Originally Posted by
Cornish Jack
Spit - apparently so - hence the potential problem if another of Johnson's fertile imagination projects was attempted ... the bridge between NI and Scotland. Sinking caissons into a large explosive dump could be exciting!
These munitions in Beaufort's Dyke are occasionally washed up on the north coast of the Isle of Man. The undersea cables get disturbed when the undersea currents are heavy and dislodge the shells which are usually WW1 vintage. Nice day out for the bomb disposal people!