A long weekend this was. Set off for Fairford on Friday afternoon at 1.30. Still in Staffordshire at 5pm having gotten snarled up in severe delays due to an accident on the M6. This,together with the unbearable heat made for a very frustrating trip!

 Saturday morning dawned after a sleepness night in a ridiculously hot Travel Lodge room (could they not provide fans in the absence of any air conditioning??) and to our surprise it was cold outside. Not good considering none of us had taken anything like a fleece or even long sleeves. The day did remain largely overcast but thankfully warmed up as the morning went on.

 The Air Show itself was fabulous with some amazing displays. The Typhoons thrilled as always,along with many other fast jets. The BA 380 display with the Red Arrows was also a memorable sight. I filled an 8GB CF card on this day,and tucked into another card near the end of the show in taking approx 500 shots. These were edited down to approx 50 and are all on this site to view. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I did taking them.

Battery life on the Canon 40D was astounding. Still 3 bars of life in it after 500 shots,as well as powering the AF and IS on the Canon 100/400L lens. The spare was not required.

A word of warning to anyone attending this function next year. The toilet situation was DIRE. Considering the number of attendees at the show,there simply were not enough facilities and queues were unbearably long. Organisers take note....NOT GOOD ENOUGH!! Also tickets could only be purchased online and each one was subject to a £4 booking fee. Dont rip us off, £40 is enough for a ticket in the first place.