Looks in a lot better condition now than it was when I was growing up in the area 
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@Challenges_Committee …yeah just thinking if repurposed should be chosen Rob has a possible target to fall back on if all else fails 
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Ashton Windmill, near Wedmore. already on Dronescene so all i can add is that parking still available in lay-by next to windmill and landowners permission not needed at time of flight. photo taken on 9th January at around 11.30 in morning, on sunny day with slight wind.
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Ashton Windmill, 2nd more conventional photo for comp lol…
windmill near Wedmore, easy parking and access and already on Dronescene
photo taken on 9th January at around 11.30 am, in sunshine with slight wind. DJI Mavic Air 2
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RTF Windmills entry
Wrawby Windmill North Lincolnshire
Taken DJI Mini 2
Freezing cold morning 0754 12th January 2022
The mill is the last post mill in the north of England, and was built between 1760 and 1790 to serve the Elsham Hall estate. Originally it had four common sails, but through most of its working life had a more usual combination of twoand two [spring sails], providing power with flexibility. It was working until the 1940s, when it had four spring sails, before becoming derelict. Following a possibility of demolition it was acquired and restored in 1965 by Wrawby Windmill Preservation Society. Maintenance work in 2008, which returned the mill to mixed sail types, was funded by the SPAB Mill Repairs Fund and local residents.
Humberside airport zone very close to Windmill !!
Added to drone scene
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RTF Windmills Entry
Heckington Windmill Lincolnshire
Taken DJI Mini 2 1106 12.01.2022
The only surviving working 8 sailed windmill
Originally built as a five-sailed windmill in 1830 by Edward Ingledew of Gainsborough for Michael Hare, the mill was worked for over 40 years by Sleighton and Joseph Nash until 1890, when a sudden tailwind destroyed the sails.
New owner John Pocklington introduced the eight-blade fantail, with the mill driving five pairs of stones and a circular saw, used to cut elm boards for coffins.
After Pocklington’s death in 1943, all work at the mill ceased, with the County Council buying up the building in 1953.
Extensive repair work was undertaken in 1969, with more restoration work taking place in 2004.
The tarred five storey 16.8m high tower, tapers from 8.53m (the widest in Lincolnshire) to 3.35m in internal diameter, measuring 9.75m at the base.
Entry on drone scene
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North Pickenham Windfarm near Swaffham, Norfolk.
Suprised nobody else has posted wind turbines but around here us simple Norfolk people call them windmills
Taken today 22/01/22 at approx 8.15 am with a dji mini 2.
Location added to dronscene. https://dronescene.co.uk/where-to-fly-drone/north-pickenham-windfarm/east-of-england/1666
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You captured this just at the right moment , fabulous shot 
Cheers. I opened bedroom curtains and knew today was perfect. Jumped straight into car and away. I wanted to do Cley next Sea windmill but alsas time is not on my side today!
Maybe because they’re not windmills? I could call my Peugeot a Porsche, but it wouldn’t be one. 
Great picture though. 
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Ahem…I refer to an earlier post about wind turbines being allowed…
I would also call your Peugeot a car the same as I would a Porsche.
A windmill converts wind power into rotational energy by means of sails or blades. They’re as much of a windmill as those that churn out flour.
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A windmill uses that energy to turn a mill, not a generator…
Controversial entry on the last day! 
I don’t/can’t get out much, I was so very tempted to buy a load of cheap pinwheels and do a circuit but then I re-read the blurby thingy and saw ‘sensible’ 
Edit: So what happens now (this is first comp). Is it closed now? Does it get locked? Does likes on the pics count as well as the poll? Is the poll posted in here or a new thread? I must be so annoying sorry.
Basically - watch this space.
A grim faced, humourless representative of the Challenge Committee will doubtless appear shortly 
This competition is called RTF = Reason to fly. The idea is that we give you your own space in the GADC mansion to display pictures and chat. We trust you not to write on the walls.
The competition rules are not too restrictive Subjects for each competition are chosen at random from a large selection of subjects suggested by the membership. The randomiser selects three subjects for the membership to vote on, the one with the most votes is the subject for the fortnight.
Interpretation of the subject is down to the individual. Pictures are voted on by the membership, if the consensus is that the image is outwith the paramenters of the subject it will (probably) attract less votes.
The competition runs from 00:01 on a Sunday to 23:00 on the Saturday 14 days after. The poll for selecting the winning image is posted shortly after closing and anyone can vote. The winner is the one that attracts most votes.
Judging by like almost invariably favours the pictures that have been on display the longest so we feel a quick poll (it closes at 22:00 on Mondays) is a fairer means of determining a winner. The poll will be in this post, the header will change from RTF Competition 9th to 22nd January - WINDMILLS to RTF Competition 9th to 22nd January - VOTE FOR THE WINNERS and then to RTF Competition 9th to 22nd January - WINNERS ANNOUNCED
I must be so annoying
Not a problem, we all need to start at sometime. Enthusiasm and curiosity should be encouraged 
Visit the Challenges category regularly. There are various competitions on the go, this, an FPV tricks challenge, a best edited picture thingy and, from Tuesday, a yet to be announced indoor activity for those long, cold winter evenings … 
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Check the Oxford English dictionary
If one were being pedantic, then only the first part of the following would be accepted However common usage has extended the term to include the others
" A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines and other applications. The term wind engine is sometimes used to describe such devices" - from Wikipedia.