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Daedalus Common Men at Work

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Daedalus Common Solent Airport Daedalus

The setting sun silhouetting diggers and operatives working on Daedalus Common.

The Common is one of a number of community facilities provided to help soften the blow of having a large building housing high voltage transformers and associated cables on an active airfield.

More planned community facilities related to IFA2 include a heritage facility, play area and a gate guardian.

The setting sun silhouetting diggers and operatives working on Daedalus Common.
The setting sun silhouetting diggers and operatives working on Daedalus Common

 

 

Meon Shore at Titchfield Haven

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Titchfield Haven and the Meon Shore


A small self set project to photograph the Meon Shore for a week.
I initially planned to capture the sunrises but aided by some unseasonably warm temperatures I stayed longer and watched the birds visiting the nature reserve

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For more information on the Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve

 

Canada Geese in formation with Fawley Power station as a back drop

The Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve is a national nature reserve in Hampshire .

It encompasses the lower floodplain of the River Meon, near to the point where it flows into the Solent near Hill Head.

Until late in the 16th century, the River Meon was navigable as far as Titchfield.

The Titchfield Canal opened in 1611 and was only the second canal existing in Britain at the time. [source wikipedia}

 

Weather Watcher

Weather watcher, A selection of weather watcher photographs that I have uploaded to the BBC over the past couple of months. Some have been used on the BBC main website and by the regional TV program South Today

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End of year, 2017, sunset over the Isle of Wight
The River Meon at Droxford in the Meon Valley. A cold and dull start to the day.
A ‘by chance’ capture of crepuscular rays (sun rays through clouds)
Pre dawn sky near Droxford in the Meon Valley, Hampshire
Mammatus clouds over Stubbington, Fareham
Storm clouds approaching
Crisp / frosty start to the day along Ranvilles Lane Stubbington
The Spinnaker Tower as viewed from an upstairs window!
A collection of sea shells, seaweed, crustaceans, fossils, stones and sand from the shore line between Lee-on-the-Solent and Hill Head
Pastel colours before sunrise taken from the Meon Shore, Hill Head

You can find out about the BBC weather watchers and how to become one from this article

Solent Airport Daedalus 100 Years Event

Solent Airport Daedalus 100 Years Event

Static aircraft, stalls and side shows on display at Solent Airport to celebrate 100 years of flying at Daedalus. The airfield opened in 1917 during the first World War and played a major part in the Second World War, particularly the D-Day operations.

Solent Airport Daedalus 100 Years Event

Though not as exciting as the displays when it was a Naval Airfield (under the guise of health and safety)  it was great to see the vintage aircraft and the ex Royal Navy Sea King, Wessex and Wasp helicopters along with the NAVYWINGS Gazelle and Wasp helicopters

 

Sea King XV647 at Solent Airport Daedalus 100 years event

Sea King XV647 winched to safety 26 crew members of the MSC Napoli a container ship that got into trouble off the Devon coast and had to be beached

 

 

 

Past displays included this Virgin Atlantic B747!

Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-238B on approach / fly past at one of the HMS Daedalus Airshows during the 1980s. The airfield is now Solent Airport Daedalus.
Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 747-238B on approach / fly past at one of the HMS Daedalus Airshows during the 1980s. The airfield is now Solent Airport Daedalus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Solent Airport Daedalus 100 years event – Yakovlev Yak 52 G-RNAC. The Yakovlev Yak-52 is a Soviet primary trainer aircraft which first flew in 1976. It is still being produced in Romania by Aerostar
Westland Wasp
Aeroprakt A.22 Foxbat G-FJTH at Solent Airport Daedalus to celebrate 100 years of flying at the airfield.
Yakovlev Yak 52 G-RNAC at Solent Airport Daedalus 100 years event
Wessex Helicopter
Gazelle
Sea King XV647 at Solent Airport Daedalus 100 years event
Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C at Solent Airport Daedalus to celebrate 100 years of flying at the airfield.
Boeing-Stearman Solent Airport 100 Years Event
Staggerwing Beech N16S The Red Rockette at Solent Airport Daedalus 100 years event

One Community Showcase

One Community

Thank you to Hayley Hamlett, Volunteer and Community Development Worker for inviting me to display my photographs at the Ferneham Hall on Saturday 2nd July.

One Community Showcase Event, Ferneham Hall, Fareham
One Community Showcase Event, Ferneham Hall, Fareham
One Community Showcase Event, Ferneham Hall, Fareham

Lots of volunteer groups with stalls, Country Market and performances from the Fareham 50 Plus Singers, Reflections, Portsmouth Military Wives Choir, Fareham Musical Society and the South Downs Musical Society