Went to the Farnborough Air Show with my dad-in-law on Saturday. T’was much fun, and I somehow managed to take 1800 pictures in the process. Ah, the joys of continuous shooting…

The journey there and back was made incredibly entertaining by my dad-in-law’s zero-tolerance for any driving-related tomfoolery by fellow road users. Such actions are met with a rolled down window and a stream of verbal abuse, punctuated by expletives. Road rage rules.

It was sunny when we got there, which was nice. Got to mill around and take photos of the pretty planes, then found a nice spot to watch the air show. With the Red Arrows visible in the distance, the aerial display was about to start. And bang on cue, there was a thunderclap, and then it rained. A lot. We braved about 5 displays before the lightning bolts and torrential rain saw us take shelter in some corporate hospitality tent. (Capacity: 50, but with about 150 surplus commoners like ourselves piling in when the weather got shit.) We were shooed back out into the rain by a very apologetic steward, waited behind a door for a minute, then strolled back in. We ended up watching the rest of the show from there, to avoid the intermittent showers.

Seeing as the weather was so shit for the aerial display, I’ve had to do some hardcore Photoshopping to get the pictures looking decent. Shitty lighting and underexposed shots galore, I’m afraid.

I am pleased to say I have a holiday coming up - 4 weeks of doing nothing. Glorious.

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