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RAF Stenigot - Light Painting Meet Up

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Date Posted: Jan 3, 2012

RAF Stenigot near Louth, Lincolnshire was a defence and communications facility in use from 1940 until 1991 and finally being dismantled in 1996. The site, established during World War II, originally operated as a radar station, before the erection of 4 giant satellite dishes in 1959. Although the structures have been dismantled the fallen tropospheric scatter parabolic dishes remain. We decided to light paint it!

I was accompanied by Vik and Jules for what turned out to be a great evening with a few calamities along the way...

We arrived and tried to figure out how to get to the satellites. After ducking through a spiky hedge and trekking across a field that had just been ploughed, my feet getting heavier with every step due to the sticky mud, we arrived at the satellites - at which point I realised my tripod was still in the car! Rather than trek back across that field I decided to challenge myself to a few shots without the tripod. It was fun for a while but headed back to the car with Jules when he had to leave. Vik pointed out the stoney, not at all muddy path leading to the gate. How did we miss that!

Our first run-in with the cops...

On returning to our cars we were greeted by an Anglian Water security guy and what looked like half of the Lincolnshire police force blocking us in! After a tense few moments while we briefly explained what we were up to they were quite happy. They checked our details and let us continue, explaining there had been a few metal thefts in the area.

As always it was great to meet up with the guys, and the location was fantastic. The satellites are unbelievably huge, take a look at the size of the orbs in comparison! Before long the weather closed in and clouds covered the moon, limiting the possibilities. We will be returning to this place!

You might want to check out Jules' and Viks Flickr streams for more images along with Jules' Website after taking a look at a few of their photos below.