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Brize Peace Camp: Map and other info

eileen (compiled from various sources) | 14.08.2006 08:37 | Lebanon War 2006 | Anti-militarism | Oxford

A 'package' of information, including up-to-date info on the whereabouts of the Camp. The plan of the area around the base, and a detailed description of the best viewing points for plane spotters have been removed as they turned out to be copyright. You can find them here:
 http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/spotting/brize_norton.html. In any case, be very cautious if visiting point N (Viscount Industrial Estate) after 5.00pm - 2 of us got locked in!

1)

A Peace Camp has been set up near the Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire which was used by planes taking bombs to Israel for use against people in Lebanon. Peace Camps have been set up outside all three bases which have recieved planes with bombs in transit to Israel; Prestwick, Mildenhall and Brize Norton.
Many of us in Oxford have heard very heavy planes going over Oxford towards Brize Norton at about 2am in the morning. These could be carrying troops coming back from Iraq, munitions for Israel or handcuffed prisoners on exrtaordinary rendition flights. The people at the camp will be keeping on the lookout for such planes that are brought in under cover of the dark.
The camp is in a very pleasant area of green next to the church at Alvescot, just off the road to Black Bourton, S.W. of the base.There are about 10 people staying at the camp at the moment, who have located a standpipe for water and are fairly well set up and very welcoming.
Visitors in support for any length of time would enable the peace campers to rest or to go on recces along the perimeter path of the base on that side. Kate Holcombe at the camp, recently returned from being arrested after going to search a plane at Prestwick, says she would welcome things like coffee tea and milk to keep them going.
If you would like to go out in support and want to know where it is or what they might need, phone Kate 07748015601.


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2) The Peace Camp is at 'F' - the Church at Mill Lane, Alvescot Village - see map - it is close to the west end of the runway.

The best spots to watch flights close up (prevailing wind means that the flights usually land at the Eastern end of the runway and take off towards the Western end) are:

EAST
Point 'N' Viscount Industrial Estate. - park outside! the gate, leaving room for lorries to enter unhindered, and walk up to bridge near crash gate 6 (careful - very fast traffic). better still - 20 yards on the opposite side of the road away from the Viscount entrance is a farm track, with ample parking, and with the track climbibg up gives you a wonderful shot at planes, seemingly 50 yards away coming in. Actually my 1st choice for the camp, but Kate thought the farmer would have had us out pretty quick, and so chose my back up, more safe & private spot at the Church.

There is also an Iron Age fort off to the left of the A4095 road to Lew - get to Lew farm and there is a footpath to the fort, high up and right under the flight path.

WEST
Point 'C' at the western end of the runway - down the narrow lane right next to the Springfield Cattery - but only room for 1 car to park, and often occupied by a plane spotter.

Alternatively, use A361 at Point 'E' , travel towards Filkins for about 200 yards, and where the road joins from the right, turn into it, and park on the layby just there at the junction. Obviously used by many to watch the take offs, with a good view of all.

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eileen (compiled from various sources)

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Satellite photos

14.08.2006 10:54

Brize Norton 5000:1 Multimap
Brize Norton 5000:1 Multimap

Multimap.com have hi-res satellite photos of the base. You can 'stitch together' the multimap photos to get a satellite map of the base - I'd do that for you but it'd be too large a file to copy here.

Danny


Plagurised

14.08.2006 12:44

Once again we see that nothing new or original is happening here, not only is the idea of peace camps outdated and outmoded, but the details regarding Brize Norton have simply been cut and pasted, even to the extent where the credits have been cut and pasted. The plagurism is quite literally dispicable, and quite possibly illegal, for a site such as this to be taken seriously, then it should at least strive to achieve the moral high ground. I wonder how many more articles are being passed off on this site, perhaps the lack of originality, simply shows that the mentality of people in these types of groups is one of a 'sheep' mentality.

Tony


well done eileen - poor show Tony

14.08.2006 12:59

Once you learn how to spell words like plaguarised and despicable then you may be able to look up their dictionary definitions. Until then Tony's 'intellectual superiority' is rather laughable. If these people have 'sheep mentality' then Tony is a sarcoptic mange mite, an annoying brainless pest at worst.
And if peace camps are so unoriginal, the obvious propaganda effort against them is hardly new either.

tony


Plagiarism

14.08.2006 13:35

All material included in my 'article' was either already existing texts written by local anti-war groups, new info emailed in the last couple of days by local peace activists, or even a few words of my own. None of this is copyright, nor as far as I know is the plan of the base and surrounding area.

eileen


The legal route - death threats from the cops

14.08.2006 13:52

I was just lied to by the CAA and the police still refuse to take action. It should be pointed out to any angry citizens whose homes have been endangered by these flights that peace-protestors have been informally told by police officers that any further security beaches at Prestwick will be met by lethal force 'If you go back to Prestwick then you will be shot'.



