Nice little video, Andy. Sea was mighty hungry, by the looks of how it ate away at the sand bar in two years. I remember watching the old video and wondering how the gun emplacement was still there. Now, it's no more. Glad you came back there to show Ben the area. It looks much better now, though the weather is still unforgiving. Have a fantastic weekend, mate. Cheers.
Hello there :) it sure was a surprise to see how much the gun emplacement had moved. Thanks you so much. We have finished Parkrun and about to have breakfast on our weekend. Have fun on your weekend too.
Great video as always Andy 😊👍 It's ages since we were last there - we were in my wife's G-reg Fiesta so it would be the mid 1990s and we drove along and parked near the lighthouse!! Must head back there and walk the full length. Interesting to hear about the re-introduction of oysters - that's the 2nd time I've heard it mentioned in the last couple of days 😊 When I was volunteering on the Brough archaeological dig in July, we were unearthing loads of oyster shells from Roman times when The Humber had what was believed to be the largest oyster beds in the world, some of which they exported we believe.
@@ALWResearchTeam Yes, YWT seem to be doing a good job. Was interesting to hear about the Seagrass on Spurn. It got me wondering, and then you answered the question about it binding the sand together and (hopefully) reducing some of the erosion 👍🏼😊
Great video. Spurn is a wonderful place. Sea grass is being reintroduced into the Solent too. Channel 4 News last night, had a feature about propagating sea grass in SW Wales to be used in recolonising projects. The Spurn railway was not only powered by sail, but they put bogies on a car and used that too. The Hardy railcars. Best regards, Phil H
My late father was on an anti-aircraft site on Spurn during the latter years of the War. I don't know whether they were the Vickers ones that you mentioned, only that he referred to them as 4.7's.
The 4.7 inchers are a fascinating rabbit hole comprising three different families of guns and several subvariants. If I recall correctly, some of them were produced by Elswick, a subsidiary of Armstrong Whitworth before the latter merged with Vickers to form Vickers-Armstrong. So, the confusion may arise from that point. Cheers.
Pure wilderness, I've always fancied adventuring down there. Great video and many thanks for filming and sharing.. Quick question: How many miles from Withensea are you at Spurn Point?
I can't help it, it's the 'Frankie Howerd' in me, everytime I hear the word 'moist', I break into chuckles. But, I love your vlogs, very factual & interesting, just try not to use that word too much, dude.
