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Old gun defences at the entrance to Hull marina, Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.
Herne Bay, promenade
Not quite what I meant when I started editing these images.
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Pictured is a member of 1 EOD Regiment RLC, with Fire Service Rescue Crew and a CUTLASS Remote Controlled Vehicle at Didcot PowerStation.
RLC bomb disposal experts offered their support to the Fire & Rescue, Urban Search & Rescue and search dog teams from across numerous counties in the search for the missing persons trapped beneath the vast piles of twisted steel, pipes and concrete – the remains of the collapsed Didcot ‘Site A’ Power Station.
Operators from Northolt Troop, 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment arrived on site where they immediately deployed their Cutlass, state-of-the-art remote controlled vehicle, it’s more usually associated with pin pointing suspicious packages and explosive devices and destroying them however, in this case it was sent in to try and locate the missing inside the former turbine hall.
1 EOD Regiment RLC is the British Army's specialist unit responsible counter terrorist bomb disposal and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), the recovery and safe disposal of conventional munitions. They also inspect and licence ammunition storage and enforce explosives safety regulations.
The Regiment carries out its mission on all deployed and expeditionary operations worldwide and at home throughout Great Britain and on British Forces bases in Germany.
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We recently had the top door and windows repaired in the barn. The Carpenter Bees ate holes in the wood. Now this is made of PVC pipe and is very undesirable to these big bees.
This WW11 defence had been buried in the sands for many years now revealed through high tides and erosion - Gibraltar Point Lincolnshire
A few months ago I thought I'd try my hand at some micro-scale sci-fi architecture. Finally got around to taking some pics. Might turn this into something bigger, time permitted...
With the tide low the sea wall defences at Dawlish Warren can be clearly seen,with large rocks placed beneath Brunel's original wall. On the right can be seen the newer "lipped" wall that was built aroun 1993 to protect the leisure area and the village itself from the sea. The line towards Exeter St Davids and the River Exe can be seen winding their way northwards. 43172 and 43155 are heading north working 2U16 Penzance-Cardiff on Saturday 11th June 2022.
The flood defence at Kessingland - we were chatting to some locals. Around 40 years ago, the sea used to come right up to it. Now it's so far away, old bits of staircarpet have been considerately laid to save poor old Ki's feet from the shingle! And this is only a couple of miles up the coast from Covehithe, where the sea is taking land away at a terrific rate
Caerphilly Castle / Castell Caerffili, the biggest castle in Wales, indeed the second largest in the United Kingdom after Windsor. Construction started in 1268 as a purely defensive work, the main body being completed in three years, but over the years it was turned into more of a palace.
By the 15th century it was just about in use, but survived more or less on a 'care and maintenance' basis. By the end of the century it had been near enough abandoned, and was soon being robbed for its stone. Although the castle played little part in the Civil Wars (1644-1651), afterwards Cromwell wanted to remove the possibility of it being used as a defence against his forces and ordered it to be 'slighted', effectively demanding it be pulled down and renderered useless as a fortification. The result of an attempt to bring down the South-east tower by gunpowder can still be seen in the 'leaning tower'.
In the 18th century the castle came into the hands of the Marquesses of Bute, who did little with it until the fourth Marquess, who had made a fortune in coal and industry in South Wales, started what was essentially a job-creation scheme in 1928, trying to recreate as far as possible the structure as it would have been at the height of its power. Work continued until 1939, and some restarted after the war, the site being handed over to the government in 1950. It is now looked after by CADW.
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Thanks to wikipedia for this info - can't take credit for this myself!!
Cramond Island (Scottish Gaelic Eilean Chathair Amain) is one of several islands that lie in the Firth of Forth in eastern Scotland, near Edinburgh. As its name implies, it lies off Cramond. It is one third of a mile (0.5 km) long and covers 7.7 hectares (19 acres), and is currently part of the Dalmeny Estate. Strictly speaking it is not a true island at all, but a tidal island being connected to the mainland at low tide. There is a paved path, exposed at low tide, which allows easy access. This path runs at the foot of a row of concrete pylons on one side of the causeway which were constructed as a submarine defence boom and are one of the most striking sights in the area. At high tide the island is cut off from the mainland, with the path several feet below sea level. It lies about a mile from the shore, and visitors should take care to leave sufficient time to walk back to the mainland. The speed with which the water rises can catch people unawares, leaving them stranded. The island forms part of the estuary of the River Almond whose mouth is near the landward end of the crossing.
The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion
The Desert Reconnaissance Battalion acted professionally during a company exercise.
Photo credit: Barak Chen,
IDF Spokesperson Unit
Spigot mortar base at Windy Knoll overlooking the roads into Castleton in the Peak National Park. Mam Tor forms the background with Mam Nick on the left side. Presumably this was part of some form of defensive line in this area between Machester and Sheffield.
After so many windy days a calm night came. Many rocks at Patras port. Image taken with canon eos 5d mark ii and ef 8-15mm fisheye straightened and cropped.
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Type 22 Pillbox, described as being in good condition, in the Defence of Britain catalogue, this pillbox can be found at the junctin of California and Rottenstone Lanes at California, Nr Scatby, Norfolk, England.
This pillbox is at 52°41'15.42"N 1°42'34.63"E
Do any of the pillbox hunters have any knowledge of history on it?
A macro shot of the model i have recently finished.
Lit by 430ex to background (white card), snooted so no light hit the model (black straw snoot) and covered with a blue gel (cut up a4 coloured acetate).
Triggered by ST-E2.
Composite of two flashed exposures.