A nice neighborhood to have bad habits in

Darn, so it's not the sohighlysecretitdoesntofficiallyexist facility where Lord Lucan reverse engineers the crashed UFOs?

Edited Date: 2012-02-24 02:54 pm (UTC)

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There's a lot of chatter about that part of the world in UFO-ologist circles. I guess having one of the longest runways in Europe at the tip of a scarcely populated peninsula tweaks some interest...

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D'oh, of course, I'd forgotten that's where RAF Machrihanish was before it closed. Certainly USAF SR-71s used to stop off there occasionally after flying over Northern Russia and the US Navy had a SEAL detachment there. So the military used to encourage the UFO stuff - was a perfect cover story as to the rather more, ah, earthbound, stuff they were actually doing.

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Oh and iirc it used to be where they stored the majority of the UK's nuclear bombs, something you really wouldn't want to advertise that you're moving.

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Archie Knox, a friend of a friend, was asked by local police why he was asking so many questions about the airbase. He told them he wanted to find out if you could land a Tupolov nuclear bomber there. True story.

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Yup, I was playing golf at Macrahanish one day (probably the best course I've ever played) when a Hercules flew over out into the bay opened the cargo door, and dumped a platoon of navy seals out of the back, leaving them to swim ashore.

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[tangent] My brother knows Lord Lucan.

Let me explain...

They finally declared *the* Lord Lucan dead which means his son - yes, that baby - has now inherited the title. And is friends with my brother's boss.

So I suppose it might be more accurate to say my brother has met Lord Lucan. But that's not quite such a good soundbyte. [/endtanget]

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Oh that's fantastic! Don't suppose he knows where Shergar is does he?

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Hmm, they did say recently they were going to pave over the front garden......

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Lloyd George knew my mother :)

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Wow.

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And thanks (not) for the earworm

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You don't get many of them to the pound.

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And I suppose movement of explosives could be classified, given that Jura isn't all that far from Ireland, and probably a good smuggling point...

I don't think any of the quarries are still open though. You can get better slate elsewhere, and there isn't a big enough harbour for bulk mining.

I think it's a Torchwood internment centre.

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danieldwilliam.livejournal.com

If you were moving large amounts of explosives I’d think you would classify that in case they were stolen.

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