Eventful Weekends

Been a bit busy over the last couple of weekends.

A fortnight ago I went down to see Barbara. She was pleased to see me. We all (Barbara, her mother, her new step-father, and me) went to the aquarium for the day. It was pretty interesting, though I'm always a little uneasy about keeping living things, used to roaming across vast oceans, in captivity in small tanks.

Barbara loved it. And though she's a little older now, doesn't skip along, doesn't want to hold her mother's hand - she still talks nineteen to the dozen when she's excited.

The weather wasn't the best, but we had a good day.

This past weekend I went to an airshow.

There are dozens of airshows in the UK. At least one a week through the summer. Sometimes two or three. They have stunning displays by The Red Arrows, or The Battle of Britain Flight. They might have wing-walkers, or displays by vintage jets, WW1 replicas or WW2 museum pieces.

They are, as a rule, safe. You get accidents from time to time, but usually no-one is hurt. Sometimes unfortunately the pilot doesn't make it, but the spectators are safe.

This past weekend it all went wrong for one of these shows.

A Hawker Hunter jet didn't pull out of its dive in time. It crashed onto a busy A road (major highway but not a motorway/freeway) and burst into flames. The pilot is critical in hospital.

And eleven people who were driving along that road are dead.

Not a good day.

Ze

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