Amazing how after 12yrs of living in Cyprus and just a smidgen of kms from RAF Akrotiri and the Red Arrows training base, how come the first time I actually manage to get any photos of them was just last night from Knott End as they performed a display some miles away over Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Very difficult to track them from our position by Knott End slipway/jetty and the river walkway as we made our way back towards home across the golf course but whilst waiting and in between the display I grabbed a few photos that I was very happy with....
It had been a miserable start to the day with some heavy rain in the morning as we were shopping in Cleveleys but luckily, it brightened up in time for the display which started a little after 6.30pm.
Fleetwood Ferry and Lighthouse from Knott End Slipway
Wind Farm out towards Morecambe Bay - taken from the jetty at Knott End
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside - even the seagulls join in!
Wind turbine near Freeport retail village - Fleetwood it always seems huge!
Even the Red Arrows look small against the turbine
"Sea Dyke Cottage" on the banks of the River Wyre
Headed for home via the golf course
The pathway to our door
Mum brought Dad round to the house today in his wheelchair and he had his first "grand tour" of the place as we've now got a few rooms cleared of boxes so he had a straight run through from the front door and as far as the conservatory doors to the garden.
Bedroom furniture arrives on Tuesday morning "there's no veneer in 'ere" and hopefully we shall get rid of some more boxes after that. We have a friend flying over from Jersey in just over 2wks for a couple of nights so we want to be fairly straight by then. It will be a big change for her too as her holidays have always been to our bungalow in Cyprus. She has family at Cleveleys but has never been this side of the river Wyre....
Today turned out a very nice day and I sat outside the front of the house in my deckchair with my Kindle in a T-shirt! Oh, and I've even managed to find some bottled KEO (being delivered tonight) from Morrison's 3 for £5 (63cl bottles)