On 3 July, 15:17, Alastair wrote:


I was keeping a Iook out all through the conference for Steve, but I
only met him after the conference dinner and the prizes had been
awarded. He received the Michael Hunt award, and so, unlike me, was
wearing a suit as recommended by Andy.http://www.rmets.org/activities/awards/prizes/index.php
Congratulations again Steve.

Yes Alatair, but it was very hot in that suit, but nevertheless, a
pleasure to meet you!

It was a very enjoyable evening, made much more so by meeting up with
several fellow weather enthusiasts; noteworthy amongst these we

Alistair of course, though we will never agree on climate change!

Julian Mayes, erstwhile contributor on uksci.weather and excellent
editor of "Weather" - charming man and an honour for my wife and I to
sit next to him:-) He duly won an editors' award.

Ernie Pepperdine - once senior met man at Watnall, now chair of the
East Midlands branch of the society. A wonderful man with so many
stories and still fit and spritely at 83.

Professor Slingo of Reading University - daughter of the Headmaster of
our sister school, King Henry VIII, until 1974. Now president of tthe
R Met Soc - her brothers came to Bablake.

Amanda Maycock - ex Bablake pupil now doing a PhD in meteorology at
Reading.

I must admit to feling very humble amongst so many top academics,
meteorologists and climatologists - even the top man from the IPCC was
there!

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk