Nothing to worry about

During my 18 month stay in the North of Scotland, there were several things I had to get used to:

• If I wanted to go to the cinema, I had to travel 45 miles to Inverness (I once offered to take my brother-in-law to see the latest James Bond film so asked him to find the showing times in the local cinema in Elgin. His response ? Wednesday & Thursday!)


• The longer licensing laws, which I never got used to, despite ALL that practice


• Low flying RAF Tornados right over the village in which I lived

When I say low flying, you could tell the time off the pilot's watches. By the time you'd heard them, they'd gone.

So to hear the following on Grampian TV's North Tonight on Wednesday made me inwardly wince:

The RAF are continuing to search for part of a practice bomb which fell off a plane flying over Moray.

A tornado jet from RAF Lossiemouth was travelling over the Spindle Muir area when the smoke cartridge fell.

Officials from the base say it poses no danger, but are warning people to steer clear and report it to them if they see it.

Part of a bomb .... fell off a plane .... poses no danger.

Well that's me convinced.