A Coastguard Team set off to Peveril Point to provide safety cover at the lighting of the Swanage Beacon but on route was re-tasked to the much larger Beacon up on Ballard Down which was being overseen by the National Trust.
As we drove up Ulwell Road a large silhouette could be seen on the hill - 'Is that the fire, if so it is huge, they are not seriously going to light that!' was the comment.
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| A strange shape against the skyline. |
'Oh, the Coastguard's here.... are you going to light it?'
'Rather not thanks, we'll just watch - from over there'
Over there being 100ft away, up wind! Rather than opt for the scorched truck award, this was moved upwind also - we prefer having blue paint on our truck.
At 10:04 the Ballard Beacon was lit!
....and by 10:05, half of the residents of Studland had no eyebrows. (only kidding).
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| Just getting going |
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| I'm melting, I'm melting ....anyone got any burgers? |
Hope the Queen liked it.
2 comments:
Looks like it was a bit warm up there, lots of sparky bits flying about.The Queen was a bit buisy this weekend but---August bank holiday,could do another beacon & invite Her Majesty The Queen
Tempt her down with offer of hot dogs with ketchup or brown sauce!!
(corgi's also welcome)Better start writting the invite.
It certainly was a fantastic night!
I think i got a suntan from the fire myself ;)
here's some more photos of the celebrations:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27415256@N02/sets/72157629993600677/
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