Menwith Hill Independence Day

On American Independence Day, the dodgy types at Menwith Hill spy base traditionally invite local dignitaries to drop in for tea. Menwith Hill women activists made it a bit more difficult this year, holding a mobile picnic on the public footpath that crosses the visitors' car-park driveway, and releasing helium balloons with petitions attached to them, protesting against the Cassini Probe which carries 72.3 pounds of plutonium. Meanwhile, the current expansion of Menwith Hill, recently taken over by US Space Command, continues - and the new 'golf balls' are specifically for receiving infra-red pictures from satellites.