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Last update 19/7/24 @ 2300

Added 19 July 2024 - GBRf 57s (18 July 2024)
57306 and 57310 arrived to collect 185118 from RIDC Melton.

Added 19 July 2024 - Mach Loop (17 July 2024)
The Royal Canadian Air Force announced via social media that their specially painted CF-18 Hornet would pass through the loop at about 10am. The world and his wife were there, so I headed across early and even at 0445, the lay-by near Bluebell was filling rapidly. The day was quite productive with 16 passes and included the Hornet, Texans, Hawks, a Phenom and a couple of Typhoons. Even with 16 passes, you spend so much time sat around waiting, but what a beautiful view while you wait.

Added 19 July 2024 - Leicester Steam (14 July 2024)
Clun Castle working a tour from Leicester. Crap light...until about 5 minutes after it had gone!

Added 19 July 2024 - London (13 July 2024)
A day in the capital, mostly focusing on the Underground, but with a quick trip down to Heathrow for the Korean 747.

Added 19 July 2024 - RAF Lakenheath (10 July 2024)
With the USAF at Lakenheath on lates, I thought a forecast evening clear out might give me the chance to get a few pictures with the sun on the north side of the runway. The forecast was spot on, there was plenty of action and a couple of Qatari F15s fresh from the Boeing factory arrived; I didn't know about them until I arrived, so that was a nice bonus. I was photographing in sunshine until 2040 when the last F15E came back in.

Added 19 July 2024 - Units and sand (8 July 2024)
The first day of a week off work. I headed across to the Ely area for two class 69 hauled sand trains. I also took a couple of unit shots while I was there. The clouds then built up, so I took the dog up to Hunstanton for a run on the beach.

Added 19 July 2024 - Whizzo (6 July 2024)
The forecast was crap, but I wasn't going to let a class 52 'Western' pass through my patch without t least trying to get a picture or two.

Added 7 July 2024 - Cleethorpes Armed Forces Day (30 June 2024)
A trip to the Armed Forces Event at Cleethorpes where I captured air displays by a Grob Tutor and the RAF Typhoon Display Team.

Added 7 July 2024 - London (29 June 2024)
This was meant to be just a trip to London, but when I awoke and discovered the weather in the Midlands was better than the forecast, I headed across to Nettle Hill near Coventry for the Caledonian Sleeper and a few freights. From there, I continued on down to London where I targeted class 455s for a while, including the blue & grey liveried example which was on Waterloo circulars. Then it was off to Heathrow for some aircraft, taking a few pictures on the Underground en-route. My main target at Heathrow was the Korean Air Boeing 747, but there were plenty of other aircraft to point the camera at.

Added 7 July 2024 - GBRf 57s (29 June 2024)
A class 185 was being delivered to the Old Dalby Test Track and it was dragged in by the GBRf liveried class 57 pair. 

Added 7 July 2024 - Sywell Airshow (23 June 2024)
I booked a ticket for this event fairly last minute and I'm glad I did, it was a great airshow with plenty of highlights....and a bit more sunshine than was forecast!

Added 7 July 2024 - Rail Adventure Zing (22 June 2024)
A couple of pictures of a railtour to Skegness which was worked by a pair of Rail Adventure power cars.