So hot on the heels of our Rendlesham visit, we trekked over to Winchester to look into what's been going on there....
It's become quite a little hot spot by all accounts...
The weather had not really been overly kind to us and most of the time we were contending with rain/drizzle and winds at time, but we did manage to get out for 3 nights and one afternoon.
We headed up to "Cheesefoot head"....What a pile of grief that turned out to be. You are right on a main road and continuous traffic in both directions.
It was dark when we arrived at the car park, & a truck driver was already there at the back of the car park for his over night kip..
We quietly turned the car round to face away from him and parked as near to the front as we could. We switched the engine off, and all was quiet.....But he was having none of it.
He started his engine and switched on his headlights, flooding us and the car with full beam, which carried on for a good 20 minutes to half an hour before we decided it was a non starter and drove off down the valley to the famous Joyce Bowls and Ted Pratt incident area, down Chilcomb Lane.
So we parked up down Chilcomb Lane, which is easier said than done, because that lovely green grass area is now mostly an over grown mess of brambles and trees. We did find a gateway to put the car in so that we could watch the skies and you do get the odd local passing by looking at you like you are up to no good. In the end, we decided it might be better to be totally overt and get the high viz vest out and tripod with camera pointing into the sky...No doubt it would leave them in no doubt what we were up to!
To cut a long story short, we saw absolutely nothing of interest, but we did note that the area is on the main flight path to an airport a few miles away.
It was interesting to see the area of the famous incident and the area about 100 yards down the road, possibly where Mrs Joyce Bowls car came to rest, which is clear and is now covered in limestone chippings. Beware there is a man made ditch, which is about 4 feet deep, stopping anyone getting over without a leap of faith...
It's become quite a little hot spot by all accounts...
The weather had not really been overly kind to us and most of the time we were contending with rain/drizzle and winds at time, but we did manage to get out for 3 nights and one afternoon.
We headed up to "Cheesefoot head"....What a pile of grief that turned out to be. You are right on a main road and continuous traffic in both directions.
It was dark when we arrived at the car park, & a truck driver was already there at the back of the car park for his over night kip..
We quietly turned the car round to face away from him and parked as near to the front as we could. We switched the engine off, and all was quiet.....But he was having none of it.
He started his engine and switched on his headlights, flooding us and the car with full beam, which carried on for a good 20 minutes to half an hour before we decided it was a non starter and drove off down the valley to the famous Joyce Bowls and Ted Pratt incident area, down Chilcomb Lane.
So we parked up down Chilcomb Lane, which is easier said than done, because that lovely green grass area is now mostly an over grown mess of brambles and trees. We did find a gateway to put the car in so that we could watch the skies and you do get the odd local passing by looking at you like you are up to no good. In the end, we decided it might be better to be totally overt and get the high viz vest out and tripod with camera pointing into the sky...No doubt it would leave them in no doubt what we were up to!
To cut a long story short, we saw absolutely nothing of interest, but we did note that the area is on the main flight path to an airport a few miles away.
It was interesting to see the area of the famous incident and the area about 100 yards down the road, possibly where Mrs Joyce Bowls car came to rest, which is clear and is now covered in limestone chippings. Beware there is a man made ditch, which is about 4 feet deep, stopping anyone getting over without a leap of faith...