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BBMF Lancaster location
I am hoping to give my granddaughter a Lancaster and Dambusters experience on Monday 24th October 2016. She is a VI former with 10 A star GCSE under her belt so needs challenging!
I did an on-line recce and am confused: please is the Lancaster at Coningsby, or is it at Duxford? Without the Lancaster at Coningsby we would concentrate on Woodhall Spa and the Petwood, with an evening viewing of the film complete with black dog. We are in extreme S Lincs. Any suggestions for her to visit or see? Scampton is a bit far for a day trip if lunch or afternoon tea are partaken at the Petwood. many thanks. |
LB, Don t forget East Kirkby. Their Lancaster is every bit as interesting and there are lots of other exhibits of interest including control tower, pill box, NAAFI etc.
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BBMF Lancaster is with the Aircraft Restoration Company at Duxford for a major overhaul, flew in last week I think.
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Many thanks we will check out East Kirkby.
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East Kirkby seconded! A fascinating place with super friendly people too! My wife treated me to the taxi ride in Just Jane. Not far from the Petwood either.......lovely hotel.
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Actually 2 Lancs at DUX. Plus possibly the IWM nose section if it has not yet gone back to London.
Although if you are in South Lincs the East Kirkby experience is highly recommended. Regards Arc |
East Kirkby and Petwood and the Memorial it is, then!
And the film with black dog in the evening. Many thanks to all. |
If you can, go for the visit on Sat 29th, this year as well as the night taxi of Just Jayne, the fireworks display is set to music! It is well worth the visit.
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Langleybastion-I may have some good news for you!
Duxford's Lancaster (in AirSpace, not the BBMF one) is open to the public during half term. You can get inside for a look (about as far as the aircraft code letters) fo a short period. I believe it is open on the 24th at Duxford if that helps? Edit-confirmed-see the link below. http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-dux...ter-experience |
LB, also see if you can fit Thorpe Camp in your schedule - home to the RAF Escaping Society (ex-Chatsworth) and lots of other fascinating exhibits. It is not M-S however so need to check.
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Yes, the excellent Thorpe Camp would be good: we [Mrs LB and I] like it because it is old-fashioned enough to have artefacts rather than idiot boards. But not open on Mondays.
As for Duxford, if she is enthusiastic we could go there when we take her back to mum and dad. Thanks to all for the ideas, much appreciated. |
Wherever you go, I hope the weather is OK, don't forget to consult the seaweed or cow tails before you set out. :p
Some very good exhibits at Kirby too, bits of recovered aircraft etc. |
Ref the film, don't forget the "ghostly" appearance of a black dog. Near the end, when Gibson is talking to Barnes-Wallace, a black dog moves right-to-left across the field in the background. The film crew were adamant there was no animal anywhere near the set. "Neenoo, neenoo"
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Cow tails?
I suffered lots of professional courses, even taught RAF aircrew and indeed Met Forecasters, but I seem to have missed the cow tails bit. This could just be why my hit rate was a tad less than optimum. Couldn't it? As for the ghost dog, is this the one reputed to have turned up for the unveiling ceremony for the Woodhall Spa memorial? I suppose one cannot tell with ghost dogs. |
I thought the cow tail was to do with the time check.
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In my joke it was a bull, and not its tail either!
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Originally Posted by langleybaston
(Post 9539656)
In my joke it was a bull, and not its tail either!
Well poetic licence. Wonder how many young 'UN got it. |
Call yourself a Met Man, obviously you were never using the full extent of science available to you in forecasting the weather. :p
The World?s Weirdest Weather Predicting Traditions ? Flavorwire Cow Tail Direction Before the golden age of storm-tracking, one of the favorite ways to figure out whether to bring an umbrella with you was to watch what the animals around you were doing, rodents or no. Some of these make more sense than others. Seagulls probably know what’s up about an upcoming storm because they fly around and sleep on the ocean. But farmer weather lore is a little bit sketchier. There’s the whole rhyme: “A cow’s tail to the west is weather coming at its best; a cow’s tail to the east is weather coming at its least.” Running out to a field with a compass seems like a pretty inaccurate way to figure out whether to bring a slicker, but the cow tail can serve as a primitive, bovine-directed weather vane. Winds to the east usually mean bad weather ahead. That’s cow science! |
NL, very good but I detect a fallacy there if you don't have a compass or navigation skills.
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