Odd Garden Ornament

Had a very pleasant 11 mile walk today with regular walking friends. SWMBO and I have done the first half of the circular route before a few times - along the canal and under the trees was a good choice for today - but we usually do it as part of a longer linear walk, and use public transport out or back.

This time, however, to turn it into a circle we returned across and behind a golf course which we see from the oft-used main road, but have never covered the terrain on foot. There is some very expensive property tucked away there (£1M+), and walking down the private road (public footpath) what should I spy next to the gates to one, behind a high brick wall, but a full guided missile system, complete with launch unit and radar system! We're not talking small here, I suspect it was a Bloodhound, but if not, certainly much that size and shape, and trained upwards.

Whilst I was pointing it out to everyone, my walking companion pointed to the other side of the drive, where there was a full-sized Spitfire!. (It was pretty realistic, but might just have been a mock-up as we could only partially see it).

Paranoid or what?    

(I did some research when I got home, and it seems likely that the house belongs to a younger member of an infamous local scrap recycling dynasty, which might just explain how they were sourced, though I thought railway engines and carriages were more their line!).