I refer to your E-mail dated 09 August 2006, in which you ask Questions regarding Prestwick Airport. (Repeated below for convenience).

"I would like to know the daily total amounts of Net Explosive Quantity (NEQ) stored at or in transit through Prestwick airport from 28th July 2006 to the 8th of August 2006.

If this information is exempt from FOI legislation I would like to know the total number of breaches of Prestwicks 11 ton NEQ limit over the same period."

Before answering the specific questions, it should be explained that the CAA is only aware of Net Explosive Quantity (NEQ) figures for explosives that require exemption in order to be carried on a civilian aircraft. Many other items containing explosives, such as fireworks, seat-belt pretensioners, shotgun ammunition and distress flares for boats etc., can be carried as routine cargo on civilian aircraft without any exemption and they would have no bearing on the NEQ limits for Prestwick Airport. The CAA would not know the NEQ figures for such items.

So far as we are aware, there have been no explosives that require CAA exemption that have transited through Prestwick airport between 28th July to 8th August 2006.

As a consequence, there have been no flights that have exceeded the NEQ limit at Prestwick within the same period. Additionally, we have no records of any flight at any time exceeding the NEQ limit at Prestwick.

Yours sincerely





Rick Chatfield
FoIA & EIR Case Manager
Information Management Support Unit



Should you wish to make further requests under FoI, would you please use the e-form, which can be found at:  http://www.caa.co.uk/foi



If you have reason to appeal or complain about any aspects of the processing of your information request, please write or email to:

Rick Chatfield
FOIA & EIR Case Manager
Civil Aviation Authority
Aviation House
Gatwick Airport South
West Sussex
RH6 0YR

 Rick.chatfield@caa.co.uk

Your complaint will be assigned to one of our senior appeal managers. You will receive notification of our receipt of your complaint and provided with the name of the Appeal Manager. Any complaint will be independently reviewed and a formal written response will be given to you.

slightly relevant


Plagiarism

16.08.2006 15:18

Eileen: I've seen another site pointed to by Tony on imc-uk-tech which contains the same text as a large chunk of your article. I'm not saying that you've directly copied from it, but your information emailed from other people could have been, or Tony has copied from you, or you've both copied from a public domain source. Whatever has happened you must admit that it looks a bit suspicious one way or the other.

The page in question by the way is:  http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/spotting/brize_norton.html

Paul
mail e-mail: pwaring@gmail.com
- Homepage: http://www.roguetory.org.uk


text + pic

17.08.2006 13:15

yep the post contained an image and text from the thunder-and-lightnings website. now removed, but of course still available via the link, enjoy! :)

me


With friends like these...

17.08.2006 15:27

'The camp is in a very pleasant area of green next to the church at Alvescot, just off the road to Black Bourton, S.W. of the base.There are about 10 people staying at the camp at the moment, who have located a standpipe for water and are fairly well set up and very welcoming.'

Sounds just the spot for a holiday, and I guess that's what it is... sitting around feeling smug and 'saving the world'. Well, watching aeroplanes fly over at any rate.

More importantly, there are people at Alvescot who are not only anti-zionist (fair enough if that's what rings your bell) but rabidly ani-Jew.

Being rude about Americans is OK; whether right or wrong, they are big boys and can take care of themselves. Talking the hind-leg off a donkey about world peace is OK too, if that's your thing.

But declaring among other even more extraordinary things that 'The Jews declared economic war on Germany in 1932, and brought what happened on themselves' is quite another.

Are you sure you warm and lovely peaceniks want allies like this?

Richard


Richard Martin - Cotswold Woollen Weavers

19.08.2006 22:09

To Richard Martin of Cotswold Woollen Weavers, (email:  wool.weavers@dial.pipex.com).

Richard Martin: "Holiday"

Reply: Oh really?

Richard Martin: "Feeling smug"

Reply: Oh dear.....is that the best you can do?

Richard Martin: "Rabid ani-Jew (sic)"

Reply: Oh? Care to qualify or is your speciality sneaking around on the net making snide allegations anonymously?

Richard Martin: "economic war in 1932"

Reply: Wasn't it 1933?

I very much look forward to your 'report' on the Alvescot based Brize Norton observation camp in the Parish Pump, your parish magazine and sincerely hope you publish your allegations in print form.

Kate Holcombe.



kate holcombe
mail e-mail: ktholcombe@aol.com
- Homepage: http://cryptome.org/


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