The Red Arrows at Eastbourne Airbourne and a Cautionary Tale

On Sunday, we headed over to Eastbourne to see the annual (and, amazingly, totally free) Airbourne air show. The main attraction was the Red Arrows, which I remember watching when I was a child - they're still just as impressive as a grown-up. 

 Their aerial acrobatics are spectacular but it's their precision flying that impresses me the most. They manage to do all of this in perfect lines or, as here, a formation that represents specific aircraft, such as Concorde.

Add some red, white and blue smoke into the mix and it all looks even more amazing.

 The pilots seemed to be having fun, playing cat and mouse in the sky through the smoke trails !

 Who needs fireworks? This is just as good as a starburst explosion !

 It's hard to capture in a static shot but they fly incredibly close to each other, which leads to a few heart-stopping moments as they look like they're on a collision course !

Unfortunately, it was hard to perfectly time the photos - this was the infinity sign in red but if I'd waited for it to be complete, the other planes would have been long gone.

Their parting shot was drawing a big heart in the sky, which just about summed up the reaction of the crowd !

 We stood on the seafront watching them for hours. It was a warmish sunny day - we were in light jumpers - and, as we'd just got back from a fortnight in Turkey, I (stupidly) thought that we wouldn't need sun cream but we all ended up with sunburnt noses. Judging by the bright red faces and shoulders around us, if we hadn't been in Turkey and already reasonably tanned, it would have been a lot worse, so it's definitely too early to ditch the sun cream, even if the school holidays will soon be drawing to an end.

 We'd used up all our stock of sun cream over the holidays, so we were very pleased to receive some Nivea Sun Kids products to review - a Very High 50+ Moisturising Sun Spray and a High 30+ Caring Roll On. (Both formats are available in both strengths.) I've been making sure I put them in my bag every time we go out now, as you never know when the sun will put in an appearance, even when they day gets off to a cloudy start. The trigger spray bottle is our favourite because it's so quick and simple to apply, but the roll-on is a convenient handbag size and great for small areas like your face or arms, rather than the whole body. The roll on format is also easier and less messy for younger children to use. Whichever you choose, both have a fast-absorbing, non-sticky formula, working immediately and ensuring reliable, highly effective UVA and UVB protection, as well as extra water-resistance for fun in the water.

Disclosure : We received some Nivea Sun products.