@midlife - Barnoldswick - The former Rover factory, in an old mill.....? I could not possibly comment about how most R-R plants resemble prison camps.... But glad to have 'escaped'....

Thanks, I first read this a long time ago and your comment spurred me to read it again. Just as fresh, enlightening and utterly fascinating as the first time. Just starting the Orpheus chapter now....Engine 711 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:46 pm
Can definitely recommend the book 'Not Much of an Engineer' - by (Sir) Stanley Hooker
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Much-Engin ... 1853102857
No problem. I bought my copy soon after it came out, after seeing a copy a colleague at RR had bought. Believe the book was published on the day he died...?mtskull wrote: ↑Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:47 amThanks, I first read this a long time ago and your comment spurred me to read it again. Just as fresh, enlightening and utterly fascinating as the first time. Just starting the Orpheus chapter now....Engine 711 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:46 pm
Can definitely recommend the book 'Not Much of an Engineer' - by (Sir) Stanley Hooker
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Much-Engin ... 1853102857
A "must read" for anybody with the slightest interest in the subject.
Speaking of the two "pilots" - not a word I use in relation to boats: prefer "driver" myself ...