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TAX - Expired 01 Nov 2003

Last V5C Logbook Issue Date - 02 July 2003

MOT - No Data Available

Of course, it's not exactly a "Window Seat" because the view is taken by the A-380 tail camera.

Of course, it's not exactly a "Window Seat" picture because the view is taken by by the A-380 tail camera.

 

Note the flight over a curious circular lake…

 

Six years later, a new city surrounds it!

 

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"Le majestueux A380 s'apprête à atterrir à Shanghai"

 

Il ne s'agit pas d'une classique "vue depuis le hublot" mais de l'image de la caméra du queue de l'A 380 reprise sur l'écran passager…

 

Notez le survol d'un curieux lac circulaire …

 

Six ans après une ville nouvelle l'entoure !

 

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Arild, finally, after 5 years we managed to spend the night in this little gasthamn (host harbor). Not a harbor to visit with SE winds as they happen to make waves directly into the entrance. It was a turbulent night. "Tillfålliga 7 ledig", where?

 

View large on black to see a bit of ghosting that I did not remove.

Hello. Can you upgrade me in business class ? Of Course, but you will be charged for 300 Dollars !

But sometimes, it is free …

Aviation Books - London Heathrow Airport - Daily Flight Schedules for 1976 along with London Gatwick Airport - Daily Flight Schedules for 1977

 

These two slim books were immensely useful at the time, for they detailed every scheduled arrival and departure at London's two busiest airports. They are very nostalgic now as of course virtually every aircraft type is no longer with us, and many of the airlines have disappeared also.

 

This photo shows the second page of airlines scheduled into London Heathrow along with the first page of arrivals/departures - the early morning slots :)

 

Highlights from the schedules

- 04.45 AY/BE030 DC-6 from Amsterdam (Cargo) - the famous Kar Air DC-6 OH-KDA that we loved

- 06.40 SB307 DC-8F to San Francisco (Cargo) - the very first departure of the day

- 06.55 SQ743A 707 from Singapore - I don't think I ever caught a 707 as the 747s had taken over by mid-1976 when I started

 

'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'

See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

Aberkenfig, South Wales

Lat +51.542 Long -3.593

 

I found this when checking back through my Observations Logbook

 

Manually tracked with my Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian & ZWO ASI 120MC and captured using Firecapture.

 

One decent frame taken from the resulting AVI sequence and slightly processed with G.I.M.P.

 

After many previous attempts to get the correct exposure levels I managed to obtain a reasonable outcome on this particular pass.

 

A very interesting configuration of the solar panel array.

 

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The Library of Congress Justice Field

 

I claim no rights other than colorizing this image if you wish to use let me know and always give due credit to The Library of Congress I have no commercial gain in publishing this image.

 

Title

Field, Justice

Contributor Names

C.M. Bell (Firm : Washington, D.C.), photographer

Created / Published

[between February 1894 and February 1901]

Headings

Glass negatives.

Portrait photographs.

Genre

Portrait photographs

Glass negatives

Notes

- Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative.

- Date from photographer's logbook.

- Notation on neg. sleeve: 1 cab. (oval).

- Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975.

- General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.bellcm

- Temp note: Batch 15.

Medium

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

LC-B5- 41995 [P&P]

Source Collection

C.M. Bell Studio Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Digital Id

bellcm 06554 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/bellcm.06554

Library of Congress Control Number

2016693993

Reproduction Number

LC-DIG-bellcm-06554 (digital file from original)

Rights Advisory

No known restrictions on publication.

Language

English

Online Format

image

Description

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.

LCCN Permalink

lccn.loc.gov/2016693993

Happy Birthday Morris Marina! Currently taxed until the 1st of January 2023 but has no MOTs recorded. Last logbook change was on the 10th of January 2020.

Seen at the NEC Classic car show

1992. Mahindra. J507 DYA. Green. 2112 cc. Diesel

Date of last V5C (logbook) issued: 18 May 2015

'Vera' Seen at the Black Country Living Museum. July 2024

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Aviation Memories - 40 years+ ago!

 

There's the usual fantastic variety that was the norm back in the 70s/80s at Heathrow:

 

12 aircraft noted - 10 different aircraft types!!!

PP-VJS Varig 707

EC-DDX, EC-DDY (brand new copped Iberia :), F-BPJS 727s

A6-AAA Dubai Gov 737

SE-DFD SAS DC-10 on SK501/2

CCCP86478 Il-62M on SU582 (Tokyo)

LZ-BTA Tu-154B Balkan

 

and a good selection of LIGHT & BIZ :)

N900CC HS.125

5X-UPF G2

HZ-AMK BAC 1-11

N7XB Pa-31

 

But that's not all! - I also drew up my list of cops and Top Ten of 'non-cops' - it must have been quite a memorable day :)

 

8 cops

1st place - N900CC HS.125

2nd place - D-IAEV Citation

3rd place - N731T AeroAmerica 720

+ JY-AFR, EC-DDY, EC-DDX, HB-ISW, HZ-AMK

 

Top 10 non-cops

1) OH-KDM Kar Air DC-8

2) 5X-UPF G2

3) SE-DFD SAS DC-10

4) A6-AAA 737

5) D-CBVW Sabre 75

6) N6JW G2

7) N10XY G2

8) F-BPJS AF 727

9) 86970 VC-137

10) YR-IRA Tarom Il-62

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

 

'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'

See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

1951. Singer. WPN 423. Red. 1074 cc. Petrol.

Date of last V5C (logbook) issued: 8 March 2023

 

Although from this photo it looks all gleaming red, it's hand painted! up close the harsh brush strokes are very visible. There were numerous passing comments being made. You can imagine what they were :)

 

Seen at: Lincoln 1940s Weekend. July 2024

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Aviation Memories - 40 years+ ago!

From a day at Heathrow - the highlight is satisfyingly ringed - 5H-CCM Fokker F-28-3000 of the Tanzanian Government :)) Also copped Finnair DC-8 OH-LFZ that day as well as noting Kar-Air DC-8 OH-KDM on a Cyprus flight!

