Rowhedge, a few miles SE of Colchester UK

Should this thread not be moved to General Discussion? I see no historic aircraft or offensive photographs in it…

Careful….he will be in Broadside mode today 😀

Many happy returns Moggy

I have often thought that “The Right Stuff” was the wrong title for the TV film(though I guess “those guys had real balls” didn’t quite have the same ring to it).

It’s a full moon tonight.
Just imagine the difference it would have made if everytime you looked up at the Moon you remembered that two men were still up there and that Collins had been made to make the journey home alone ?
Iin a way Collins is the forgotten one, with hindsight he probably had the hardest job of all, potentially.
They are heroes all.

“Jimmy, you’re going to be Scotty long after you’re dead. If I were you, I’d go with the flow.”

“I took his advice,” said Doohan, “and since then everything’s been just lovely.”

And how right he was !
I knew he was a D-Day veteran but didn’t know he was wounded, not that it makes much difference now…your God’s speed JD, thanks for all the quotes !

Nice pic Moggy !

*NOTE: Under threat from demolition from the MoD it is possible to walk out on the mud flats to the Southend section but I very very strongly advise you NOT to do so the tides at Southend come in at right angles to the beach and there is a 100% risk of getring cut off.

SO DONT DO IT!

Very sound advice, lots of gully’s and depressions to cross and at certain times the tide comes in faster than you can run.
Many moons ago a pal of mine very nearly lost his life there. He only just made it after a lot of running and swimming and he was a very fit 17 year old at the time !
The only safe way is by boat.

Photo and text below from the Southend Council website.

World War II Caisson (Mulberry Harbour)

This is a ‘Phoenix’ caisson, its back broken, lying on the West Knock sandbank about 1.8 km off Thorpe Bay. The caisson is a section of temporary ‘Mulberry Harbour’ intended to be used in the Normandy landings following D Day, for the rapid re-supply of troops. The Mulberry Harbours were planned to extend 3.5 km along the coast and extend 1.75 km out to sea. The Mulberry Harbour formed at Arromanches played a crucial role in on the success of the landings. This caisson was being towed from Immingham, on the Humber, to Southsea in the run up to D Day, when it sprang a leak and was brought into the Thames estuary and allowed to sink.

Gentlemen…..Gentlemen please, all this smutty talk tsk tsk.
I the interest of balance, here’s one for the ladies 😉