So its been a while, I blew the dust off the Mavic and looked at the list (I wont be winning, night shifts and school holidays are not conducive to having a life)
Sykehouse Lock on the New Junction Canal, not far from me, and its interesting fact is that it was the last canal to be built in England for purely commercial purposes. Its also completely straight, you may remember it from the a video I posted at Kirk Bramwith a few months ago (strange sightings)
I’m Victor Meldrew when it some to selfies (actually, when it comes to lots of things, come to think of it!), so possibly the easiest “Treasure” I’ve been putting off.
Anyway, since the MP has a “Dronie” Quickshot setting, here goes…
Start the next batch of competition entries with an apology for the quality of the photograph!
This is Fawley Oil refinery from across the water. I travelled to this location for what I thought would be a good view. However, I picked the only hour in the last 4 weeks to have lots of clouds and high winds so couldn’t get very close and hence poor light and a large crop. Where are the cooling towers? Well, according to the local authority register register of cooling towers, there are 3 in Fawley, but I have to confess I do not know which ones!!!
This is Quay Tide Mill, Emsworth, which was a water powered flour mill. Water was stored in the mill pond and then released at low tide to power the mill. The old gates at to the right of the mill below the footbridge. The Mill Pond itself was formed in 1760 when the mill on the Town Quay was built. The mill ceased to work as a tidal mill after 1921. The building is now the Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club. The large pale coloured building behind was the The Quay Mill Storehouse.
Taken in very early bright morning light, this is a very different kind of water tower and the only one of its kind in the UK. This is the Submarine Escape Training Tower at HMS Dolphin, Fort Blockhouse, Gosport. It was designed 1950-1, operational 1954 and then the Tower was re-clad in 1995. It is part of a facility used for training submariners in methods of emergency escape from a disabled submarine. It is a tall cylinder tower filled with water with several entrances at varying depths each simulating an airlock in a submarine. It is a Grade II listed building as this is the only escape training tank in the country and one of only a handful internationally.
The Submarine Escape Training Tank (SETT) is a 100-foot (30 m) deep facility primarily operated to conduct training with submarine escape equipment. It includes a fresh, chlorinated water column with a single escape chamber (as fitted to some classes of RN submarines) mounted at the base, through which students can conduct a fully representative escape cycle from 100 feet (30 m), closely replicating actions which would be required if forced to abandon a distressed submarine from depth.
And my final entry is my dronie using the MA quick-shot. This is also at Hayling Island. As I mentioned in previous picture, popular for wind and kite surfing and hence the reason for a bumpy ride!
As a newbie to drones, this competition has been a great way to help me get out and really start to learn how to fly. And also start to develop my video making skills, of which I have a lot to learn!
Thanks to the GADC team for setting it up and hopefully more to come over the year.