Van Life UK Devastation At Spurn Point

On a trip to Spurn Point i was shocked to see how much it has deteriorated in the past few years, soon all that will remain there will be the island at the end, history being washed away year by year.
This is happening all over the east coast and its heartbreaking to see it, it wont be long before its all gone.

[@lipsee100]

I remember as a kid around 1967 exploring those tunnels both WW1 and WW2,and going up that big signal building ..Thinking back there was so much to explore,, That smaller light house I think they called "Magazine tower" we eate our pack lunchs on the top... You never mentioned the fact there was a railway from Kilnsea to Spurn,,I remember seeing the engine shed...First time I went to Kilnsea I think the gas pipeline had just come ashore,, then there was a sea wall from Kilnsea to Spurn (though I could be wrong) about 10yrs later I went back the wall was still there but with a giant hole in it ,, Just look at it now... Any way thanks for showing

[@sbraith]

What an evocative and nostalgic visit to Spurn Point this is. I never visited on foot but in the 80s flew Lightning jets from nearby Binbrook, and would regularly fly past the lighthouse at the same height as the light and see people staring up at me. I must go back one day before all is lost to the elements. Thanks for reminding us of such a historic site.

[@JohnSmith-rn8ui]

Don't worry it will be there long after we are gone I can assure you its actually rebuilding itself up on the wash over as this are was always sanddunes , nature always replaces itself sooner or later , it is a lovely walk tho and the sheep pens area on the river side ,now will be stunning with the wildflower and butterfly meadows

[@mrporkster1617]

Great video, like the end bit with the music 🎶 👌

[@SometimesIWander]

Thank you, great place I just wish my notes hadn’t got soaked in the 🌧, thanks for watching

[@philiphudson1547]

My sister lived in the lifeboat houses ,her husband was on the lifeboat.Loved driving down to say hi a few years back now.

[@SometimesIWander]

Totally changed now, shame really I had many a camp out on there when I was a kid ❤️👍

[@LevosAnglingAdventures]

Just watched this video absolutely amazing 👏 its brought back so many memories with my Dad taking me down fishing since the 80s and I have taken my girls down Spurn when there was very young they love this place ❤ and the journey still continues I have take my 5 year old Grandson down now. Again a very interesting and informative video well mate

[@SometimesIWander]

Thank you, the weather that day was shocking but it was worth it, unfortunately my notes got wet, but it turned out ok, thanks for watching, much appreciated, take care 🚌👍

[@chrisfletcher3676]

This is one of the best videos I've seen for a long time you should do more stuff like this 👍 such a shame it will all be taken away by nature , once again thank you for a fantastic education on Britain's defence

[@SometimesIWander]

Hi Chris, I will be doing more stuff like this, really pleased you enjoyed it, it’s a shame my notes were ruined by the rain, thanks for watching and take care 👍👍

[@LillaHusVanlife]

Interesting video, cheers for that.. 👍 I proposed to my Wife on Kilnsea beach at sunrise, New Year's Day 2015.. 😊 The breach that happened in 2013, was only a few weeks after we had walked all around the point with our cameras.. It was beautiful, before that..bit gutting to see it afterwards..

[@catvando3209]

Thank you for sharing that, it's somewhere I have never been to. I look forward to seeing you start on the new van soon.

[@martina4226]

great video of Spurn these days. Went down loads in car and van during the nineties with the family. Presume you are familiar with the CH4 programe from those times "Fragile Earth, Spurn Channel Four 1993" which is well worth a watch on YT in three parts. Thanks again

[@SometimesIWander]

Thanks, No I haven’t seen it but I will have a watch of it, much appreciated, 👍

[@BurtReynoldstash]

Thanks for that, I kitesurf over from that at humberston / buck beck beach. I might have a trip over for a closer look. Thanks for taking the time and effort ( including getting wet, bet that down jacket took forever to dry.) Top tip cob three tennis balls into the dryer and it I’ll stop the down clumping together.

[@SometimesIWander]

Yes Nathan it did, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the tip on drying them, cheers mate take care 🚌👍

[@suzyqualcast6269]

.. When i visited, had to park the car hafe way out and the lifeboat station had its own community of several houses, couple of jetties out to several boats. Heard its all been moved across the river now... There used to be short remaining sets of rail lines cutting across the Spit. I understood it was an industrious ship to rail or railway to ship ammunitioning point, WW1.

[@SometimesIWander]

Yes that’s how I remember it, used to camp at the end and fish, such a shame to see it now, thanks for the comment, 👍

[@hardcorefishermanofhull7438]

What a great video really enjoyed it mate you certainly know your stuff I've just subscribed to you mate

[@SometimesIWander]

Thank you

[@maxlane9210]

Great video, very informative. Enjoyed watching. Thanks :)

[@SometimesIWander]

Cheers Max thanks for watching and all the best for new year, take care 👍🚌

[@alfie3316]

You should visit again now theyve dug out loads of the old bunkers and buildings in the last year or 2

[@SometimesIWander]

I’ll be visiting it in November, will do another post 👍

[@bowtinbil]

Excellent vid mate. A testament that no matter what our grand schemes may build, mother nature gets the final say.

