Gamlingay Wood

Lots of autumn colours but not many mushrooms.

11:11, 11/11/11

For those whose fathers did not come back.

Not a Well Midge

Sadie has had a gastric bug in the last couple of days, and is looking a little wan, but still cute as a box of kittens.

Open Day

Last Sunday the Friends of Duxford were able to attend lectures about the Short Sunderland Flying Boat and then go inside the museum's Mark V. The second photo shows the level underneath the flight deck and front turret. The third photo shows the flight deck - look at all that space! - with the radio operator's position to the left and the navigator's table to the right. The flight engineer's table further back controls the flow from the ten fuel tanks to the four engines and the auxiliary power unit, a 2 cylinder engine.

Wedding Day

Yesterday was El and Matt's wedding day. I had other duties, and there were plenty of photographers, so I had to wait until after the wedding lunch to take photos. Sadie was taken care of by Kim and James's daughter Neave, who had met her in Devon in the summer. The last one shows Sadie with her aunt Cath and El.

Eleven and a Half Years ...

... after I last flew a light aircraft, I committed aviation once more from Lydd Airport in Kent. I flew the take off, landing and all the bits in between with only verbal prompts from the instructor, Joe Cunningham. We flew east past Folkestone and Dover, then north past Deal and across the Isle of Thanet, over Manston Airfield to the north coast of Kent at Reculver and then back to Lydd over Canterbury and Ashford. I was so enjoying the flying that I didn't get my camera out until we were past Ashford. It was my 60th birthday present from the family on the 20th anniversary of my first trial flight. Thank you Ann and everyone else.

Dungeness

Images from the beach at Dungeness.