As you may have gathered, I was being flippant, ShyTorque. It's just that, every time I drive past that house, I have visions of the hapless occupants clinging to some vain hope that, just maybe, perhaps, one day, in the distant future, the source of all their troubles might disappear and they can, at last, hear the birds singing and take a chainsaw to that 40 foot approach light in their front garden. Nine years isn't that long and, after that, assylum seekers or housing developments will seem a minor irritation.
Personally, I think the closure is a bad thing. Apart from other considerations, Lyneham has much better road communications than Brize.
I just hope they will use the site constructively or, failing that, return it to nature. There are so many former RAF stations lying unused, overgrown and derelict. The MoD really should be held more accountable for the condition in which it leaves such sites.
Last edited by Scud-U-Like; 4th Jul 2003 at 18:20.