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Not a great quality but oil rigs in the North Sea tonight from FL370.

EGTK Oxford

Even the North Sea is rigged these days.

Went to check out the first snow on Monday, with some interesting clouds with snow pellets around:








Flight Spain to UK – the Pyrenees

Messing about above the clouds near Shoreham

None of the above were photoshopped – they really did look like that.

New runway (well, a long disused one refurbished) near Bognor Regis, UK

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Photo on final to Hampstead Norris

Oxford (EGTK), United Kingdom


Dungeness power station, Lydd, from 5000ft or so

What I find curious is the row of houses within quite a high (5m-10m?) circle of earth. I wonder what the purpose of this was?

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

What I find curious is the row of houses within quite a high (5m-10m?) circle of earth. I wonder what the purpose of this was?

IMHO it is excavated earth leftover from building the powerstation, and as the area is low lying land some engineers had the splendid idea to use it as protection from flooding (by rivers passing there and water from the sea) at least for one bigger housing complex you see on the photo. Maybe some sort of pilot project?
The power station itself surely has a complete system of drainage by pumps.

EDxx, Germany

Peter wrote:

What I find curious is the row of houses within quite a high (5m-10m?) circle of earth. I wonder what the purpose of this was?

That’s the Dungeness Redoubt – quite dull on the ground and not remotely worth a visit.

EGEO

jwoolard wrote:

That’s the Dungeness Redoubt

From that website:

The raised earthworks can still be clearly scene, with a row of cottages now built inside.

so it has to be seen in the same line with this rebus.

Should have checked the historical aspect first …

Last Edited by nobbi at 20 Nov 15:43
EDxx, Germany

Peter wrote:

New runway (well, a long disused one refurbished) near Bognor Regis, UK

It would seem a new gliding club is operating from Bognor Regis runways: Bognor Regis Gliding Club

Nympsfield, United Kingdom
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