As part of the Celebration of the clubs 40th year we took a drive out on one the years hottest days of the year, to the home of one of the last operational Vulcan Bombers XM655 at its home at Welles Bourne Mountfield Airfield.

This amazing aircraft an icon of the Cold War is maintained by a group of hardworking and dedicated volunteers.

XM665 is supported through their own money raising efforts, because shamefully this historic bomber receives no support from any other means.

You can support this worthy cause by visiting and taking a guided tour or by purchasing merchandise from the online store at: www.xm655.com

The club day started with a cheeky McDonalds on the A5, before we set off for our first stop of the day at Weedon Bec Depot.

A short while later and without any serious misadventures, we arrived at Weedon Bec Depot, a historic military site, that was used to house munitions during the Napoleonic Wars, as an equestrian training school from the British Army and also the uniform stores when the London site closed down.

We had the pleasure of a guided tour of the museum and a potted history of the site from its construction during the Napoleonic Wars, (principally to move munitions from the exposed south coast to a secure inland location), utilising the canal networks for transportation of weapons and black power, to its uses by the army and  later conversion to business units. 

This transformation had saved these historic buildings from destruction and through the museum a glimpse of the previous life of the site.

Lunch followed the tour and the chance to look round the site, full of interesting shops and quirky restaurants along with a chance to take some pictures from the top of the Museum steps.

Once fully recharged we got underway for the drive to XM655, the drive was uneventful with the intervention of a tractor slowing us to a speed which allowed us to appreciate the wonderful sunny summers day.

Upon arrival we were greeted by a Cold War super star..

The guided tour was split into segments, focussing in on aspects of the aircraft, its history, capabilities and a rare chance to get inside and see what it was like to actually be on board a Vulcan Bomber.

if you looked up in the sky in the1970’s and saw this, you were probably about to have a very bad day..

The tour completed and the photo opportunity arrived.

The end to a great day.