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Post by shadrack » Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:12 am

So just found out on facebook topgear are filming in whitby, that's only 10 min form my house and its a very small place so might head down and see if I can see them!
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Post by X5Sport » Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:40 am

With any luck 'The Beast on the Hill' (aka Fylingdales Radar), will be running a full power test and that will be that! 

Worked there a few years back doing some testing and it caused mayhem with in car electronics!  Scary piece of hardware!!

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Re: top gear

Post by shadrack » Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:48 am

[quote="X5Sport"]
With any luck 'The Beast on the Hill' (aka Fylingdales Radar), will be running a full power test and that will be that! 

Worked there a few years back doing some testing and it caused mayhem with in car electronics!  Scary piece of hardware!!

Richard
[/quote]

Small world! I don't think anything of it used to drive past 5 days a week for 7 years to work!  Nice road the 169 whitby-pickering especially in an m3 once got it to limiter on straight past the hole of horcome!
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