Great War truck Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Instow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Nope. I believe that Hitler had decided that when he came over here as it were, he was going to settle in Sidmouth. Thats just because he wanted to go to the annual Folk dancing festival. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Instow? I thought that marine bit would be a clue,i couldnt remember the name i had a holiday there about 20yrs ago,watched them landing DUKWs from Landing craft.was surprised they still had them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Instow? I think you might be right Tim, Snapper is in N. Devon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 Instow? Yes, good man. As a small boy in the 1950s I was very enthralled by a pair of DUKWs that just appeared out of the water onto the beach at Westward Ho! round the coast. About 10 years ago I was metal detecting at Crow Point which is rather desolate place on the other side of the river. I noticed some tyre marks on the beach couldn't see any marks on the dunes though. I carried on then an hour later a grey DUKW drove ashore about 20ft away & sped across the beach then back into the water. Obviously faster on land. Each day I took a camera but no more sightings. This time I was further up river & saw a landing craft go for a spin before lunch. After lunch these two Hovercraft came out to play. A lot of the time they were in a fixed location, but revolving on a rough bit of river, no doubt for driver training in trying to keep in one place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I knew we would get there Tim,i just couldt remember the name,i remember the lady i went with.we could see the sand from the window,when the tide went out you couldnt see the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 I think you might be right Tim, Snapper is in N. Devon. Good bit of detection work there. On a pig thread Adam asked where I stayed, I rather unhelpfully said in a caravan, in case the detectives were working it all out! As for odd names which if you are local aren't odd. I am a couple of miles from Nomansland then a few more miles there is Lover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Good bit of detection work there. On a pig thread Adam asked where I stayed, I rather unhelpfully said in a caravan, in case the detectives were working it all out! As for odd names which if you are local aren't odd. I am a couple of miles from Nomansland then a few more miles there is Lover. I was a bit slow Clive, trying to work out where Hovercraft were made/used and then finally dawned :idea:on me about the Snapper bit but when I went to post Tim had beaten me to it.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 myself i would have said you were stood on the sands just round from appledore shipyard as the hovercraft are normally parked oposite on the old bidiford road together with a couple of landing craft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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