G'day KrashKart. Way back in the mists of time when I was about 11, I used to live for going flying every Sunday. The field was too far from my home for me to ride my bike so I had to get a lift. I would go rain, hail or shine if I could get a lift. We used to use nylon control handles which were circular so you could wind the control lines around the outside for storage and in use the wire would pass through the handle about half an inch from your fingers. I can remember flying with storm clouds overhead and small sparks jumping from the wire to my hand. I must have been mad.

More recently when I started to fly RC, I lived in part of Australia where it actually snows in winter and where winter is pretty cold, wet and miserable. But that did not stop us heading out each Sunday for a fly. On the not so good days, the cloud base would be so low that models used to disappear into it. Again - I think we were mad.

These days I live in the inland where it is very hot in summer and pretty cool in winter and windy quite a bit of the time. I no longer go out if it is raining though some still do but I head out in most other conditions. If you can't fly, you can always chat and we seem to do a lot of that.

This hobby really does get you in.