In Defence of the Realm
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on Fri, February 01st 2008 by graham
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Graham Binns posted a photo:
Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 31
The entrance to the WWII pillbox at Castle Stede, near Loyne bridge, Hornby, Lancashire. It was built in the 1940s as a defence against a possible German invasion. There's a Norman castle - well, its earthworks anyway - just behind where I was standing; I'll photograph that another time.
Not too fond of the sky; a sort of uniform pale grey that no amount of footling about in the Gimp could cure. It was too bleeding cold and windy to do much else besides take some handheld shots with the wide-angle lens; I didn't really want to stay much longer as I'd lost the feeling in my fingers.
