are simultaneous. I think Dad will be glad to hear I have learned this as I can remember he used to "strafe" me quite often for not thinking what I was doing . Well dear people there is little to write of here but things going on around me as I have had no letters from yourself. I expect they will all come in a lump someday. We are qaurtered in this big place at an old race track( now our aerodrome) and just near the Mersey River. Holton Hall was built by a Lord Stanley some eighty years ago and lost by him in a game of cards.to a man by the name of Naylor. The next owners were the Hooton Park racing people. On the outbreak of war the War Office took