There's the usual fantastic variety that was the norm back in the 70s/80s at Heathrow:

 

16 aircraft noted - 13 different aircraft types!!!

PH-ILT Falcon 10

HZ-HE4 Falcon 20

N6JW G2

D-CCHS Learjet

HZ-MFA BAC 1-11

5H-CCM F-28

G-BCDO F-27

G-BEYE HPR-7 Herald

 

N8705T 707 TWA Cargo

A7-AAB 727 Qatar Gov

OO-SDR 737 Sabena

OH-LFZ, OH-KDM, JA8053, OY-KTF 4x DC-8 :)

EC-DEA DC-10 Iberia

 

Quite impressive really :)

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

 

'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'

See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

I know, it's been decades since I uploaded a picture here. No apologizes. Actually I'm preparing for a wedding fair in Berlin and this photo came into my sight while browsing through the photos of 2014.

 

This picture is taken in Lebanon and the title comes from "Dioramic - Logbook" which I'm listening to right now (great album btw.).

 

Martin Scriba - 2015 © scriba.de

Aviation Books - London Heathrow Airport - Daily Flight Schedules for 1976 along with London Gatwick Airport - Daily Flight Schedules for 1977

 

These two slim books were immensely useful at the time, for they detailed every scheduled arrival and departure at London's two busiest airports. They are very nostalgic now as of course virtually every aircraft type is no longer with us, and many of the airlines have disappeared also.

 

This photo shows "the fleets of Gatwick based airlines at the time of going to press" along with the first page of arrivals/departures - the early morning slots :)

 

Highlights from the schedules

- 00.01 DA4530 1-11 to Malta - first departure of the day (night) - can't help noticing that there were movements throughout the night, unlike Heathrow!

- 00.50 SM110 Air Freight DC-3 to Amsterdam (Cargo) the halcyon days of scheduled Dakotas!

 

'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'

See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

During the round-the-world journey at summer 2015, I am writing the logbook which I then broadcasted on my blog.

Here I am in the mountains of Yunnan, in altitude (around 10,000 feet) and I take a short rest while drinking some herbal tea.

 

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Durant le tour du monde effectué durant l'été 2015, je rédigeais un journal de bord que je diffusais ensuite sur mon blog.

Ici, je suis dans les montagnes du Yunnan, en altitude (Plus de trois mille mères) et je prends un court repos en buvant du thé.

Registration G305TBD

Make HONDA

Model TODAY

Date of first registration January 2001

Year of manufacture 1990

Cylinder capacity 660cc - PETROL

Export marker No

Vehicle status SORN

Vehicle colour BLACK

Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 11 November 2015

A short time where the mind wanders ...

Of course, she didn't noticed I was shooting her …

 

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Un bref moment où l'esprit vagabonde …

C'est un pur instantané. Elle n'a pas remarqué que je prenais la photo …

Continuing 2020 with some time travel back to Heathrow in the 1970s :)

 

From a page torn from an old 1970 diary - I was an early adopter of Recycling :) It shows a variety of Heathrow arrivals and overflights in 1977, as noted by me from the back bedroom and garden of my house in Southall :)

 

So here is a challenge for my aviation friends on Flickr!

Can anyone tie-up any of my unusual aircraft sightings from a mere 43 years ago :))

 

Highlights from the log books

Feb 1977 - Sabena Caravelle (I don't ever remember seeing one of those as the 737s had taken over!

 

Royal Saudi AF Lockheed Hercules - seen on 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd Feb?

 

Some European 'heavies' in March:

SX-OAB and F-BPVA 747s of Olympic and Air France

 

C-FNOR Canadian G2

 

April highlights

Tie-ups still needed! -

05Apr & 08 Apr Air France 747

05Apr RSAF Hercules

13Apr Alidair Viscount

26Apr1977 - Delta Boeing 727 - can that be real??? I was familiar with the Pan Am Berlin flights, and TWA used 727s into Heathrow in the 80s, but not sure that Delta sent any over the pond???

30Apr Luxair Viscount - have no memory of seeing that!!

 

May highlights

Tie-ups still needed! -

02May1977 - American Airlines Boeing 747 - don't remember catching any of them either - would love that tie-up!

TBC

 

'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'

See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

Slide show (F11 = full screen): www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157648885504546...

Album mosaïque: www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157648885504546/

 

Notre CARNET DE VOYAGE VIETNAM TRAVEL LOGBOOK, JOURNEY DIARY:

www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/collections/7215762238...

 

INVITATION ET PRÉPARATION AU VOYAGE VIETNAM

Sites recommandés: saigon-vietnam.fr/accueil.php

belleindochine.free.fr/sommaire.htm et nguyentl.free.fr/html/liens_fr.htm

 

ENGLISH: We propose our photo collection on our many trips to different cities of the Mekong, unforgettable walks along the river banks on small well appointed roads, flowers and fruits everywhere, pretty houses, friendly people, "Looks the earthly paradise. "Do not forget the stilt houses: They are disappearing: Photograph them.

