Sproxton and Saltby, 2nd December 2018

Again a large turnout (25) this week  for Steve's 8½ mile walk from Sproxton, around Saltby Airfield to Sproxton and back, cut slightly short by the adverse weather conditions.
The start in Spoxton village centre

Iron stone quarry - quarrying was carried out at Sproxton from 1925 to 1973

One of many massive banks of straw bales on the site of Saltby Airfield, possibly destined for a biomass power station somewhere

Coffee stop at the RAF Memorial, US and Polish flags in evidence
"Memories of all comrades who served at Saltby Airfield in World War II"

Aircraft from Saltby played an important role in the D-Day landings
  It's now the home of Buckminster Gliding Club

Part of the memorial, plaque of a Douglas C47

Saint Peter's Church, Saltby - lunch stop
We three kings of orient are,
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star

Old friends in Saltby