Life in Beckworth » Chris Packham http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth Bringing you the (almost) everyday comings and goings of the residents of Beckworth, a typical English market town. Informing you about their lives through the mediums of words, images, an interactive map and stereophonic sound recordings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:56:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Chris And Daniel Take To The Air http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/christine-batley/chris-and-daniel-take-to-the-air/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/christine-batley/chris-and-daniel-take-to-the-air/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:48:50 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=2166 Continue reading →]]> Hello all. I just wanted to share the great news that TV naturist, novice-pilot and local celeb, Chris Packham has this week raised an amazing £186.72 for Beckworth hospice by flying solo in a bi-plane for over 15 minutes. It was the first time Chris, with the aid of his map-reading best friend Daniel, had ever flown solo and although he’d hoped to be airbourne for at least 6 hours he was still upbeat. Chris and Daniel were quoted as saying “Wow, that was the thrill of a life-time. We only tried flying a couple of weeks back as a bet with Bill Oddie but now we’ve got the bug. And raising all that money made me feel like the Last Of The Famous International Playboys!” When asked why they hadn’t flown for longer Pilot Peckham explained “Well i’ve only had a couple of lessons so far and although Dan is a Handsome Devil he’s a ******* lousy map reader. So instead of flying to the south of France to see Morrissey in concert, we crash landed soon after take-off in a field near Kings Lynn.” Co-Pilot Daniel added “Still at least no one was badly injured and me and Chris had a good laugh about it, once we’d got out the burning wreckage.” On being discharged from hospital the intrepid duo were asked if they planned to continue flying? A good humoured yet shaken Mr Christopher Reckham and Mr Daniel Owl replied “Of course, I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish… All I need is someone to lend us another ******* plane” So it’s well done to Chris and Daniel. Christine Batley. Chief Flying Correspondent. Beckworth Guardian

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(Above) Chris and Daniel airbourne just prior to their near-fatal crash landing in Kings Lynn

]]> http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/christine-batley/chris-and-daniel-take-to-the-air/feed/ 0 Guiness World Record For Local Naturist http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/mayor-gary-grimsby/guiness-world-record-for-local-naturist/ http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/mayor-gary-grimsby/guiness-world-record-for-local-naturist/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:52:41 +0000 a resident of Beckworth http://visitbeckworth.co.uk/life-in-beckworth/?p=1998 Continue reading →]]> Hello all. I just wanted to share the amazing news that TV naturist, keen angler and local celeb, Chris Packham has this week entered the Guiness Book of World Records for the largest rod caught kipper. The six foot long fish weighed in at a massive 62 kg and was caught by Chris, with the help and encouragement of his best friend Daniel, in the River Winnet up near Ghandi’s Mill. Chris and Daniel were quoted as saying “Hey man, This Night Has Opened My Eyes. The biggest thing we’d ever caught before was a ruddy tractor tyre, but Dan is an optomist and kept saying Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want. So we kept on fishing for the elsusive big one” Asked if they were going to get the kipper stuffed and mounted a delighted Mr Chris Packham and Mr Daniel Owl replied “No way blood, me and Dan are gonna to eat the big b******!!” Well done to Chris and Daniel. Mayor Gary Grimsby

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(Above) Chris and best friend Daniel just before they grilled the World’s largest kipper

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