Originally Posted by
anchorhold
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if you are claiming the ten year rule, there is a function in google earth click on the top right hand bar 'VIEW' 'HISTORICAL' and by moving the sliding bar from the most recent image back to 2007, which gives you eleven years, as I would say that too looks like a landing strip
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I don't think the 2007 image does look like a landing strip. There are three obvious hedges plus gates in it, which have vanished by the time of the 2011 photo where it also shows signs of wear along the appropriate orientation. If I was looking for a field to land a glider in I'd have no hesitation with the 2011 onwards appearance, but not with the hedges. The distance between the west-most & centre hedges is 180m, which while it's possible to squeeze the right kind of glider in is pretty tight.