Sand art created to mark Remembrance

Overhead photo showing sand art of a Vulcan aircraft with a poppy, a soldier and union lagsImage source, Rocks Up
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It took five hours to create the artwork

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A huge piece of sand art has been created on a beach to mark Remembrance.

The design featured a life-size scale drawing of a Vulcan aircraft which was used for a series of long-range raids during the Falkland's war in 1982.

Harry Maddox and Steve Rolfe made the piece over about five hours on Saturday, at Tregirls beach near Padstow in Cornwall.

Mr Maddox said: "It was big... the Falkland conflict was in my mind when I came up with this one."

Overhead photo showing sand art of a Vulcan aircraft with a poppy, a soldier and union lagsImage source, Rocks Up
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The art depicts a life-sized drawing of a Vulcan bomber aircraft

The whole artwork measured 147ft (45m) x 127 ft (39m) in size.

Mr Maddox has made other sand art to mark Remembrance Day in previous years.

Last year he paid tribute to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and in 2023 created a design showing three life-size World War Two planes.

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