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Blackburn, Lakes and Holmfirth this Sunday:
http://www.lancasterbomberale.co.uk/tour-dates/?p=2
TWO, TWO!! of them 8)
Aaaay up does tha know were abaahts thas best standing for t`see it fly past thi???
Fly past the ukge at grisedale ?
I think its going through that part of the Lakes
10 minutes from Blackburn to Holmfirth - that'd knock a chunk of your commute wouldn't it?
Hoping to see them tomorrow at the Ayr airshow, along with a Vulcan!
Blackburn at 3.15 - will they be loaded with bombs?
Planning to go up to Holmfirth to watch. Any info on where will be the best place to see them?
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Anyone "in the know" able to say whether after Holmfirth they'll do a Derwent dams run?
failedengineer - Member
Hoping to see them tomorrow at the Ayr airshow, along with a Vulcan!
I'll be there too. Can't wait, just hope it doesn't scare the kids too much 😀
Anyone "in the know" able to say whether after Holmfirth they'll do a Derwent dams run?
Good point. Before the 60th anniversary run - out of the blue two Tornado's did a mid-week sneaky low/fast recc'y of the WLT/dam area. I only got to see them by chance. Left me and two walkers a giggly-mess.
Planning to go up to Holmfirth to watch. Any info on where will be the best place to see them?
8) this is my 'I'm interested to know too' face.
Get up Holme Moss, you'll get a cracking view from there whichever direction they come in from!
If the cloud's down they might hit it!
I'm thinking Gummers How will be a good spot to watch the Windermere flypast, as I'd imagine they'll fly down the lake on the way to Morecambe.
I take it from the excitement that they've got the Canadian one working again?
Muchas gracias. Over my gaff at 16:05, lovely.
Is the actual route available anywhere, rather than just time-stamps?
Now just to plan* an other-half-friendly route round Holmfirth for Sunday.
*should anyone local be able to offer some advice I'd be grateful, my history of picking green dashed lines that turnout to be fun isn't so hot.
I'm going to Ayr on the Bonneville. Some excellent British sounds in Ayr tomorrow, then!
dangeourbrain - the holme valley challenge routes should give you somewhere to start:
http://www.bikechallenge.co.uk/
they did a good one with the Vulcan a week or two back
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That's our main response if argentina invade the falklands again
Thumper and Vera - here I come.
Will Holmefirth be rammed? Is there somewhere nearby where we can park? I can't walk too far atm, so a mile or under, outside the village would be good.
That really is at least ten different types of awesome.wwaswas - Member
they did a good one with the Vulcan a week or two back
http://www.warplane.com/lancaster-2014-uk-tour.aspx
Timings are on, so flypast Barnoldswick approximately 12:40 tomorrow.
Cheers Chudsy, its a shame they don't share the flight path any where?
That's our main response if argentina invade the falklands again
Not far wrong seeing as the fleet has been decimated !
Allerton Castle at 12.15! 5 miles down the road.
*runs off to make sure camera batteries are charged*
The sooner the (good) Argentinians get rid of their incompetent leadership the better. Theyll implode before they fight again.
That's our main response if argentina invade the falklands again
Nah, it's [i]one[/i] Lancaster and the Vulcan, as the other Lanc is Canadian.
There will be three running Lancasters at E Kirby on 14 Sep (though granted NX611 won't be flying).
The air show at Ayr tomorrow looks like it could be busy !!
Going to have to dig out my passport to make a trip over the border to Blackburrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn.
Anyone know any local areas to view from?
Good question Bluearsedfly.
I thought about Darwen Tower but then looked at the map - if they take a straight run to Holmforth then they are more likely to cross over Ramsbottom way after leaving Blackburn.
So Peel Tower or maybe get up to Lee or Cragg Quarries.
Think i may take a chance on Peel Tower.
Good shout! Should be a great spot if they do fly straight over to Holmfirth.
A Lancaster went straight over my head at about 5pm today as I was heading up towards two lads.
Never seen anything like it.... And felt like I could have reached up and touched it it was that close.
Anybody else see it?
Two lads up Rivvi?
Why do I always miss them 🙁
My mind couldn't compute it to be honest. My first thought was that it was a plane crashing and my second that we were being invaded! From a distance I thought it must be a herc but no mistaking when it came over.
Not something you see everyday.
sadly no flights over the SW 🙁
Saw one flanked by a Hurricane and a Spitfire fly over the house earlier in the summer though. Knew what it was before I saw it.
Any recommendations as to where might be best close to Penrith? Windermere's a bit of a trek mid Sunday afternoon, I'm interested but not that interested....
They won't be flying very far in this bloody weather!
Pissin down at Allerton Castle ATM. 😥
Cancelled flight for today, but hopefully be on tomorrow according to the twitter feed.
