Staying on a small CL near Pewsey we went for a walk down to the canal.
Surprised by a proliferation of pillboxes, also remnants of where the bridge over it had once been blocked by concreted in rsj,s
Apparently the Kennet & Avon formed a part of a line of defences that the army would fall back on if invasion took place.
Makes you realise how desperate things were in 1940
Surprised by a proliferation of pillboxes, also remnants of where the bridge over it had once been blocked by concreted in rsj,s
Apparently the Kennet & Avon formed a part of a line of defences that the army would fall back on if invasion took place.
Makes you realise how desperate things were in 1940