No, as regards the roads it’s not premptive – it’s all a done deal.

… The Parliamentary orders were published at the end of January and we received letters through from the Highways Agency telling us we had 30 days from publication to object.

That was the bit I missed! 😮

You can’t sell houses in the area but they want to build another 6-10,000. Strikes me as being utterly utterly stupid.

I agree.

TT – as for the field craft; survival training and “capture-evasion training” this input came from a partial interview I did with someone from Cranwell about 2 years ago – since moved on and item not published.

ZHR – I must say I was surprised at how much hedge row and the number of trees being cleared around the Bingham roundabout for the same scheme – or are they also covering for the ‘Eco Town’ at RAF Newton?? 😮

A little bit more information here http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1032254&postcount=12 🙂

What I also noticed when passing Syerston today was that a large swathe of trees has been chopped down to accommodate the widening of the A46, which seems to go across one of the runway thresholds!

:diablo: Ah, but what about top secret mod ….
No.2s free standing Elsan???? 😉 :diablo:

Perhaps going slightly off topic – but I feel that it is nevertheless worthwhile remembering that in the Netherlands their national statutes make it the responsibility of the local authorities to fund the recovery of such wartime sites.

As such I understand that local residents also pay a small annual levy as part of their ‘local council tax’ to fund such excavations in their area, should the need arise. If there is insufficient funding, then the government normally steps in.

I was unaware of this until it was explained to me last autumn by a member of the Royal Netherlands Air Force Recovery Team, whilst discussing a potential and now ‘active’ World War II investigation.

As far as I’m aware no such formal funding is forthcoming here in the UK, which perhaps reflects our nation’s attitude to such matters.

One thing that’s perhaps been overlooked is the ‘step-change’ in technology required to get Concorde operational and the benefits that effort brought to British industry.

The member’s newsletter at Newark has just finished running an article by the ex Chief Development Engineer of Dowty Boulton Paul, about that company’s involvement in part of the Concorde development programme.

I was enlightened by their involvement and this comment by Terry Herrington summed up a lot of that effort:

“Being involved with Concorde from its conception to when it was withdrawn from service in October 2003, although at times giving me some headaches, has been one of the highlights of my career….”

We need more manufacturing to help get out of this current financial mess!!

Inspired by the MARTSU pictures S1 XN964 enroute from Bruntingthorpe via Leicester to Newark, early one Sunday morning – March 13th 1988!