Moray Coast, WW2 Coastal Defences Findhorn to Burghead

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Coastrider Scotland

Coastrider Scotland

7 ай бұрын

We explore the WW2 Coastal defences between Findhorn and Burghead in Morayshire while on a 5 day Roadtrip in the van with pushbikes to get about
Stunning winter sun and no wind today was perfect for getting the drone up, and we found a few WW2 artefacts to take home!
#morayshire #moray #vanlife #ww2 #coastaldefences #findhorn #burghead #fatbikes #surlypugsley #glendaandthepinkwarrig #coastriderscotland

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@swhedge71
@swhedge71 7 ай бұрын
Thank you Bruce for the beautiful landscape of the beaches, and the history lesson from Scotland! Thoroughly enjoy your adventures! Cheers, Steve.
@Coastriderscotland
@Coastriderscotland 7 ай бұрын
Many thanks Steve, the next film has even better WW2 coastal defences!, it will be up at weekend 😁👍 Cheers Bruce
@lancerbiker5263
@lancerbiker5263 7 ай бұрын
Loved it, looking forward to the next one. Just a guess at that buried building , perhaps an ammo dump ? Sea level rise is everywhere. Climate change archaeology has become a new catch phrase. In northern Yukon ice patch collection contains some of the oldest and finest archaeological examples of throwing darts (sometimes called atlatl darts) and prehistoric bows and arrows found in the New World. Cheers 🥃
@Coastriderscotland
@Coastriderscotland 7 ай бұрын
Would love to visit the Yukon one day Lance, watched so many programmes about there and looks fantastic! I think the comments by PeteDevlin who lives up in Moray has right answer for that concrete building 👍😁 Cheers Bruce
@caroldave4037
@caroldave4037 7 ай бұрын
Superb coast ...brill film ...we go filey and there pill boxes along beach too .... when grouse beating back in the day in co durham ...fells near our farm found many of those barb wire screws and mortar shell fins... peat blew away exposing them obviously ww2 practice site . 👍cheers dave
@Coastriderscotland
@Coastriderscotland 7 ай бұрын
Thanks Dave, there is still so much stuff turning up after bad weather from WW2 defences and training areas! Cheers Bruce
@carltonwittland1300
@carltonwittland1300 7 ай бұрын
Hi Bruce, Good bit of filming and good weather for exploring the coastline. Amazing seeing all those tank blocks. The coastline from Seahouses to Bamburgh , the dunes have encroached onto a lot of the coastal defences. That reinforced shelter could it have been used to store explosives to do with construction/building work!!. On the lighthouse you pointed out a Bristol Beaufighter I believe. Do I win a cookie.😊 Regards Carl.
@Coastriderscotland
@Coastriderscotland 7 ай бұрын
Hi Carl, the straight lines of those blocks is impressive! Were thinking that concrete bunker could possibly be accommodation/air raid shelter as we saw a similar one the following day at Lossiemouth east beach, So many parts of the coast the defences have indeed been buried in dunes - quite the opposite to the coastal erosion everywhere folk talk about 🤣 Yep that was a Beaufighter on the info board at Burghead! 😁👍
@weemark67
@weemark67 7 ай бұрын
Wow fantastic footage. Been their with my parents, when younger. But never seen any of this. Great stuff.😊
@Coastriderscotland
@Coastriderscotland 7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Mark, managed to not crash the drone again 🤣😁👍👍
@weemark67
@weemark67 7 ай бұрын
@@Coastriderscotland lol. Dukes of Hazzard. Roscoe P Coltrane……..”what a horrendous crash”
@PeteDevlinootnaboot
@PeteDevlinootnaboot 7 ай бұрын
Hey Bruce cool vid! Always lovely here in the costa del Moray! The toilets are being renovated but there's another set by the entrance of that "aire". The coast has gone back 20 yards in the last 10 years in some places. Those huts cost £20k each a decade ago and I wonder if they'll get swept away. Where it's grown it's been due to sand storms engulfing everything but they are pretty much non existent these days due to the forest being mature and different farming practices. I remember the roads getting frequently blocked. Pretty rare these days. The dragons teeth were made in situ with sand off the beaches. I'm surprised they've lasted so long. The loops on top are for barbed wire which crossed over through them. Points of order though, to save you getting lynched when you come back 😂Pronounced BurG heed, or Broch to locals. Moray is pronounced Murray. Cheers for info on pigtails etc. Fascinating stuff. All my barbed wiring was done with slide hammers and angle iron.
@PeteDevlinootnaboot
@PeteDevlinootnaboot 7 ай бұрын
Oh and the building you found is quaintly known locally as the rape shed. I believe it was a canteen for the forestry workers but may have been built by the soldiers for some reason previously.
@TheNorfolkThunderbolt
@TheNorfolkThunderbolt 7 ай бұрын
I think that strange building may have been a local ammunition store and command post for the pillboxes?
@Coastriderscotland
@Coastriderscotland 7 ай бұрын
Hi Steven, see Pete Devlins reply to the concrete bunker, he is a local growing up there 😁👍👍👍 Frost has gone here now and the rain is back! 🤣🤣🤣
@wallaceshackleton1889
@wallaceshackleton1889 5 ай бұрын
Mystery building? How about a magazine?
@Coastriderscotland
@Coastriderscotland 5 ай бұрын
Possibly, or rest room/mini barracks? Cheers Bruce
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