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In 1977 we hired our first narrowboat from Anglo Welsh at Market Harborough.From that moment our destiny was set. In 2006 we finally purchased our own brand new 57' narrowboat which we named 'Free Spirit'. Our aim is to travel the length and breadth of all the navigable rivers and canals of the UK. This will be our story as it unfolds.

Friday 19 July 2019

And the sky turned black

Wow, what a spectacle to behold last night. Although I said I wouldn't post again for a while, I felt I just had to share this with you all.

It was getting toward dusk and the sky had a tint of red. Then in the distance the sound of crows getting ever closer. Suddenly the sky turned dark and flying overhead was hundreds, if not thousands, of crows. Is there is a murmuration of crows? (I know Starlings do this) ( thanks to a comment left by Sahah it is called a Murder of Crows)They circled, changed direction, dropped down and then rose up again. At one point I watched them dive down and land in trees just beyond the campsite, only for them to take off in unison in one black mass and start all over again. The sound was deafining but we couldn't drag ourselves away. Finally, after a good 10 minutes, trees were chosen, the noise almost stopped and as one down they went.




 Not long after we had gone back inside another sound drew us out. What on earth were those strange-looking things flying past? Looked like and sounded like helicopters but they look all wrong for that as the vertical rotor blades were non-existent. Instead, the blades appeared on long horizontal wings. So has anyone any ideas?   It certainly made the end of this holiday very memorable.

Many thanks go to Grant, Tom and Jan for identifying this as an V-22 Osprey

We are now back on FS after having a very slow journey home. The great holiday getaway was underway and the roads were pretty clogged up. And what with the torrential rain slowing everything down....wipers had to work overtime!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cv 22 osprey....us special operation squadron out of RAF Mildenhall...









Grant f

Sarah said...

I believe it's a murder of crows ...

Tom and Jan said...

Irene the aircraft appears to be a US military V-22 Osprey. It's a cross between a helicopter and a turbo-prop aircraft having the long range of an aircraft and the vertical takeoff and landing of a helicopter.

Ian and Irene Jameison said...

Thank you Grant, Tom and Jan. I had a look online and found it a fascinating read. An amazing aircraft.

Ian and Irene Jameison said...

Thank you, Sarah. I will add a footnote to the post.

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