Hangar seen from Badbury Rings, Dorset

This Flight Refuelling hangar is viewed from the nearby Iron Age fortress of Badbury Rings

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Tarrant Rushton

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60th D-Day Parade, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

Marching on the perimeter track

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60th D-Day Anniversary, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

The Main Gate at Tarrant Rushton is thankfully still there. Just in front is this beautiful memorial commemorating the men and women who served there during and after the war. The stone plinth is made from the runway itself.

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Green Goddess, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

This is one of nine of the old fire engines kept in a hangar. Used mainly for shows, especially the well known Great Dorset Steam Fair

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St Mary's church, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

This is a 12th century Norman building - mainly of flint. On on side of the wall are the deeply ingrained marks of leper's hands clawing to see through the window at the service inside

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Yew Tree, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

This tree in the grounds of St Mary's Church is called the 'Crowborough Yew' and estimated to be 4,000 years old. In 2000 a sapling was planted, taken from the ancient tree

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The airfield at Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

This was once a WW2 airfield, famous for the launch of DDay with the taking of Pegasus Bridge, and later the Berlin Airlift. After the war it was used by Flight Refuelling Ltd. for Air Tanker conversions. Operational until 1982 then demolished, leaving two hangars and the perimeter track, now farmland - plus a haven for wildlife, walkers and cyclists.

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Tarrant Rushton, English Countryside, Dorset

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Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

Poppies near the perimeter track of the old airfield

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Tarrant Rushton, Flora, English Countryside

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Airfield silhouette, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

This is a favourite place to cycle, but not when it's as dark as this - and you don't have lights!!

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Tarrant Rushton, Dorset, A little ray of sunshine

Harvest time on the airfield, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

This is a wonderful time of year. The sky is filled with the song of the Skylark and Corn Bunting, thanks to the farmers who are very sympethetic to the wildlife

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Tarrant Rushton, English Countryside

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Spear Thistle, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

One of the many wonderful wild flowers around the airfield

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Tarrant Rushton, Flora

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Airfield sunset, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

The skies can be particularly dramatic

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Tarrant Rushton, Sunsets over England

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Fairy Clock, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset

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Cottage in the Tarrant valley, Dorset

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Tarrant Rushton

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