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| 176 | Blog: Battle nodal point On 15 April, I drove out to Battle to see what, if anything, was left of the nodal point defences. |
22 April 2007 |
| 177 | Blog: Art Deco dragon's tooth Back on 8 April, I took a second visit out to Ninfield to do some follow-up on my previous discovery of over 90 cubes. |
22 April 2007 |
| 178 | Blog: Ninfield nodal point This afternoon I drove out to Ninfield, a town just north of Bexhill which was classified as a nodal point and fortress designed to resist invading forces for up to 7 days without outside assistance. |
2 April 2007 |
| 179 | Blog: Two-storey pillbox Having just acquired a car, I decided to get out and about and take in some anti-invasion defences that are harder to get to on bike. |
25 March 2007 |
| 180 | Blog: www.pillbox.org.uk is live! http://www.pillbox.org.uk is finally ready to go! |
10 March 2007 |
| 181 | Blog: Not long now; pillbox.org.uk really is coming! I've been working furiously to get my long-promised http://www.pillbox.org.uk website in a state whereby it's fit for public consumption. |
8 March 2007 |
| 182 | Blog: Pillbox ballistics (2) Continuing my examination of possible wartime damage to a Type 22 pillbox beside the Royal Military Canal at Ruckinge, I'm going to concentrate on the damage indicated by the area shaded in red below. |
18 February 2007 |
| 183 | Blog: Pillbox ballistics (1) What was so interesting about this Type 22 pillbox (photo taken June 2006), that I had to go and visit it yesterday? |
14 February 2007 |
| 184 | Blog: Royal Military Canal (3) I've just looked in the mirror and realised why people on the train were giving me funny looks; I have several splashes of dried mud on my face, in my hair and up the front of my fleece jacket. |
13 February 2007 |
| 185 | Blog: Roadblocks I came across two roadblock sites today on my way to Bexhill to try and get a problem with my new laptop (I'll post something about this at a later date) fixed. |
3 January 2007 |
| 186 | Blog: New pillbox website on the way! I've hinted in recent posts that I've been developing a new website related to pillboxes. I was hoping to have launched the full site by now, but recent events and pressures have delayed it slightly. |
1 January 2007 |
| 187 | Blog: National Archives visit My third and final day of my visit, I arrived here an hour later than planned due to a last-minute decision to go chasing pillboxes. I've seen a total of 5 and a spigot mortar pedestal today, although my photos taken from the train are not clear. |
24 November 2006 |
| 188 | Blog: In Remembrance I'm writing this piece on Remembrance Day inspired by my research into anti-invasion defences being constructed by 45 Division in Sussex and Kent in 1940. |
11 November 2006 |
| 189 | Blog: Back at Pillbox Alley The end of October and still the weather remains warm! Taking advantage of today's sunshine (it was jeans and t-shirt weather), I paid another visit to Barcombe Mills to build on my previous trip along part of the GHQ Line. |
29 October 2006 |
| 190 | Blog: Beaches, fields, streets and hills Having had a nasty virus over the weekend, something that has helped speed my recovery was the delivery of Beaches, fields, streets and hills: the anti-invasion landscapes of England, 1940 by William Foot. (CBA Research Report No.144, Council for British Archaeology 2006; ISBN 1 902771 53 2). |
23 October 2006 |
| 191 | Blog: The GHQ Line I couldn't believe the weather forecast for today; bright sunshine with temperatures of about 19-20°C - not bad for the middle of October! |
15 October 2006 |
| 192 | Blog: Royal Military Canal (2) On 27 September (yes, I am nearly 3 weeks behind with my blogging!), I resumed my bike ride along the Royal Military Canal from where I left off previously. |
14 October 2006 |
| 193 | Blog: National Archives visit I survived a monsoon to get to the archives today; so much rain fell inside about an hour, that the drainage system was overwhelmed. |
11 October 2006 |
| 194 | Blog: Newhaven Defences On 24 September, I cycled all the way out to Newhaven to look at the defences there; Newhaven was a strategically important port during the war, and still operates today. |
9 October 2006 |
| 195 | Blog: Pett Emergency Coast Defence Battery Last Monday I took the train to Hastings and cycled out to Pett Level, to visit the remains of a WW2 Emergency Coast Battery. |
5 October 2006 |
| 196 | Blog: Cuckmere Haven defences On 10 September I rode out to Cuckmere Haven again to take another look at the western side of the river. |
4 October 2006 |
| 197 | Blog: Catching up I've been very busy the past few weeks; the weather has been surprisingly good for this time of year, and I've been out and about so much that I've not had time to record my activities. |
1 October 2006 |
| 198 | Blog: A curious research milestone... I finally found time to award myself a day away from everything else and to catch up on some documents on anti-invasion measures I'd photographed at the archives some weeks ago. |
18 September 2006 |
| 199 | Blog: Da Vinci code or just talking blocks? Regular readers of my blog (if such people exist) are probably bored of this photo by now, but it appears here for the third time to tie up a loose thread left by my archive visit of 10 May. |
21 June 2006 |
| 200 | Blog: 1940 minefield incidents I mentioned previously that I had found mention of an incident in the war diary of a Royal Engineers Field Company who oversaw many of the defensive preparations in my corner of Sussex in 1940. |
11 June 2006 |
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