Redhill Aerodrome

I went cycling on Sunday and our lunchtime destination was Redhill aerodrome so here are a few photos to share. A plane taxiing past the cafe whch overlooks the airfield.

Three of the BBC helicopters parked in a line.

The local air ambulance which is also based here about to take off.

A Russian plane but no idea what type so if anyone can identify it, I would be grateful.

Inside one of the hangars at the airfield showing the only Spartan still in existence.

And a better view of the working model of a Comet seen in the foreground of the photo of the Spartan.

A colourful paint job on this plane.

After the aerodrome we cycled through Outwood. I guessed that St John the Baptist church was built in the nineteenth century. It is only open for occasional Sunday services and Saturday mornings 11am - 5pm so I was not able to check the date of construction. However looking around the headstones in the surrounding graveyard, none were older than the 1880's so I guess I was right.

A view of the east end of the church.

A view of the porch.

A close up of the statue above the entrance.

The church tower which houses a tenor bell plus the staircase leading to the upper level.

An unusual gravestone or memorial to several members of the same family.

The village sign on the common at Outwood.

The beacon post standing on the common.

The village sign has a windmill prominently displayed and here is the windmill itself.

And a picture of some of the group in front of the windmill taken by John Clark and I am on the far left.