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Yes East kirkby, its owned by 2 brothers and it is being fully restored it was forecast that it would of been flying for the 80th aniversery of the Dams raid but Covid put a stop to that like many other things,

biggest problem with a lot of quads you see for sale on the likes of flebay or market place is a lot of them have been nicked and all ID removed, personally i would be spending a bit more and buying from a reputable dealer,, good luck and be careful, its not that long since a local farm to me had a quad returned that had been stolen in 2009 with only 3 miles more on the clock than it had when stolen,,

Thats what i mean , but you or me place the cameras to moniter deer population, or in my case ATM with a property we own thats still in the stage of probate being granted, the cameras are placed to monitor the rodent population, i wont print what we have captured but they do work,,

Not a very good attempt,, it will be just a log fairy with his new Gardentech chainsaw from B&Q, or who ever it was ain't got a clue what ther doing, they world is full of them, wildlife cameras at access points but only put there to monitor deer population, its there tough shit if you catch someone,,

That's the Lancaster that was at Blackpool for years, NX611 and not a bullet hole in it as it never so active service, it is well on the way to being airworthy once again,,

knew i had a better photo,,

we use one for getting about on sites, some days its worth its weight in gold, i put a box on the rear of it and all so have another for on the front rack, we all so have a small trailer with quad wheels and cage sides, well worth there money but be careful on steep ground with em, slow and steady wins the race many a day,,

Eh just not healing up lime it should as it should it is slowly, Then you know what it's like at times !! Things just go from bad to worse as I had to rush back to vets yesterday with my young dog with suspected consuming either dead poisoned rat carcases or the rat bait it's self so fingers crossed that she pulls through,, very lethargic, and shitting blood ,, so not good,,

Only 2 airworthy Lancasters flying at the moment, one in the UK and one in Canada, but we do have another one that is under restoration at present in Lincolnshire and this one was stored in a hanger on squiersgate airport at Blackpool for many years, a mate of mine was working for the council in blackpool and they was at the airport doing some work and they went to this hanger and there stood this lancaster, he has some photos of it and i will see if i can get them copied and post,,

Nice that one,, What year is the triumph ? has that one come back to the UK from the states or is it a UK bike,

bigger high spec tractors can travel at up to 60k, its the trailer axels, tyres and brakes that is the issue, i would just go on to www.gov and check it out on there,, i was at a machinery sale not long since and lad i was with was looking at a trailer and all he said was tyre bill would be well in the 100s before he got home with it, old trailer in very good condition with old style low speed tyres ,,

Documentry just started on sky documntrs called Lancaster and there is a few interviews with Johnny Johnson,,

All lads I know have held off this year due to prices, only litter I knew of was a litter of labs and they where a grand, if I hear of owt I will let you know,,

Personally I think that is expensive ATM, digs in lockdown went mental price wise, then every one who had a bitch thought we can make a few quid and breed pups hence flooding the market hence prices fell, for £1500 today it must be so.ethi g very special and very well bread, I would think £750 - £1000 for a top bread springer, lab or cocker is about the mark,,

80 years ago today on 16th/17th May 1943 19 specially modified Lancasters with 133 crew on board left our shores and headed for the German dams in the Ruhr and Eder valleys, each plane carried a special made bomb, at first called the bouncing bomb, then commonly became known as the upkeep, in the development of the upkeep it was found that this bomb would be dropped from a hiegt of 60ft with a back spin of 500rpm to ensure it skipped across the water to avoid the torpedo nets protecting the dams, The objective of this operation was to destroy the dams and slow Hitlers war machine down as this area of Germany was very industrial area manufacturing for the German war effort, It was agreed by Guy Gibbson and Arthur Harris that they would fly to the targets at a altitude of 100ft or less to avoid German radar detection,, These planes started leaving RAF Scampton at 21,28 each with 7 crew on board and the 4,1tonne upkeep plus incenderies , they left in 3 formations with each formation taking a different route to 3 different targets, First target to be reached was the Mohna dam and this was found to be guarded with anti aircraft guns so made the mission more difficult but it was destroyed at 00,28 with the fith upkeep dropped by Dave Maltby, Second target was the Eder dam and this was destroyed by Les Knight at 01,52am, Third target was the Sorpe dam and only 2 planes reached this dam and on reaching it the steep land around the dam made it a difficult tarrget to attack, however it was unguarded and the dession to fly along the dam and release the upkeep with no back spin on it, the 2 upkeeps dropped here where by Joe Mccarthy and Kenneth Brown,the dam was not breached but it was heavily fractured,, Was it a succes ?, yes it was as it destroyed 2 hydro electric power stations and caused heavy damage to 7 others, destroyed and damaged dozens of factory's, railways, mines and halted steel production by over 50% it is said that a estimated 1600 people killed, all this slowed Hitlers war production down and was claimed to be a big turning point in WW11 for us, On this operation we lost 8 aircraft and 53 airmen with 3 others taken as POW,s, personally I have the upmost 100% respect for these brave men who fought for our freedom, One statement that makes the hair on the back of my kneck stand up was said by radio operator George Chalmers who flew with Bill townsend, George said he looked out of his porthole and Bill was flying our Lancaster down a fire break in a forest below treetop height,,, First photo Guy Gibson, Mick Martin and John Hopgood leaving RAF Scampton at 21,39 all loaded up, Second photo Gibson, Martin and Hopgood just coming over the Dutch coast , Third photo enemy coast ahead skipper, Forth photo Dave Mattby, Dave Shannon and Hennry Maudsley under fire heading up the Nothsea canal, Fifth photo Joe Mccarthy under fire on the same route as Maltby, Shannon and maudsley, Mccarthy,s plane developed a coolant leak and was assigned to a reserve Lancaster and took off some 34 minuets late so there for flew solo,, Sixth photo Dave matbys run in under fire at the Mohna dam Seventh photo was on the morning of 17th May 1943, last plane home to RAF Scampton was Flgt Sgt Bill townsend who landed at Scampton at 06,15 here he is under fire making his way out to the north Sea on his way home, Eighth photo has to be the last, here we see Joe Mccarthy dropping his upkeep at the Sorpe dam, below the pilot in the glass bubble was bomb aimer squadron leader George leonard Johnson who was known as Johnny Johnson by all that knee him, Johnny Johnson was the last member of the dams raid to pass away and sadly he passed away on 7th December 2022 at the age of 101, so that would of made him 22 years old on this mission, my hat goes off to him and all that took part in this mission Guy Gibson who lead the mission was only 24 at the time, well done lads,, I hope this is as appreciated as much as it is by myself as these men all went down in the history books as this being the most dangerous bombing mission of WW11, I have 100% respect to all involved on this mission called operation chastise RIP all of you,,

