Ahh, well, the answer to that is to have been down the far western end of the crowd line – blessed commentary silence & not a cone to be seen!

I had a mostly okay day – to much water for my personal liking, and if I have one complaint it is that the nearest toilets were down by the Dakota. In fact, apart from a few disabled ones here and there – they were the only toilets – whilst plentiful – us diabetics found the trip frequent and long.

I got there early so can’t comment on incoming traffic (7.50ish) – but getting out was fine. There are lessons others should be taking from Kemble, I’m sure.

How was incoming traffic for later arrivals?

its an hairyplane thingie – a pretty one too.

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I attended the previous show and had no problems getting in. Only this year have there been problems to my knowledge.

Isn’t 5am early enough to travel 225 miles (travelling at 70 mph, as it is mostly all motorway from door to door it should take less than 4 hours – which it did) that is plenty early enough – even from Plymouth.

As I said earlier, when I arrived at J3 of the M4 it was before 9am – the show didnt start until 11am – that gives plenty of time.

I’m sorry Albert – but this year there were changes which made it an absolute fiasco, and there is no excuse no matter how you try and justify it or place the blame back on me, or others stuck in the ridiculous queues.

It is one thing to expect a little inconvenience – it is another to expect to queue for 3 hours without the chance of a p*ss. Like I said, I’m a diabetic. I had to stop twice on the way up as it was.

Am I now required to wear incontinence pants if I want to go to an airshow??

Traffic management going in was an absolute disgrace. There was no need and there is no excuse for what happened.

Can you imagine the uproar if this had been a football match?

Football manages this kind of problem very well, in comparison. Many matches are attended by almost as many, in the middle of large cities, without much of the attendant problems seem on Sunday.

Shame the classic jets didn’t give us a bit more – the Meteor was in and out like Flynn too, unfortunately.

I sat and enjoyed the Gnats pair display.