Distress flares are always red and whenever we get a report of orange or white flares it's always fireworks or the military. Recently we have had a spate of calls for thai fire lanterns.
as this call was orange lights my first thought was fire lanterns.
On arrival at Manorbier we spread out and did a sweep of the beach area, the full moon and mild night meant that although it was gone 12am, the sounds of the sea and the wild bunnies running away from our bouncing torches made for quite a pleasant walk.
As we were walking back, above the cliffs to the west we saw a huge burst of bright orange light, we reported this in and redeployed further down the coast to see if we could triangulate it, a 10 minute journey to the next bay ensued giving us a chance to chat about life, work and which episode of buffy is best (don't ask).
On arrival at the next bay our colleagues reported seeing the flares again, but we couldn't, a brief discussion with a group of revellers on the beach turned up nothing.
Turns out the military were firing flares off the range at Castlemartin and hadn't told anyone, we finally got home at around 2;30 am and I slept right through my alarm for work this morning.
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