Balnakeil craft centre is the domestic site for the Rotor station at
Faraid Head. There is also an ROC post there.
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/f/faraid_head/index2.html
Best wishes,
Gareth.
Piers Hemy wrote:
> The closest inhabited spot to Faraid Head is Balnakeil - an unexpected Craft
> Village to be found there, with some pleasant work on sale when we were
> passing by fifteen years ago. All housed in the buildings of a former RAF
> radar station (connected with St Kilda maybe?).
>
> --
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Chris Barker
> Sent: 02 December 2004 09:38
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: OT, painting of Concorde
>
>
> That's the place Gareth. The range is Garvie Island, off Faraid Head.
> The title "Cape Wrath" is just an indication as it's not too far from the
> target. We used Cape Wrath as a fix to find the target when I was on
> Tornados (with the radar, it's called offset bombing), but when I was on
> Jaguars we accepted whatever the IN system told us and bombed the rock!
>
> It would be a great place for photography, but my wife wants to go somewhere
> warm for our hols ...
>
> Chris
>
> On 2 Dec 2004, at 7:46, Gareth.J.Martin wrote:
>
>
>>Great site. I can remember having the pleasure of watching some
>>practice bombing at Faraid Head while on a geology field trip there.
>>It was very impressive if not completely accurate! I would imagine
>>seeing live bombing on Cape Wrath would have been even more impressive
>>(from afar that is). I wish I'd taken my camera.
>>
>>All the best,
>>Gareth.
>
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