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With the proper November remembrance Day locked down and raining heavily, I delayed my trip out until December. I had planned to visit the
war memorials at Washington, Cleadon, Whitburn and Boldon. After stopping to
fill up with fuel, we made our way to the Washington memorial. As we drove
into the village, there was a white
van parked in front, barriers and workmen. There was no way we'd get a decent
picture, so turned around and headed East towards Cleadon for the next stop.
Due to the major A19 roadworks, our usual
route was closed, so we ended up taking another road that brought us close to Hylton Castle.
We'd hoped to park in the car park for and stopped there for a few pictures.
After a few quick photos at the castle, we carried on to Cleadon, parking
around the back of the memorial as there were double yellow lines almost
everywhere. After taking some pictures, Lynne took the camera to the other
side of the road while I drove passed so she could get a photo of the Jeep and
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Close to the memorial is a plaque from the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust, a memorial to the World War 1 airfield on Cleadon Hills, a short distance away. From Cleadon, we continued East, making a short stop at Whitburn pond, before continuing a few hundred yards further on to the war memorial |
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| At Whitburn, it suddenly got very wet, so we put the roof up as fast as we could and then continued to the sea front, driving along there before turning West towards Boldon village for their memorial. We made another short stop for pictures there before returning home. I had planned to take "Hope" for a short run around before the day was done, but with the rain still falling, put that off for another day. |
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