bigherb Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 You had a brilliant day for your walk any idea what the building with the overhang and poles was ,maybe a firing range as I think there was one thereabouts in WW2 bet you felt shattered when you finally sat down for a cup of tea. I am trying to type this with one of my cats walking backwards and forwards over the computer makes life difficult think she can spell better than me! Yes there where two up there, one above Abbots cliff near Capel and one above the now tunnel entrance to Samphire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 1430, no one seems to be on site, maybe a late lunch, planning meeting,or run out of diesel ? Wind is blowing 4/5, gusts of 6. Working up the site from tunnel mouths east. P1350749 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350752 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350755 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350756 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350757 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350758 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350764 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350766 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350768 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350769 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Last set of Photos, for tonight. Lots of movement of spoil, at the Easterners site. P1350771 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350772 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350773 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350774 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350812 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350813 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350814 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350815 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350821 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350823 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350831 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Just as I was leaving, this turned up. P1350873 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350875 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350879 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr P1350880 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr Night, Johnboys' P1350894 by David Todd 2012, on Flickr 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuartthegrant Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 You have had a very productive day Peter, some good pictures today. Love the other side of the tunnel views. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Any truth in the rumour dt, that BBC have comissioned a new series of Wainrights Walks, and you're getting in practice for an audition for the hosting spot? (a swag of great photos - really appreciate the effort you made. Thank you) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) A Very,rough guide, in Paint, guess work,on the Raft's (4). I am next trying to determine,how many set's,of piles, are done and where. Seawall Repairs, A Rough Guide to Rafts by David Todd 2012, on Flickr Edited April 21, 2016 by David Todd 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Any truth in the rumour dt, that BBC have comissioned a new series of Wainrights Walks, and you're getting in practice for an audition for the hosting spot? (a swag of great photos - really appreciate the effort you made. Thank you) Verb. Number 2. applies to where you live. Noun. Number 2. U.K. swag swaɡ/ noun 1. a curtain or piece of fabric fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve. 2. informal money or goods taken by a thief or burglar. "garden machinery is the most popular swag" verb 1. arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric. "swag the fabric gracefully over the curtain tie-backs" 2. AUSTRALIAN/NZ travel with one's personal belongings in a bundle. "we were swagging it in Queensland" Feedback Edited April 21, 2016 by David Todd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted April 21, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2016 A Very,rough guide, in Paint, guess work,on the Raft's (4). I am next trying to determine,how many set's,of piles, are done and where. Seawall Repairs, A Rough Guide to Rafts by David Todd 2012, on Flickr I'm still waiting to see one of those lovely big machines do the equivalent of painting itself into a corner as there seem to be as many piles behind a couple of them as there are towards the tunnel mouth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 They're not easy to spot, are they? I think there may be six in the nearest rectangle, then seven in the second, and one in the third. There's obviously some sort of logic involved in the pattern, but I don't know what it might be. I'm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I'm still waiting to see one of those lovely big machines do the equivalent of painting itself into a corner as there seem to be as many piles behind a couple of them as there are towards the tunnel mouth. They're not easy to spot, are they? I think there may be six in the nearest rectangle, then seven in the second, and one in the third. There's obviously some sort of logic involved in the pattern, but I don't know what it might be. I'm My thoughts are, they are doing it so they can still have traffic flow,up and down the site. For clearing waste materials and bring other equipment up and down the site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Back from hanging out of Maltese balcony windows catching passing wifis, its good to catch up on a great series of pics. You've certanly got your audience of rubbernecks guessing about piles*. I'll try and ask Isambard about his diagnosis. *noun: referring to a painful condition afflicting small boys being caught by the games teacher hiding in the changing room sitting on the heating pipes - instead of running around the snow covered frozen playing field. dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 So, The Maltese Falcon, has flown home, to his breeding ground, in the Tyne Valley. How many House Martins and Swifts did you overtake,on the way home? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Smee again: 1 'BackTrack' mag for May was awaiting my return home - and has an interesting pair of pics (pages 270;271) of the December 1915 Folkestone Warren collapse that spectacularily engulfed a SECR passenger train 'after severe storm conditions'. 'Naturally formed cavernous underground passages' cope with ground water but can cause massive earth and rock movement'. It caused serious disruption of the main supply route to the WW1 battlefelds and 'involved mobilisation of every known resource'. Part of a very interesting article on 'Past and Present Track Formation' by a former BR(S) PW engineer. 2 It looks clear to me that the stabilisation works for the railway are also affording protection for the clifftop Motorway - is there any co-operation/funding apportionment known about this? dh Edited April 21, 2016 by runs as required Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Smee again: 1 'BackTrack' mag for May was awaiting my return home - and has an interesting pair of pics (pages 270;271) of the December 1915 Folkestone Warren collapse that spectacularily engulfed a SECR passenger train 'after severe storm conditions'. 'Naturally formed cavernous underground passages' cope with ground water but can cause massive earth and rock movement'. It caused serious disruption of the main supply route to the WW1 battlefelds and 'involved mobilisation of every known resource'. Part of a very interesting article on 'Past and Present Track Formation' by a former BR(S) PW engineer. 2 It looks clear to me that the stabilisation works for the railway are also affording protection for the clifftop Motorway - is there any co-operation/funding apportionment known about this? dh In reply to 2. Dover Town Council have set up road blocks,on all roads in and out Of Dover. Charging exhorbinate amounts of money to all entering and leaving. Why do you think I walk the footpaths of the hills ? Those who own 4x4s, don't know how to use them off road. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Today's intentions are, To leggit from home,over the heights,to Shakey site, the same,on the return. Take with me,my spotting scope,along with a pile counter thumb clicker, I have yet to acquire the laser version. I promise not to post photos of the foot journey,you have all will had enough of them. Alas , I may find toll booths on those paths, if I do post them. Bye for now. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Smee again: Oh ! So it is Smew. again. Nice disguise ! Edited April 21, 2016 by David Todd 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Those who own 4x4s, don't know how to use them off road. Mines only 2WD it gets about with the 4x4's Edited April 21, 2016 by bigherb 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Mines only 2WD it gets about with the 4x4's I was generalising about 4x4s, I see you have removed the tow bar from your accommodation . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I was generalising about 4x4s, I see you have removed the tow bar from your accommodation . No it still on it when I stay at Densole. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 OT sob stuff: We used to have one of these last rear engined Kombis (type 3?) but it got torn apart by a drunken farmer driving into the side of us at about midnight on one of the old bits of the A1 with crossings across the central reservation near Northallerton. Though we were all hospitalised, the Police told us we were extremely lucky to have survived. I subsequently drove a much later South African version with a big 6 cylinder very potent Porsche style engine while doing some fieldwork with students on the Cape Coast flats. dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Mines an 82 the last of the aircooled ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I promise not to post photos of the foot journey,you have all will had enough of them. Well I like them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Broadcasting live, from a Wainwright C class walk. Here is your lunchtime news. The ref has red carded the red rig, so it is sitting on the sidelines, watching play today. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Mines an 82 the last of the aircooled ones. Here's my V10s. Circa. 1952. Edited April 21, 2016 by David Todd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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