What's going on piskie?

[HeyWayne]

Had one of these circling about earlier:



I know we've had a shooting nearby (the dude shot in Luton last night was only 50 or so yards from my mums house), but this is a little overkill innit?

[beefy]

Don't worry HW - we get so many of these around here we think it odd if we cant hear one.

[Seahorse]

Tis a rare day that I don't see one of these:



Do hope there was nothing overly sinister about the Merlin in your vicinity though HW.

[Glutton4...]

We get 'em too - no idea why!

[piskieinboots]

ignore them hun, they are playing in readiness

[bobleponge]

Eeekk!! In readiness for what? Whats happening? What have I missed??
Is there a war on??
*thinks where to find my puttee's??

[piskieinboots]

in readiness for going shopping - haven't you seen the helicopters flying around with 'shopping' hanging down below?

[Two_Sheds]

We get this one going over about once a week:

[OllieMartin]

There are a couple of these in an airfield near my cousins' house near Reading:

[Hilary B]

We are not far from Salisbury Plain. Every time we drive that way (a couple of times a week) there is at least one member of that tribe about, apparently 'searching' for something. Sometimes we get them even closer flying searches over the nearby woods...
Then if we set off in the opposite direction, we get the big slow 'strong-man' birds that I never manage to get a picture of. Those fly lazy circles, sometimes up to 4 of them going round at a time.

[Headfry]

We had one late last night! sooooo low frightened the life out of my cats, what it does to others pets, livestock and wildlife is anyone's guess!
Police were messing about in one a few weeks back hovering just above ours, and next doors house! very scary- so much noise and they were there for about 15 minutes each time. made Mr HF quite angry as he was at home at the time.

[Pumpkin Becki]

The only time we see helicopters is if there has been an accident on the M20 - and then its just TV crews filming the scene.

[HayleyB]

Red Arrows went over t'other day.....

We reckon with the number of big bomber style planes, little fighter planes, chinnooks and scary big beetle style choppers we get low flying over the hill to here they all seem to use our house for something - we reckon for sight testing guns and the pathway through the orchard for some sort of navigation

[HeyWayne]

ignore them hun, they are playing in readiness

Ignore 'em? This particular funkster nearly gave me an 'aircut! I've taken the hint and booked myself in up the road for a short back and sides.

[piskieinboots]

Ignore 'em? This particular funkster nearly gave me an 'aircut!...

yer but - you is high up innit