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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: RTHolmes on November 01, 2011, 01:13:27 PM

Title: pillboxes
Post by: RTHolmes 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:

(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae235/RTHolmes/Random%20Stuff/49c3622d.jpg)

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 ...

(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae235/RTHolmes/Random%20Stuff/fb47e58c.jpg)

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 (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)

Title: Re: pillboxes
Post by: Buzzard7 on November 01, 2011, 01:27:03 PM

Cool.

In the google image there are cars parked on the runway.

Title: Re: pillboxes
Post by: RTHolmes 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 :)