Earlier in the year I visited North Weald Redoubt with a couple of friends. Ramblings so Far & Chill Cleal The redoubt was built at the end of the 19th Century to protect London in case of war. There are still two surviving (albeit rusty) Allan Williams Turrets which were used to defend a nearby radio station. The…
It’s been a long time since I added anything to this blog. Not to say there hasn’t been anything interesting happening, I just drifted away from the habit of making even semi-regular updates. Visiting the Peak District in June of this year was one of the things I failed to blog about. The week was spent…
On the second to last day in Jersey I visited Val de la Mare Reservoir. To my great surprise at one end there was a large dam holding back the water which provided multiple photography opportunities. Some of the photographs I took went back to my old minimal architectural style which I think the dam…
Mid-week I travelled to St. Ouen to see another lighthouse, unfortunately the lighthouse was just a small signal station, nothing as grand as I had previously seen. Something else of interest at the site however was Grosnez Castle. Dating back to the 14th Century Grosnez is a ruin of its former self, with just one…
After my visit to the German defences at Batterie Lothringen I visited St. Matthews Church, more commonly known as the Glass Church. Originally built in 1840 as a church of ease for local residence unable to access the main Parish church, it became famous after the French artist Rene Lalique was commissioned in 1930 to produce…
On Day four I stumbled across Battery Lothringen consisting of German defences from World War 2. It turned out to be quite a happy accident, I have a great passion for exploring old and abandoned buildings, but when you combine abandoned with the historical era of WW2 it becomes especially exciting. The picture below shows a German…
Day three of my holiday was mainly centred around a visit to the Durrell Wildlife Park. I’m not especially a fan of taking pictures of animals that are in zoos, primarily because you can usually see all the fences and other man made objects inside the enclosures and to me it kind of defeats the…
