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Last time I was over, friends and I road tripped to Dunkirk. On the way back to overnight in Luxemburg, we stopped at a farm near Poelcapel, Belgium where a fellow was restoring a WW1 Brit tank. Very interesting guy! So much so that I donated to his resto fund. The farm had been in his family since the 1700s - even during both world wars. No surprise - there was a lot of WW1 stuff to be found in the fields. I asked about bones... "Oh, yes! My dog, Charlie likes to search for them at plowing time. He brings them up to the house as chew toys." These are saved and when several have accumulated, a military team takes them away to be interred.
While we were there, the mom was plowing while he worked on the tank, so Charlie was locked in his enclosure. He was not happy with that!
Possibly because of the donation, I received a message from him of something he recently found while plowing... thank God for rotten fuses!! He has quite a number of other dud artillery rounds, but this is the first he's picked up while doing field work.
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Just for fun, here's a shot of the tank and an American truck also being restored. The tank has since appeared at a WW1 event in England. It was running while we were there but not drivable. He said it takes 2 operators to actually drive it.
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While we were there, the mom was plowing while he worked on the tank, so Charlie was locked in his enclosure. He was not happy with that!
Possibly because of the donation, I received a message from him of something he recently found while plowing... thank God for rotten fuses!! He has quite a number of other dud artillery rounds, but this is the first he's picked up while doing field work.
bomb.jpg
Just for fun, here's a shot of the tank and an American truck also being restored. The tank has since appeared at a WW1 event in England. It was running while we were there but not drivable. He said it takes 2 operators to actually drive it.
IMG_0211 (1).jpg
IMG_0220 (1).jpg
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