[@germoto]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video, really interesting 👍

[@mrw9513]

Really enjoyable video there buddy, love a bit of history. Such a shame such iconic landmarks are under threat. I'd never heard of spurn point before, so will definitely be paying it a visit one day. I'll be heading up and back down along that coast when I get my van and get it usable as I want to do lindisfarne and Bamburgh Castle, due to the viking links. Hope you have a great weekend and Best wishes and stay safe and well to you and your family 💙 ❤️ 💙 ❤️ 💙

[@mrw9513]

@@SometimesIWander that would be brilliant, thankyou buddy

[@NicciAW]

Spurn was my favourite place on earth, before 2013. Took the kids every summer weekend, from Rotherham. We’d watch the ferry sail from The Port of Hull, and catch her out at Spurn. Ferry racing. Best road ever. I haven’t taken the commercial tour, but I probably will. Just to get to the end, because to try that walk on the sand is hours, and hours. I miss that road. I wish they’d rebuild it. Stop the commercialism. 117.000 I was told to rebuild - or is it 117,0000…

[@SometimesIWander]

Yea I agree, it was a fantastic place a few years ago, won’t rebuild now it’s taking money, such a shame ❤️

[@LeeEnfield308]

That was interesting. Many thanks 👍👍

[@SometimesIWander]

Hi Lee, unfortunately my paperwork got wet with the notes on so it put a dampener on it, but thanks anyway, take care 👍👍

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

My father loved it at Spurn Point!

[@300ilovemusic]

Really interesting thanks

[@marcosteffano]

Great video mate.had me dreaming of my boyhood 👍👍👍

[@RHR-221b]

Autumn 1990: My darling Mary, daughter Louise and I garnered future memories during a visit to Spurn Point. 💖 Thank you for the rekindling, S I W. S I W, too. Stay free. Rab 🍻 😎

[@SometimesIWander]

Thanks Rab and thanks for watching, much appreciated, there will be more like this to come 🚌👍

[@stevenvamplew7145]

we had a caravan a kilnsea from the 1970s and i must admit that the sea is winning here.but what a beautiful place to get away from the every day commotion

[@SometimesIWander]

I used to go there a lot when I was a kid, I loved the place, it was huge then, it took a while to walk across it, you could drive to the end then, it’s such a shame to see it deteriorate, but I’m sure you’ll remember it from your days in Kilnsea, thanks for the comment and watching, much appreciated, take care 👍👍

[@stevenvamplew7145]

@@SometimesIWander yes pal we could see spurn lighthouse flashing on a night in our caravan window. had a few good nights with old ma in the crown and anchor after midnight by the old log fire with a pint lol.

[@SometimesIWander]

@@stevenvamplew7145 I had a few all nighters on the beach with mates sleeping in the bunkers, great days, my parents had a caravan at Aldbrough, often fished at Spurn, on a weekend, I remember the old guy on a push bike who charged a £1 to get on, he used to chase us all over, he must have been the fittest bloke in the world 😂

[@stevenvamplew7145]

@@SometimesIWander lol he always appeared from nowhere

[@eaglevp]

Excellent video full watch time and shown my support for you channel

[@AlexMcDougallPhotography]

Love visiting spurn Point.

[@SometimesIWander]

Yes it’s a great place, thanks for the comment and take care 👍👍

[@anthonymckernan2536]

Great video keep up the good work

[@johnswift1736]

History in our lifetime.

[@SometimesIWander]

Such a shame it going

[@pufango4059]

As the Apollo astronauts said magnificent desolation . Would love to live there ?

[@SometimesIWander]

Great place 👍

[@steveclem]

Great video.

[@SometimesIWander]

Thanks, I had the full history written down but unfortunately it rained and ruined it, but I’m so glad you enjoyed it, much appreciated 👍👍

[@typashley5394]

Are the lifeboat crew still living at the lifeboat station at the end ,with the jetty to get to the boat. It's changed a lot since I went to the end in 1969 there was a proper road to the end during a car rally to get our paper work stamped .

[@mrp1796]

Yes

[@DavidWood2]

The Spurn Point lifeboat station was abandoned in the summer of 2023. An RNLI inspection earlier in 2023 found that the jetty had developed structural problems. Spurn's remote and now clearly dynamic nature led the RNLI to conclude that refurbishing the site was neither good value for money nor safe for the RNLI to continue operating from. The Humber lifeboat has relocated permanently to the backup site in Grimsby and the RNLI intends to build permanent facilities there.

[@jamesbrook16]

Think the road got washed away in 2013?

[@asc.445]

It will rise again, like the mythical Phoenix. This building up and washing away has happened for millennia.

[@SometimesIWander]

I really hope so, it was his huge when I was a kid, thanks for watching and take care 🚌👍

[@asc.445]

@@SometimesIWander Yeh it's a huge shame the defences have been washed away. We used to go to Spurn in the 70s, it was everything a kid needed for hours of fun. Keep up the great work, I thoroughly enjoyed your video.

[@JohnSmith-rn8ui]

It still is best beaches for pools at lowtide and then you have approx 7 mile up and down of pure mother nature the stuf you will see is like discovery Channel,,

[@JohnSmith-rn8ui]

Only impassable on spring rough tides

[@SometimesIWander]

Yes spring tides it’s impassable, thanks for comment and take care 🚌👍

[@5purnlad]

Read Jan Crowther's book: The people along the sand'!!!

[@SometimesIWander]

Thanks John, I will, much appreciated and thanks for watching, take care 👍

[@johnstone1657]

i read somewhere that it disapears and reappears every 250 years

[@JohnSmith-rn8ui]

Your at kilnsea not spurn

[@SometimesIWander]

Started off in kilnsea and walked the point 🚌👍

[@shedhead2077]

Where is your home base

[@xvsupremacy7190]

Sounds as though he is from Cleveland /Darlington District .

[@SometimesIWander]

@@xvsupremacy7190no, I’m actually from Hull, originally but worked all over the country 👍

[@IWANARIADI]

Ford 👍👍👍

[@a11csc]

shame that most of the east coast is going the same way

[@sircaptainchaos2388]

We will get some history web we land in France

[@marcushull12]

Another `ULL lad :)