Farewell to the Big Bird

Somehow the SVAS managed to secure a display from the Vulcan right at the end of the season, so six thousand people crammed into Old Warden.  The contrast between ancient biplanes puttering about and this Cold War bomber opening up its four enormous jet engines was actually a once-in-a-lifetime experience.  Meredith had her hands over her ears and her eyes wide open.  Restricted since Shoreham to bank angles of no more than 60 degrees, the pilot finished with a 110 degree wing-over, to warm applause from the crowd. 

Walled Garden

Lunch at Wimpole Hall with Miles Whitworth and a couple of hours photographing in the garden, until the sun retired for the day.  

Duxford Air Show

Two days helping to make money to keep Concorde and the other airliners in good nick.  At noon on both show days Concorde lowered her nose to 17.5 degrees.  Re-enactors were much in evidence.   

Pets Get Bugged

Bug was having a lovely day and encouraged me to take her photo with Millie.  

Dragon Boat Racing

On the Cam at Fen Ditton a multitude of rowers in comic costumes, ten to a boat, with a drummer and professional steersman, raced these boats over a 200 metre stretch of river.  The prize for Best Headgear went to the Linton Quacks, medics from the health centre at Linton.   

New Admirals

We went to Gamlingay woods again, and when the sun came out so did the butterflies - Blues, Whites, Speckled Wood, Peacock, and several pristine Red Admirals, ready to overwinter as butterflies rather than chrysalids.  Hornets were hunting, fast and always on the move until they caught something, when the would land under a leaf, out of sight of our lenses.  

Second Cousins

We visited Finley and Hannah, who are Sadie and Meredith's second cousins.  Everybody wanted to drive the tractor, and Sadie and Hannah got on very well, both being quite serious little girls.  They loved falling off the space hoppers, too.