Goodbye Vulcan Bomber

The first few days of my summer holidays have passed by in a pleasant blur. I have been delighted to sleep back in my own bed and chat to my boys and my cats. On Saturday I accompanied James, Ally, and Davie to East Fortune airfield to watch one of the last few flights of the Vulcan Bomber. Apparently it is now past its sell by date and after a few more visits to air shows this summer and autumn, it will be consigned to a flight museum. It was a fine, warm and breezy day and the boys enjoyed looking around the planes while I had a coffee and read my book. The Vulcan finally arrived early afternoon; the boys used their phones to monitor its approach up the east coast via Twitter. After about 5 minutes and a couple of fly pasts it went on its way. 

On Sunday evening James, Ally, Davie and Ewan set off to see ACDC at Hampden. We had dinner at Wetherspoons first then the boys went to catch their train while Heather and I stayed on for another drink. We then had a very pleasant evening playing with the kittens and chatting, with Glastonbury (Chemical Brothers and The Who) playing in the background. Going to a music festival would probably be my worst nightmare, mainly due to the inadequate toilet facilities, mud, and squalid, overcrowded conditions. A bit like an airshow but worse because you have to spend the night in a tent with your muddy wellies sticking out into the rain. James keeps telling me that there's a very civilised music festival in Perthshire each summer which is specially designed for folks of our age and tastes (middle-aged foodies with a liking for cleanliness and comfort). But although I don't want to go to Glastonbury, and I found Kanye West on Saturday evening to be truly and amazingly talentless, I'm not sure that I want to relegate myself to the anodyne nursing home version of a festival just yet either! The boys arrived home from AC/DC in fine spirits. They seemed to have enjoyed themselves although they mentioned that it was extremely loud and speculated on Angus' life expectancy!