Canadian one not flying today according to their Facebook page. Supposed to be doing today's route tomorrow instead. Was hoping to see them both over Morecambe bay tomorrow. Bloody weather. 🙁
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/index.cfm?storyid=EADDE6D4-5056-A318-A852B1FAE347E178&rss=true&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Timings for tomorrow with the rescheduled flypasts.
Thanks for the update. Here on Kinder Scout/Edale its thick low fog/cloud and rain!
Oh they should now fly over my house in the morning en route from Alerton to menwith. Excellent.
looking good for tomorrow at Allerton Castle, earlier than they/it was gonna be today too, means I can watch then get out on the bike. 🙂
Any idea on where will be best to watch tomorrow in West/South Yorkshire?
I'm going with my old man, and brother, and we were planning to go up Holme Moss, but it's about 4miles away from the flight path. Have you lovely lot got a better plan?
We'll be coming across from Leeds.
Think I'm going to head over to Samlesbury instead of Blackburn, apparently they are going over the new Thwaites site at Mellor Brook http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11455373.ONCE_IN_A_LIFETIME__Lancaster_Bombers_to_fly_over_East_Lancashire_this_weekend/
Nice and flat over there too so should be a decent view.
Bit far for us that, they're supposed to be passing over Holmfirth, so if anyone's got any good ideas for that direction would be good?
Just went over our house in Skipton (9.48). Amazing noise, wonderful to see.
Saw them over harrogate this morning with a cup of coffee, nice start to a Sunday, just wish I'd got up a wee bit earlier so I could get closer to the flight path. Serves me right for not getting home from work till 2am.
We're heading to East Kirkby later on today.
Anyone know if they'll be flying over Blackburn on time? We are in position!
We're in position in Holmfirth. It's a lovely day for it. 🙂
Just flown over Blackburn. Distant but impressive.
am at work (bae) and they flew right above us.
Lucky you. Did you get a decent photo?
Not allowed cameras on site 😉
My nephew and I was on the top of Helvellyn on the bikes this morning (around 9:30) and we herd them traveling up to Scotland. Well I guess it was them, didn't see anything but the sound was immense.
Makes you wonder what it must have been like during the war with loads flying over.
Thry were flying in very close formation over Holmfirth. 😀
This morning? Could that have been fast jet (s)?
That was ace! Watched from Tetney Lock - got out of the car and they were approaching from the west about half a mile south. Just after they passed us they did a full 180 turn and went right over us. Amazing sight!
My pics are atrocious 🙁
Pics? Don't mind if I do... 😀
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Bit too far away for my camera - these are quite heavily cropped, but still very worth the trip up from Sheff. We were up on the hill to the east side of thw town, and they flew a big loop around us. A surprisingly low key event compared to the dambusters one last year at Ladybower.
Was stood near to the main gates at BAe, they more or less came straight over our heads.
Almost had a dusty eye moment.
Even Mrs B was impressed (which isn't often).
Just a camera phone photo
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hora - Member
Thry were flying in very close formation over Holmfirth.
This morning? Could that have been fast jet (s)?
Nah, grew up in the south lakes and heard and seen plenty of jets flying over on manoeuvres over the years. The sound this morning though was certainly propeller based.
Was stood near to the main gates at BAe, they more or less came straight over our heads.
Us too! It was wonderful. Got some poor pics - nothing as good as ebygomm's!
Also at East Kirkby
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Whole album here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/83246699@N00/sets/72157647281944696/
Best we could do behaind Allerton Castle, stepson took these but didn't get a single one of Vera, I took a video which I've deleted cos it was crap. 😥
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Should've had the shutter speed a bit slower too. The sound of those engines gives me goosebumps every time.
Re publicity. Tbh I only found out about the Dambusters Anniversary as two Tornados screaned fast n low below me on Whinstone Lee Tor on a quiet Wednesday..doing a practice run. Then I googled and posted a psa on here at rhe time 🙂
www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/psareminder-dambusters-flypast-tomorrow-thursday-peaksladybower
afterward i was also annoyed at myself for not running slower shutter speed to blur the props
Straight over our heads, phone camera shot
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I saw them coming over the M65 as I was coming back from Lee Quarry. Flew up and over our heads, all traffic slowed down. I turned the radio off and dropped all the windows to listen fantastic sights and sounds.
We were on Jenkins Crag, level with them. Photos tomorrow when I get the computer back up and the engineer installs our broadband
Wideremere today, awesome, crank up the volume 🙂
Nice one that Gav!
Just back from a packed Morecambe where we stood on the end of the stone jetty. Everyone went quiet as we watched two tiny lines over the mountains of Lakes come towards us. They looked like they were going to fly past us to Heysham then banked round and flew right over us. Bloody awesome. Loved it. 😀
GaVgAs, you'll not forget that that so easily.
Nice fish. And well done. 8)