Hey everyone,
Just joined the forum and wanted to introduce myself. My name’s Brad, I’m 21 years old, drive trucks in Lancaster during the week and a brand-new flyer with the Mini 4 Pro. Hoping to make this a hobby I’ll really enjoy!
I’m based in Blackpool on the Fylde Coast, so if anyone has any beginner tips or knows some great local flying spots, I’d love to hear them. Looking forward to learning and being part of the community!
Cheers,
Brad
Good evening @bradd Brad welcome along 
Hi Brad @bradd and welcome to GADC
Hi @bradd and welcome to Grey Arrows 
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 
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 
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!
Hi Brad
from Thornton
Hi, also from sunny Blackpool.
Hello… Welcome to the Grey Arrows. 
Welcome Brad
Hi @bradd and welcome aboard the GADC community
It might be worth yourself joining @group-northwest as if anyone around the area arranges and local meet ups for good places to fly theyvwill generally tag this griup you should receive a notifixation when they do
Hello
Welcome aboard @bradd
Just down the road in Leyland
Hi @bradd and welcome to the GADC family
Hello @bradd welcome to the group, I’m very much a newbie as well
Hi Brad guess we will see you at the Easter Blackpool Meet-Up then 
Welcome
Hi Brad, I’m in Fleetwood, I fly round the docks and the sea front a lot, I have a boat and use the drone to keep an eye on where the deep water channel is. I have a caravan at Marton Mere but that’s under the no fly zone for the airport, I could request a clearance from them but not had a good reason to yet. Enjoy your flying and my advice would be don’t practice over water until you are good or put floats on it, I had a claim from DJI when it went in the dock after hitting a mast.
Welcome Brad!
I hope you really enjoy it. You’ll no doubt spot things as you’re driving your trucks that you can go back and visit and drone. Why wife when she was a sales rep on the road used to, and go back with her camera.
I’m new here too.
Welcome to GADC @bradd 
HI Brad @bradd - welcome to GADC
I used to always have the camera gear with me (my work was peripatetic), except if my work took me into “really dodgy areas”. Wishi’d had a drone back then.