 

FRANCAIS: Nous proposons notre collection de photos reportage sur nos nombreuses excursions dans différentes villes du Mékong, Promenades inoubliables le long des rives du fleuve sur de petites routes bien aménagées, des fleurs et des fruits partout, de jolies maisons, des habitants accueillants, "On dirait le paradis sur Terre". Ne pas oublier les maisons sur pilotis: Elles sont en train de disparaître: photographiez les,

 

Cute, Awesome, Priceless, Amazing, Stunning, Oustanding, Beautifull, Lovely, Charming, Great, Excellent, Wonderful, Super, Delightful, Bello, Fantastic, Superbe, Nice, Beau, Belle, Extraordinaire, Magnifique, Surprenant, Étrange, Insolite, Ravissant. Macro, Pow, Close Up

 

75 Mots clefs:

delta mekong "mekong delta" "delta du mekong" delta mekong "mekong river" vietnam "viet nam" "my tho" "can tho" "vinh long" "long xuyen" "sa dec" "soc trang" "cao lanh" "chau doc" "cai rang" "ca mau" "cai rang" "phmg hiep" "phong dien" "cai be" "marché flottant" "floating market" vietnamien vietnamienne "vietnamese people" vietnamese man men woman women lady ladies femmes hommes fleuve paysage "tour operator" "croisière mekong" "mekong cruse" tour guide curiosité "office du tourisme" traveling trip "national geographic" "lonely planete" routard cute awesome amazing stunning oustanding beautifull great excellent wonderful super delightful fantastic superbe nice beau extraordinaire magnifique surprenant étrange insolite ravissant "carnet de voyage" "journey diary"

 

CARNET DE VOYAGE VIETNAM MÉKONG:

* English:

A cruise in the Mekong is an exciting time. We meet constantly any size new colorful boats. Old engines backfiring , careless drivers who maneuver the rudder with their feet. Families smiling . And this immense silty surface water that stretches out of sight.

 

* Français:

Une croisière sur le Mékong est un moment passionnant. Nous croisons sans cesse de nouveaux bateaux colorés de toute taille. De vieux moteurs pétaradants, des conducteurs nonchalants qui manoeuvrent le gouvernail avec leurs pieds. Des familles souriantes. Et cette immense surface d'eau limoneuse qui s'étend à perte de vue.

  

Autre mots clefs:

Cute, awesome, priceless, amazing, stunning, oustanding, beautifull, lovely, charming, great, excellent, wonderful, super, delightful, bello, fantastic, superbe, nice, beau, belle, extraordinaire, magnifique, surprenant, étrange, insolite, ravissant. oustanding amazing gorgeous nice young graceful pleasant attractive cute stunning oustanding beautifull lovely charming priceless wonderful super delightful smile smiling generous magnificent pleasant attractive kind kindness happy happiness brave nice elegant smart classy mode fashion jeune belle jolie agréable superbe gracieuse épanouie heureuse généreuse superbe souriante ravissante élégante sourire gentille courageuse sourire

 

Flight Paris-Guangzhou. Note the stars on the dark sky and the lights of a city on the ground.

A photo from a logbook of last summer. We still have so many months to go.

 

On explore: #453 on Sunday, February 1, 2009

When the delay is too long, only one solution : save energy, take a rest …

1948. Austin 12 BS1 Saloon. GHO 131. Green (was blue). 2199 cc. Petrol

Date of last V5C (logbook) issued: 23 June 2021

 

Seen at: Operation Market Harborough. Aug 2024

See it in Blue... flic.kr/p/2hiajJ9

 

YouTube: Operation Market Harborough. Aug 2024

youtu.be/Cl1mUljDoKA?si=tebMeHLBfiY3Y0tH

 

Album: 1940s Weekends: flic.kr/s/aHsmuATmb6

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Album: Logbook | Journal de bord [Lo-fi photography]

  

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Registration M370GBC

Make HYUNDAI

Model X2 PONY GSI

Date of first registration August 1994

Year of manufacture 1994

Cylinder capacity 1468cc - PETROL

Export marker No

Vehicle status SORN

MOT - Expired 1 June 2018

Vehicle colour SILVER

Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 17 January 2018

Aviation Memories Another random dive into my archive of old aviation log books :)

 

This page includes some random sightings into Heathrow seen from my house in Southall, and a flourish of amateur art :)

 

Highlights from the log books

I have no idea what day this was, but I think it was sometime in Jun 1977!!! But there was a fairly rare visit from Ozzie G2 VH-ASG, and an unknown Transmeridian Air Cargo Canadair CL-44 freighter - anyone???

 

Other than that the page is largely devoted to some of my fantasy aviation designs :)

 

'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'

See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

Aviation Memories

Continuing Year 2020 with a dip into the written archives :)

 

Another page from one of my school note books - what a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)

 

I had just turned 14 years of age, and I was looking to expand my portfolio of hobbies! I had already been indoctrinated into the world of bus spotting and train spotting by my older brother, but he never had an interest in aviation. It was my school mates at senior school who encouraged me to visit Heathrow - a mere 4 miles from where I lived in Southall! I was quickly hooked, and the interest never really went away, although it waned by the early 1990s when all the best aircraft had disappeared :(

 

Some comments on the sightings

Sat 10th Dec 1977 - A visit to Heathrow

One of many Saturdays that I spent at London Heathrow as a teenager - such variety we had in the 1970s!

 

Star player - 5-8541 Imperial Iranian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules :)

A pair of Aeroflot Tu-154s was unusual CCCP-85088 was a regular, CCCP-85182 was a rarer machine

OH-LSD Finnair Caravelle was also a visitor, operating a Kar Air charter flight (KR3657)

Malev brought in one of their superb looking Ilyushin Il-18s HA-MOE instead of the usual Tupolev

Looking at the rest, it's possible that we had some Gatwick diversions (hence the pair of Aeroflots) as we had G-BFBZ Laker / Caribbean Boeing 707 and G-APYD Dan Air Comet (a real rarity for Heathrow :)

 

On top of that lot, we had a load of nice light & biz:

EC-CTV (TM.11-4) Mystere 20 Spanish AF

OH-PNT Pa-31 Cheyenne

+ HB-VEX, D-IANY,

 

Finally, we had some RAF Wessex helicopters visiting:

XV723 AQ, XT670 AU as well as BA and BB.

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

 

'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'

See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

Creator(s):Department of the Interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Region 1 (Pacific). Division of Resource Management. Branch of Marine Mammals. Saint Paul (Alaska) Operations Office. 3/8/1959-10/3/1970

 

Series: Pribilof Island Logbooks, 1870 - 1961

 

Production Date: 10/27/1920 - 12/31/1923

 

Scope and Content Note: Logbook contains information concerning sealing activities on the Pribilof Islands, the weather, activities of the Alaska Native (Aleut) population, and deliveries of supplies by U.S. government vessels.

