How Unlucky Is That?! #3

Chatburn Post Office and SPAR shop. The Blue Plaque reads :

"Two bombs released by a German Heinkel III fell here. Three people died and many others were injured". 

A bit unlucky to have caused such devastation in such a small village. 

Must have been pension day. 

Spurned Again!

Spurn Point has now become a natural habitat for wildlife thanks to the efforts of The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. 

Throughout history, though, it has been a strategic site for the defence of one of the most important shipping routes into the country. 

There are plenty of leftovers from the wars of 1914/18 and 1939/45.

Including anti tank cubes on the beach, several 'pill boxes', tank ditches, signal station, arms store, searchlight stations and naval gun batteries. 

Spurned

Trip to Spurn Point, East Riding. 

The strip of land that juts out into the North Sea and curls around forming a lip to the northern edge of the Humber estuary. 

Significant erosion in recent years has created Britain's newest tidal island. The only Lifeboat crew that are paid a salary are permanently based at the seaward end with the Lifeboat moored at sea just off the end of the jetty. 

Two lighthouses stand to mark Spurn for the shipping entering and leaving the Humber ports of Hull, Goole and Immingham. A bit like at Flamborough Head, the older lighthouse stands within sight of its replacement. 

Visitor centres are at either end of the Point. The landward end has a rather splendid cafe selling All Day Breakfasts and a mug of coffee for £5!

The seaward end one is a but more basic (toilets and shelter only) but does have a marble game table to pass the time whilst you wait for the tide to go out.