Dangerous Obsession

Soni

My regular training route takes me through a small little village with only probably max 20-30 houses in it, its a very quiet village.

However, on one of the hill climbs, sits around 5 detached bungalows on the right hand side, all have large gardens, and one even has a largish field as his garden and guess what he has sitting in it? Only a helicopter! :shock:

And when i say helicopter, i mean a PROPER full size helicopter, not some little micky mouse bubblecopter like you see sometimes, this one is a proper fully grown helicopter the same size as an air ambulance! :shock:

Now, i'm not jealous, good luck to him, however the last two times i've been riding past his house, the helicopter has been gone from his garden, and then a few minutes later i hear this allmighty racket of a noise, but can't see him anywhere, but then on Saturday morning i rode by his house and i hear the almighty racket of a noise and look to my left accross this field (whilst i'm in the middle of climbing an 11% hill), to see him flying back towards his house accross this field, really low and then he starts playing around in the sky slightly off to my left hand side, don't know if he is a cyclist and wanted to watch my hill climb or what, however lets just say i was pooping it thinking that i've got some millionnaire nutter playing in the sky above me in his helicopter, if something went wrong and that thing came down, i would be a gonner! :shock:

Splottboy

We have a Chopper pad just opposite us in a posh hotel.

Demi Moores crew used it when filming "Half-light" in Anglesey/Llynn Peninsular.

Also get used by "Corporate" types and air survey bods.

Caernarfon Airport 2 miles away, so chopper coming/going all day, plus light aircraft too.

Just keep your head REEEEAAAALLLL LOOOOOWWWW...

jimmythecuckoo

Your rides are way more entertaining than mine... first the horse riders then this.

Pross

I'm guessing he's not in the Medway part of Kent

skyd0g

...maybe he's providing the satellite link of your climb for Eurosport?

BigG67

A mate of mine is a member at a very fancy golf club in Scottsdale AZ, he plays with a bloke there who has a pair of MIGs that he and his son take out for "dogfights" 8) :shock:

Soni

jimmythecuckoo wrote:

Your rides are way more entertaining than mine... first the horse riders then this.

I saw those same ladies this morning funny enough but they were walking towards me this time in the middle of the lane with their gear in their hands, and there was a bloke with them this time.

Soni

Pross wrote:

I'm guessing he's not in the Medway part of Kent

This particular area that i ride through is Trottiscliffe......

Mothyman

...i also subscribe to helicopter-radar.com.......

freehub

There is a guy in our village that has a Helicopter, my mum said he comes over at the same time everyday, it appears so, turns out he's only going home in his helicopter for lunch.

Mynameisdann

Oh theres a place in boxley where i used to live all like 600 year old cottages and one of them has his own helicopter that lands on his ground :x

and pross i couldnt imagine that sort of thing happening down chatham lol

northernneil

i look out from my back garden over the fields to leeds bradford airport ... quit your whinging all of you !

Soni

freehub wrote:

There is a guy in our village that has a Helicopter, my mum said he comes over at the same time everyday, it appears so, turns out he's only going home in his helicopter for lunch.

How the other half live ah mate!

Probably how he can manage to afford a helicopter, he is too tight to pay out for sandwiches!

morstar

freehub wrote:

There is a guy in our village that has a Helicopter, my mum said he comes over at the same time everyday, it appears so, turns out he's only going home in his helicopter for lunch.

Or to slip the sausage to the maid!

Aggieboy

freehub wrote:

There is a guy in our village that has a Helicopter, my mum said he comes over at the same time everyday, it appears so, turns out he's only going home in his helicopter for lunch.

Is this the one? I think we may know who it is!

gregster10217

Soni wrote:

Pross wrote:

I'm guessing he's not in the Medway part of Kent

This particular area that i ride through is Trottiscliffe......

I know the exact house you are talking about, got a friend who loves in the estate opposite the golf club. He's also got some very nice cars parked around the house too.

That's a good climb too, up to the A227 at Vigo, but the run from the Vigo Inn to Meopham Green is such a nice stretch, 3 miles of 25mph+ - fantastic.

Soni

gregster10217 wrote:

Soni wrote:

Pross wrote:

I'm guessing he's not in the Medway part of Kent

This particular area that i ride through is Trottiscliffe......

I know the exact house you are talking about, got a friend who loves in the estate opposite the golf club. He's also got some very nice cars parked around the house too.

That's a good climb too, up to the A227 at Vigo, but the run from the Vigo Inn to Meopham Green is such a nice stretch, 3 miles of 25mph+ - fantastic.

Yeah looked in there this morning on the way past, he had an Audi Cabriolet sporty looking motor at the front, and an Audi 4 x 4 behind that, and something else quite nice behind that to!

The helicopter wan't there though, and this was at 6 this morning, hope he didn't take off early this morning - the noise :shock:

Yeah that Vigo Hill is good for Hill Reps, and the descent is fantastic now they've re-surfaced the road recently, just a shame they have speed ramps at the bottom as you approach the village, because the descent/speed and the smoothness of that road makes for a fantastic descent!

Whereabouts do you live?

gregster10217

I'm in Hoo Soni. Have only cycled up that hill a couple of times, but do a route that takes me out to Dartford and then back via the hills out the back of Brands Hatch to Vigo and Meopham.

You?

Soni

gregster10217 wrote:

I'm in Hoo Soni. Have only cycled up that hill a couple of times, but do a route that takes me out to Dartford and then back via the hills out the back of Brands Hatch to Vigo and Meopham.

You?

Hi mate i live at the back of Snodland up near the farmers fields, Birling Hill (another good climb one that i havent attempted yet) is only a 5 minute bike ride from me.

i know the route you mean into dartford, that main road from Big M Motorspares through longfield past the old Dartford Tavern and into Darenth, bit of a busy road that ive done it myself a few times!