{"id":7625,"date":"2024-07-11T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=7625"},"modified":"2024-07-13T09:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T08:58:41","slug":"101-fullabrook-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/101-fullabrook-down\/","title":{"rendered":"101 Fullabrook Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A long delay at Wrafton while on his ride to Ilfracombe in 2023 meant that the scout could not include the wind power station.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To fill a gap in his North Devon ride in June, he detrained at Copplestone and rode to Eggesford for the next one, stopping at the midway point on the turnpike.<\/p>\n\n\n

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EXON 20 BARUM XX.
How many turnpikes between a town and a city are exactly 40 miles long?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The guard at Eggesford asked the scout where he was going, in case it was a request stop, but didn’t ask to see his ticket on the way. The scout remarked on this when he joined the cheery fellow in the vestibule on the approach to Barum. His ticket machine’s battery was flat, he said. Perhaps they are no longer issued with excess pads. Anyway, the scout showed him his pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Which firm were you with?” asked the guard. “British Railways,” replied the scout. “Ah, a proper train company,” came back the guard. “We didn’t always think so at the time, but it’s proven true since,” the scout conceded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the junction, the scout soon set off towards Crow Point, stopping briefly at Velator Quay to take a few more photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The end of “The American Road” near Crow Point, built by the U.S. Army during World War II. The area is still a military training ground and soldiers were seen here and on the Burrows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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The scout rode towards Braunton and turned left along a gated track. The scout asked an Irish soldier if he knew where the landing craft were. He didn’t. +<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n