Lundy Island

Lundy Island, population 28 - with 2 visitors incoming like a bat out of hell !

Known to the population of Great Britain from the Met Office Shipping Forcast on BBC Radio 4, this island was once owned by the Knights Templar.

The island sits on the very edge of the North Atlantic Ocean, 12 miles off the coast of Devon, England.

This former pirate stronghold of the Barbary Pirates was our target of the hour.





A quick spin round Lundy Lighthouse



 



Not for the faint hearted this one !



 

 

 

There be pirates !!!!





All photographs Copyright Sleepyg/Fragglehunter Photography 2012 - ask don't steal !

Pilot Jon Hilton

Northumberland - (birds eye view) from the air

19th Feb 2012

A meet up with Captain Pugwash at Barton Airport, Manchester and off we shot to chase and catch up with a fellow pilot from Barton.

The route was to Bolton, then over the Peninnes into Yorkshire and across to the Northumberland coast.

We had a landing at Eshott Airfield, a former training centre for Spitfire pilots,  It was a quick stop over for a mug of coffee and a loo break.

The return journey took us across into the Scottish borders and back home to Manchester via the English Lake District.

A lot of photos taken of the journey, most I will save for another day - so here is Northumberland in all its glory.







Alnwick Castle - Hogwarts from the Harry Potter films














Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands






Coquet Island, Northumberland

















Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland

















So watch this space for more of the journey in due course, including the spectacular Lake District mountains....