No more lessons

The tide in the Stour estuary in ‘Constable Country’ in the east of England transforms the view twice a day from a wide expanse of water into a beautiful ‘mud sculpture’ formed by nature. In WWII, man inadvertently added a gruesome addition to the sculpture when a bomb from a returning German plane was jettisoned.

Fast forward seventy years. At very low water the nose and two thirds of the bomb were spotted by two young teenager truants. Time for target practice with Dad’s air rifle. Ping!...Ping!...Ping!...Bullseye! Great shot; hit the firing mechanism. A tough lesson, not to be repeated!