Article 1A2AY Drone's eye view of my familiar patch

Drone's eye view of my familiar patch

by
Katherine Armstrong
from Environment | The Guardian on (#1A2AY)

Holmes Chapel, Cheshire Drones make brief, veering, playful flights, revealing the familiar from fresh angles

Rough ground looks like chenille, softly tactile, from 20 metres up. A puddle blinks back whitely, a fallen fragment of sky. I can't absorb what I'm seeing fast enough. The land beneath me rolls away and the horizon pulls near, creating a sense of adventurous possibility. I'm used to trudging about the garden, hauling sacks of compost, dragging wheelbarrows over gravel; this, by contrast, feels like freedom.

Hoping for deeper knowledge of my garden, a hectare (2.47 acres) of former farmland on the Cheshire plain, I've acquired a small drone with a camera. Drones make brief, veering, playful flights, revealing the familiar from fresh angles. Mine seems more like a kite or a bird than a human with wings: it's heedless of paths, happiest in ascent, sensitive to the breeze. When it skims the ground it glides over obstacles with grace and purpose, motors no louder than a couple of bumblebees.

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