Thursday, August 19, 2010

England- Dropping in for a Wedding....

Near the end of our trip to England, we visited Salisbury Cathedral.  While the cathedral and the city were both very nice, I think the most exciting part of the day was when this happened...
We were looking at the cathedral when we overheard one of the guides say to someone, "Are you here for the parachuting before the wedding?" Parachuting??? We got the details from the guide and found out that there was a wedding that day and the groom and groomsmen were part of the Royal Navy and would be jumping in the next 10 minutes...
When we got outside, we saw the plane circling overhead, and soon enough, the jumpers appeared.  Those on the ground had made a giant X out of red fabric so the parachuters would know where to land and most of the made the mark. Most of them...
This guy overshot a little and nearly ran us over!  It was quite a way to "drop in" for a wedding. It was an incredible sight. I hope they all had a good time. We had a good time watching!

3 comments:

  1. I enjoy your blog posts so much! Thanx for sharing your life with us.

    Judy
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  2. Whew! That would make me nervous. Such adventure for a wedding day...but it is very cool that they pulled it off and you got to be there.

    Becky K.

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  3. That looks like such a hoot! Now that Timmy is 18 he wants to jump out of a plane...I've done it before so I told him if he wants to do it I would go with him~♥
    Great pictures!

    Love,
    Me

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