Scoop 0 #1 January 5, 2009 Went mountain biking the other day for some exercise and to have a look around the coast. Just amazing! Standing on the White Cliffs of Dover watching the sunset having just been exploring all the WW2 sites was awesome. The numbered pics are off Google Earth. The only camera we had was on our phones but this is some of the site we saw and the ones we missed! 1) Me on cliff edge 2) Rifle range 3) Pillbox 4) Abbotts cliff sound mirror 5) Coastal observation point Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #2 January 5, 2009 More... 1) ROC nuclear bunker entrance 2) Building, alledgedly was part of a gun emplacement 3) Another pillbox 4) The White Cliffs of Dover 5) Patrol memorial Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #3 January 5, 2009 And more... 1) Martello tower 2) Battle of Britain memorial 3) Old fort used as coatal defence in WW2 4) Some more coastline Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #4 January 5, 2009 And some other history type pics but from different locations. 1) The sound mirrors at Dengemarsh. Primitive early warning against aircraft. 2) Me and a mate down one of Churchill's 'Secret Army' bunkers we managed to locate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #5 January 5, 2009 looks like a fairly nice place! i still think we should flood germany and get the sea next to us.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micduran 0 #6 January 5, 2009 Very beautiful. Good to see you enjoy it.Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #7 January 5, 2009 Ahh, that brings back memories, I did more than a few years in the ROC. Spent more than a few weekends living down in the bunker. Still the benifit outweighed the countless hours counting clouds, Loads of free and nearly free jumps at Nethers, Weston and Dunkerswell. Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tmaricle55 0 #8 January 5, 2009 Very cool pictures! Muff Brother # 3883, SCR # 14796 ICD # 1 - Pres. Yeah, I noticed and I think it's funny! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #9 January 5, 2009 I love the accessible 'living history'... ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #10 January 5, 2009 Thanks, I can't take credit for hardly any of them but the history on my doorstep is pretty incredible. One of those situations because its always been there you don't think much of it. Was nice to have a hunt around. A couple of the bunkers appeared to be accesible so might return sometime but prob need air fed masks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #11 January 5, 2009 Does anyone know how exactly these sound mirrors were supposed to work ? and did they ? Thankssmile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #12 January 5, 2009 Hey, yeah they did work. It was a primitive type of early warning against incoming aircraft. I believe the quick advances of technology in wartime meant they were soon made obsolete with the introduction of RADAR http://www.soundmirrors.org/ http://www.ajg41.clara.co.uk/mirrors/dungeness.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #13 January 5, 2009 Thanks, that was some good info....smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #14 January 5, 2009 Quote looks like a fairly nice place! i still think we should flood germany and get the sea next to us.. Looking for friends, again? dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
