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A tangential story.. An old mate of mine, Steff, who almost certainly used to be here, cycled out to Surrey to watch some of the Olympic cycling, got to the entrance to the spectators area where the RAF were doing security. To his embarrassment and some consternation his saddlebag was opened and there was a leather an with a decent blade on it. The bloke doing security said to Steff that he was going to have to speak to my superior officer about this. Said officer duly arrived, sporting an RAF moustache that put Steff's in the shade and said "Well a chap would have to be a damn fool to cycle out for the day without a means to repair his machine, let him in"
This has always pleased me.