Dover sea front

**richy** · 13th June 2010, 20:22

heres a taster of dover, 1st up the ''drop redoubt''

the citedel battery,

**yamahapaul** · 13th June 2010, 21:37

Originally Posted by richy

You finally got the hang of photobucket I see...

**richy** · 14th June 2010, 05:57

Originally Posted by yamahapaul

You finally got the hang of photobucket I see...

the problem i have is, i can't use photobucket at work, and at home its very slow to load, i was ment to put more up, so i might have a go later

when i get home.

**oildrum** · 14th June 2010, 07:38

Hasn't the Drop Redoubt got 2 or 3 sets of stairs so troops could get from top of cliffs to street level more quickly? Or is that something else

**richy** · 14th June 2010, 08:01

Originally Posted by oildrum

Hasn't the Drop Redoubt got 2 or 3 sets of stairs so troops could get from top of cliffs to street level more quickly? Or is that something else

thats the grand shaft, it has 3 sets of steps down to the street, so they could get troops down as quick a possible, i climbed that last week in the heat

built between 1806 and 1809

**richy** · 14th June 2010, 18:31

i'm on the case of this photobucket system at the mo, so heres a pic of the grand shaft to be getting on with, hopefully more later

**oildrum** · 14th June 2010, 18:41

Looks impressive

Is it open to the public? Or just certain times?

**richy** · 14th June 2010, 20:24

still loading lol, this is the entrance to lyden spout

once you finaly get inside

just over the field is lyden spout plotting room, which still has the gas filters lying on the floor, this entrance is through the escape hatch, as the main bit is filled in

this is the back fill to the main entrance, although the little room on the right is in perfect condition, like someone just left the room yesterday, round pinned electric sockets stil shiney on the wall

this ones just inside a magazine at lyden spout about 20 yards from the plotting room (don't have to go far for the next hole)

one the notices on the wall of the magazine

entrance to deepshelter at southforland

stairs down deepshelter

2 more entrances to deepshelters in dover

many thanks to my friend kim for this pic of me, climbing out of a tight squeeze/hole

(jesus, it took awhile to load these pics)

---------- Post added at 09:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:53 PM ----------

Originally Posted by oildrum

Looks impressive

Is it open to the public? Or just certain times?

only certain times of the year, 2 weeks ago it was open free with western heights weekend, otherwise not sure when.

**polski** · 19th June 2010, 19:28

bet that was spooky in there !!!

**richy** · 21st June 2010, 08:35

Originally Posted by polski

bet that was spooky in there !!!

most the entrances are bit spooky, specialy when you have never entered the place before, but once your inside (most) of these places you can stand up like normal.