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Westland Dragonfly HR.5 ‘WH991’ by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n WA/H/67 Built in 1953 as a Dragonfly HR.3 and served with the HMS Illustrious Ships Flight, 705 Naval Air Squadron and the HMS Centaur Ships Flight before being converted to HR.5 standard in 1958. In 1959 she was used for thermal trials in the Caribbean aboard the survey ship HMS Vidal. HMS Vidal was noteworthy in being the last surface vessel built at Chatham Dockyard, but I digress. Returned to the UK in 1960, WH991 then flew with 700H Naval Air Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton and was again used for trials work when she operated from INS Vikran, previously HMS Hercules, on behalf of the Indian Navy. After this, she returned to 705NAS at Culdrose until put in store during 1964 and moving to the Royal Naval Air Yard at Fleetlands in 1967. Sold off in June 1970, she moved first to Taunton, then to the Lincolnshire Aviation Museum at Tattershall Thorpe in 1974 and finally to a scrapyard near York in 1988. Saved by the late Ray McElwain, she arrived at Elvington in 1994 and was beautifully restored by members of the newly formed Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group (YHPG), before being donated to the museum. A change of museum policy meant that YHPG had to leave in 2002 and they found a new home at the South Yorkshire Air Museum in Doncaster. While their two Whirlwinds moved with them, the already donated Dragonfly has remained on display here. Yorkshire Air Museum Elvington, North Yorkshire, UK. 1st September 2020

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We knew that there was a large reservoir, Covenham Reservoir, close by so decided to walk on Saturday to find it.  We took the canal path from about 200m away from the campsite, past the old mill – the possibilities of what could be done with that place!

We quickly came across several cows grazing alongside the canal and then went through a gate to a section where cows clearly hadn’t been grazing for some time (they were on the other side of the canal here), which made for a lot of concentration; making sure that we didn’t step in cow pats, brush past nettles and thistles or fall off the bank!

We stumbled across the correct route completely by accident; coming to a narrow bridge across the river and finding a public bridleway crossing diagonally across the fields.  From here we found a farmyard equipment graveyard lining the track down past a farm.

Again, completely by chance, we looked right at the right spot to see steps leading up the side of the reservoir and a stile to a footpath across the field.  It was quite a steep climb and at the top we sat on the wall overlooking the water (quite a feat for me trying to get up onto the wall with my short legs and lack of agility these days!) and ate our lunch, before walking all the way around the reservoir.

We were surprised at how quiet it was on a sunny Saturday in the school holidays, but guess it was due to it being the 1st weekend of the holidays with people perhaps disappearing away on holiday.  We chatted to a lad who was there with his jetski who told us it’s normally really busy.  He and his mate had the water to themselves!

  View across Covenham Reservoir

We walked 7 miles in total in the sunshine – much warmer than we were expecting!

The next day the weather was rather different as we headed to Grimsby.  We thought we’d better as we were so close.  From what we saw we would, unfortunately, class this as somewhere that ‘..we went so you don’t have to..’  To be fair we went mainly to go shopping and the shopping centre that we found, Freshney Place, was okay.  It kept us dry as well!

There was a very confusing 1-way system in place, which saw us driving round and round trying to find a way into Halfords car park, before we eventually gave up, parked in the bingo and walked.  We could see a tall tower that looked interesting, but after, once again, driving up and down trying to find a way to it we realised it was hidden away in the docks and we couldn’t get in to see it.

This was the Grimsby Dock Tower which is actually a Grade I listed building.

Sadly as we drove round Grimsby it seemed to be almost totally closed.  There were no pubs or bars obviously open and no real signs of life.  We came home via Cleethorpes and as we drove along the road into Cleethorpes the outlook improved and there were pubs and bars open and a lively atmosphere – the difference was tangible.

I had seen Old Clee on the map and wanted to have a very quick look.  It was a very small area with the church, which is the oldest building in Cleethorpes and a couple of other old buildings clustered around it.

Coming this way made for a pleasant drive back to the van.

On Monday morning Calv broke his razor so we arranged to go into Louth later in the day to collect a new one from Argos.   Before that we opted to head out to Market Rasen, having seen it on the map…  It was okay there, cheap parking, a pleasant walk around the town but nothing particularly special to see.

