Your bike and a ruin
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They look like Martello Towers, built to protect against French invasion during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Were never used. An Admiral, whose name I forget, informed the government of the day that he could not guarantee that the French would not invade; he only guaranteed they would not come by sea.
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FrothNinja
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What is it called? My interest is piqued and that sort of anti-artillery defence starts being used when Churchill Snr was earning Marlborough.
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FrothNinja
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One of the old lime kilns near Twiston. Ivy really does lend a certain je ne sais quoi to old stone walls.
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FrothNinja
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Piel Castle 
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
The old monastery in Chester. In fact a Benedictine Abbey, the last one to survive in Cheshire before Henry VIII had his way in 1540.
I would generally make a flippant comment about some minor repointing work needed to bring it back to it's original glory. The general stonework condition looks fine in this case though
I would generally make a flippant comment about some minor repointing work needed to bring it back to it's original glory. The general stonework condition looks fine in this case though
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
I was sitting on my bike when I took this picture this morning, honest.
I'm not sure what it is - it doesn't look deep enough to be a lime kiln, and it's a bit fancy for a railway embankment thingy.
Edit: Google image search says its a lime kiln.
I'm not sure what it is - it doesn't look deep enough to be a lime kiln, and it's a bit fancy for a railway embankment thingy.
Edit: Google image search says its a lime kiln.
Gwylan
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- Location
- All at sea⛵
Bridge looks a bit dodgy too!
