napoleonic fort

Really excellent place, incredibly well tucked away and as a result I didn't see a single piece of modern rubbish inside, not even a monster munch packet or a stella can. Nice to see somewhere a bit older than the usual Victorian Palmerston Forts after having seen plenty of those. Explored with...

With social isolation heating up a couple of weeks ago and our local shutting , me and a couple of friends decided to do one of our monthly road trips down to Dover before being forced into isolation for the next 3 weeks. Firstly we visited the infamous Dumpy B which I think we’ve now gone to...

Grain Fort (not to be confused with Grain Tower) was a napoleonic era fort protecting the river Medway as it joins the Thames estuary. It was built between 1861 and 1868 and was demolished in the 1960s after service in WW1 and WW2. The area is now a public park, with walks over the gun...