Stephen Grigg Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Lovely photos Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 Excellent Peter, I like the last one in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Member Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 [This posting has been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 THanks for the comments. Yes, Suffolk Essex Boarder looking towards Cavendish and Clare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 After Peter,I offer a mear crumb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Very dramatic. I am reminded of a photographer long ago who spent an entire day sitting on a hill top on a very cloudy day, waiting for a single ray of sunshine to hit a white cottage in the valley. He got the shot he wanted. Now that is what I call patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Jane Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Strange that Peter, I grew up in Glemsford, the view from the back of our house was towards, Cavendish and Clare. You don't live in my old house do you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Well, Well! I live in New Street which, as you will know is that country lane that forms the loop, New Street, Plum Street, Shepherds lane. Three houses in the lane, mine is the first of the two semidetached cottages with the bungalow beyond. I have lived here since 63. Edited By Peter Miller on 11/06/2009 18:38:42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby159 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 The other end of the day sunrise taken at our back door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Were you just getting up or just vgoing to bed Nobby159meither way a dramtic photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby159 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Just up Stephen, dog wanted out, we get some dramatic sky's up here, sunsets and even the Aura Borealis, we even get clouds going in different directions hard to photograph each layer separated by a few hundred feet, but going in opposite directions, its magical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby159 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Just took these two seconds ago out front, the headland is Dunnets Head the most northerly point on the British mainland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Dart Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Shot i just took out the back of my house - anyone spot a theme here?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Jane Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Well well Peter amazing indeed! You may have seen a little Gemma racing past you on a bicycle wishing it had wings many years ago! I lived both at the top of Brook Street then later at Orchard Way at the top of Skates Hill. That is where I remember the huge sunsets from which your pictures immediately reminded me of. Utterly bizarre they are actually the very sunsets I remember so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gemma Jane Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Day break this morning, flat calm, sun rising... strip not mowed and the grass will still be too wet after the rain Oh well the clouds were nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Jane Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 And a few minutes later I better go pack my toothbrush, the men in white coats are at the gate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Jane Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 The sun arrives on cue for the last shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Small World Gemma. Of course that loop is the village dog walk and we still get families cycling past. You may remember the two trees in the other shot, down Hobbs lane off to the left as you go down the hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Jane Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Can't place the track or the trees Peter, though they did look strangely familiar when I first saw the photograph. I moved out of the village around 23 years ago to make my fortune in London. Having failed to make a fortune, I moved out to Essex and often wonder why I ever left in the first place. Still drop by now and again to check it is still there and occasionally from the air. I made a triumphant detour over the village on my qualifying cross country, it was just off the track of my last leg, Norwich to Andrewsfield. My favourite place is along the river up to the weir and the fishing pits, spent a lot of my childhood there. Hey Peter, you've been there long enough to remember when Lightnings were at Wattisham and often overflew the village? Then the Phantoms, then the A10 Thunderbolts from Bentwaters? Edited By Gemma Fairchild on 12/06/2009 14:40:31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 We moved here when my father died. My mother wanted to set up a boarding kennels. I was at Wattisham on Javelins at the time so found this place in my time off. I was on 41 Sqdn. We also had 111 and 74 squadron with LIghtnings. I know where the fishing pits are but never been down there. One of my jobs was at BBA, around the time you left. That was surrounded by the river and channels. One of our flying sites is at Richard Teverson's strip at Belchamp Walter. You may remember seeing his Tiger Moth as a regular sight around the village. He is an incredible home builder. You mentioned St Andrews Field. When I lived near Great Dunmow (Bran End) we flew on the airfield and also on Easton Lodge. I remember picking up live .5 machine gun cartridges all over Andrews Fioeld (Known as Saling airfield then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Dart Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I cant stop looking out the window as a result of this thread David! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peter Miller Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 The Cloud Appreciation Society has a lot of potential new members I think. I must wear my badge. Their book is pretty good too. You can get it from Amazon. The Cloudspotters Guide. Got some fabulous pictures in it. Edited By Peter Miller on 12/06/2009 19:24:58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemma Jane Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I remember the Tiger Moth extremely well Peter, all part of the memories that shaped my entire life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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