It was a somewhat difficult start to the year at the National Centre due to the extensive wet weather, reports indicate we experienced the wettest March in over 40 years and we certainly saw the effects at the Centre in terms of ground conditions. In the six years we have now been operational it was … Read More
The beginning The year as ever seems to have flown by which is largely a by product of being so busy. This blog has been somewhat long winded in the making and the eagle eyed amongst you will have spotted that there hasn’t been an update for quite some time, in my defence it has … Read More
It’s that time of year when we take the opportunity to look back at the last years activity at the National Centre and also of course to look forward to the coming year. 2021 has been another challenging year nationally and also for model flying, however I am pleased to say that the National Centre … Read More
Since the releasing of the wider lockdown measures and the return to the majority of outdoor activity it has been extremely busy at the Centre which is great news. Since the first pylon race meeting in April there has been an event taking place every weekend and this is set to continue right through to … Read More
Having spent considerable time working with local authority in the hope that we could proceed with this event, we are now in a position where Melton Borough Council have refused to issue a Temporary Event Notice in respect of licencing for alcohol sale, consumption, sale of food and live music. The flying element of the … Read More
It’s all action This Blog is something of an interim edition as I hadn’t intended to produce another one until June, however, given the pace of current projects and the arrival at my PC of some rather good images I felt it was worth a further update. Control Line Hard Circle The major project of … Read More
Return to Open As we move towards the release of lockdown we are of course turning our thoughts to reopening the National Centre. As previously we will be taking a cautious and phased approach in accordance with the national measures as set out in the current Government roadmap. The first phase from the 29th of … Read More
As you will be aware the country comes out of full lockdown on the 2nd of December and returns to the Tier System. The National Centre will re-open on the 2nd for season ticket holder access only, day ticket access and activities will be reviewed over the coming weeks and a further announcement made early … Read More
It was all going so well……. I suspect many of us had been expecting a return to full lockdown for some time based on the rapidly rising case numbers and here we are again; as of November the 5th the country is back in lockdown measures very similar to earlier in the year, with one … Read More
Strange times A fair bit has happened since I wrote the previous update and of course the big news in general terms has been the relaxation of lockdown measures from the British Government. In terms of impact on activities at the Centre, we have of course been completely closed for a number of weeks with … Read More