 

Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted

 

Contact(s): National Archives at Seattle (RW-SE)

6125 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, WA 98115-7999

Phone: 206-336-5115

Fax: 206-336-5112

Email: seattle.archives@nara.gov

 

National Archives Identifier: 26083753

 

Local Identifier: SEAL-717

 

Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/26083753

 

Slide show (F11 = full screen): www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157648952177155...

Album mosaïque: www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/sets/72157648952177155/

Notre CARNET DE VOYAGE VIETNAM TRAVEL LOGBOOK, JOURNEY DIARY:

www.flickr.com/photos/natureboheme/collections/7215762238...

 

INVITATION ET PRÉPARATION AU VOYAGE VIETNAM

Sites recommandés: saigon-vietnam.fr/accueil.php

belleindochine.free.fr/sommaire.htm et nguyentl.free.fr/html/liens_fr.htm

 

ENGLISH: We propose our photo collection on our many trips to different cities of the Mekong, unforgettable walks along the river banks on small well appointed roads, flowers and fruits everywhere, pretty houses, friendly people, "Looks the earthly paradise. "Do not forget the stilt houses: They are disappearing: Photograph them.

 

FRANCAIS: Nous proposons notre collection de photos reportage sur nos nombreuses excursions dans différentes villes du Mékong, Promenades inoubliables le long des rives du fleuve sur de petites routes bien aménagées, des fleurs et des fruits partout, de jolies maisons, des habitants accueillants, "On dirait le paradis sur Terre". Ne pas oublier les maisons sur pilotis: Elles sont en train de disparaître: photographiez les,

 

Cute, Awesome, Priceless, Amazing, Stunning, Oustanding, Beautifull, Lovely, Charming, Great, Excellent, Wonderful, Super, Delightful, Bello, Fantastic, Superbe, Nice, Beau, Belle, Extraordinaire, Magnifique, Surprenant, Étrange, Insolite, Ravissant. Macro, Pow, Close Up

 

75 Mots clefs:

delta mekong "mekong delta" "delta du mekong" delta mekong "mekong river" vietnam "viet nam" "my tho" "can tho" "vinh long" "long xuyen" "sa dec" "soc trang" "cao lanh" "chau doc" "cai rang" "ca mau" "cai rang" "phmg hiep" "phong dien" "cai be" "marché flottant" "floating market" vietnamien vietnamienne "vietnamese people" vietnamese man men woman women lady ladies femmes hommes fleuve paysage "tour operator" "croisière mekong" "mekong cruse" tour guide curiosité "office du tourisme" traveling trip "national geographic" "lonely planete" routard cute awesome amazing stunning oustanding beautifull great excellent wonderful super delightful fantastic superbe nice beau extraordinaire magnifique surprenant étrange insolite ravissant "carnet de voyage" "journey diary"

 

CARNET DE VOYAGE VIETNAM MÉKONG:

* English:

A cruise in the Mekong is an exciting time. We meet constantly any size new colorful boats. Old engines backfiring , careless drivers who maneuver the rudder with their feet. Families smiling . And this immense silty surface water that stretches out of sight.

 

* Français:

Une croisière sur le Mékong est un moment passionnant. Nous croisons sans cesse de nouveaux bateaux colorés de toute taille. De vieux moteurs pétaradants, des conducteurs nonchalants qui manoeuvrent le gouvernail avec leurs pieds. Des familles souriantes. Et cette immense surface d'eau limoneuse qui s'étend à perte de vue.

  

Autre mots clefs:

Cute, awesome, priceless, amazing, stunning, oustanding, beautifull, lovely, charming, great, excellent, wonderful, super, delightful, bello, fantastic, superbe, nice, beau, belle, extraordinaire, magnifique, surprenant, étrange, insolite, ravissant. oustanding amazing gorgeous nice young graceful pleasant attractive cute stunning oustanding beautifull lovely charming priceless wonderful super delightful smile smiling generous magnificent pleasant attractive kind kindness happy happiness brave nice elegant smart classy mode fashion jeune belle jolie agréable superbe gracieuse épanouie heureuse généreuse superbe souriante ravissante élégante sourire gentille courageuse sourire

 

Collage of artwork from the logbooks including watercolour, tapestry, pop-up and pen and ink.

Higher quality re-spot. SORN, last logbook issued 23 November 2004.

Creator(s): Department of the Interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Region 1 (Pacific). Division of Resource Management. Branch of Marine Mammals. Saint Paul (Alaska) Operations Office. 3/8/1959-10/3/1970

 

Series: Series: Pribilof Island Logbooks, 1870 - 1961

 

Production Date: 6/9/1892 - 6/16/1896

 

Scope & Content: Logbook contains information concerning sealing activities on the Pribilof Islands, the weather, activities of the Alaska Native (Aleut) population, and deliveries of supplies by U.S. government vessels.

 

Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted

 

Contact(s): National Archives at Seattle (RW-SE)

6125 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, WA 98115-7999

Phone: 206-336-5115

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When the Planet Solar arrived in Tahiti I did a few KAP images of the ship in Papeete's harbour, and all went smooth and fast. The next morning one of my KAP shots was on the front page of the local daily newspaper: La Dépêche de Tahiti, I met with the crew and the inventor of this unique solar boat cruising around the world with just the energy of the sun and was offered to embark from Tahiti to Bora Bora for a "KAP trip" : 36 hours, 3000 shots, 25 Gb of HD space, 4 kites (PFK nighthawk, PFK super delta, dan Leigh Delta R8 and Flow Form 16), 5 rigs, 5 cameras ( Sony Nex 5, Sigma DP1, Ricoh GX 100, GoProHD, Leica M9) 8 KAP sessions from sunrise to sunset ... A great crossing with a Fantastic crew on an exceptional boat...KAP at its best under the sun with a great subject.

