It struck me the other day, I don't think I've ever posted any or my photos from here. It's one of those places I've visited so much I just take it for granted and don't really pay much attention to it. It's the place I always go to experiment with stuff because it's so accessible.
The detached Bastion for those who don't know was part of the defences built in Dover in the Napoleonic era. Their purpose was to assist in defending the northern approaches to Dover, particularly from the Folkestone Road, along which it was envisaged Napoleon and the French Grand Army would attack. It's now just an empty slowly decaying shell of a building, but it'll be there a while yet as it's so well built!
So now I present to you my top 10 Detached Bastion photos. (These are not presented in any particular order.)
1. The "View from Upstairs" shot.
2. The "Moody Black and White" shot
3. The "Drawbridge" shot.
4. The "Looking up the stairs" shot, taken a long time ago so excuse quality.
5. The "Sitting on the top looking down over Dover" shot
6. The "Long corridor shot"
7. That "Room with the weird lighting" Shot
And now a few fun ones
8. The "Light the place up in funky colours" shot
9. The "Wire wool Spinning" shot
10. And last, but by no means least the "Setting off 1KG of Thermite" shot
(No Napoleonic forts were harmed in the taking of this last photograph, but it did destroy the terracotta flowerpot it was in :lol: )
Anyone else care to add their own shots of Detached Bastion, feel free.
Maniac.
The detached Bastion for those who don't know was part of the defences built in Dover in the Napoleonic era. Their purpose was to assist in defending the northern approaches to Dover, particularly from the Folkestone Road, along which it was envisaged Napoleon and the French Grand Army would attack. It's now just an empty slowly decaying shell of a building, but it'll be there a while yet as it's so well built!
So now I present to you my top 10 Detached Bastion photos. (These are not presented in any particular order.)
1. The "View from Upstairs" shot.
2. The "Moody Black and White" shot
3. The "Drawbridge" shot.
4. The "Looking up the stairs" shot, taken a long time ago so excuse quality.
5. The "Sitting on the top looking down over Dover" shot
6. The "Long corridor shot"
7. That "Room with the weird lighting" Shot
And now a few fun ones
8. The "Light the place up in funky colours" shot
9. The "Wire wool Spinning" shot
10. And last, but by no means least the "Setting off 1KG of Thermite" shot
(No Napoleonic forts were harmed in the taking of this last photograph, but it did destroy the terracotta flowerpot it was in :lol: )
Anyone else care to add their own shots of Detached Bastion, feel free.
Maniac.
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