{"id":1133,"date":"2021-08-04T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2023-09-21T23:29:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:29:54","slug":"56-land-of-canaan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/56-land-of-canaan\/","title":{"rendered":"56 Honiton, via Land of Canaan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Convinced that he needed a new welding hat and that he would save a few bob if he went to Honiton, the scout set off in that direction, following the old route through Exeter and as far as Clyst Honiton.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cocky FlyBe <\/em>slogan emblazoned on the building at Exeter Airport no longer riles the scout when he sees it because the airline went bust in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The lifesize statue of an airman searching the sky for his returning pals commemorates R.A.F. Exeter, operational between 1939 and 1946.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Although FlyBe<\/em>, once Europe’s largest regional airline, has been bought out of administration, the empty car park tells of very much reduced flying. If the reform of domestic Air Passenger Duty goes the right way, the car park should never be full again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n