Check Day 180, 181 and 182 of the ship's logbook at www.planetsolar.org/no_cache/en/be-part-of-it/logbook.html

Somewhere between Tahiti and Moorea on our way to Bora Bora...

R8 + GoPro AutoKAP

 

Continuing the New Year 2020 with something a bit different :)

 

Another page torn from one of my school note books - a useful way of utilising what we called our 'Rough Books' - I was an early adopter of Recycling :)

 

The sheet shows Heathrow arrivals as noted by me from the bedroom window of my house in Southall :)

 

Highlights from the log books

4R-ACS Boeing 720 was a Monarch Airlines machine, only leased to Air Ceylon for 9 months in 1977

3x 747SPs - Iran Air, Pan Am, Syrianair

F-BHSY Air France 707 - not scheduled but fairly regular visitors

Speedbird Concorde 578 - I don't remember that callsign - probably the Bahrain flight?

and I had just started logging 'trails' or overflights - carefully segregated with brackets! e.g D-ADHO on LH408 out of Frankfurt. Would you believe, I had phone numbers for the desks, and you could ring up and ask for the reg tie-ups :)

 

'Aircraft spotting or plane spotting is a hobby of tracking the movement of aircraft, which is often accomplished by photography. Besides monitoring aircraft, aircraft spotting enthusiasts (who are usually called plane spotters) also record information regarding airports, air traffic control communications and airline routes.'

See more here! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_spotting

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

First registered in April 1977. The last record on the DVLA website is a V5 logbook being issued on 27th December 1996

SHORT SUNDERLAND V ML824

 

Jun 44 Launched at Shorts Factory at Queen's Island, Belfast as a Mk.III

Sunderland. Part of contract No.2227.

30 Jun 44 Taken on RAF charge.

06 Jul 44 At Makers (Short Bros and Harland, Belfast) for conversion to Mk.V

standard.

06 Nov 44 To No.57 MU, Wig Bay.

09 Feb 45 At Calshot.

11 Feb 45 Joined No.201 Squadron at Castle Archdale, Northern Ireland, as the first

Mk.V Sunderland in the Squadron Allocated codes NS-Z.

ML824 made 11 operational flights with No.201 Squadron, totalling 127

hours 20 minutes, comprising ten anti U-Boat patrols and one convoy

patrol.

09 Mar 45 Anti U-Boat patrol - 9½ hours. Returned early due to threatening

weather.

11 Mar 45 Anti U-Boat patrol, Cardigan Bay area. Patrolled area littered with

flotsam. 13-hour patrol, taking off at 07.30 - Pilot F/L Buzzard. See

Navigator’s logbook of PO David Midgley - Microfilm held on DoRIS,

Ref. MF10123/20.

13 Mar 45 Anti U-Boat patrol. Numerous radar contacts on fishing vessels,

wreckage and buoys. (13¾ hours).

15 Mar 45 Convoy escort, South Western Approaches. Sighted empty ships life raft.

11¼ hours. See Midgley log book. - took off at 03.10. Pilot F/L Buzzard.

29 Mar 45 Anti U-Boat patrol. Uneventful, 13¼ hours.

31 Mar 45 Anti U-Boat patrol, curtailed by bad weather, 1½ hours.

02 Apr 45 Anti U-Boat patrol. Dropped two depth charges on a fresh oil slick - no

visible results. 13½ hours.

04 Apr 45 Anti U-Boat patrol. Dropped markers on trail of Blueish smoke (position

of). Radar contact lost. 13 hours.

08 Apr 45 Anti U-Boat patrol. Uneventful. 13½hours.2

10 Apr 45 Anti U-Boat patrol. Dropped marker on sea mine. 13.05 hours. See Air

Gunner’s Logbook of Warrant Officer H. Harwood, Microfilmed as

X002-5518/003. Pilots W/C Barret and W/O Symons; ‘Homed Navy onto

Floating Mine’.

12 Apr 45 Anti U-Boat patrol. ASV became unserviceable and aircraft recalled to

base. 9-hour patrol.

17 Apr 45 Transferred to No.330 (Norwegian) Squadron at Sullom Voe, Shetland

Islands, initially as aircraft `Z'.

18 Apr 45 First flight - training - with new Squadron.

19 Apr 45 Transport flight, Castle Archdale - Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands.

23 Apr 45 Training Flights (two).

24 Apr 45 Anti-Submarine patrol. Only fishing boats sighted. 12-hour patrol.

26 Apr 45 Anti-Submarine patrol. Sighted unidentified twin engined dark

camouflaged aircraft at 12 miles distance, which turned sharply away into

cloud and was not seen again. Sighted mine. 10-hour patrol.

27 Apr 45 Anti-Submarine patrol. Convoy sighted. 10¼ hours.

01 May 45 Anti-Submarine patrol. Fishing vessels sighted and investigated. 12-hour

patrol.

02 May 45 Transport flight Sullom Voe - Woodhaven, followed by training flight.

03 May 45 Training flights (two).

04 May 45 Transport flight Alness - Sullom Voe - Alness.

05-12 May 45 Routine Inspection; aircraft beached and NS-Z codes replaced with

WH-T.

12 May 45 Air test.

13 May 45 European war now over. Last operational flight - anti-submarine patrol -

by now U-Boats at sea should have been heading back to base flying a

surrender flag. Sighted armed trawler. 6 hours. By this time the aircraft

had changed from `Z' to `T'. Colour profile of aircraft as WH-T as seen at

Fornebu, Oslo in May 1945; Warpaint series No. 25 Short Sunderland

(Tony Butler) p.17. Norwegian flag carried on nose. See also Osprey

Combat aircraft 19 Sunderland Squadrons of World War 2 (John Lake)

p.47. Served alongside Sunderland III ML814, also now preserved (with

Kermit Weeks in Florida)

16 May 45 Last recorded flights with No.330 Squadron - transport Sullom Voe -

Woodhouse - Sullom Voe.

