Thanks Jim. These are German fortifications, built during the occupation
1940-45, to defend against a possible British invasion across the North Sea. As
we know, the Allied attack on mainland Europe took place a bit further south in
June 1944.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA
> On 02 Jul 2015, at 00:50, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Nathan,
> I enjoyed the images from your trip, but one left me puzzling. In the 9th
> image, I see what appear to be identical stone structures set in the tops of
> the dunes. What are these? Defensive positions of some sort?
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> On 7/1/2015 5:39 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> On June 21 and 22, my friend Lars and I cycled 517 km, following a circular
>> route from Aarhus (where he lives and where I grew up) north along Jutland’s
>> east coast, then crossing to the western coast along Limfjorden, going south
>> on the west coast to RIngkøbing and then crossing west to east to return to
>> Aarhus. I have two views of the trip to offer you. First, a collection of 21
>> pictures:
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>> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Cycling-Jutland-2015
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>> And then, a Crazy Guy on a Bike post that contains some of the same pictures
>> but focuses more on the cycling aspect of the ride:
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>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/jutland2015
>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/jutland2015>
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>> Comments welcome as always.
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>> CHeers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
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