Biggin Hill Air Fair 2009

This is becoming a bit of a tradition for me now. Today I went off to my third Biggin Hill air fair, in Kent.

The weather was exceptionally kind to the organisers. It was very warm, but a layer of cloud held the fiercest heat at bay for the day. Around 60,000 people were rumoured to be present today, and it certainly felt much busier than previous years.

But what a show those 60,000 visitors were in for!
Despite a few technical problems preventing some planes from taking off (most notably the Avro Vulcan which flew on Saturday, but couldn't fly on Sunday) the other displays were magnificent.

The wing walkers were once more there, with a breathtaking display of amazing strength and agility.
The Eurofighter Typhoon blasted just about the whole county with unbelievable power and sheer noise, and the highlight (amongst MANY) was the special fly past celebrating 25 years of Virgin Atlantic.

I managed to take 1,273 photographs in the course of the day, and rather than try to decide which to upload, I put together a montage of my favourites below. I hope you enjoy the taste of Biggin 2009.

TopGear adverts

For those who love TopGear, now even their advertising is bordering on the genius...

Where they found these kids who look so much like the originals...





I love the new kid.... He doesn't say much though, does he?

Bit of fun

This was sent to me in an email this week, and is actually quite entertaining....

It's one of those little silly games that entertains you in the office and becomes a bit addictive

Anyone know where Izmir is?





Enjoy - and try to beat my score!

Evening out on Centre Court

The brilliant thing about Summer in England is that the sun is up so very late in the evening. This means that even if you arrive at Wimbledon after work, you are likely to see a good amount of tennis.

This evening I stood with 16,000 of my closest friends in an 80 minute queue (which I swear was at least a mile long!) waiting to get in to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. They have reduced price entry after 5pm, so I popped down after work.


Then I managed to get myself a ticket for Centre Court and spent the next two hours watching a mens singles game between Marin Cillic and Sam Querry. The game was competitive, and even though there was a less than capacity crowd in, they remained passioante and boisterous, even starting a Mexican Wave in the middle of the fifth set, and cheering loudly every time members of the royal Box also stood to join in the wave.


The game ended just before 9pm, and even at that time there was no question about there being sufficient light to play.