M6 Pass - 01-02-10

[vickersfour]

Hello folks

Spent Monday afternoon on a very cold Cumbrian fell side just South of Tebay services overlooking the M6. Inspite of a few snow showers later in the afternoon the light was good. The lads from Linton were quite abundant with dual and solo low level navex's. The only jet was a 100 Squadron Hawk.

ZF135


ZF145


ZF287


ZF349


ZF417


XX318




Sadly no 'Grey pointy things' (Harrier, Tornado and Typhoon) put an appearance in. I personally think one of the best sights in aviation is a GR4 at low level and is probably my biggest motivator for me to keep going back up the Cumbrian hills.

Cheers

Shaun

[superian]

more brilliant pictures, i love the way that the speed is captured.
Ian.

[alexmac]

100 Sqn pax looks like he'd have some good footage!!

[Wings11]

Nice shots!

[Cityflyer]

How often is the M6 Pass used for low flying as I fancy going there in the Summer when I am based In the Lake District

[johnoakes]

Incredibly good shots--quelle talent

[vickersfour]

Hello 'Cityflyer'

If you have a spare half day its certainly worth a look, but beware that you may not see anything at all. The main traffic that uses the M6 Pass is 1 FTS Tucano from Linton and 100 Squadron Hawks from Leeming, but you could quite litteraly see anything ...i have even seen the Red Arrows through there low level. The other favourite valley in the Lakes (and probably bussier than the M6) is Thirlmere, but again its still pot luck what you see (if anything).

Good luck

Shaun