johnnypixels.bsky.social
I like taking photos, going to interesting places, and history. Sometimes I take photos of interesting historical places
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Notwithstanding sounds like a village in Midsomer Murders
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I guess they were good for persilschein
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They spend loads on motion capture and voice actors and the like, and I just skip cut scenes because I want to play the game
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12 days later you'll have eggsnog
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If it's an online form, 61. If you're sending the form in the post, 63.
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The railway line. There's a siding off to what was a quarry. Crossing over here led back to the River at Allington lock. #photography #walking
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The remains of a second world war pillbox. The roof has been demolished, leaving the reinforcing bars snaking through the rubble. The site overlooks the railway line and river. #photography #walking
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The M20. This section, which runs across the top of Maidstone, opened in 1960. The final section to Folkestone opened in 1991, to connect up with the channel tunnel. #photography #walking
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The new bridge started life as a bailey bridge, built to take traffic off the old bridge. Each bridge was one way. The bailey bridge was replaced with a two way permanent bridge. #photography #walking
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A much older bridge at Aylesford. It's nice because it's pedestrian and cycles only. Vehicles have to use the new bridge. #photography #walking
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No tariffs means Europeans can buy in bulk
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Paint the whole thing like a book cover with a suitable bin related pun, like the Unbearable Lightness of Bin, All's well that bins well, or The Adventures of Huckleberry Binn
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Birth certificates don't have photos on them, so do they plan on making people take a passport or driving licence with them to go swimming?
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By my maths they'll have to start inventing new countries in time for the 2046 World Cup
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So this is what they mean by small arms
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Tanks with fascines always remind of Led Zeppelin IV
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Day 3 of Normandy tour, inland battles and the Falaise pocket
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Day 2 of Normandy tour, Omaha and Utah beaches
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Episode 1: War!
Episode 2: Bomb!
Episodes 3-12: Endless screaming!
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Having spent time inside, Paddington is the ideal person/bear to speak to offenders and guide them onto the path to rehabilitation
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Wilhelm Keitel: "Nobody was teletyping war plans and that's all I have to say about that"
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But now when Russia hears that the Prince of Wales is being sent to the area they won't know whether to expect the man or the aircraft carrier.
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My parents got a rescue dog when my niece and nephew were little. The first time they met the dog they ran round the house saying "New dog! New dog from Tesco!"
I think they thought he'd come with the weekly home delivery.
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The point at which the path which leads down the cliff starts is approximately:
East: 634564 North: 142561
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51.134281,1.351500
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The path down is steep and uneven, but not too bad. The ladder is quite steep but is very sturdy. You need to check the tide times for the beach, but these are posted at the visitor centre. Your mobile phone will connect to France while you're down there, so it'll change to French time.
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The searchlights helped the nearby gun battery. There would've been a generator building on the cliff top. The route along the cliffs and down the face has only been open after the war, and the tunnel was excavated in 2019.
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Going down onto the beach (via a sturdy ladder). There are in fact three recesses cut into the cliff. These were a searchlight battery. Two were built between 1898-1909 to light up the area near the harbour, and one added in the Second World War.
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There is a small room cut into the cliff face. You can't get in, I took photos through the bars.
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At the end of the tunnel, there's a bit of a surprise, because this isn't just a trip to the beach
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You enter the tunnel in the chalk, it's a little dark, but not too long
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By this point, you're still quite a distance above the beach. You come to a door, leading to a tunnel
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On the way down you get a good view of the ship wreck on the beach. It was the SS Falcon, which caught alight in 1926.
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There are about 6 legs to the zig zag, and the path is a bit uneven where water and footsteps have eroded it over time
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Now the steps lead down a winding path, to a steep zigzag down the cliff face
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Following this chalk path leads you to some steps
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After you get around the dip (called Langdon Hole), there's a chalk path that goes off the main footpath
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First, you have to walk a bit further along the path to the other side of the dip. This area is owned by the National Trust, and the footpath runs all along the coast.
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