Stowe's Hill | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

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spencer Aug 1, 2014 11:02:31

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Wow - envious. Bottle that one, Roy

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moss Aug 1, 2014 11:12:52

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Cheesewring - The Lair of the Gods

Bought back a rush of memories up on Stowe's Hill, realise I have never put any photos on TMA of this particular spot. The wind was so fierce up there, Chief posing with great aplomb beneath the Cheesewring, idiots playing at aeroplanes on top of the great rock in spite of the fierce wind that blew us all sideways.
Another memory brings back the sheep that had got trapped on the ledge of the quarry, me worrying that it would die there, but when we turned round to look on the way back, it had managed to climb to the top and was still looking over the edge - foolish creature.

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Lubin Aug 1, 2014 14:49:29

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Sanctuary wrote:

What a fantastic sight was seen yesterday (if only we would have known in advance) as the only surviving airworthy Vulcan bomber flew low over the top of Stowe's Hill and the Cheesewring at Minions, Cornwall. I was stood in the Craddock Moor stone circle just half a mile away at the time and it flew directly overhead belching out two huge trails of smoke from its engine exhausts. Whoever has THE money shot of it coming into view over Stowe's is a lucky so and so. By the time I got my camcorder out it was overhead and only got if moving away. The perfect combination of modern technology v the old. Brilliant!

It was on it's way to Culdrose Air Show. The pilot was the same one that bombed Stanley Airfield in the Falklands conflict. Aparently the great noise it makes is the air being sucked into the engines not what is being expelled.