No. 330 Squadron moved from Sullom Voe between 10 and 14 June3

1945, going to their new Norwegian base at Sola outside Stavanger on the

west coast of Norway. As part of No 129 Wing RAF, the unit operated in

the transport role, flying a six days a week service from Stavanger via

Bergen to Trondheim, occasionally extended to Skattora seaplane station

near Tromso in Northern Norway. To increase the Sunderland’s load

carrying capacity, the dorsal turret was removed. See photo of ML824 in

mid-June 1945 before removal of the turret – Flypast July 2009 p.77.

01 Jul 45 Letter from Bjorn Hafsten in July 2009 Flypast states that on this date the

aircraft suffered an in-flight fire in the port outer engine, so the aircraft

had to be left behind at Skattora.

01 Sep 45 Hafsten letter records that after a fairing was made to replace the writtenoff engine the aircraft was flown on three engines from Tromso to

Calshot, and presumably then ferried to Alness.

19 Sep 45 Struck-off-charge but retained in store at Alness, Invergordon.

19 May 48 Flown from Alness to Wig Bay by Flt Lt W G Abel. '824 was the last

flying boat at Alness, having become unserviceable when the base closed

down.

20 May 48 Officially taken on charge at No.57 MU Wig Bay, Stranraer. Many other

Sunderlands - and Catalinas and a single Mariner - stored at Wig Bay at

this time. '824 was readied for possible use in the Berlin airlift, but was not

used.

00 Aug 49 Re-engined with P&W R-1830-900 twin Wasps, replacing the previous R-

1830-65 engines.

25 Aug 50 Received at Short Brothers and Harland from Wig Bay for reconditioning.

Airframe hours on receipt 306.10.

c.Sep 51 Overhauled by Short Bros and Harland, Belfast.

01 Oct 51 Work completed.

26 Oct 51 To Pembroke Dock - one of 14 Sunderlands transferred to the French in

1951 from RAF stocks under the Western Union Defence Programme.

The Aeronavale eventually operated 19 Sunderlands in all.

28 Oct 51 To French base at Brest for service with Aeronavale. Served mainly in

West Africa, at Dakar, Senegal, with Flotilles F7, 12S, 27F and 50s, as 7F-

14, 12S-3, 27F-14 and latterly as 50.S-9. Retained RAF serial and white

c/s. See French and UK 700s, DoRIS reference UA195/196.

00 Mar 52 Photographed at Bizerte in Aeronavale service (see file letter by J W T

Duffield).

06 Mar 56 Returned to UK for overhaul by Shorts at Belfast.

02 Oct 56 Test flight from Short Bros and Harland.

03 Oct 56 Overhaul completed. Aircraft returned to Dakar for further service with4

escadrille 12/S at this stage. Total flying time then 1,698 hours 50

minutes.

05 Oct 56 Returned to French Navy charge; Three Sunderlands operated from Dakar

until late 1960, then redeployed to France.

By 1959, Sunderlands still flew with the RAF, French and RNZAF in

Military service. The last RAF Sunderland flight, by 205/209 Squadron

Mk.V ML797/P took place on 20 May 1959 at Seletar, Singapore.

Coastal Command hoped to fly '797 back to the UK for museum

preservation, though as a 1981 letter from P B Gower, NCO at Seletar in

1959 records: "(I) clearly recall the last serviceable Sunderland being

given a complete overhaul, the intention being that it would be flown back

to the UK and placed in a museum.

Whilst being taken from the hangar to the water it unfortunately slipped off

the beaching gear turntable at the rear and became a write-off, the whole

rear fuselage just forward of the tailplane being badly distorted".

` See also Aviation News 29 Jan-11 Feb 82 p.16 and Aeroplane Sept 04.

DP198 and ML797, the last two RAF Sunderlands, were struck off charge

at Changi on 30 June 1959 and scrapped at the base. In April 1970 the

Anchor and section of fuselage skin carrying the serial number of this

aircraft were offered to the RAFM by 205 Squadron at Changi prior to

disbandment, but do not seem to have been delivered. Photo of the aircraft

on the dump at Seletar, minus serial - Flypast April 2001 p.71.

When it became clear that the RAF could not preserve a Sunderland, with

the lack of staging facilities and estimated cost of flying one back to the

UK also being a problem, Peter M Thomas of Pantgwyn, Cardigan,

Poultry Farmer and aviation enthusiast launched a £15,000 public appeal

to buy a Sunderland from the RNZAF and have it flown home. The

scheme failed due to technical and financial problems. It was then

discovered that the Aeronavale still operated three Sunderlands from

Toulon (they did not retire the last two until 30 Jan 1962; one of the last

pair ML796 is now preserved by the IWM at Duxford after use as a night

club/bar in L Baule, France, moving to Duxford in 1976). (Peter Thomas

went on to found the Skyfame Museum at Staverton).

The French received a letter from Mr Thomas favourably, and the Short

Sunderland Trust was duly set up. The French presented a Sunderland -

ML824 - to this body in March 1961, free of charge.

ML824 had last flown in French service 8 Dec 60 with a test flight 20 Mar

61.

23 Feb 61 Originally proposed homecoming date for the Sunderland, postponed at

the request of the French due to the possibility of bad weather.

24 Mar 61 The Donated Sunderland ML824, made its final flight from LanveocPouloc, near Brest, that Friday to Pembroke Dock, where a display site

had been leased for it in the dockyard adjacent to a motor museum.

As a precaution due to its age the French authorities decided not to route5

the Sunderland over any land for her last journey from Brest Naval Base.

Flown by a French crew, skippered by Capitaine Henri Luthereau.

