Hi all - first post, be gentle
I just wondered if anybody had found out any more info on what the choppers may have been doing?
I live by the river and went and had a nose at what was going on around 7.30 ish and saw the chinook land very briefly (somewhere between Gravesend and Dartford) while the 3 smaller choppers hovered around it. They then all flew off back down-river. All the time the Sea King was patrolling the area much higher up.
Then at about 8.30 a customs boat came up the river with the Sea King hovering about 50 ft above it. A person was lowered down onto the boat, and then pretty much straight back up again.
And now at about 11.30pm tonight (June 23rd), a few small choppers were again over the river just outside my flat but it was too dark to see what they were up to.
I assume it must be just a training exercise or something, but I'd be really interested to find out what is going on!