...and a Portuguese P-3 just went by - thought I'd have heard it!
I did , in fact it sounded like an AN-12 at first, but mellowed too quickly for an Antonov. I tried to see it, but the cloudbase was just that bit too low. It must have requested A 'via London' routing as it did a decent course change over Brittany even though it' s currently headed for Scandinavia over the North Sea.