Here it is as promised. Visited after RAF Holmpton when a few of us made a day of it. Firstly we stopped off at Godwin Battery and had a good nosey around. Godwin Battery is slowely being absorbed in to the sand and sea. The mounting where a very large gun was sited, is now at a very awkward angle with rusted rods still visable and is regularly climbed by visitors. The fort itself can only be entered at risk as there are large cracks running up the concrete and brickwork inside, which precariously over hang the beach.
Views from inside the fort
Then on to Spurn Point defences. The old lighthouses both stand proudly although neither are used now and the defences are scattered across the whole area. Near the most recent lighthouse a very small tunnel leads in to a few rooms of a building now almost totally engulfed by sandy earth. Within one of the rooms, amongst the new graffitti, old graffitti can be found from the soldiers that were based there. Their signatures also bear their id numbers and dates.
Spurn point defences are spread out over the area with old search lamp housings, gun placements and concrete rooms to investigate, the whole lot being slowely overtaken by nature and eaten away by the weather. This was like being in a different world altogether, travelling along the thin strip of land almost seperated from the mainland and arriving at quite a large area with a small group of dwellings, a coastguard station and the defences!
All in all it was a great day and many thanks to those that contributed to this trip. It was good to meet you all. Thanks for looking.
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