Merry christmas to all you good folks, and I would like to express my sincere thankyou to the great number of MLU members/friends that have supported me through the year, with advice, information, parts and kind or encouraging comments. Without your help I may have struggled in my restoration. Maple Leaf Up is a tremendous legacy of its founder, and for that I am truly grateful.
I hope you all are having a great Christmas, and will enjoy a happy and prosperous 2013. The new year seems to have come only weeks since the start of this year. I suppose it must be true, as someone once said, "Life is like a toilet roll, the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes".
With the ANZAC centenary rapidly approaching, I will need to double my efforts to finish the truck, for it to be ready for that special commemoration.
On another topic, I am rostered to work today, and one of my patients has given me a wonderful gift, in the form of two volumes of 'Letters Home' from his brother (Flt Lt Malcolm S. Buchanan, DFC) who was a pilot in europe in WWII. These will no doubt be fascinating reading, and a wonderful keep sake. Unfortunately Lt. Buchanan was killed in action towards the end of the war.
Lest We Forget