PDA

View Full Version : Day out 31/5/06

NeilD
1st June 2006, 00:17
didnt end up where I'd planned, but you know how it is.. :roll:

First stop was North Cotes.. Unfortunately the church was locked so couldnt get in to photograph the stained glass panel dedicated to the station..
http://i2.tinypic.com/1199vkn.jpg

however church quite pretty, and a few service graves, mainly Commonwealth airmen, but also 2 germans and a civillian.... the civillian was a Jane Robinson who died in 1932 aged 90.. no idea what her connection with the station was.. another one that caught my eye was a Sgt Handley of the RFC who died in 1917.. his headstone was gray/granite - anyone know, when did they standardise on the white stones??
http://i3.tinypic.com/119aqs0.jpg
Unfortunately nothing much to see of the airfield, so after a swift half in a local pub, I noticed a sign for Binbrook.. not been there since it closed.. a couple of the hangars are in commercial use,

http://i2.tinypic.com/1199yxy.jpg
the rest of the technical site appears to be a cross between an industrial estate and a pikey site..
anyway, nice to see this..
http://i3.tinypic.com/1199yl4.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/1199zbc.jpg

wings n things
http://i3.tinypic.com/119a42g.jpg

gratuitous motorbike piccie.. :P

http://i2.tinypic.com/119a4g1.jpg

and on the way home, one for the Radar Head spotters (if there are any)..this is Claxby..
http://i2.tinypic.com/119a53b.jpg

Neil
strix1998
1st June 2006, 08:07
Sad to see 724 looking like that but preferable to the breakers option.
Who owns it or is it still MOD property?
G-force
1st June 2006, 09:34
Sad to see 724 looking like that but preferable to the breakers option.
Who owns it or is it still MOD property?


www.lightning.org.uk
NeilD
1st June 2006, 09:52
talking to the lady that let me in to the compound, the group looking after the aircraft still get up there regularly, but i suppose theres only so much you can do with it having to live outside...

Neil
Martin Bull
1st June 2006, 17:56
My sort of 'day out', Neil - nice pix.

( Thinks : Does he do any work...? :confused: ;) )
NeilD
1st June 2006, 18:08
( Thinks : Does he do any work...? :confused: ;) )

oi! i've spent so much time at work recently (6 12hr shifts in a row!) that I was thinking of applying for a rebate on the council tax at home!!! :D :D I'm back to work Fri and Sat... and erm then I've got 2 weeks off..:o

original plan for yesterday was to get up to Goxhill, but a late departure and getting sidetracked at Binbrook means that'll have to wait for another time..;)

Neil
CFBC
2nd June 2006, 11:16
Great shots Neil... Like the MG too..... :cool:
strix1998
2nd June 2006, 11:32
www.lightning.org.uk

Did not realise that it existed but will be joining.