Vantage point.
NOTE : VISITS MAY BE IRREGULAR FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO AS WE WILL BE ON TOUR. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF WI-FI.
Taken from one of the public right-of-ways on the north side of Portland, this is looking north / northwest back towards the mainland of Dorset.
I tried putting marker location notes on the photo but flickr's system went doolally. Instead there are descriptions below.
The 18 mile / 29kms long pebble beach to the left is Chesil Beach.
The lagoon just behind the beach is The Fleet. During WW2 it was one of the sites used for testing the Bouncing Bomb.
The short runway and associated buildings, middle left, is now the home of HeliOperations. The company provides training and helicopter services. Until 1999, it was the home of RNAS Portland aka HMS Osprey.
In the centre of the photo is Portland Marina, home of the sailing events in 2012 Olympics.
In the foreground, the two large blocks of flats were built in Castletown for naval personnel. After the Royal Navy left Portland Harbour at the turn of the century, one has been converted into modern day flats.
To the right you can see Mulberry Harbour Phoenix Units. These are two reinforced concrete caissons, built as part of the artificial Mulberry harbours that were assembled as part of the follow-up to the Normandy landings during World War II.
Across the harbour is Wyke Regis, effectively a suburb of Weymouth.
The main Portland Harbour is off the photo to the right.
Vantage point.
NOTE : VISITS MAY BE IRREGULAR FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO AS WE WILL BE ON TOUR. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF WI-FI.
Taken from one of the public right-of-ways on the north side of Portland, this is looking north / northwest back towards the mainland of Dorset.
I tried putting marker location notes on the photo but flickr's system went doolally. Instead there are descriptions below.
The 18 mile / 29kms long pebble beach to the left is Chesil Beach.
The lagoon just behind the beach is The Fleet. During WW2 it was one of the sites used for testing the Bouncing Bomb.
The short runway and associated buildings, middle left, is now the home of HeliOperations. The company provides training and helicopter services. Until 1999, it was the home of RNAS Portland aka HMS Osprey.
In the centre of the photo is Portland Marina, home of the sailing events in 2012 Olympics.
In the foreground, the two large blocks of flats were built in Castletown for naval personnel. After the Royal Navy left Portland Harbour at the turn of the century, one has been converted into modern day flats.
To the right you can see Mulberry Harbour Phoenix Units. These are two reinforced concrete caissons, built as part of the artificial Mulberry harbours that were assembled as part of the follow-up to the Normandy landings during World War II.
Across the harbour is Wyke Regis, effectively a suburb of Weymouth.
The main Portland Harbour is off the photo to the right.