Another book I was fortunate to acquire, as well as the one which sparked-off this series of blogs and described in Humber Beacons 1939, has the overall title ‘The North Sea Pilot’, published in 1841. Its more descriptive title is ‘Sailing Directions for navigating the North Sea and its Bays and Harbours … the coasts […]
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The plan for yesterday’s walk (s.p.b.) was to walk the section of north bank flood bank between Paull and Stone Creek, the first mile or so being along the relatively new clay bank around the area of ‘managed retreat’ at Thorngumbald Marsh east of Paull Fort. I had not walked this section of bank before
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Today’s photo is literally that, taken today while walking another section of the Humber bank, after far too long a delay in this project. More on this walk next time.Back in 1939 the Humber Conservancy Board had at least four small ships/boats, two of which were still steam powered. The buoy ‘yacht’ was the largest
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