White Cliffs of Dover, England. My Pics BoB Related.

[leitmotiv]

Methinks Boudica would make short shrift of the Saxon origins blasphemy!

http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK...ry/Boudica.htm

[MB_Avro_UK]

Thanks for all your interest

I have a few more pics regarding Dover but with a military slant. Dover has had a military presence going back over a thousand years. This is a picture of the Roman watch-tower that overlooks the Channel.




Dover Castle was later built in about 1100 on the same site. The Castle has been updated over the Centuries, particularly when Napoleon threatened invasion during the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.








This is a view of Dover Harbour from the Castle grounds.





WW2 saw the Castle area upgraded to include Planning Rooms, Lookout Positions and defences.






Dover was shelled by German Artillery positioned on the French Coast about 20 miles away (32 km) from 1940 until 1944. This is a map of where shells and bombs fell. 2,226 shells fell on the town during this period.







Picture of a Pub I visited just to sample the Beer! The Church next door was destroyed by a shell but the Pub survived intact.





A German planning document for the invasion of Dover dated June 1940.





This is an original wartime notice advising dancers about shell and bomb procedures.






And here's a practice Dambuster's bomb displayed in the Castle museum.







That's all for now,
MB_Avro

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

Yeah, it's the pits...

Lili Marlene - the soldiers song

I don't do flash, did either of those have the (Ahem) "altered" lyrics?

[choctaw111]

I just saw this thread.
What great photos.
Thank you very much for sharing them.

[zapatista]

Avro_UK,

what kind of camera did you use for those pictures ?

having lived in Kent for 6 yrs, and done the channel crossing probably around a 50x in all weather and seasons, i have never seen the channel water look as invitingly tropical light blue as it did from some of the initial water shots you posted (looking down on the water from the high cliffs)

the times i have flown over it in an aircraft it also would look more dark and grey, the same as the closer to the water visuals you get from the ferries or coastal roads, but in the aircraft this would obviously have been for significantly higher altitude then the cliff height shots you just posted now.

i'd hate to have Oleg create a tropical channel water color after all his hard work, instead of the cold and somewhat menacing grey colour it has during most times of the year that i remember.

[MB_Avro_UK]

Originally Posted by zapatista

Avro_UK,

what kind of camera did you use for those pictures ?

having lived in Kent for 6 yrs, and done the channel crossing probably around a 50x in all weather and seasons, i have never seen the channel water look as invitingly tropical light blue as it did from some of the initial water shots you posted (looking down on the water from the high cliffs)

the times i have flown over it in an aircraft it also would look more dark and grey, the same as the closer to the water visuals you get from the ferries or coastal roads, but in the aircraft this would obviously have been for significantly higher altitude then the cliff height shots you just posted now.

i'd hate to have Oleg create a tropical channel water color after all his hard work, instead of the cold and somewhat menacing grey colour it has during most times of the year that i remember.

I used a Pentax Optio S30. But I've since upgraded! The weather was almost perfect. A very sunny day in July last year. The pics do accurately represent the sea at that time. Yes, almost Med-like I agree.

The following two pics are of The English Channel in November this year. Taken at Southsea near Portsmouth.







Best Regards,
MB_Avro

[KG26_Alpha]

Re Dover

I just got turned back trying to get to France its mayhem !!

Little bit of snow and all hell breaks loose.

Nice pics MB, its hard to get non Hazy shots around Dover.

I know the docks and Dover area very well and to have "non hazy" pics it must have been almost perfect weather there !!

Our south coast can have "Med" looking water at times especially in the summer.

I hope they get our pebble beaches right in SoW, not just the generic sand we have in IL2.

And we dont always have murky grey looking water on our South East coastlines

Thames Estuary from Isle of Sheppy



Brighton Beach



Brighton Sea front

[Viking]

Beautiful!

Plese keep em coming!

Regards

Viking

[Alien]

1000 yards = about 900 meters
300 meters = about 1000 FEET not yards.

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by Alien

1000 yards = about 900 meters
300 meters = about 1000 FEET not yards.

I said that, on the previous page, I hope a little more politely.