So, we headed down towards Woodhall Spa, which I had heard about, but didn’t know anything about.  We parked up for free on the main road, but there were a couple of car parks where you could park for 2 hours for free and then it was just £2 for the day.

There is a lot of history here and there are a number of information boards bringing you up to date with the history.  As we wandered around I spotted a sign for the ‘Kinema in the Woods’.  This I had previously heard of but had no idea it was here!

  This has been here, as a cinema, since 1922 and was previously the cricket pavilion.  There is an old abandoned structure next to it that turned out to be the old spa – such a shame that it’s gone to ruin 😦

The cinema now has 2 screens and is fully functioning as a business.  It is charming inside and we ended up buying tickets to return the next day to see Dunkirk (quite a way to travel to the cinema!)  There was a book on sale in the foyer detailing the history, so I bought it and it is really interesting 🙂

Woodhall Spa is an absolute delight and we’re so glad we visited 🙂

On the way home (that is back to the van) we passed Tattershall Thorpe and saw the Camp Visitor Centre.  Unfortunately it wasn’t open as it’s only open at the weekends, and also Wednesdays in July and August.

Camp Visitor Centre, Tattershall Thorpe

Camp Visitor Centre, Tattershall Thorpe

Finally a quick drive around Louth looking for Argos.  Another nice little town with a little history.  We spotted an impressive church, an old theatre, several very old buildings plus almshouses opposite Morrisons.  And, of course, the church tower we spotted that was obviously part of a much older church than the 20th century building in place behind it now!

I ended the day very much looking forward to the next (returning to Woodhall Spa!) and Calv ended it by spotting the resident barn owl flying out of the barn!

  A long walk in Lincolnshire. Discovering Louth & Woodhall Spa We knew that there was a large reservoir, Covenham Reservoir, close by so decided to walk on Saturday to find it. 

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 Examples of possible mandrels have been found at Tattershall Thorpe hoard; Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester; Swallowcliffe Down bed burial; Thetford; these mandrels would have had a 10 cm long taper from 4-5 mm to 1.5 mm.  There is some speculation as to whether the mandrel would have had a wooden handle. Heaser, Risom, and I have come to similar conclusions that wooden handles are a hindrance to the turning of the mandrel. Mandrel like tools with handles may have been used for other purposes. As the glass is applied to the mandrel, the mandrel must be turned between the fingers of the off hand to keep the glass from being pulled out of shape by gravity. I experimented with a tapered mandrel with a diameter of 6.42 mm made out of an old screw driver, however, for most of my work I used a mandrel style common to modern lampworking. These mandrels are made of a rod uniform in diameter across its length. The rods are made of steel with the preference being stainless steel for stainless resistance to corrosion. The diameter of the rod determines the diameter of the perforation of the bead, whereas, with the Norse style mandrel, the diameter of the perforation is determined by where the bead is set on the length of the taper. This tapered point allows for  beads of different diameter perforations to be made on the same mandrel. It also means that making beads with consistently the same diameter perforations would be more difficult. These mandrels would also make it easier to remove beads from the mandrel once the bead is formed and properly cured. Such shaped mandrels would likely help compensate for a bead release that is of inconsistent characteristics. Given that iron is prone to corrosion, iron mandrels would be pitted. These pits can cause a bead to become stuck to a mandrel.

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[airmanisr]

Saro Skeeter AOP.12 ‘XM651’ (really XM561) by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: c/n S2/5116 Built 1959 Retired from active use in October 1967 and allocated maintenance serial 7980M for ground instruction at Arborfield. Moved to the Moston College of Further Education in October 1975 and then to Tattershall Thorpe is January 1983. Having spent some time at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby, she joined the South Yorkshire Air Museum at Firbeck in 1993. The collection moved to its current location in 1999 and since then XM561 has finally settled down! Her serial is incorrectly applied as XM651, which by way of contrast was actually an Avro Vulcan B2. South Yorkshire Air Museum Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK 7th August 2020

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Rallies and Events News – 6 May 2018

This Sunday, the 6th, the Thorpe Camp Hamfest, formerly known as the Dambusters Hamfest, takes place at Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre, Tattershall Thorpe, Lincoln LN4 4PL. Details are on thorpecamp.org or you can contact Anthony on 0795 665 4481. As announced last week the Southern Electronics and Radio Fair, planned for 6 May 2017, has […] http://dlvr.it/QRllTx

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