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Chatted with the very talented Rod (blue fin art) when taking this image which is actually the second time we have met whilst out and about.
Mil Mi-8T (c/n 223???)
Maldivian Coast Guard
Guraidhoo (Thaa Atoll)
16 February 1992
Not very much is known about this Mil Mi-8T helicopter, except that it was sometime delivered to the Indian Air Force as Z2839, and eventually loaned to the Cost Guard Air Wing of the Maldives National Defence Force.
Still serialled Z2839 and wearing Indian Air Force colours but a Maldivian roundel, it was seen basking in the sun at Guraidhoo, spending at least some shadow for its crew members.
Z2839's further history is largely unknown, except that it was reported back with the Indian Air Force in 1996. As the type was generally retired with the Indian Air Force in December 2017, it is safe to assume that Z2839 has been stored and possibly dismantled or scrapped.
Guraidhoo Heliport is no longer active, after Thimarafushi Airport on nearby Thimarafushi Island in the Thaa Atoll was openend in 2013. Transport to the airport is via speedboat, and there are now also air taxi float planes.
(from my collection - credit due to photographer)
Work is underway on Rhos on Sea’s new coastal defences which include a new rock groyne structure and adding sand to the beach. A Christmas eve walk along this beautiful waterfront.
Rhos on Sea North Wales
This week's Saturday Timewatch features a third in the series about defense constructions in Dorset over the millennia. The previous two concerned Iron Age and medieval defences.
This building is part of the large Upton Fort complex, originally constructed before WW1 but also used during WW2. I'm not sure of the exact date of this defensive outpost. Nor am I certain as to its purpose. Some say it is a searchlight battery but I don;t understand why there would be the concrete canopy at the front? That would surely obstruct beams for looking for enemy aircraft heading towards Portland Harbour in the distance? .
To me it has the look of an observation post, maybe with machine guns also available. However, I am very far from an expert on the subject so my thoughts are mere speculation.
The sea defences on Cleethorpes beach at low tide under a rain filled sky, however shortly after it cleared up in to a lovely day.
Alnmouth beach, Northern England.
These concrete cubes were placed on Alnmouth beach during WWII to impede the progress of any German invasion. They are very photogenic and have a brutalist nature to them. They make good hiding places for kids playing on the beach and they make handy seats for adults.
Wisner Technical 5x4 + Schneider 90mm f8 Super Angulon + B&W 3.0 (10 stop) Neutral Density Filter.
Ilford FP4 Film + Kodak Xtol Developer (1:1 12 Min)
Sea defences at New Brighton and Fort Perch in the background.
This looked very unpromising on the screen but has come out better than I hoped.
Wissant on the north coast of France, facing the Dover straits, is one of the most rapidly eroding section of coast in France. The tidal range in this area is approximately 8 metres and the shoreline has retreated over 250 metres in the central part of the bay over the past 50 years. This has had an impact on the beach and sand dunes to the east at Wissant.
Presently, wooden piles are being erected out to sea and horizontal to the beach in order to protect the sand dunes from falling down and the beach eroding.
This shot shows some of the wooden piles horizontal to the beach. The dunes were just behind me and the tide was nearly at high water.
f 16 iso 100 28mm 2.3 sec
Filters B&W Polariser, Lee 0.9h grad, B&W ND106.
Fougères is a town on the edge of Brittany, Maine and Normandy and named after a fern or from "fous" which means "fossé" ["gap"] (in Brittany and Normandy, a gap is a terrace of land formed by the excavations made on each side of the terrace, and serving as a separation between two properties).
2015 07 28 135922 France Brittany Fougères 1HDR
This shot was taken at Valras Plage during our autumn holidays in the south od france. I used a Haida ND3 Filter.
Very murky on the South Coast today, with the waves testing the sea defences by the Shoreham Power Station.
5 seconds with the big stopper.
- Wallasey Sea Defences, New Brighton on the Wirral coast
Had to go B&W as drizzle and mist came on a Sunday outing yet again, but what an area, I must go back soon and stay the weekend, so much to see and do.
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