Scampton And Linton-on-Ouse Closure
Two very interesting points you raise there BEagle.
1. Centre of Lincoln is terrible, the Traffic Light sequencing is managed by a creche at best, the highlight of any day being a vehicle breakdown on Silver Street, when 'Op GRIDLOCK' comes into force.
2. Also, you mention the 'Missing Link', - if only Darwin had transited from Shrewsbury to Lincoln, he would have saved years in attempting to seek a solution traveling round the globe...
If you're planning a trip from Nottingham to Market Rasen, put Inverness in the Sat-Nav, It'll be as quick.
1. Centre of Lincoln is terrible, the Traffic Light sequencing is managed by a creche at best, the highlight of any day being a vehicle breakdown on Silver Street, when 'Op GRIDLOCK' comes into force.
2. Also, you mention the 'Missing Link', - if only Darwin had transited from Shrewsbury to Lincoln, he would have saved years in attempting to seek a solution traveling round the globe...
If you're planning a trip from Nottingham to Market Rasen, put Inverness in the Sat-Nav, It'll be as quick.
One of the biggest problems with Lincoln area traffic came about because of the total confusion when the Humber Bridge was built. The plan was to dual from the bridge all the way down to the A1 via the A15. Most of the land was bought but then the government stepped in and said no, as they were intending to build an East coast motorway linking the bridge to the top of the M11. Two years later this plan was cancelled which left the bridge as a bridge to nowhere with the increased traffic having to use single carriageways to the A1 and South. I believe the East coast motorway plan is back on the cards again.
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Reds and greens, Sat nav was the clue. Just done a similar journey. There were several C roads paralleling the main routes with relatively little traffic. That is one advantage of Lincolnshire, if you know the hidden routes you can often average over 30mph 😆
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As for reds home (however short their continued existence is) requires clear airspace, good runways, suitable hangarage and modern-ish ATC facilities. Isn't Linton's tower the newest one we have left? Any-hoo, May I join the others and suggest Linton as that location as home for the reds. Keeping it open long enough for the powers that be to realise that putting all pilot training into the one basket is not going to work.
Also if Linton closes then they will need to update SSR for Leeming because, if memory serves me correctly, the SSR head is at L-o-O.
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Had lunch today with a retired electrical engineer who worked on the Bomber bases. He recalled an issue 30 years ago when the closure of Scampton was muted, not the A15 question but the underground pipeline installation.
I know bomber bases had an early hydrant fuel system installed when the airfields were reconstructed in the 50s but these were never, to my knowledge, used. I was told they had gone rusty before being brought in to service.
He thought only 7 bases were so equipped. I know Waddington was and guess the other main bases were too. He thought that the remediation cost had led to its retention then.
I know bomber bases had an early hydrant fuel system installed when the airfields were reconstructed in the 50s but these were never, to my knowledge, used. I was told they had gone rusty before being brought in to service.
He thought only 7 bases were so equipped. I know Waddington was and guess the other main bases were too. He thought that the remediation cost had led to its retention then.
Had lunch today with a retired electrical engineer who worked on the Bomber bases. He recalled an issue 30 years ago when the closure of Scampton was muted, not the A15 question but the underground pipeline installation.
I know bomber bases had an early hydrant fuel system installed when the airfields were reconstructed in the 50s but these were never, to my knowledge, used. I was told they had gone rusty before being brought in to service.
He thought only 7 bases were so equipped. I know Waddington was and guess the other main bases were too. He thought that the remediation cost had led to its retention then.
I know bomber bases had an early hydrant fuel system installed when the airfields were reconstructed in the 50s but these were never, to my knowledge, used. I was told they had gone rusty before being brought in to service.
He thought only 7 bases were so equipped. I know Waddington was and guess the other main bases were too. He thought that the remediation cost had led to its retention then.
In addition to the Reds relocating, I haven't seen anything about Hawker Hunter Aviation. They have a fair number of airframes on site, wonder what their plans are?
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Dilapidated
anybody who has driven/cycled/walked past the main gate at Scampton over the last few years should not be surprised by this - you only have to look at the sorry state of the barrack block fronting the A15 to the North of the gate to see that it has effectively been left to rot - I dare say if the perimeter fence and guardroom were not close by, the windows would have been smashed too. Hardly a suitable advertisement for the home of the Reds....
Many a happy evening spent ten pin league bowling, I wonder if the bowl survives?
Many a happy evening spent ten pin league bowling, I wonder if the bowl survives?
anybody who has driven/cycled/walked past the main gate at Scampton over the last few years should not be surprised by this - you only have to look at the sorry state of the barrack block fronting the A15 to the North of the gate to see that it has effectively been left to rot - I dare say if the perimeter fence and guardroom were not close by, the windows would have been smashed too. Hardly a suitable advertisement for the home of the Reds....
Many a happy evening spent ten pin league bowling, I wonder if the bowl survives?
Many a happy evening spent ten pin league bowling, I wonder if the bowl survives?
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I did tests of the McMurdo light on that pool. Showed it worked immediately on immersion if you took the plugs out before entering the water and could be dried out after.
resulted in all the lamps having plugs removed as SOP
resulted in all the lamps having plugs removed as SOP
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I thought Linton-on-ouse must be about ready to close when I was there a few weeks ago - the village pub (College Arms) was closed and a fair number of houses in the village have been up for sale for some time. 
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I understand that when ISS won the CRL contract they quickly closed most of the bowls as too difficult. Only Brize has AFAIK managed to stave off a full ISS takeover. (happy to hear of any more that survived)
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Shame about the bowls. Most were provided by the Nuffield Trust or Command Central Funds. On the Non Public desk at Brampton Command Accounts in the late 80s I was involved with staffing the bids for funding of a few of them