Back from my hols, all aglow!

Had a wonderful time at an extended family get together in Bournemouth, and we all trecked out onto the beach to sit in the sun and watch the now famous Bournemouth Air Festival - a totally free airshow centred around the beach and all of the crowds. Fantastic to see the Red Arrows, of course!

Then, of course, we heard the terribly sad news of the crash, and the tragic death of Reading-born Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging. None of us, after watching the spectacular display, could believe it. We haven't lost a Red Arrow since the seventies - but this awful tragedy reminds us all of the danger these men (and this year, the first ever female Red Arrow) face routinely just to entertain the rest of us watching below.

Grounded for the present, I wonder how soon we'll see them brighten our skies again?