yes i got pissed off with hearing all the old UK Eurovision entrey,s today on R2, Lulu, Cliff, Sandie Shaw etc never herd em for years but today sure made up for lost time, i think i could on the Kari oki and sing Boom bang a bang with out looking at the screen, so changed to Heart FM,

The Chesil beech and aberton res are original photos, the others are a artists impression from original photos,, the low level practice over the Fens looks better in B&W,

80 years ago we had some brave men who where chosen for a mission that went down in the history books as being the most daring bombing raid of WW11, On the lead up to this raid called operation chastise, a man called Barns Wallice was chosen to design a bomb that would skip along the surface of the water and hit the dam wall and sink before exploding , after several designs of a bouncing bomb where used until one was found that would work and would be successful for its chosen job, along with the new bouncing bomb 19 specially adapted Lancaster bombers where ordered and adapted to carry the new bomb, this then lead to crews being chosen and a lot of low leval practicing flying would take place in and around several places in the UK, First photo is at Chesil beach where the development of the bomb took place, Second photo is of 3 Lancasters practicing low level flying over the Lincolnshire Fens, Third photo is of same 3 Lancasters heading out law over the wash, Forth photo is of one of the modified Lancaster flying low over Aberton reservoir with 3 more Lancasters in the back ground, Fithe photo is a Lancaster practicing a night run between the towers on Derwent reservoir in Derbyshire,

Oh well it's been a rush round this last hour or so,, I came home at about 4 ish had a brew made a few phone calls then went and cut grass, both dogs out with me till I started mower up then they went back inside ,,I then followed shortly after and noticed something hanging down from under pepper, then on closer inspection part of her gut is hanging out where she had stitches, my first thought was is that dog trans gender !! So straight on phone to vets who close at 5pm, but one did ring me back with in 2 mins, so load up abd off to the vets who's 5 mins up Rd and she was all ready there with some stuff almvready set out, So pepper back in vets over night and being stitched up as I write this,,

Just a update, we have been to the vets this morning and she has removed all but of the 2 stitches, the 2 that are left will be removed next week as they are particiialy internal, this morning went a lot smoother than I thought it would do, got more antibiotics and the bad news is she has to keep the helmet on for another wk ,,,

She is doing OK at the moment, if you look at the top centre of photo there is a drain on the inside of what is her left leg, that has been weeping but its supposed to but has dried up this last 36hrs, op was done last monday and we are back at vets on wednesday to access when stitches are coming out,,

Well finally managed to get a photo and have a count, I gor31 stitches ?? She wernt for sitting still for long, 1 scare is about 10" and the other about 12",, she seens better and more active today tho,,

Some one else mentioned these but I can't risk her getting to the stitches, she can nearly get to em now with lanp shade on but just can't quite reach !! I was watching her Saturday night and she was trying her best for about an hour but just can't get to em, cheers all the same, I will post a photo of stitches when I can get one,,

Well I got one that's not to happy at the moment , been in vets to have mamory strips removed and it didn't go to well,, what should of been a 40-45 min op turned in to near on 3hrs !!I ain't counted the stitches as yet but I would guess some where vetween 30 & 40 ?? She not to happy about the lampshadebein on but it ain't coming off till stitches out, But on the bright side and in true Labrador style there is nothing wrong with her appetite,,

I am pretty sure if you do the multiple windblown ticket you automaticaily get the single wind blown ticket as well, on the old numbers they where CS34 & CS35, and as 5thelement said above dont worry about the large tree ticket as yet, Then as spruce pirate says once you got the ticket you then start to learn,, every site and every tree is different and as for windblown all i can say is when you do the course listen carefully and take a mental note of every cut you get shown and use then as you was shown, there has been a lot more accidents with windblown over the years due to lads using the wrong cut in the wrong place, good luck with your course and stay safe,,