Location Hunting: Vale of Glamorgan Abandonded Bunker and Battery Complex
First real outing armed with my D800 and 50mm prime lens only. The 50mm feels like a different lens now shooting with full frame sensor - genuinely feels like how it did when shooting film. I'd heard about this bunker and old WW2 anti-aircraft battery complex located at Lavernock Point from a friend, and had planned on coming here a few times before. The area has been converted into a nature reserve and is a great little walk just 15 minutes out of Cardiff.
I was expecting the area to be completely trashed (in a Boys-Village kind of way), but aside from the obligatory graffiti in a few of the internal rooms, there was very little litter, rubbish, suspect materials ...
A bit more about the location.
"The concrete remains .. were an anti-aircraft battery built during WW2. There were four 3.7" anti-aircraft guns arranged in a clover-leaf pattern with a lighter 40mm Bofors gun nearby. There were also a command post, a magazine and a workshop ... Many similar batteries were built during the war but few remain."
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So, I finally bought a drone. Woop woop.
Don’t get me wrong, this doesn’t automatically make me a ‘commercial drone pilot’ and I’m keeping it very much for fun at the moment. That said, I’ve officially registered with the Civil Aviation Authority - so at least I’m all legit!.