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During our final assent to the top of Great Gable, we were treated to a stunning spectacle of a fast jet at close quarters. I MISSED this stunning pic of a Tornado GR4, Christopher yelled to me "JET!" but I didn't have time even to grab the camera, a split second later it was in front of us. At eye level, very close and very loud moving very quickly. Initially flying normally, suddenly as is came into the gap between the mountains of Kirk Fell and Great Gable, it flipped on edge, then banked a little more before it dived into the next valley. I was told by a friend who knows about these things that it was probably doing 350 to 400 knots.
Another shot of a lifetime missed!!! However... I have cobbled together an impression of what it looked like. The image of the Tornado IS NOT MINE, I plucked it from the internet, just to give you an idea of what we saw, the angles aren't quite right but it's pretty near what we saw.
The valley is Ennerdale.
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Robert.