razordws
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All Righty ... What are you doing today ?
Had some free time yesterday so I went for a hike as my physical activity has been sorely lacking since my shoulder injury. There is a Provincial Park close by that I usually go to for that sort of thing and there is one place on the trail that I usually run into the odd shell casing from the WWII era as much of the area was used for training during that time period. There is still a Cadet camp in town where the old army camp used to be. Anyway, I haven't seen any casings for a couple of years but today i picked up half a dozen. Most of them are stamped 1943 but this time I found one stamped 1940.
I thought that was pretty cool but then I decided to visit the waterfall which is off the beaten path and accessible only by what is little more than a game trail so not many people know about it. You have to hike up the creek bed to get to the actual water fall. There in the creek was a tail fin from a 2 inch mortar shell. :coolio Luckily the business end was no longer attached so I brought it home along with what looks like a piece of shrapnel from the actual shell. Every couple of years someone finds an intact shell and the army has to be called in to dispose of it.
I think its pretty cool to come across this stuff here in Canada. Probably a lot more common over in places where the fighting actually took place.
Had some free time yesterday so I went for a hike as my physical activity has been sorely lacking since my shoulder injury. There is a Provincial Park close by that I usually go to for that sort of thing and there is one place on the trail that I usually run into the odd shell casing from the WWII era as much of the area was used for training during that time period. There is still a Cadet camp in town where the old army camp used to be. Anyway, I haven't seen any casings for a couple of years but today i picked up half a dozen. Most of them are stamped 1943 but this time I found one stamped 1940.
I thought that was pretty cool but then I decided to visit the waterfall which is off the beaten path and accessible only by what is little more than a game trail so not many people know about it. You have to hike up the creek bed to get to the actual water fall. There in the creek was a tail fin from a 2 inch mortar shell. :coolio Luckily the business end was no longer attached so I brought it home along with what looks like a piece of shrapnel from the actual shell. Every couple of years someone finds an intact shell and the army has to be called in to dispose of it.
I think its pretty cool to come across this stuff here in Canada. Probably a lot more common over in places where the fighting actually took place.
But really there wasn't anything besides my stuff and a few cars. Not a real show to be honest.
