Next, Tinker Bell stayed at Leasowe Castle Hotel. Not her choice, but rather the place was booked for me by my company. It is a really nice hotel, but it is also in the middle of nowhere, and thus was not ideal for the purpose.
However, since I was staying here anyway, I asked the concierge on Tinker Bell’s behalf whether she could do a fly-by of the hotel. The concierge had no objections, Air Map gave me the thumbs up, and off she went.
Interestingly, even though Air Map gave me a thumbs up, Tinker Bell complained about being in a Category D Zone. I checked on Sky Vector after the flight and indeed we were in a Category D Zone, but only from FL15 upwards ― so for a drone only in reach if the safety limits are switched off, and Tinker Bell’s were not. Clearly, the built-in safety mechanism does not take Flight Levels into account ― bearing on the safe side, I guess, but still a bit annoying…
Anyway, Leasowe Castle was built in the 16th century, and in spite of my misgivings about its isolated location, I have to admit that it is very picturesque. Virtually nothing is known about the original castle, not even who built it with any degree of certainty, or why ― there is nothing here really that needs protecting ― but eventually it became a family home, a home for railway workers, and finally a hotel.
Video edited on iMovie using my MacBook Pro. For the first time I used the time lapse facility of iMovie to make the movie more concise. This is not a BBC documentation after all… I did consider sending the video through Quik for further compression, and at some point may still do so, if nothing else but to satisfy my curiosity what Quik will do with it…
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