Leaving Brest at 9am, she rendezvoused with two No.201 Squadron

Shackletons from her old squadron over the Scilly Islands and flew on via

St Davids and Pembroke. For her last flight '824 was fully fuelled in case

bad weather forced a return to Brest - in the event she landed at Pembroke

Dock with 800 gallons/3,029 litres of fuel still in the tanks. The two St

Mawgan based Shackletons, WR975/0-201 and WR980 P-102 then

escorted the Sunderland to Pembroke Dock as a gesture of courtesy,

where the three aircraft circled the Dock before the Sunderland touched

down at 11.36am, watched by large crowds. The aircraft carried its final

French codes 50.S.9. The last landing brought to an end a total of 2,900

flying hours for the aircraft. (For some details see Sunderland Trust Files,

DoRIS Ref.AC72/33, Boxes 1-5).

Photos: Airfix Magazine May 61 p.550; `The Growler' Spring 96 p.16-20;

Royal Air Force Flying Review Apr 1961 p.3; Flypast August 2005 p.30

and May 2009 pp.80-81; Shackleton Guardian of the Sea Lanes (Franks)

p.32.

25 Mar 61 Aircraft hauled from the water for the last time - photos: Airfix Magazine

May 61 p.550 - 551, followed by Saturday formal presentation ceremony,

when the aircraft was handed over to Mr Oswald Short, President of the

Sunderland Trust, by her last skipper, Capitaine de Fregate Henri

Luthereau, station commander at Lanveoc Poulmic nr Brest, where the

aircraft had been based.

The RAF provided an honour guard of 50 men, five of whom collapsed

during the hour of speeches! Photo Flight 06 April 1961 p.458.

After arrival, the Sunderland was initially housed in an empty hangar and

scrubbed and cleaned of salt, the French markings removed and the

wartime 201 squadron markings re-applied, as `A-Z'. Photo: Airfix

Magazine May 61 p.550 Photo on show still in French markings - Flight 2

Nov 1961 p.692; Royal Air Force Flying Review Dec.61 p.3.

27 Mar 61 Aircraft de-fuelled and tanks purged. Photo in 1961, ashore on beaching

trolley and in French markings; Flypast May 2009 p.80.

02 Jun 62 Aircraft moved to her leased site, on open display in a corner of the

Dockyard-the former RAF station playing field. Opened to the public on a

regular basis, 2.30-6pm, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1 June - 30

September inclusive - admission to lower deck only 1 shilling - 6d for

children. Aircraft cared for by the secretary of the Sunderland Trust, the

late Sqn Ldr F E Godfrey. 10,000 visitors to the aircraft in its first display

season. Photo - Flight International 9 Aug 1962 p.215. Colour photo

around this time – Aeroplane August 2003 p.27. See also Flypast July

2004 p.70 and May 2009 p.82.

1964 Aircraft exterior repainted by hand. Again visited by some 10,000 people.

1965 Aircraft refitted with de-activated machine-guns and cannon. (10.303

Brownings, 1.50 Browning: 2 Hispano-Suiza Cannon - the aircraft had

arrived unarmed.

Mar/Apr 65 Fabric on control surfaces rotting so control surfaces removed and6

covered in metal at a local garage. (The control surfaces were re-covered

by an RAF team in 1974). The 1965 work was undertaken by a small

team from Short Bros and Harland.

1967 Sunderland visited by 20,000 people.

22 Jan 68 Letter to John Tanner of the RAFM from Sqn Ldr Godfrey. Sunderland

Trust secretary, suggesting that the Museum should approach the Trust's

Trustees over acquiring the Sunderland.

05 Mar 68 Meeting of Sunderland Trust Trustees agreed to handover the aircraft to

the RAFM, and wrote to Dermot Boyle, Chairman of the Museum's

Trustees, the following day.

The handover was accelerated by the retirement as Trust secretary of Sqn

Ldr Godfrey and the lack of a successor. Sqn Ldr Godfrey died December

1969, aged 74.

12 Sep 68 On-site inspection by party from 71 MU, Bicester. Negotiations with the

Charity Commissioners over transfer of the Trust's assets and transport

problems delayed the originally hoped for early move to Hendon of the

aircraft. Photo at this time – Wrecks and Relics – The Album p.53.

11 Jan 71 All Trust assets and ‘chattels’, including the Sunderland itself, formally

transferred to Trustees of the RAFM.

Mar 71 Lease on site occupied by Sunderland due to expire, prompting action to

move the aircraft. It could not be made airworthy, so surface transport

was necessary.

The aircraft was moved back into an empty hangar at Pembroke Dock for

partial dismantling by a party from the Salvage and Transportation Flight

of No. 71 MU, beginning 13 Jan 1971-this task alone took four days due

to very tight clearances. Smaller sections - engines, floats, rear fuselage

and tail, went direct to Hendon by road, as did the wings, via the Brecon

Beacons and temporary storage at RAF Northolt. Sailing on Wednesday,

10 March, the main hull section was transported by Royal Corps of

Transport landing craft HMAV Aachen to Samuel Williams' Thames

Terminal, Dagenham, docking on Tuesday 16

th

March, then laid sideways

on a trailer for road transport to Hendon, demolishing a set of traffic lights

at Colindale en-route! Photos: Aeroplane Monthly Aug 95 p.65; Air

Pictorial Jun 1971 p.212. See archive report on file by S/Ldr Cheeseman

on the dismantling and move.

21 Mar 71 Sunderland hull and wings arrived at Hendon and unloaded the following

day. Some erection of airframe under way by 31 March. Stored, partly

dismantled, in the Grahame-White hangar, at the mercy of the pigeons

occupying that building, despite a covering of old parachutes.

Sep 76 Teams from RAF St Athan and RAF Abingdon began task of reassembly,

cleaning and repainting of the aircraft in the Grahame-White hangar. Anti

corrosion treatment was applied, skin repairs made around the keel, and7

perspex windows replaced. Photos on completion - RAF News week

ending Nov 20 1976 p.2; Air Pictorial Nov 77 p.445.

