As I was playing with my drone, an older man appeared and asked a lot of questions about it. "This is the golden age of drones - because there are no rules yet", I said to him. Half an hour later I got caught by the police for violating civilian aviation rules. I was wrong - there are rules, and they are different in every country, and they are as clear as mud.
Below, images from Scotland, England, Poland, and France.
Uploaded on: 2016-08-28. Updated on: 2025-12-18.
Map showing Provins location (opens in OpenStreetMap)
Kilchurn Castle. The island is a temporary island - all depends on the tide. We met an American amateur drone operator there who said he wanted to use drones for deer hunting - because killing helpless animals with a sniper rifle isn't enough.ISO 100, 4mm, f/2.8, 1/850s.
We saw lots of trees cut down or destroyed by the wind in Scotland. Millions have been cut down to make way for wind farms. [3]ISO 126, 4mm, f/2.8, 1/50s.
This is the Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland. Eilean means simply island. The castle was built in the 13th century to protect the area from the troublemakers of that time - the Vikings. If the Vikings reaching Scotland doesn't sound impressive, let's not forget they made it to Morocco, Sicily, Constantinople (where they left a graffiti in Hagia Sophia), and Iran, among others.ISO 100, 4mm, f/2.8, 1/180s.
No English cathedral can boast a nave longer than that of St Albans Cathedral - 84 metres. This is a Norman/Romanesque building with later Gothic additions, and some of the stones used in its construction came from the nearby ruins of an ancient Roman town of Verulamium. [5]ISO 105, 4mm, f/2.8, 1/50s.
Sometimes it's enough to stop along the road to discover something interesting or beautiful. Here, an elegant, 16th century wooden church (see the tower) turned into a baroque church in the 18th century, in the village of Karnkowo.ISO 100, 4mm, f/2.8, 1/320s.
The Orthodox Christian church of St. Nicolas proudly facing a Catholic church (originally a Protestant church), Toruń, Poland.ISO 100, 4mm, f/2.8, 1/640s.
This is the town of Morąg - where I was born. In fact the hospital where I was born is in this picture (right of the water tower).ISO 100, 4mm, f/2.8, 1/570s.
The dude just right of the tower was yelling at us in French to stop flying, but we were legally allowed to fly there. Well, we win.ISO 100, 4mm, f/2.8, 1/1000s.
The 12th century Tower of César (left) in Provins, France is supposedly the only known tower with an octagonal base. It houses a bell that bears a curious inscription: "In 1511 I was cast / De Quiriace they called me, / I reign in the air and chase the clouds / Devil, thunder and hail in my name".ISO 100, 4mm, f/2.8, 1/1800s.
