Sunday 11 November 2018

Down the prom to see the WW1 sand painting. 3.8

After yesterdays trip back from Bridgwater , was still 1.7 miles short of the weekly target.  Going out today, wasn't a problem, the weather was pretty good, sunny with a moderate  breeze and there was an incentive to go out as, as part of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1 there was to be a sand painting of one of he fallen soldiers.  This was being done on 30 beaches in the UK and they will all be wiped out at high tide tonight.


Three Tommies

The sand painting was being drawn in the sand just south of the Grand Pier and there were quite few people milling about in that area.  Spotted these WW1 soldiers parading around and they kindly posed for a picture for this blog.  Thanks lads.  No plaudits for the passer by who made the comment that it looked like a WW1 bike!



Sand painting.

Unfortunately there was no information about who the soldier was.  Will update you when more info is available.  Not such good view from ground level, but those who had paid a £1 to get on the pier had a better view looking down on it.  Such a simple idea co-ordinated by Danny Boyle the film producer and will be quite poignant at high tide at 9pm when it is all washed away.


Taken from under the pier.


Went back through the town to avoid the headwind and finished up on 3.8 miles making the total for the week just a fraction over 102 miles.  Result.


1 comment:

  1. Lieutenant Colonel John Hay Maitland Hardiman DSO MC 28th September 1894 - 24th August 1918 born in Bath and an officer in the royal flying corps killed in France aged just 24 years.
    Find a full account here https://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/news/pages-of-the-sea-sand-portrait-soldier-announced/

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