The tide was out at Hordle cliffs, exposing the wide flat sandy beach, overlaid by steep banks of pebbles which abut the cliffs. Amongst the pebbles are the eroding remains of massive concrete slaps, their reinforcing bars protruding and rusting. These are the remains of a military gunnery range used in World War Two, and began their journey to the sea from high above on the cliff tops, where a few platforms still remain. On the slab in the foreground you can still clearly see the what's left of the bolts of a gun mount, occasionally a .303 cal. case, badly decayed, can be found. It wont be long before the sea claims these artifacts, the remaining slabs slide slowly down the cliff face, before too long the site will vanish from sight and memory; a testament to our planets fluidity and the transience of human existence.
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