12 August 1958  I'm back in Bridlington again - this time for full-scale trials for the WINKLE project.  The Project Manager was Dr. Tom Straker, and I remember some of the team members were Wilbur Wright, Dr. Steve Forte, Pat Sergeant and John Sutherland, who later became Managing Director of Marconi Radar Systems.  There were two major sites, at Bempton in Yorkshire, and Cley-next-the-Sea, near Holt, North Norfolk.  There was also a fixed 'noise' generator at RAF Stenigot in Lincolnshire.  Mike Steeds was sent off to maintain this.

I'm reading from a letter I wrote to Joyce from the Expanse Hotel, and which Joyce kept. Amazing to read what I wrote all those years ago!  I was concerned that Joyce felt unwell on the train from Chelmsford to Brentwood - she was staying with her parents while I was away.  From my comments, and from the arithmetic, it's clear she was pregnant with our first baby - Sue, who is now a grandmother! 

One task I was given was to take a spare unit from Bempton to the site in Norfolk.  I travelled by train, changing several times, and eventually arrived at Holt via Fakenham.  This of course was before the Beeching cuts!  I remember walking on the beach at Cley-next-the-Sea, chatting to Ian Donaldson, who later became my boss.