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Windmill at Turkey Hill with my wife and son seen in front. This photo really shows just how large these windmills are.
The ‘Wind Farm” as it is aptly called consist of 15 wind turbines. The turbines are on-shore and arranged in a single row spaced 326 meters apart. The turbines hub height (ground level to center of nacelle – that part holding the blades) is 70 meters high (roughly equivalent to a 23 storey building), each blade is 41 meters long (just 9 meters shy of an Olympic sized pool) giving a rotor diameter of 82 meters and a wind-swept area of 5,281 square meters.
Aug 2008. Tuxford Windmill was built in 1820 and is a god example of a tower mill. Restored during the 1990's, it's good to see it producing flour again.
When surprise comes from an unexpected photograph.
This one was taken during our midday visit to the Bangui Wind Farm in Ilocos Norte. It was searing hot that day i didn't have the courage to actually go out of the comfortable shade of the nearest windmill to get a panorama of all twenty windmills. Out of laziness and shear frustration, i pointed my camera up and took a hasty shot. This turned out to be THAT hasty shot and i like it a lot!
In Norway, a country with plenty of space, wind and money, the interest for building windmills is oddly enough lacking. Everybody likes windmills in principle, but no one seems to like the thought of having one close to their home. These windmills are located in Jylland, Denmark. Personally, I think they look great.
'Jill' windmill was built in the nineteenth century and sits on top of the South Downs near the small village of Clayton in West Sussex. The mill has been restored and open to the public most Sunday afternoons.
Sister (or brother) mill 'Jack' is in private hands.
Rayleigh Windmill. This view is obscured by the foliage of the trees in Spring/Summer. Taken from Rayleigh Mount.