Platinum Jubilee

[Lampwick]

What an terrific and historic day.

I’m currently watching the pageantry on tv and feeling rather proud of our Nation.

I firmly believe no other Nation does pomp and ceremony like we do and watching our massed troops parade gives me goose bumps.

Later today I have the responsibility of lighting our towns beacon in honour of Her Majesty and have been loosing sleep for some time (I have plan “A” but “B” and “C” as as back up)

Enjoy this moments folks and celebrate a truly remarkable monarch.

God Save The Queen

 

[404Shooter]

Park the politics for the day. Park the ‘for or against the Monarchy’ debate for the day. Enjoy the pageantry and, if you originate from these islands, celebrate being British!

Good luck with your beacon lighting later today @Lampwick

 

[the_greenman]

Some people simply can't let the opportunity slide to spoil a historic occasion though. Animal Rebellion idiots on The Mall. Personal view is the Household Cav and mounted horse artillery should have used them as speed bumps

 

[Franchi Matt]

I will try and catch the fly by, never been a fan of the 'royal' family so thats as far as it goes for me.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

They are showing the trooping live on German TV so the BBC is making some coin from it, the Germans do love their?? royal family.

 

[Cranborne]

70 years of putting country before self....thank you, ma'am.

 

[Stalker62]

Personal view is the Household Cav and mounted horse artillery should have used them as speed bumps

May have to steal that...

 

[Woodsmoke]

Wife and I rode out at Balmoral last Sunday as part of the Jubilee celebrations organised by the British Horse Society. Over a hundred riders. We started out riding through the Queens Stud. Blacked out Range Rover drove past us, and the lassies in front seemed awful pleased about something. We later found out Her Majesty was in residence last weekend. Could it have been . . . . ?

 

[Hunter300]

Unfortunately I cant get to load the videos I took

 

[labrador77]

Managed to see some of the planes including the Lancaster in mid essex as they made their way in to London. Kids are going to a jubilee picnic in the village shortly and off to see the beacon being lit tonight.

 

[Hunter300]

Red arrows

 

[gixer1]

Was up helping construct the beacon bonfire last night and will be the one lighting it tonight…

God save the Queen!

 

[Woodsmoke]

God save the Queen!

Indeed! Amen to that! We'll never see her likes again

 

[FrenchieBoy]

It was certainly a really good "show", showing how Great Britain can organise such great day! And nice to see the "Working Members of the Royal Family" together on the balcony with Her Majesty (Complete with a smile on her face)!
I'm not that much of a Royalist but enjoyed watching it!

 

[Franchi Matt]

There's more beacon lighters here than a becaon lighters convention
Our village doesnt have a beacon..... maybe the village elders will see fit to ignite some of the fly tipped tree cuttings left by travelling seasonal workers going armed with a tatty in tinfoil just in case.

 

[Cootmeurer]

As an American and keen student of history I find it all wonderful. The number of people that we now only know in history books (Churchill, FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, etc..) as important people, are all people that she personall6 knew and interacted with. She is quite the treasure from that point alone.

 

[mealiejimmy]

Some people simply can't let the opportunity slide to spoil a historic occasion though. Animal Rebellion idiots on The Mall. Personal view is the Household Cav and mounted horse artillery should have used them as speed bumps

Arrest them and use them as fuel for the beacons

Cheers

Bruce

 

[Lampwick]

Arrest them and use them as fuel for the beacons

Cheers

Bruce

As a Member of the SD Beacon lighting convention could I ask for two please?
Ps no lardys, our basket couldn’t handle them!!

 

[tozzybum]

I'm sure some volunteers with chainsaws can be found to cut them into smaller pieces for your beacon .
Mind all them Vegatabilists might give off a funny smell.

 

[Lancaster]

I didn't know that there was going to be a fly past until I did my normal peak at ADS-B Exchange - tracking thousands of aircraft
Spotted the Lanc, which was hanging around above Essex, then saw Spits catching up with it, and noticed that there were a hell of a lot of Military planes mooching around above and beyond the South East coast, and helicopters heading in from the West, then it finally became clear when they started to form into a long line of groups of different types and set course for London.