Buzzed by Fat Albert

While visiting Matlock Bath with Moni, Eddie and Cousin Hoavis, we were buzzed by a low-altitude flypast from an RAF Hercules ('Fat Albert') flying down the Derwent Valley at what looked like treetop level. It must have skimmed over the cable car linking Matlock Bath station with the Heights of Abraham that we've just been on. I'm not entirely sure of the purpose of this flypast - might have been something to do with a military reenactment held nearby. Note the trails of smoke left by the Herc's four turboprops (below). It's worth comparing the Lockheed C-130 Hercules with its Soviet counterpart, the Antonov An-12.