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#904887 13th Oct 2014 11:31am
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I think this is the furthest inland built lighthouse in Britain
being more than two miles from the sea. click


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derekdwc #904888 13th Oct 2014 11:36am
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some views from it

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derekdwc #904890 13th Oct 2014 11:43am
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Would be nice if they still had the flags and flagpoles that you used to be able to see long ago (too many trees blocking the view now)

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sorry about the quality of pics off new camera plus the quickish tour and the number of people in a smallish room didn't help
History facts going around thcentre part of 2nd room

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derekdwc #904895 13th Oct 2014 12:09pm
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Derek ,was this a Heritage day event ..

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when did you do the tour, as those shoes in your picture look like mine haha

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Originally Posted by missmahjong
Derek ,was this a Heritage day event ..


yes - did the 1st one

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derekdwc #904902 13th Oct 2014 1:22pm
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i did the 1st one too, so they are my shoes

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Great set of pics, thanks for posting. thumbsup

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It's an interesting fact that Trinity House looks after navigational aids ashore.There is one such between Fenny Compton and Southam in Warwickshire.It looks incredibly like the Eifel Tower,and is visible for miles around.It used to be part of the Decca Navigation system,couldn't get much farther from the sea.
One of it's brothers is in Wallasey.

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Great pics - interesting place! Must have looked amazing with the flags flying. Pity there couldn't be some sort of re-enactment of that, but as someone said, the trees are too well grown now.

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Didn't someone intend for the land to be developed at one time ?


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Originally Posted by Greenwood
Great pics - interesting place! Must have looked amazing with the flags flying. Pity there couldn't be some sort of re-enactment of that, but as someone said, the trees are too well grown now.


No problem: just need taller flagpoles. grin


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