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Up and out early, taking Clare over to Chacewater and Evil Bens to ensure that the work was to go ahead. Evil Ben confirmed it was all good to go and should be straightforward.
Chacewater Garden Centre was the next stop for a ‘Full Cornish’ Breakfast, chosen for its fried bread inclusion, it was a great start to the day.
Home for the housework I missed yesterday and some bill paying before a walk down town for some exercise.

Todays photo shows an Allan Williams Turret it is a pre-fabricated steel defence structure and was designed to be manned by two men with a machine gun, the men entering the dome through an entrance pit at the rear. The turret could be rotated through 360 degrees and so had an unlimited field of fire.
The rectangular hatch was for forward firing, with the circular hole at the top intended for an anti-aircraft role.
The turret was seen in 1940 as a viable alternative to a concrete pillbox as it had a lower profile and so was a less obvious target and also because it could be easily camouflaged.
This one was placed at Exmouth in Devon.

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