Pictures you didn't take

[glatt]

That Mach loop looks fun. If I lived near there, I would visit. In fact, I'd go camping there.

I recall visiting a castle in either Wales or France (a few of the details are fuzzy) and standing on the wall, looking out over the countryside, and there was a military jet of some sort flying close to the ground in a loop across the valley, coming fairly close to the castle and then banking into a corner to continue the loop. I watched it doing these laps for about 20 minutes or so. Really cool.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by glatt

I recall visiting a castle in either Wales or France....

Was it Conwy Castle, in North Wales by any chance?

RAF Valley is on the island of Anglesey just to the west. It's a fast jet training base and one or two of the aircraft shown in the video come from there.

Conwy Castle Street View

[glatt]

I don't remember any water at the castle with the jet. So I don't think it was Conway castle. Although the castle does look familiar. I think I visited that one. (My parents let us kids navigate while we were sightseeing in Wales, and we directed the VW bus to a dozen or so castles, and they all jumble together 3 decades later.)

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by glatt

I don't remember any water at the castle with the jet. So I don't think it was Conway castle. Although the castle does look familiar. I think I visited that one. (My parents let us kids navigate while we were sightseeing in Wales, and we directed the VW bus to a dozen or so castles, and they all jumble together 3 decades later.)

I know what you mean. My four visits to the US seem to have merged into one despite stacks of photos to jog the memory.