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Offline RTHolmes

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« on: November 01, 2011, 01:13:27 PM »
so we were taking a trip down the canal on a narrowboat on sunday when I spotted something out the corner of my eye across the fields:



bear in mind this is about as far from the coast as you can get in the UK, and the war ended 66 years ago ...



there was another just on the other side of the road too. you can see why this is a good place to put them:

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Somerton+Rd&hl=en&ll=51.957523,-1.279618&spn=0.004727,0.011491&sll=51.957543,-1.27862&sspn=0.002364,0.003701&geocode=FTLPGAMdWHns_w&vpsrc=6&mra=ls&t=h&z=17

(I'm sure theres a few people here who will recognise the airfield to the south)
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Offline Buzzard7

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Re: pillboxes
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 01:27:03 PM »
Cool.

In the google image there are cars parked on the runway.
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« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 01:38:19 PM »
there used to be F111s parked there, now its used for new car storage. its alot quieter these days :)
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