Malta, as I mentioned in my posts last year is thick with forts, military buildings, tunnels and other stuff. Following a visit to a few last year I identified about another 10 to recce this year. Some, unfortunately, proved to be a wasted journey - not because they have gone, far from it - but because most were either locked up tight (one problem of a fort designed to hold off invaders is that it holds off explorers quite nicely too) or protected by some of the meanest looking dogs I've ever seen (no SIA issues here - they are running round loose). So, here's a round up of some of the sites.
Wolesley Battery 1897
After a fearsome battle with thorns and ditches I found this ex WW2 gun battery. This is actually just a few feet from somebody's back garden (handy exit on the way out)
Ammunition mechanisms still in place
St Paul's Battery 1881
Easy access straight off a road, hence the wrecked nature of the site and the fly tipping in the moat. Underground area is completely flooded.
More to follow....
Wolesley Battery 1897
After a fearsome battle with thorns and ditches I found this ex WW2 gun battery. This is actually just a few feet from somebody's back garden (handy exit on the way out)
Ammunition mechanisms still in place
St Paul's Battery 1881
Easy access straight off a road, hence the wrecked nature of the site and the fly tipping in the moat. Underground area is completely flooded.
More to follow....