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The programme began with a huge dragon entering at high speed and breathing fire from
an enormous mouth at the top of a long waving neck.
Its body was actually on the top of a small high speed, very manoeuvrable tank.
How they controlled the flames and made the scene so lifelike was amazing.
Everyone was captivated to such an extent I can not remember anything of how the
dragon was defeated.

The other most memorable part was when the field guns and horses teams in their fast
agile musical drive passed close to our seats, one of the gun axle hubs caught the side
staging with a loud solid thump that made us all jump.

The day passed far too quickly and it was a thoroughly tired and contented group of cubs
and parents and supporters who journeyed home from their very first outing ever.

CHAPTER FIVE

“DINAN GOES TO BELVOIR CASTLE IN 1985”

Not all that happened in 1984/5 was woe and disaster. There were one or two bright
episodes too.

We had not been moved long into ‘Northcote’, the small country cottage with “room for a
pony”.
Well more than one pony actually, there was five acres of land including the piece the
house sat upon. Together with various outbuildings in differing stages of dilapidation.