Smithy Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 What a fantastic programme this is. I don't know if anyone else has seen it but the last few weeks have had quite a military link to them. First off, I didn't realise that just off the Kent coast there were five/six steel structures which used to have anti-aircraft guns on them. Then the next episode saw them cross over the channel to Normandy where Dick Strawbridge was in a halftrack on the beaches. :yay::-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 yes it is a good series , seen it before.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 Is it a repeat then? As I thought the ones where they went to France were new? It was in Ireland tonight but only caught the last 20 minutes of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lv6xv/Coast_Series_4_France_Cap_GrisNez_to_Mont_SaintMichel/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 seen one series of it before , not sure about this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) What a fantastic programme this is. I don't know if anyone else has seen it but the last few weeks have had quite a military link to them. First off, I didn't realise that just off the Kent coast there were five/six steel structures which used to have anti-aircraft guns on them. ::-D Here's more...The Redsand Fort project, who are restoring the forts http://www.youtube.com/user/maxdreamstate Edited August 4, 2009 by Nick Johns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 Cheers Sirhc and Nick. Isn't it great how these massive structures are still standing and actually move with the sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean101ryan Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Couple of pics taken from the Dart Line ferry last time we went to Belgium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Looks like War of the Worlds... RUN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john fox Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 (edited) anyone see the episode tonight? very smart Bedford QL shown in the Faroe Isles, allegedly one of 300 MV's left behind when we withdrew after the war Edited August 19, 2009 by john fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry.ice Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Yes a very nice looking Bedford. Didn't say how many were still there though and that airstrip looked a bit scary:shocked:, but what an amazing looking place. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderChuff Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 In the Normandy coast episode Dick mentioned that the issue on that beach was the presence of peat just below the sandy top layer. We probably all know about the problem of blue clay which was overcome by using Bobbin AVRE's, rolling out a canvas carpet, but I have not seen any reference to peat patches in the books which I have read. In those books I have come across the Roly Poly AVRE which appears to have used small diameter trees linked with wire to form a log carpet. Would this be used to provide the runway over the peat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 In the Normandy coast episode Dick mentioned that the issue on that beach was the presence of peat just below the sandy top layer. We probably all know about the problem of blue clay which was overcome by using Bobbin AVRE's, rolling out a canvas carpet, but I have not seen any reference to peat patches in the books which I have read. In those books I have come across the Roly Poly AVRE which appears to have used small diameter trees linked with wire to form a log carpet. Would this be used to provide the runway over the peat? I was thinking the same. It certainly was interesting to see how by going down less then a foot Peat suddenly appeared as the foundation of the beach!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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