Ah my days of travelling to airports to look at aircraft - other than for airshows - are long gone... unless anything unusual is about. I will admit to sitting outside Biggin's cafe a couple of years ago while the Trumpton AF was in town and based there - never seen any of them before...
I did hear this morning's AN-12 while hanging washing on the line, but the cloud was too low to permit me to see it (I think)