7th July 2007

500k Out & Return to Bovey Tracey

Boscombe Down, home of the Empire Test Pilot School

 

Old Sarum airfield (Rob started gliding and soloed here age 16 in 196?)

 

Salisbury

 

 

Salisbury Cathedral

 

 

Tarrant Rushton, now disused but previous home of the Dorset Gliding Club and departure point for the troop carrying glider landings in Normandy during WWII

 

 

Bovington Camp, Portland Bill and Weymouth

 

 

Sea air South of Dorchester

 

 

Chesil Beach

 

 

Sea Breeze over Bridport and West Bay

 

 

Lyme Bay sea breeze

 

 

Excellent cloud street across Lyme Bay

 

 

Lyme Regis and Charmouth

 

 

Charmouth

 

 

Seaton and Beer looking towards Torbay

 

 

Exmouth

 

 

River Exe, Dawlish and Babbacombe Bay with Torbay beyond

 

 

Approaching Bovey Tracey, showing Trenchford Reservoir on the edge of Dartmoor

 

 

Exeter Racecourse

Photos Steve Lynn