Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer?

Richie B

Richie B

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Hi folks,

I was visiting the army driver training area at Braunton Burrows the other week - huge sand dunes on the coast. I just thought that we might be able to book it for a weekend under the 'Third Party Income Generation' option. I can't see it costing much for a group of us.

Anyone interested? We could find a campsite nearby and make a weekend of it?
 
Re: Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer

Oooooh sand
 
Re: Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer

Need my Vanvan back.... :eekicon:
 
Re: Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer

It sounds an interesting meet, somewhere a bit different but SAND.... on a VARA....!
 
Re: Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer

Let me know i may not ride on it but it is only a hop skip and jump from me

on the other hand road tryes and sand may not be a bad combo
 
Re: Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer

Dee Dub said:
It's a lovely area to visit. Just in case anyone got the impression you could ride the dunes, the Burrows have been designated a Special Area of Conservation and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/protectedsites ... =UK0012570
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sc ... rth-devon/
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They conduct driver training on the MoD-licenced area of Braunton Burrows and are, at the moment, encouraging it more (long story, happy to explain over a beer sometime). I did a site inspection a couple of months ago. We would, of course, need to get the requisite permissions but that is all related to my job.

Leaflet Extract:

BRAUNTON BURROWS TRAINING AREA(BBTA)
Location The Training Area is 2 miles west of Braunton, 3 miles from RMB Chivenor and 7 miles from Barnstaple, across on the south side of the River Taw is Fremington Training Camp (FTC) and at Instow, 11 Amphibious Trials and Training Sqn Royal Marines (11 ATT Sqn RM).
Terrain The Training Area is approximately 360 hectares of variable terrain. The eastern area is a large flat grassy plain with patches of scrub, to the west are undulating sand dunes some high and steep. These are mostly covered with Marram grass. Within the dune system there are large flat and level areas (slacks). The dunes continue on to a large sandy beach (Saunton Sands). The Training Area is ideal for various types of training up to company level, Navigation training/exercises and off road driving at all levels. The use of pyrotechnics and blank are permitted.

Interesting link:

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/J ... story.html
 
Re: Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer

Bl00dy hell Richie -- how come they're all so far away from me ??? :sad:

I'm going to have get my skates on next year, try to find some sandy bits up here :confused: :lol:

Good on yer for organising though :thumbsup:
 
Re: Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer

here we go

[video]http://youtu.be/7e7R3y-qwZ0?t=4m40s[/video]
 
Re: Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer

That is awesome, never seen it before!

They also land C130 Hercules on the beach!
 
Re: Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer

Sounds interesting - Any idea of dates? would it be camping or a bunk house? :)
 
Re: Braunton Burrows Sand Dunes - North Devon - Early Summer

Meesh said:
Sounds interesting - Any idea of dates? would it be camping or a bunk house? :)
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Meesh, until anyone's interested I can't organised anything, made that costly mistake before!

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