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Old 15th Feb 2012, 15:38
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Yes, sorry - I missed out Woody Spa!

When I first arrived at Sunny Scampton, I was intrigued by the local sites which had once been aerodromes - Dunholme Lodge and Ingham were almost within the visual circuit. When I discovered that Dunholme Lodge had been a SAM site defending Scampton in earlier days, it made me rather amused to think that the sole defence we had at the time was the RAF plod on the gate with his SMG - there wasn't even a pass check in those days when you drove in! Although the nuclear weapon storage site was probably patrolled by armed guards and their woolly alligators.
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