All good things come to an end and as predicted access to most of this fence is no longer possible, the area was cordoned off last week and workmen have started preparatory work to demolish the old RAF Control Tower and Fire Section. These images were taken between June -Sept 2020. It has been good ...

A couple of visits within walking distance from home of the new Cornwall Air Ambulance which has been in service since April. Fortunately its services weren't required on either occasion. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49905761983_6d859242b8_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50135531663...

Another late afternoon at Newquay, 26/09/18.

Arrived at Newquay Airport this week.
Currently dismantled outside HAS2 next to CAHC (but nothing to do with CAHC).

Late afternoon 25/09/18 I was on my way home from my sisters and noticed an A400 in the circuit at Newquay so I stopped to get some photos, my scanner didn't stop for the next hour. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47987142126_97b3c60111_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/1939/44915020411_c1e526...

Personally, I haven’t had a holiday this year, I was hoping to get a few days in Cornwall during October, but that now looks like that will be a no-go if further restrictions come in. It has been ridiculous in Cornwall this Summer. Just this week we took the dog for a walk on Bodmin Moor and bumped...

Had a trawl through my Flickr and found a quite a few private pics I've never bothered sharing. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49917170106_10c925072e_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/1820/42295854694_38b046de15_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/1474/24185919296_659a64ca78_b.jpg

Some from Cornwall.

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RAF Abingdon, 15/09/90: https://live.staticflickr.com/8458/7978800143_67550cd1f6_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/8461/7987715196_8c82bb4a52_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/7125/6899474326_6c95767e78_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/8314/7948605716_6e01d65eeb_b.jpg Plus one from RAF Abingd...

13/09/91, the wonderful Vic Sirett (CRO) entertained us for a few hours at Yeovilton. https://live.staticflickr.com/8239/8581142934_e3749eb562_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/8386/8581142968_df01a56a5d_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/8381/8581143148_0014c1bc85_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr...

Had to think hard for this one, all the possibles I had lined up (Hawk T1, Sea King etc ) are no longer used for the role they were delivered for. XW232 ff 31/08/72, photographed July 2020: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50141798396_a2dab73908_b.jpg XW216 ff 18/09/71, photographed April 2016: h...

Five years ago today. An hour at the fence at Newquay watching the comings and goings at Westlands. https://live.staticflickr.com/5640/21329415492_e14066bd3e_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/5648/21329415562_cef20359b4_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/5835/20702416213_8fe7c553b0_b.jpg https://...

Indeed, no sympathy whatsoever for him or anyone else who has been caught out by these quarantine rules. If he booked prior to March it would have been prudent to cancel and try an insurance claim. If he has booked recently while being unable to pay the domestic bills, words defy me. I really don't ...

2nd Sep 15 at Newquay. Westland had just started training South Korean Navy Wildcat aircrew at the Newquay site, along with the ongoing Algerian Navy Super Lynx training. Also a couple of RAF visitors. https://live.staticflickr.com/5735/20471973773_7bce4acccc_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/629/...

C-17, 1st Sep 17 at Newquay
Apaches, 1st Sep 13 at Netheravon

31/08/15 it was a Bank Holiday Monday, and Lifeboat Day at Bude.

28/08/19 at Newquay.

26/08/14 at Newquay. Having failed to get any decent pics of ZJ955 at Waddington and Fairford the previous month, it turned up at Newquay with two others as I was about to finish for the day at CAF (as it was then). https://live.staticflickr.com/3886/15023748266_785d20a5d4_b.jpg https://live.staticf...

Bude Lifeboat day 25/08/14 and RAF Benson Families Day 25/08/11. https://live.staticflickr.com/3838/14858921800_305b962234_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/5554/14858921560_456377e221_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/7383/12723751065_bbb6afca7e_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/3789/12723752...

A year ago this evening I spent a pleasant hour at the fence at Newquay. Phenom T1, ZM337 Merlin HM2 - ZH826 and ZH856 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48783397073_be19dac506_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48601775007_96222698d3_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48592937337_533...

Some from Biggin Hill, 18/08/17. Weather similar to today, I remember leaving the airfield early in a hailstorm so that I could make a leaving do up town, alas I had to miss the Hinds arriving. https://live.staticflickr.com/4394/36790997515_7006727eb0_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/4374/3694908...

16/08/15, Port Issac RNLI Lifeboat Day. Although just a few miles from home Port Issac is not on my list of favourite places to visit (can't stand the place in fact) but on this day it was great to see a Sea King in its final months, but just as memorable that day was the delicious crab salad accomp...

Five years ago today I'd just parked up at Watergate Bay with the Mrs, Daughter and dog when this flew over. After promising that I'd just pop up to Newquay Airport (5 min drive) and get a couple of quick photos, I eventually returned to join them 90 mins later. I wasn't too popular that day. https:...