Michael Geschlecht Posted May 24, 2017 Share #2141 Posted May 24, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello JD, Could this be somewhere in or near Texas?Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 24, 2017 Posted May 24, 2017 Hi Michael Geschlecht, Take a look here "Do you know this building?" Game Thread. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
mikemgb Posted May 24, 2017 Share #2142 Posted May 24, 2017 The Old Store, Westphalia, Texas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted May 24, 2017 Share #2143 Posted May 24, 2017 The Old Store, Westphalia, Texas. Right you are. Your turn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted May 24, 2017 Share #2144 Posted May 24, 2017 I'll see what I can dig out this evening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2145 Posted May 25, 2017 Here we go, name this building: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3282082'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2146 Posted May 25, 2017 Hello Mike, Could we be somewhere in or near the British Isles?Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2147 Posted May 25, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello Mike, Could we be somewhere in or near the British Isles? Best Regards, Michael We are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2148 Posted May 25, 2017 Castle Rising? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2149 Posted May 25, 2017 Castle Rising? Correct, that didn't take long. Photos taken a couple of years ago with my C-Lux 2, on a trip to show my wife and daughter the places I grew up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2150 Posted May 25, 2017 My middle daughter taught at a school near there. I was nearly fooled by the lack of height however. Here is your next one. I have had to do a bit of cloning to remove some clues and the name. Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3282530'>More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2151 Posted May 25, 2017 Obviously a bunker of some kind, in France? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2152 Posted May 25, 2017 In France Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2153 Posted May 25, 2017 Hello Wilson, This looks like a good place for pine martens. Could this be somewhere in the South of France? By the way Wilson, do you think that your pine marten might be a beech marten?Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2154 Posted May 25, 2017 Not in the south. I think I have two different families of martens. One lot are Pine Martens, which are the ones keeping the regular and giant dormouse population down. The other and much prettier lot, which are smaller, tamer and less aggressive, mostly seeming to live on fruit, berries and grasshoppers, are I think Stone Martens. They have russet coloured fur on their face and a more obvious white chest patch. The pine martens are much noisier, continually fighting with each other and squeaking loudly as they do so. They have darker faces and the light patch is more of a neck ruff than a chest patch. Haven't seen them this year but have heard them. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted May 25, 2017 Share #2155 Posted May 25, 2017 Hello Wilson, If this is not in the Southern part of France: Could this be an entrance to part of the Maginot Line? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 26, 2017 Share #2156 Posted May 26, 2017 Michael, Yes but which one? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted May 26, 2017 Share #2157 Posted May 26, 2017 Hello Wilson, Could this be somewhere near the border with Luxembourg?Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 26, 2017 Share #2158 Posted May 26, 2017 Michael, Pretty much the whole Maginot line is near the Luxembourg border, as this was the only bit that was fully complete. The northern section on the Belgian border and the southern section in Franche Compté were due to be completed in 1941-43. The French army command had predicted that war would not break out until 1943-44. The Maginot line was the cheap alternative to modernising the French tank force and air force, which would have cost between two and three times as much, which post WW1 and the depression, France just could not afford. Even the Maginot line was built on the cheap, mainly re-using modified WW1 75mm QF light artillery, which was ineffective against modern armour. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted May 26, 2017 Share #2159 Posted May 26, 2017 (edited) Hello Wilson, Wasn't there some guy named "Charlie" something or other, who wrote a book about the +'s & -'s of this sort of thing?Best Regards, Michael Edited May 26, 2017 by Michael Geschlecht Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 26, 2017 Share #2160 Posted May 26, 2017 Michael, I suspect you are thinking of the book by well known military historian Charles River Editors. I have it but have yet to read it. Probably the definitive works on the subject were written by JE and HW Kaufmann but they were written some time ago and with various government documents being released over the last few years, may now be out of date. I want to visit some of the uncompleted forts up in the Alpes Maritime but they are generally not open to the public. You have to get in contact with some fairly odd people to arrange to see round them. I would need to get my cousin and her partner to come and stay again. He is also an expert on WW2 static fortifications and has written books on the subject. He would know the people to get to see round some of the Alpine Forts. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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