Seen on tonight's ride near Worksop, Notts
I thought it was just a private residence behind the wall, but now I'm beginning to wonder.. 😉
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... you know the area you live in is rough when ...
It's just a Bloodhound.
It'll be safe as long as it's on a leash.
I was about to say that it looks like a bloodhound. Havent seen one of those since a pack of Top Trumps in the 80s!
it being in Worksop, there's probably a cat gaffa taped to the bottom of it.
found some pics from the same set!
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all of them here:
http://www.ultimate-top-trumps.co.uk/slideshow/dubreq/new_rockets/new_rockets_dub.html
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I remember them well (from about 1980 I think)
Edit: Bah! Beaten to it!
possibly available here:
[url= http://www.knightsurplus.co.uk/hardware-items-practice-missle.html ]Practice missile[/url]
@Pook - it was near Lindrick Golf Club, just off the A57.
If it had been near Manton, (Worksop's answer to the Chatsworth Estate on Shameless) then it wouldn't have surprised me either!
My uncle had the nose cone of a bloodhound in his garden in Bristol many many years ago, he worked for british aerospace all his life and also had some very interesting tales to tell down the pub.
Not a Bloodhound;
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the Bloodhound has ramjets above and below the main rocket fuselage, and the four boosters have nosecones that taper along the axis of the booster. The one in the pic has booster nosecones that angle outwards, and it doesn't have the ramjets. It's very familiar, but can't place the type.
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Just been having a hunt around on the 'net, and I think it's one of these:
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De Havilland Thunderbird.