We are fortunate in having a stunning set of aerial views taken in 2003 over Lavendon by a former resident of the village, Robert Chambers, who now lives in the United States. But first a reminder of how Lavendon used to look on 12 April 1948... A428 Northampton Road Castle Road Harrold Road Robert's Flight from Connecticut to Lavendon Robert Chambers was born in Lavendon in 1965. He attended both Lavendon School and Ousedale before moving to the US in 1978 following his Dad's new job. Many folks in the village will remember Robert's father, Robin, who was active on Lavendon Parish Council and in the Royal British Legion. In 2003, Robert set off from his home in Connecticut with his friend, Ray, to fly to the UK and, in particular, to see his home village of Lavendon from the air. From Connecticut, Robert and Ray flew up to Maine (the Easternmost state) where they fuelled up, and then flew onwards to Goose Bay on the Labrador coast in Canada.  They spent the night there and took off early the next morning, flying first to Greenland, where they again refuelled and took off to fly over the ice cap and onwards to Reykjavik, landing there around 11:30pm at night.  Robert and Ray spent a couple of nights in Iceland due to the weather conditions, then left there and flew to Wick in Scotland to spend the night there. The next day they arrived at the nearby Cranfield airfield which they used as a home base for their local explorations and to gather the  dramatic aerial views of Lavendon, shown below. Robert Chambers (right) with friend, Ray, about to take off for the UK. A general view of Lavendon village looking south-westwards towards Olney from Harrold Road (in bottom left hand corner). The playing field with Harrold Road, top right, and the war memorial bottom centre. The centre of the village with Castle Road top centre and Olney Road at the bottom. Olney Road heading away bottom right, with Longmire and the Horseshoe top centre. Olney Road (left to right) with Tustin's leather factory, bottom centre, and the Horseshoe bottom right. Olney Road, with the Langlands estate centre right and Jack's Close centre left. The so-called 'Way-post' is top right. The view from the village centre towards the Grange and Abbey Farm hidden amongst the trees, near centre, with Northampton Road bottom right and New Row bottom centre. More stunning aerial pictures of Olney town: click here