Beatrice and Mollie go for a Drive

They went to Lavenham, Suffolk, a town full of wool, half-timbered houses and thatched pubs, and stopped for cream teas in Finchingfield, Essex. (Mollie is the Midget and Beatrice is the MG Bea.)

Wicken Fen's Hobbies

The middle photos, taken against the light, show the hobby about to catch an insect, then eating it (and there is a sixth of a second between these two frames) and the others are just pictures of this pretty falcon.

Wicken Birds

Chiffchaff with grubs, Cuckoo leaving a perch and Hobby eating on the wing.

Birds Again

Turtle doves in the rain on Friday, and a Wren in the dry on Saturday.  

More from Old Warden

The German training glider without swastika; the Hawker HInd taking off, and the Optica.  Both Hawkers in the air - Hind and Demon.

Shuttleworth in the Sunshine

From top: Me 109 with leading edge slats deployed; the refurbished Edgely Optica sounding like a hoover; Druine Turbulent and B of B Flight DC-3.

Sadie is Three Years Old

She tries out Grandad's classic car.  Was it a suitable fashion accessory?  Not if you wear pink!

  

Fowlmere Flying

Swift, Lapwing, Greylag and Coot (plus chick - cute coot it ain't!).

Bike Stunts

Another feature of X-Fest was a stunt bike arena.  The rider of the green bike was a girl taking her first steps at wheelies.  Her visor reflected the view ahead.  Love the tattoos!

Gone in Six Seconds

The jet car took a bit of starting; the clouds of (probably very smelly) unburnt kerosene can be seen in the background.  It covered the quarter-mile in 5.9 seconds, with a terminal speed of 260 mph.

More from X-Fest

These boys were fearless!

Santa Pod

A Nissan 300Z 'drifting' and three bikes on the drag strip.  Slow shutter speed for the panning.

X-Fest 2013

Santa Pod.  BMX bikes and motor stunts.  Never seen a wheelie on a monkey bike or a Harley Davidson before!