On Hols

 I've been away.

It began with a trip to Duxford Aerodrome for a flight in a De Havilland Dragon Rapide - a Christmas present from my girlfriend. It was good - I was a little nervous, I'm not a natural flyer & an 80 year old piston engined, propeller driven, tail wheel bi-plane was "a bit different". But actually, it was very very good, not too bouncy & we got ten minutes flying figure 8s over the centre of London before heading back. There's a video here:-

After strolling round the museum, the next day we went to the Shuttleworth display where the Catalina was in attendance & our Catalina society membership got us a tour round inside that, then the Red Arrows for the second time in just over a week & the rest of the air display, it was going pretty well so far.

On the Sunday we drove to the Lake District where we had a small flat booked - it was VERY small, but perfectly adequate for our needs & over the next couple of days we took in the motor museum, boat trips, a steam train ride, aquarium, steam powered bobbin factory, Bluebird exhibition & a couple of houses with nice gardens. A packed programme then, but all very interesting & entertaining.