Sorry, but I’ve come to feel like I’ve retired this summer. I have been in a few circles and taken two flights (courtesy of Ron Russell), but haven’t felt moved to PhotoShop any pix -- except for that one I saw from the road on the day I arrived a month ago(!). One reason I’m so slack is that I’m flying so rarely that I haven’t been first to catch any new circles on camera, so since my pix won’t make it onto your main 2003 page I’ve let myself off the hook from hours of work.

 Therefore, it is with some glee that I discovered that you don’t yet have any pix of the 1990 style ringed circle with a key appendage which is at the West Overton T-junction. I discovered it from the air, August 2nd, but it already had many walk-lines (which I’ve erased ;o), so it’s a day or more older than that.

 Most croppies worth their salt will recognize that the formation is similar to the bottom part of the famous Alton Barnes formation, which brought the circle phenomenon to worldwide attention. This key is not the same as the Alton Barnes one, but there were three different looking keys in 1990 (many people called this feature the Hand of God), of which this qualifies as a variation.

 From the air this ring is aligned with two other, very different, formations. “Big deal,” I thought -- until I went into the formation and discovered that the others are up over the brow of the hill and cannot be seen from there. The odds against accidental alignment in a large field would be slim indeed!