the GHQ line general headquarters line
was a defensive line built in the United
Kingdom during the Second World War
to contain an expected German invasion
the British Army had abandoned most of
its equipment in France after the
Dunkirk evacuation
it was there for desided to build a
static system of defensive lines around
Britain designs compartmentalised the
country and delay the Germans long
enough for mobile forces to
counter-attack over 50 defensive lines
were constructed across the country
after the coastal defences the GHQ line
was the longest and most important
designed to protect London and the
industrial heart of Britain it was
considered to be the last chance of
defense now wherever I think there's so
many different types it's a 23 if
there's the type twenty three it's what
24
it's at over quad oh wow look at this
bridge here so we've got the railway
bridge here we kind of got the pillboxes
in between the line between this
Valkyria david the railway line
we've got steel
I'm not only a funny feeling build the
brick there and then you've got the
rebar whatever and then you pour the
concrete in that's how come you end up I
think it's the brick is - that's really
cold we see what is that - wait it's one
way down there one way yeah protecting
the road there's nobody look there don't
you see Chris you don't see it from
there yeah yeah there's another there's
another opening like that behind that
wall I've always been so curious as to
what these are down here as well I'm not
sure what they are the stupa below
either side look quite sure those are in
that step as well I've been little
storage bits for ammunition maybe I've
seen steps and shelves and stuff which
are to do with mounting of machine guns
and stuff was still so you can so have
it in a machine gun in these bits that
the idea
laying down those those two there that
said that whole set up there is exactly
the same as this one
yeah a lot nervous those before yeah
Thunder those little holes as a group as
well as grave as were the floor so
with so many different types of pill
boxes some really enjoy the rebar I see
sick as well
well for the vent that's interested
what's it event in there yeah but if you
like this there's something car right
there bigger right see that yeah oh
there oh yeah so here this river yeah so
you got one for a ride
oh yeah look a little slip cover you see
it folks
overlooking a railway machine gum I
guess Jesus there is Jesus indeed you
know stuck on the brambles again yeah
look at the corners and shape off very
well
yeah you've got a window there I'll call
it an arrow slip that is what's the
technical term machine Goran slip that's
it and it's stepped to deflect a real
bullets in there it's too early in the
morning to think it's like it's all
often backwards we'll do that one come
actually doesn't sound very good
here you've got a good line of sight
straight down to the canal
Nana's canal behind his face yeah I
suppose all these bushes and trees are
stuff weren't here in fact no days yeah
a drowned way as well
so how many of these pillboxes quite a
few along this route there are but these
are the other two that I know of along
this route all the others have just
standard not sure wouldn't cause where
once at the end of the square right it's
looks like quite important corner yeah
this is yet the bridge yeah yeah this
might be unique we were figure out so
these might have just been built before
this particular site yeah
decide beyond you look another window
directly might have been like 24 pounder
or something cuz you've got to get one
of them in there possibly I've done it
quite high just roll down in here it's
not a machine gun explained thinking
about it I don't know my gun through
well but some of them attached or slot
it don't they yeah no maybe that back
bit and the two bits at the front here
are to do with whatever the gun yeah
that's on yeah yeah yeah right top to
the hulls and also so it doesn't move as
well yeah so if you got to it the front
supporting it one of the back supporting
it yeah so I'll just guessing there
I'm just guessing but if this is
overlooking the railway you're gonna
need some kind of very large ammunition
to maybe take out a trade hmm start
machine gun in that that's gonna be
something with a shell yeah bigger
well we speculate assuming yes the side
if you've got such a big gun in there
that could maybe take out a train it's
good he's gonna move isn't it yeah it's
not it I could down something yeah that
with my sentence I suspect someone else
will tell us that we're completely well
yep record someone's hit that corner
part that bridge yeah possibly you know
I'll just chuck it out there you never
know they might have had that pulled
down just put a gun in there to cover
this so that's other side of the bridge
like twenty four pounder don't know
pillboxes right there folks
since protecting the railway and the
roads and stuff in the canal
well actually this one here the two
pillbox is one for the road and part of
the railway and this pill box right here
is some tits in the railway and the kind
of canal yeah why not all concrete and
why they poor quality yeah and it's got
a lot slop there's there's no way that
