Hi from Coulsdon

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Hi everyone! I’m Daniele from Coulsdon. I’ve always loved photography and secretly envied people who could capture amazing aerial shots. I spotted a DJI Mini 4K on sale during Black Friday, so here I am!
I quickly realised I knew very little about flight restrictions and that I live in an FRZ, with SSSIs everywhere nearby. I’ve found Banstead Heath, which appears to be a good place to practise, but it is not the most exciting subject for aerial photography.
Does anyone have recommendations for scenic places to fly legally around Coulsdon or nearby?
Thanks in advance, I’m looking forward to your suggestions!

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Hi @Daniele_Bonetto and welcome to Grey Arrows :wave:t2:

Looking for recommendations of places to fly? Check out our interactive map on Drone Scene and please feel free to add locations of your own too :smiley:

Wondering whether you can fly a particular model of drone under particular circumstances? Check out Good 2 Go where you’ll soon find the answer :blush:

Have you seen our Members Map? You may find some members living near you.

Feel free to add yourself to the members map too!

Flying a drone is great fun but sometimes you feel the need to have a purpose for doing so and the Challenges category provides some great reasons for you to fly.

There are regular challenges which are open to all, that attract members of all abilities. Support, advice and constructive criticism is freely available; still photography, video and the techniques for editing both are involved in the challenges. Suggestions, for subjects or for complete challenges, are always welcome - take a look in the Challenges category for more information.

We’re a well established club with many knowledgeable members so it’s very likely that any issues you come across will have been discussed here before. Our discussion forum has very powerful search features which should help you find what you need but if you get stuck you can post a new question in the Questions & Answers category.

And finally, if you are new to drones and wondering what it’s all about, have a look at Resources for a beginner.

Welcome once again!

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Welcome @Daniele_Bonetto to GADC.

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Welcome @Daniele_Bonetto

@grandad1950 has posted quite a number of locations in the area

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Thanks for the welcome! I’ve added my member location but I can’t figure out where to update the member description. Can anyone point me to it please?

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Does this make sense?

Its in Profile…Prefrences

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Or a quick link : https://greyarro.ws/my/preferences/profile

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Hi Daniele @Daniele_Bonetto and welcome to GADC :+1: :+1:

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Oooh! Tell us more… haven’t spotted how to create & share such views yet :man_shrugging:t2:

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Hi Daniele :waving_hand: Welcome to GADC :slight_smile: :+1:

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Hi @Daniele_Bonetto Daniele and welcome to GADC :smiley:

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Little off thread but zoom in on DroneScene

Pick the layers you want to see (1), click share (2) then copy the link (3), this will take you to what I was looking at with all the same layers/zoom etc

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welcome-emoji

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Hi Daniele @Daniele_Bonetto - welcome to GADC :+1::+1::+1:

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Hi @Daniele_Bonetto , welcome to GADC :waving_hand:

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Hi from sunny Blackpool

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Hi @Daniele_Bonetto and welcome to the GADC site