Our new building in St Neots was in danger recently when a Top Gear airship with a caravan underneath containing presenter James May crashed after wind carried it beyond it’s target landing site in nearby Eltisley, Cambs. James May was thankfully unharmed in the crash.

The programme stunt was rumoured to be the end of a race between May and Richard Hammond, another presenter who was in a Lamborghini. The bright orange airship and caravan were  supposed to land on the green at Eltisley during a cricket match but it ended up crashing half a mile away near the busy A428.

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A BBC film crew in a helicopter who had been filming the stunt confirmed May and the rest of the crew were unharmed. The filming was for a show due to be aired in November however the stunt was called off in the end due to bad weather and failing light.

May has now joined the other presenters on the calamity front. Hammond had an horrific car crash in 2006 where he was airlifted to hospital and Clarkson had a high speed head-on crash in 2008.

I hope they had adequate insurance for the caravan!