(Images (top, bottom) by Steve Boote @amblekingrat, reproduced with permission)
Beautifully captured by photographer Steve Boote, this rusting tank is one of several defunct military vehicles sitting on the Otterburn Ranges, which occupy 23 per cent of the Northumberland National Park in northern England. The range, which lies 31 miles northwest of Newcastle and 16 miles from the Scottish border, is accessible to the public when no live firing is in progress, enabling military enthusiasts to view the gutted hulks of abandoned tanks and other armoured vehicles.
Until recently there was a mock airfield at this remote, windswept location, dotted with the rather battered shells of former RAF and Navy jets. The mortal remains of one such aircraft, an English Electric Lightning F.3 fighter, famously made it onto the album cover of Suede‘s Sci-Fi Lullabies. All abandoned aircraft targets are now believed to have been removed from the range, though the remains of the mock airbase can just about be discerned on Google Earth.
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