Topic ID 1721
Discover Hertford Online was up in the skies above Hertford on Monday taking a new series of aerial photos of the town. The results are currently being processed and will be online shortly. In the meantime, have fun with this teaser. [img]../air/hertford709a_small.jpg[/img] [url="../air/hertford709a_big.jpg"]Click here[/url] for the BIG picture!
Reply ID 21170
Good stuff - looking forward to seeing them. It will be interesting to compare them with the old set and see what's changed.
Reply ID 21176
I think that is St Andrew's Street off centre to the right (from the bottom) which leads round past The Woolpack & so on to a left turn into Maidenhead Street. Looking forward to viewing the rest of the photos...
Reply ID 21180
Excellent! looking forward to seeing the others would be interesting to keep the old photos on there so you can see what has changed
Reply ID 21182
thats excellent!
Reply ID 21183
What amazes me about the aerial pictures is how you notice things that you just don't see from the ground, such as the big patch of green sandwiched between The Wash, Maidenhead Street and Bull Plain - anyone know what that is?
Reply ID 21184
quote:That Joby is Dolphin Yard attached in a small way to Adams Yard. Both have entrances in Maidenhead Street. The problems over planning in Adams yard have now been resolved so work on the offices and flats might begin shortly. I can't tell you what the state fo play is on Dolphin Yard. This is owned by Macs and no-one seems to know what their very short term ideas are. Apparently the problems with Herts County have now been resolved and the Library will now be going ahead. the big yellow fronted building is the Seed Warehouse and the bridge is being built just to the side of this into the car park. So they tell me.[?]
What amazes me about the aerial pictures is how you notice things that you just don't see from the ground, such as the big patch of green sandwiched between The Wash, Maidenhead Street and Bull Plain - anyone know what that is?
Reply ID 21186
You can see Hertford East station in the top left of the picture.
Reply ID 21189
Can't see any trains though!
Reply ID 21190
Can anybody see any parking attendents?
Reply ID 21192
Nah as the map doesn't go so far as Port Vale!
Reply ID 21194
It's a great picture, and the bright sunshine means it's particularly clear. Look forward to seeing the rest.
Reply ID 21204
Excellent - really enjoyed the other set on the site - can you give us a list of shots to look forward to? Chris
Reply ID 21207
Locations will include Bengeo (posh and lower ;-), parts of Horns Mill, parts of Sele Farm, Ware Road, North Road, Queens Road, Hertingfordbury Road and more.
Reply ID 21208
Steve, can I be an anorak and ask what type of camera/lens you used please?
Reply ID 21209
Olympus C770UZ http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/c770uz.html
Reply ID 21220
My first thought was how crammed in the buildings look in the area shown.
Reply ID 21244
Posh Bengeo for me please............. Shame you cant see the traffic wardens, must have all been inside the Bircherley Green Car Park. Maybe we will be able to get a clearer idea of the new house on Port Hill.
Reply ID 21272
Fantastic picture Steve. Stop teasing us now though, get 'em on here quick. [;)]
Reply ID 21283
OK, for the impatient among you, the first five photos are online [url="../pictures/air/"]here[/url]. There will eventually be around 20 pictures altogether.
Reply ID 21286
quote:Great photos! you have just missed off our house in the Sele Farm one!
Originally posted by Steve
OK, for the impatient among you, the first five photos are online [url="../pictures/air/"]here[/url]. There will eventually be around 20 pictures altogether.
Reply ID 21332
OK, they're all up now! [url="../pictures/air"]Hertford From The Air 2006[/url] There are tentative plans for a second aerial excursion in September. Hopefully I can get some better photos with the lessons I've learned from last week's experience, weather permitting. Because of the hot weather it was at times something of a bumpy ride!
Reply ID 21335
Damn, can just see the last 20 feet of my back garden [:(]
Reply ID 21336
Is there any picture of Balls Park,Mangrove Road etc
Reply ID 21337
An excellent addition to the site. Well done Admin.
Reply ID 21349
quote:Great photos - just one point Steve. The intro is misleading - Monday was the 17th July 2006 mate.
Originally posted by Steve
OK, they're all up now! [url="../pictures/air"]Hertford From The Air 2006[/url] There are tentative plans for a second aerial excursion in September. Hopefully I can get some better photos with the lessons I've learned from last week's experience, weather permitting. Because of the hot weather it was at times something of a bumpy ride!
