Well I went off to see if I could get some odds and ends finished off round the Pangbourne area today, the aim was to get some photos of of the gun emplacement on Gatehapton Bridge, the pillbox by the rail embankment at Pangbourne the walk along the river bank on the Whitchurch side to see if I could photo the pillboxes on that side.
Any way here are some of the photo's.
Wee I was a bit taken back to find the emplacement was at the top of the embankment on the end of the bridge
Not too easy to get to and it is on Railway land so decided to give that a miss. It does still have the hold fast studs in place as you can see them from the train as you go by. Fluffy can confirm this.
You can just make out the emplacement at the top here.
No doubt Fluffy whill be intested to see this though I'm not sure what it was for. It's just along from the bridge.
Looking across the river you can see this Type22 from my Thames set.
This is the one in Pangbourne by the rail embankment.
Turned out to be a Type28 Twin, I was expecting a 28A
No point in looking inside, locked up tight.
There used to be another pillbox nearer to the river but that seems to have been demolished.
I did go looking for the two type 22's along the river at Whitchurch but decided to give it a miss as it ment trecking over someones land so I decided to give it a miss for now.
After that I went down to the river Kennet so sus out the area I need to go next and the Blue line.
Any way here are some of the photo's.
Wee I was a bit taken back to find the emplacement was at the top of the embankment on the end of the bridge
Not too easy to get to and it is on Railway land so decided to give that a miss. It does still have the hold fast studs in place as you can see them from the train as you go by. Fluffy can confirm this.
You can just make out the emplacement at the top here.
No doubt Fluffy whill be intested to see this though I'm not sure what it was for. It's just along from the bridge.
Looking across the river you can see this Type22 from my Thames set.
This is the one in Pangbourne by the rail embankment.
Turned out to be a Type28 Twin, I was expecting a 28A
No point in looking inside, locked up tight.
There used to be another pillbox nearer to the river but that seems to have been demolished.
I did go looking for the two type 22's along the river at Whitchurch but decided to give it a miss as it ment trecking over someones land so I decided to give it a miss for now.
After that I went down to the river Kennet so sus out the area I need to go next and the Blue line.
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