What a difference fifteen minutes makes! Today we set off at 7.30 a.m. on the dot, and got to the FRIAT enclosure a whole hour earlier than yesterday, by 9 a.m. It had been raining during the night and into the morning, but it was dry enough when we arrived to have our breakfast of coffee and pastries sitting outside on the picnic benches, which was rather lovely. The coffee from the van at FRIAT is absolutely delicious. I remained at the benches while James went to the grandstand, and I joined him again later. There was one big downpour in the middle of the day but then the blue skies returned. Both yesterday and today have had much better weather than forecast so both the organisers and audience were delighted.
There was a poignant moment right at the end of the day; a retiring aircraft, an F-16, taxied through an archway of water from the airport fire engines as a farewell tribute, apparently this is a tradition. We went back to Cote for a tasty dinner later.
There was a poignant moment right at the end of the day; a retiring aircraft, an F-16, taxied through an archway of water from the airport fire engines as a farewell tribute, apparently this is a tradition. We went back to Cote for a tasty dinner later.
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