I'm currently sitting on a Boeing 737-800 flying at x-many thousand feet on my way to see the wonderful Bethany Hammond whom I haven't seen for over 5 weeks. Again I've been lucky with the weather - if I had been travelling a day earlier I would have had to battle through 80+ mph winds but as it happens there are but a few clouds in the sky. This has allowed me to again indulge in what, in my geography geeky/childish opinion, is the best possible use of time whilst on a plane - taking photos out of the window. So here they are:
Waiting to take off at London Stansted.
Some shots of a beautifully green looking England just after take-off.
Just breaking through what little cloud was there.
A slightly larger bank of cloud that interrupted any further photo opportunities until we reached the channel.
Flying out of England over what I think might be Poole and Brownsea Island.
Some funny lumpy clouds turning into whispy clouds over the English Channel.
Then we flew over the Channel Islands (fairly obscured by cloud).
Next point of interest was the north coast of France.
Then this strange long, thin lake in France that I must try to identify at some point.
As quick as we arrived over France we were leaving again over the Bay of Biscay.
The Bay was large and, to be quite honest, boring so there's no photos of that. Next, the north coast of Spain with frustratingly large amounts of cloud.
The north coast cloud begins to break.
And I'm left with uninterrupted views for hundreds of miles over Spain.
Hitting another bank of cloud.
This cloud subsequently cleared and I was left with clear views all the way to landing.
This is the amazing natural ridge that I saw when I was flying home last time.
And finally landed at Madrid airport.
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