Bunker hunting in Calais

[bigduke6]

I mentioned sometime back I would be returning to Calais, A mate of mine was after a tax night so was a perfect opportunity to kill some time, must admit I never realised what is buried in the sand along that coastline, if you google Calais port and switch to satellite then zoom in to the beech area on the left of the Port, keep going left along the beech you will come across some beech huts, and where theses finish the first Casemate is visible, this is one that has broke its back and snapped off, if you go further along the second one is visible and view the the beech and the green vegetation of the sand dunes there should be outlines of a concrete mass.

I can't find much info on this area, but have yet to read the newly acquired books,







couldn't get through this door,


And don't try this unless your with someone.......




Further along is a really good example of a casemate (only just learned the proper term)

looks small on the approach and even in the pic, for a scale of the size my mate was climbing up, he is ex Infantry so went straight in, myself (REME reserve) I chose the more accessible route on the left flank












This building seemed odd, compared to all the concrete surrounding the area, but it is dated,








On a final note, (some may find it upsetting) but there are still some grim and stark reminders of what this was all about, as its coming up to the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Think we all need to give a minutes silence for all of those who lost there lives fighting against this......

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