Daylight
The tunnel roof was broken here so daylight was streaming in. It was exciting not knowing what was around the next bend!
While staying in Hong Kong over Christmas I got to explore the Shing Mun Redoubt, the central part of a Maginot line-like series of fortifications across the New Territories, built in the 1930s. Like the Maginot Line the defences were completely inadequate - the Japanese army swept through here in early December 1941, when there were only 30 men holding the line at this point. Can you imagine? After that the British army retreated back to Hong Kong island,and eventually surrendered to the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941.
The network of tunnels were all named after London streets to help the soldiers remember where they all were, and you can still see the names today. You’re not really supposed to go into them, but I’d just bought a new torch that I really needed to test out…it’s very atmospheric and quite creepy, I was never quite sure what was going to be around the next corner.
The Shing Mun Redoubt, Hong Kong
Daylight
The tunnel roof was broken here so daylight was streaming in. It was exciting not knowing what was around the next bend!
While staying in Hong Kong over Christmas I got to explore the Shing Mun Redoubt, the central part of a Maginot line-like series of fortifications across the New Territories, built in the 1930s. Like the Maginot Line the defences were completely inadequate - the Japanese army swept through here in early December 1941, when there were only 30 men holding the line at this point. Can you imagine? After that the British army retreated back to Hong Kong island,and eventually surrendered to the Japanese on Christmas Day 1941.
The network of tunnels were all named after London streets to help the soldiers remember where they all were, and you can still see the names today. You’re not really supposed to go into them, but I’d just bought a new torch that I really needed to test out…it’s very atmospheric and quite creepy, I was never quite sure what was going to be around the next corner.
The Shing Mun Redoubt, Hong Kong