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| 201 | Blog: London defences I spent the morning in London, inspecting some defence works, including the site of the Rotundras. |
10 June 2006 |
| 202 | Blog: The Royal Military Canal I've got a few days off, so yesterday I decided to take advantage of the good weather. Hopping onto a train to Folkestone, I started cycling back towards Sussex along the Royal Military Canal, taking in the scenery and pillboxes along the way. |
8 June 2006 |
| 203 | Blog: Crouching viper, hidden dragon (tooth)... As the weather was fine yesterday, I managed to get out to Cuckmere Haven again to check out an anti-tank wall. |
5 June 2006 |
| 204 | Blog: A second bite of a dragon's tooth I finished the last blog with this photo of 20 blocks at Cuckmere Haven, but while I was processing the full-size image, I noticed what seems to be some writing on the end block that I had not noticed when I was actually there. |
12 April 2006 |
| 205 | Blog: Cuckmere Haven defences Taking advantage of the relatively good weather, I took a trip out to Cuckmere Haven, a gap in the chalk cliffs between Eastbourne and Seaford where the Germans would have landed had Operation Sealion been given the go-ahead. |
9 April 2006 |
| 206 | Blog: The Long Man of Wilmington As the weather for today was the best forecast for the weekend, I decided to jump on my bike and get out into the countryside again. |
1 April 2006 |
| 207 | Blog: Rickney Roadblock 2 Following on from yesterday's blog, this Type 25 "Armco" pillbox stands beside a rough track that leads to Pevensey Radar Station; see Subterranean Britannica for the history of this Chain Home Station. |
20 March 2006 |
| 208 | Blog: Rickney Roadblock As the sun was shining all morning I decided to jump on my bike after lunch and get some exercise while taking in some anti-invasion defences in the locality; see my blog of 10 March. |
19 March 2006 |
| 209 | Blog: Invasion defences I've just watched part 2 of Channel 4's documentary The Real Dad's Army, originally aired last Monday. The series so far has been very good, and I can't wait for the final part, which will look at the secret British resistance movement. |
10 March 2006 |
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