these holes that have been bathed or
anything to do with bullets no no I just
I should have you know cheap materials
it looks like it was put up pretty
hastily as well cuz that concrete it's
just all stones yeah
the way that it's crooked crumbling
apart
soft eyes we did it sliced a lot lost
cement it's falling out the auto yes
forward out
okay so just some information about
these I've just found while she's
looking up so it just starts off
although we're calling it a pill box or
on an e-tank defense so in case may
case-mate or is off type fw3 slush
twenty eight eight right during World
War two these bunkers were used for the
defense of the United Kingdom against a
possible enemy invasion and they were
built between 1940 and 41 right Wow it
does have a type it does have a type so
it's like twenty-eight as we walked out
it nothing you did so we've got so these
are what was at fw3 yeah so fw 3/28 a
and then some more information for those
that are playing along at home
the Kimbra pillbox which I've not been
to myself that's an F to be 322 right
and then half way I'm not going to
explain where halfway is but it's
halfway between Newberry and Hanford
it's called half way there used to be an
old a toll building there so you had to
pay to actually pass right that's also
an FW 322 as well so for those that are
playing along at home I'm sure you know
what we're talking about yeah don't sit
like that 48:41 highly doubt they're
going to be here that is really low in
bad shape pretty much it just looks like
they were hastily / yeah I don't think
it's a good choice of bricks no it's not
those you Saints really think the
quality of the concrete it's just stones
you know they'll just pull it out you
tons of
damnit folks miss that concrete just
hanging oh yeah
crazy man anti-tank think so it's in the
round ones before that might have been
on the road up there the pill boxes up
there folks that's the first one a wild
road look at the year they've built
right down to the sorry two levels
looked two levels of it from here so
yeah possibly an tank device for the
road blockade possibly folks do some
fishing around there folks yeah well the
old ducks coming over think we've got
food so you have river and the canal
over there folks grounded we kind of
have a pillbox yeah so you have to pill
boxes up that way yeah now we got okay
thank you okay so oh maybe 100 lessons
babies
craziness
Wow
yeah slightly different type folks
covering the road here see what you mean
yeah right every wind has got like
rubber rub rubble up against it where
they've chucked it through the actual
window bad in it that
well watch all this here folks y'all fit
track down there that's unusual next the
door before instead - what's that I
would have had a door yes let's take it
in them all right now at all shut but
having a foreign sit next to it sort of
says to me that they probably would like
ways as well so you've got protection if
they are shooting a tire wheel in there
just roll over all crazy
Ben's back votes
good sleep
now we're gathered to go back
they boasted was like
Jean excuse
Wow so that treehouse sorry three houses
huge
so such a exp line
so that which i think is all the green
we bother good
on all the other because it gave them
names it's over the blue line on the
green line
gun slips device
which obviously makes sense
so not only across the river was being
shot basically so just over this bridge
here
thanks to it
right
spoke acres
maybe not on that drive in there
just back up there a bit there's a phone
so you know anything boulders people
help doing a parking spot yeah we have
the love
the people having a lot of people are
cross virgins or more they call their
land
right because there were people parking
on me because some of the rides a while
quite simple the single coil you get
the side here and then Commission and
say council no stick without a massive
boulders I probably wouldn't blame them
actually and then keep it fresh yeah
what is my game then you get forced to
the side of a road one bait and go I
will be yeah
this was spots down plus we're gonna go
that's how it is ready
yeah but those are papi still they might
be the local rambling club right you
ready oh it could be the box
appreciation Sasori committee I'll be
showing that benches they're protecting
the canal and road
here it is folks
shameless parlor shame this cars here
though then you go Chris go further this
our songs with sleep isn't it
watch out for needles folk and we got
one I've got one yeah someone's asleep
in there no well she's been dumping all
the rubbish no sniff unfortunately
really is that one there oh it's that
one blocked up your engine well this one
this yeah it's full of mud one concrete
see what run just now doesn't it look at
that can that can't be normal so this is
looking over the canal and part of the
bridge in it that one would have
probably done the other side down the
other side wouldn't it
does that where's that overlook is that
the river as well whistle oh no no no
this one's a side of the I suppose you
get the other side of the road from here
well this one yeah this one's face it
roxanne ritchi
I was facing onto the bridge so at least