26-27 Oct 76 Fully repainted aircraft towed across from Grahame-White hangar 300

yards to position in front of Museum now occupied by Spitfire/Hurricane

replicas. The actual move was carried out by men of Royal Engineers 39

Engineer Regiment (Airfields) from Waterbeach, Cambridge. Photos on

display - Aircraft Illustrated Jun 77 p.232 (colour); PAM News No18

(1977) p.398; Warpaint Series No.25 Short Sunderland - Centre spread

plans page; Wrecks and Relics – The Album p.53;

Flypast May 2009 p.84.

1978 Moved into new Battle of Britain Museum for internal display.

The aircraft has remained there ever since. Photo – Flypast May 2009

pp.78-79.

1981 Beaching trolley refurbished by Southampton Group after loan for use

with their Sandringham, now preserved in the Southampton Hall of

Aviation.

1982 Volunteer work on tackling corrosion in bottom of hull - floor taken up

and removed for treatment.

1993 Beaching gear removed - heavily corroded - and replaced by purpose made

steel cradle. Work underway on interior to facilitate public access.

Apr 95 Lower deck opened for public viewing. Photos: FlyPast Nov 96 p.51;

May 2009 pp.80-81, 83, 84.

TEXT - ANDREW SIMPSON

© ROYAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM 2009

Memories of the fine art of Vac bashing

Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many, many happy hours with my friends riding the rails behind the mighty 'Hoovers' or Class 50s. As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;)

 

So here - freshly dug out from my archives - the originally log sheet for Class 50 50020 'Revenge' on 1V11 diverted via Guildford, Portsmouth and Southampton :)

 

'A day in the life' - log book update:

Saturday 28th February 1987 - 50020 on 1V11 11.10 Waterloo-Salisbury (9 Mk IIs)

LONDON WATERLOO 11.10

Wimbledon 11.21

Surbiton 11.25

Woking 11.35-37 onto DIVERSION via PORTSMOUTH (avoiding line) and CHANDLER'S FORD

Guildford 11.49

Liss 12.12

Petersfield 12.18

HAVANT 12.31-32

Portsmouth (avoiding) 12.36-37

Portchester 12.41

Fareham 12.44

stopped 12.46 - 13.01 for 204004 + 204001 to pass on single track! photo opportunity :)

Botley 13.08

EASTLEIGH 13.15-16

then via the rare Chandler's Ford line to

Romsey 13.24 (another photo app. Salisbury)

SALISBURY 13.41 (pic departing +33006)

 

111 miles

 

'Revenge' never made it into preservation, being cut up at Booth's of Rotherham in the spring of 1992.

 

The return working was a more sedate standard route run back to Waterloo behind 50005 'Collingwood'

 

50005 on 1O21 14.30 Salisbury-London Waterloo (9 Mk IIs)

SALISBURY 14.32

ANDOVER 14.55-57

BASINGSTOKE 15.17-19

Brookwood 15.34

WOKING 15.37-39

Surbiton 15.48

Wimbledon 15.52

Clapham Junction 15.56

LONDON WATERLOO 16.01

 

84 miles

 

You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/

While escorting the first convoy of ANZAC troops bound for Europe on 9 November 1914 the Royal Australian Navy light cruiser HMAS Sydney engaged the infamous German commerce raider SMS Emden. The two light cruisers fought a 90 minute battle. The Emden’s guns had more range and fired first, but Sydney’s more powerful main guns pounded the Emden until it was disabled and beached on North Keeling Island. The Royal Australian Navy’s first great test of war ended in a comprehensive victory.

 

The exhibition 'Test of War - Royal Australian Navy in WW1 will open at the Australian National Maritime Museum 12 September 2014 and run until May 2015.

Listed below are the trips out I have done in my Bedford TK so far this year.

 

03-01-2016. Motormans Run, Huddersfield.

220 miles.

 

30-01-2016. Local.

24 miles. Total to date 224 miles.

 

03-04-2016. CTP Spring Road Run, Warminster.

309 miles. Total to date 533 miles.

 

09-04-2016 Malvern Show.

96 miles. Total to date 629 miles.

 

17-04-2016 Jacks Hill Cafe, Towcester.

128 miles. Total to date 757 miles.

 

07-05-2016 John Pearson Open day, Coventry.

74 miles. Total to date 831 miles.

 

12-05-2016. Irish Trip. Home to Ashbourne,

13-05-2016 Ashbourne to Dungannon.

14-05-2016 Dungannon to Letterkenny.

15-05-2016 Letterkenny to Letterkenny.

16-05-2016 Letterkenny to Letterkenny.

17-05-2016 Letterkenny to Cavan.

18-05-2016 Cavan to Ashbourne.

19-05-2016 Ashbourne to Home.

1122 Miles. Total to date 1953 miles.

 

03-06-2016. Top Gear Road Run. Peterborough.

04-06-2016 Peterborough to Gt Yarmouth.

05-06-2016 Gt Yarmouth to Peterborough.

06-06-2016 Peterborough to Home.

680 miles. Total to date 2633 miles.

 

11-06-2016 Local.

18 miles Total to date 2651 miles.

 

12-06-2016 Gaydon.

142 miles. Total to date 2793 miles.

 

13-08-2016 Local

12 miles. Total to date 2805 miles.

 

14-08-2016 Hay on Wye

131 miles. Total to date 2936 miles.

 

21-08-2016. Lupin Farm

59 miles. Total to date 2995 miles.

 

26-08-2016 Onslow Park

27-08-2016 " "

28-08-2016 " "

29-08-2016 " "

95 miles. Total to date 3090 miles.

 

03-09-2016. Eccleshall

85 miles. Total to date 3175 miles.

 

09-09-2016. Heart of Wales

10-09-2016 " "

11-09-2016 " "

316 miles. Total to date 3491 miles.

 

17-09-2016. Brewood.

44 miles. Total to date 3535 miles.

 

18-09-2016. Hollies A5 Cannock.

42 miles. Total to date 3577 miles.

 

25-09-2016. Woodhead Run.

227 miles. Total to date 3804 miles.

  

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