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Old 03 May 2007, 15:43   #1
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Whats this?

I was having a browse round Britain with flashearth and spotted this, im sure its something really obvious but it looks pretty cool, anybody able to tell me what it is?
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Military training area?

Either that or aliens.

Edited to add - the airfield just East of there is RAF, used by the rescue bods, so its possible that its some kind of training area.
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It's a funny sand dune!!!
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that flashearth site is better than the Google earth thing.
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It's a funny sand dune!!!

The hills really Do have eyes...
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All I get is a load of "No entry" signs.
What am I doing wrong?
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All I get is a load of "No entry" signs.
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Make sure Microsoft VE (Aerial) is selected in the top left hand box, not Google Maps. That should sort it
If you click the link though I would have thought it should come straight up, so thats a little strange, maybe the head has realised he's been discovered!
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Skeletor's Lair?
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I think it is where the armed forces do training on amphibious landings / testing of amphibious landing vehicles and kit.

The RNLI also tested the new tractors for the next generation fast carriage boat (FCB 2) there.

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Whats this

Right here is another whats this:


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASCENDING-CHUT...QQcmdZViewItem

Is this some sort of huge kite surfin thingy? he clearly doesn't know

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