you got better vantage point outside
yeah don't read me down the river there
you got literally do south there yeah
that one so what's this one type another
side say a five five SS something in it
yeah I've got the tights
yeah it looks proper lanky though what's
right here these are the dummy you leave
things open yeah to be fair when the
fall to ground there those posh rounders
yeah but you do get a lot of people that
code you know if you've got the Russian
we're right on the National Cycle
Network you can even connect you know
anyone can free roam there so you get
private just come up and walk in see
this a bit curious go lots of words Ward
outside on a Saturday night yeah let's
go and get latched up and then this is
what you end up with unfortunately
that's what happens when you meet places
like this oh no what though there's no
free tuna
look uh concerning the tape around the
side there flashing yeah to think about
me who told you stuff like that because
exploring is dangerous fight it is
especially if you're in a city that's
what walking boots you know I don't like
urban exploring I like I like urban
exploring but one bourbon it's going to
so dangerous
yeah so much appreciation to those that
do do that and thank you for the
pictures oh gee oh gee Johnny well then
again I said I suppose you you really
need to know your area when you doing
that then you say yeah it's not the one
we're good to the other time with it I
sent us or needles rounded before about
10 years ago in the dark instance you
can see them here yeah then you want
preach on something when it was a
bramble bush are you ready there folks
yeah I'd rather go back that way worse
yeah I think I'm gonna have to say
something about this and maybe adoptive
having locked up and I've got the key
yeah proper filth in it now would you
even go about even being able to
purchase one of these war must be the
local parish or something maybe it's
going to the other side of the bridge so
that's what you wrote don't have to
start the bridge that's the other side
of the bridge yeah please coming out
yeah we just just wanted to get you out
Mike just just discussing just
discussing
just a rumpus yeah that's got to be like
mutt just filled up oh yeah sit weird
farm position here angle at Loehmann's
excuse me
ah this looks familiar
yeah
looks similar to the one we have in the
other time on it yeah going on that
wooden thing Chris Sund there that's how
you get across the other side maybe not
your hands in your pockets oh yeah slow
don't care selfie
yeah
if you want mate
profesor the group
go down that ladder
it's cold
be it's down
see I have no urge towards whatever
ladder it's good hammarstedt lot
fighting we will run on top
can't beat an old rock
yeah
big boys
oh I bet
what what christosp and something we
just felt we just heard the number one
guys so no one got one there these have
been locked buried more
there you go you go got one there facing
directly down there look right okay
let's go won't see very well because of
the the fonts probably camouflage this
one that way yeah yeah yeah runs right
is there is another one so this one's
actually for the river now so we've got
the river here but you know how crazy is
that
okay so finally this is toolbox 362
apparently I wasn't gonna graffiti on
that we've got some we've got a painted
letters just in the door you don't
perceive sorry this is the other one
there yeah yeah I see that on the other
one so I think it's just design I got
you know cuz we'll build to a certain
design yeah they have the same all the
way around regardless of where they are
okay so if he was in it you you might
probably block up the one so where the
wooden comes in and you don't use that's
choked on that can't be a little bit of
rubbish in this one better though isn't
it you just better but there still don't
prevent it yeah I know is that me
because no one can sit we didn't see
until we were walking off yeah I just
don't say even I always have to say an S
to find everything we're doing it
DiPaola even playing hide the ground out
there though because at the moment we've
it is like shoot the parson duck
amazing thank you slowly taking this is
world proper crazy in there oh it flies
or mosquitoes don't mosquito folks just
get out of it underneath if you go all
the way around straight underneath that
bed there's that little Kyle bit oh yeah
there's a rubbish in there put this out
of there okay
oh yeah that can is there empty right
this arounds now oh yeah example for it
folks that's cool yeah that mister than
that was that just i'm spider than their
suicide swing hello there is talk about
camouflage this one is very common floss
yeah right this one we've got writing on
the outside
sorry it's just here yeah
so that's painted on what's all about
them babies number yeah another hidden
gem folks yeah onwards folks
so you only Savalas is our defects or
strips and have it sort of because it
looks good didn't having that other side
of the road and shows you but haven't it
sort of just left it's a bit of bush
basically folks right there just put
some petrol over and set light to it I
get rid of the the weeds but yeah that's
good defensive position folks with GHQ
