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Ferry Boat, Hayling Island added to Coastal Scenery in South East by macspite on 11/09/2020

At this location is a pub - the Ferry Boat, a cafe and a car park which, like all Hayling car parks demands money but never gets money spent on its upkeep. It is a popular place to go, especially in the summer and/or good weather.

The car park is adjacent to the beach and 350 metres across the harbour mouth is the Portsmouth district of Eastney with a marina and a lifeboat station. There is a small ferry for passengers only that runs from the Ferry Boat to a jetty on the Eastney side where a bus connects. No such luck on the Hayling side, it's a 3km walk to the nearest bus stop.

There are concrete strips along the car park edge which conveniently mark car spaces. Their original purpose was to act as bearers and slips for the four Phoenix caissons that were built there - concrete components of the two Mulberry Harbours that were towed across the channel to create artificial harbours on the Normandy coast just a couple of days after D-Day. One of the caissons broke its back before it could be used and lies abandoned 300 metres north of the Hayling ferry jetty.

On a quiet day you can launch from the car park, in the summer it is best to accept the car parking charge, leave the car and wander into the dune area to find a site away from people.

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Co-ordinates: 50.79332, -1.024722 • what3words: ///eggs.object.using
The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 10/09/2020. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location. Landowner permission may be required before taking off.

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Shinewater Park, Eastbourne (By grandad1950)

A large recently developed nature reserve and recreation area on the outskirts of Eastbourne

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Co-ordinates: 50.80565, 0.286943 • what3words: ///precautions.grades.shade
Wray Windmill, Reigate and Banstead (By grandad1950)

A grade 2 listed tower mill now converted to a home

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Co-ordinates: 51.2448, -0.183348 • what3words: ///vital.stews.mutual
Allnabad, Sutherland, Sutherland North and West (By AlbionDrones)

Emptiness, Sutherland...

10 miles along a single-track road, on the way to Broch Dun Dornaigil, literally in the middle of nowhere, almost as far from civilisation as can be found in the UK, lies a ruined crofthouse...

The only sign of man - apart from the road - yet blessed with amazing views, I wonder what life would have been like here in the past, hard for sure, but a pace of life slower and more connected with nature than we currently have as a society...

Nearby, the Strathmore River cuts a gorse-lined gorge on the way to Loch Hope, in the shadow of Ben Hope, descending via some amazing and little-known falls - sadly we weren't in a position to visit the falls on this trip, but net time we will make sure to do so...

Car parking is roadside, there are a few spots where it is safe to do so, TOAL anywhere you see fit, but do check that EGR610 is inactive before flying - on this ay we arrived here at 315pm, and the FRZ was inactve from 3pm.

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Co-ordinates: 58.33927, -4.626995 • what3words: ///tags.valued.automate
Munlochy, Black Isle South (By Trainman)

Took off from the small car park that overlooks the bay at Munlochy.
Fly from an elevated position that gives great views and great flying possibilities.

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Co-ordinates: 57.55379, -4.249011 • what3words: ///fakes.dreamer.lyricist
Lewisham Castle, Kennet (By gasbag43)

Aldbourne is an attractive large village lying in a valley within the south slope of the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire

Fans of the TV drama series “Band of Brothers” may be familiar with the name of the village - "A" company of the US Army 101st Airborne Division, known as The Band of Brothers, was based at Aldbourne in 1944 in the months before D-Day. The headquarters of The Band of Brothers in Aldbourne was in The Crown Inn and is commemorated by a blue plaque on the wall outside.

About 1.5 miles south-west of the village is a small medieval earthwork – 68m in diameter - known as Lewisham Castle. Records suggest that the name 'Lewisham' came from its association with Louis the Dauphin, who held Marlborough Castle in 1216.

This type of earthwork is known as a ringwork

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Co-ordinates: 51.46309, -1.650674 • what3words: ///surprised.safari.frost
St Anne's church, North Wiltshire (By gasbag43)

St. Anne's Church in Bowden Hill, Lacock, Wiltshire, was built by John Gladstone (ithe elder brother of the Prime Minister of the same name) in 1856 as a parish church. It was dedicated to Saint Anne in celebration of the birth of a son in the Gladstone family.


The church's design combines Early English Gothic, Norman, and Romanesque styles.

The location offers superb views of the surrounding Wiltshire countryside, including the beautiful Lacock Abbey (National Trust) which was one of the Harry Potter “Hogwarts School” film locations.

TOAL was from a small car park 100 metres from the church and well outside the Raymill House airspace restriction zone which covers the village itself (Raymill House is a Grade II listed country house privately owned by Quenn Camilla)

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Co-ordinates: 51.41008, -2.091007 • what3words: ///fidgeted.spelling.vineyard
Bluewater Shopping Centre, Dartford (By richrab)

Bluewater Shopping Centre (commonly known simply as Bluewater) is a large out-of-town shopping centre in Stone (postally Greenhithe), Kent, England, just outside the M25 motorway ring, 17.8 miles (28.6 km) east south east of London's centre. Opened on 16 March 1999 in a former chalk quarry after ten years of building works, the site (including car parks) occupies 240 acres (97 ha) and has a sales floor area of 154,000 m2 (1,600,000 ft2) over three levels, making it the fifth-largest shopping centre in the UK.


TOAL was from the Winter Gardens car park as far back as possible.

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Co-ordinates: 51.43916, 0.270763 • what3words: ///froze.bowls.object
Wray Common, Reigate and Banstead (By grandad1950)

Not a lot of parking but loads of space to fly. The locals were very friendly.

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Co-ordinates: 51.24475, -0.187339 • what3words: ///broke.exchanges.invest
Balkaneil Church and Beach, Durness, NC500, Sutherland North and West (By AlbionDrones)

About as far away from anywhere that you can get, at the top left corner of Scotland, lies Durness, and a little further out, right on the corner of the road is Balkaneil.

Home to the Balkaneil Craft village - a collection of artisan's that provide a unique shopping experience at the far reaches of the NC500, it also holds the stunning beaches and ruined Church that are the subject of this video.

They are located on the edge of the Cape Wrath Firing Range, a military range and FRZ, so care needs to be taken to fly either outside the boundary of the FRZ, or to ensure that the range is not active when you want to fly.

I could only fly the AIR3 here as it was extremely windy - hence the drone bouncing around a bit in the 35mph winds - and given it was a fairly grey day the colours are a little muted, but they are true to what was seen, and it is both stunning and desolate...

There is some car parking at the Church, and toilets and food/drink available in the Craft village, which also has an overnight camper stop too...

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Co-ordinates: 58.57606, -4.76842 • what3words: ///mystified.plotting.soups
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge., Thurrock (By richrab)

The Dartford–Thurrock River Crossing, commonly known as the Dartford Crossing and until 1991 the Dartford Tunnel, is a major road crossing of the River Thames in England, carrying the A282 road between Dartford in Kent in the south and Thurrock in Essex in the north.

It consists of two bored tunnels and the cable-stayed Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. The only fixed road crossing of the Thames east of Greater London, it is the busiest estuarial crossing in the United Kingdom, with an average daily use of over 130,000 vehicles.

TOAL and Parked @ ///social.rips.bigger back of the warehouses on a public road.

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Co-ordinates: 51.4654, 0.258272 • what3words: ///puddles.hiking.broker

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