Someone told me that in the first 15 days of July we only had 1.6 hours of sunshine. It hasn’t been much better since and so things didn’t bode well for my annual trip to the East Fortune air show.

The rain was constantly torrential, the clouds low, and the grassy areas we usually sit and sunbathe on were quagmires of Glastonbury proportions.

Fortunately the sun did come out briefly enough to let the Red Arrows perform one of their stunning displays. I have posted video of them before but I think sometimes you have to look at still photos to appreciate the full splendour of what they do.

After the display I took shelter from another deluge in the Concorde hangar and savoured the magnificence of G-BOAA – what a shame that one of these birds couldn’t have been air worthy enough to perform at the Olympics.

It was great to see the Red Arrows at East Fortune Air Show 2012 after an absence of 5 years. I could have just done with an absence of rain.

Over to you: Were you at East Fortune today? What did you think despite the awful weather? Please leave a comment below or post a link to your pictures.