WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)
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Fort Brockhurst is one of 5 similar forts strung across the Gosport peninsular, built as a defensive measure against The French attacking Portsmouth overland from the north.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Brockhurst
It was open to the public today (there was a Christmas tat market within it), and I have been desperate to get inside ever since we have lived here, so we went.
I was truly overcome by the beauty and enormity of it, especially when you consider that all of Palmerstons other folly's were being built at or around the same time. John Maynard Keynes would have been uber-proud…..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_General_Theory_of_Employment,_Interest_and_Money
Just in case you were wondering at what elevation the fort is...
Big gun casement…
"Small" gun, mount and track…
The stables and officers quarters, plus large gun…
I'm really not sure what they are actually trying to tell me….
The large eyes that the chains retarding the recoil from the big guns are affixed to, are mounted in granite…
Small eye mounted in sandstone under the notice, so I guess this was subject to lesser force…
A nice bit of granite work…
Small gun, not where it should be….
What I would do to have this lead tank in our garden….
Casement showing damage from a wayward WW2 German bomb, the target would have been the dockyard, not a redundant 19th century fort….
Not been used in a while….
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@mclaincausey We were lucky with our two (kind of) as the one loved edamame and the other one wanted fries. They both liked rice so that was always a good choice.
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Love the visual tour G! As for me, thankfully we’re not in Buffalo, NY., but it’s going to be a long 24 hours:
At swimming lessons for the kids and this is the view from the front doors…
It took me 1.5 hours to shovel our driveway and plow our laneway yesterday (about a km in length). If we do get the 60-80 cm’s, I’ll have to do that a few times during the storm.
Guess I can just get my workout in nature’s gym.
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@Giles great pics. The sound of that canon going off under cover would be deafening. I hope it was a light fuse and run away?
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Dropping Hattie off for her first day of school. She took to it like a duck to water. I’m so pleased and proud of her.
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They're amazing as long as they don't sting you.
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Cutting down our tree. 62 Blk.
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Little hitchhiker pop up on the way to work ??? -
Might want to make sure 1.) he/she is alone and 2.) no wires have been chewed. Mice and rats can cause major havoc and depending on your make and vintage of vehicle, some manufacturers unwisely used a soybean based coating for electrical components which are quite attractive to critters.
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Do we need to link to my SAGA about the rat that made its home in my Land Cruiser for a week?
Think it was the Triangle of Terror OF jacket tour thread haha [emoji23]
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Drinking in Sedona
Then kicking my own ass on the trail. Explored a couple of adjacent canyons and looped Mescal Mountain, seen in the third photo below (yes, there were hella maguey to be seen @Jett129 )
Seeing my origin and destination Enchantment Resort was a welcome sight by the time I made it around the mountain. I was gassed! Somehow this was the first ride of the season for me and not on my bike, and had to get creative with my gear. Despite not being a hydration pack, the Defy Verbockel worked quite well, @Graeme
This is a great resort for hiking, mountain biking, racquet sports, lazing around the pool, or doing spa stuff.
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