Reply ID 21358
Next time you are up, can you get a pic of the other half of West Street please? Many thanks
Reply ID 21363
Wow! Who owns the large open-air swimming pool just south of the Ware Road?
Reply ID 21365
they're great! gives a totally different perspective on the town it looks so clean aswell! are there any of gallows hill/pinehurst/foxholes?
Reply ID 21373
quote:I noticed that one - in fact, I went 'pool spotting' through the entire set. Look out for pools on the Hertford North, Valley Close and Morgan's Road 'photos.
Originally posted by nora batty
Wow! Who owns the large open-air swimming pool just south of the Ware Road?
Reply ID 21375
quote:I'm not 100% certain but I think that it's a communal/shared pool for the residents in the housing development there?
Originally posted by nora batty
Wow! Who owns the large open-air swimming pool just south of the Ware Road?
Reply ID 21376
quote:It belongs to The Spinney and it's not as large as maybe it looks. I lived up there for a while and it was lovely to come home from work in the Summer and jump into the pool.
Originally posted by nora batty
Wow! Who owns the large open-air swimming pool just south of the Ware Road?
Reply ID 21381
What is The Spinney? It sounds like a house from a fairy tale.
Reply ID 21387
quote:It is basically a block of apartments with a communal swimming pool and by recollection, a squash court.
Originally posted by Ewoowar
What is The Spinney? It sounds like a house from a fairy tale.
Reply ID 21497
What were these taken from Steve? I flew over Hertford Fri in my paramotor, forgot my camera! So I will have to do it again.
Reply ID 21537
Went up in a Cherokee from Panshanger today - It was quite difficult trying to take photos - so full marks to Steve. Had to do a bit of judicious processing as the orignal digital phots looked very washed out. Difficult taking photos of specific things in the end I stuck the camera on Auto and just pointed and clicked.
Reply ID 21539
Luckily I was in a high wing aircraft, so the only obstruction looking down was the wing struts.
Reply ID 21586
That would help - almost all of my photos had some wing in them. Still can't complain
Reply ID 21619
From a paramotor I some times get my boot in the way [:D]
Reply ID 21624
Is a paramotor a bit like a flying lawnmower? I think I may have seen you over Bengeo recently...
Reply ID 21626
It's just a big fan you strap on your back! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramotor
Reply ID 21632
Just a big fan!!! I flew over Hertford on Fri evening. Took off from Benington, followed the railway line down, over Hertford, Ware. North up the A10 then back accross to Walkern. There was two of us. Lovely flight. Forgot my camera though!!
Reply ID 21633
quote:When are you up next?
Originally posted by And
Just a big fan!!! I flew over Hertford on Fri evening. Took off from Benington, followed the railway line down, over Hertford, Ware. North up the A10 then back accross to Walkern. There was two of us. Lovely flight. Forgot my camera though!!
Reply ID 21636
Tried last night but the wind didn't drop. May be next week some time.
Reply ID 21637
Blue and yellow in color by any chance And ?
Reply ID 21644
Yeah....my wing is blue with a yellow tick and the guy I was flying with is half yellow and half blue. Some one saw me!!!!
Reply ID 22633
Brilliant photos, just discovered one of the houses in our road has a swimming pool, I had no idea it was there! Can't seem to see the new house on Port Hill, I was hoping to get a brides eye view of that, or the folly on Port Vale.
Reply ID 22645
The folly island car park is looking spacious!
Reply ID 22652
quote:Mainly because the developers have blocked it off to residents (and to everyone else as well) apart from erecting a small removable type shed which apparently is OK within the planning rules. A year ago that car park would have looked like a jam on the M25.
The folly island car park is looking spacious!
Reply ID 24481
Wow, I've never seen a paramotor in real life - can you fly over again please, or show me how it's done, And? As for Steve, where was your high-wing from? I've seen a few Cessnae buzzing over Hertford recently - I thought they were Elstree guys practising their steep turns, as neither Panshanger nor High Cross have high-wing aircraft, apart from the PA-18 as far as I know.
Reply ID 24506
I'll be over again as I live in Hertford.