I was recently coerced into flagging at a meeting at Anglesey. At lunch time the flaggie on the previous post commented that he was having difficulty seeing my yellows because of the state of the flag, faded & grubby. As he was using his own flags, he suggested that I use the spare yellow flag from his post. On my way back on post after lunch, I picked up the spare flag, but when I compared it to the one I'd been using it was even worse, so I carried on using the flag I'd used in the morning.
A week later I saw the aforementioned flaggie, who commented that my yellows were much easier to see after I'd changed flags......
A new young doctor at (name of circuit omitted to spare Andy's embarrassment!) went to a fallen rider. Going through the usual routine questions, he was getting no reponse from the rider, who was obviously conscious, so he radioed in that he had a problem as the rider didn't understand English. Help arrived, the rider's helmet & earplugs were removed & somebody, speaking slowly, asked him if he understood English; back came the reply 'of course I
do - I was just winded!'
