Where is it?

[sailorman]

Just sailed past this. Clue: This rock SERIOUSLY annoyed Napoleon Bonaparte.
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[sailorman]

calpe

 

[RunAgroundHard]

I thought it was Ailsa Craig peeking out from the Girvan shore line. Such exoticness is fooling.

 

[AndrewB]

A TV star. Featured regularly in "Death in Paradise".

 

[Poignard]

Hmm
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I think it’s this look she doesn’t like.

A happy wife is always a pleasant sight!

 

[Blueboatman]

A happy wife is always a pleasant sight!

It’s a fabulous photo composite , with or without hairdressers .

 

[john_morris_uk]

Tha

It’s a fabulous photo composite , with or without hairdressers .

Thank you. I like three way I caught all the angles and framed it all. A pure fluke though.

 

[Bajansailor]

Here is a nice aerial video of HMS Diamond Rock, taken by my marine surveyor friend Chris Kessell a few years ago - he lives in St Lucia (I think he is pretty much the only marine surveyor there).
He was over in Martinique on a survey job (there is a convenient fast cat ferry service between the islands), and took his drone with him.

And a nice drone video of Southern Martinique by Chris -

Can you imagine perhaps a hundred men living on this rock, and getting heavy cannons ashore from the boats, and then hauling them up to the top with tackles?

This is an excellent history of Diamond Rock - I bought a secondhand copy on Amazon a few years ago.
His Majesty's Sloop of War "Diamond Rock": Amazon.co.uk: Stuart, Vivian, Eggleston, George T.: 9780709166924: Books

Here is a link to the fast ferry service between Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique and St Lucia.
Express des iles - English - Compagnie maritime inter-îles aux Antilles

 

[john_morris_uk]

Here is a nice aerial video of HMS Diamond Rock, taken by my marine surveyor friend Chris Kessell a few years ago - he lives in St Lucia (I think he is pretty much the only marine surveyor there).
He was over in Martinique on a survey job (there is a convenient fast cat ferry service between the islands), and took his drone with him.

And a nice drone video of Southern Martinique by Chris -

Can you imagine perhaps a hundred men living on this rock, and getting heavy cannons ashore from the boats, and then hauling them up to the top with tackles?

This is an excellent history of Diamond Rock - I bought a secondhand copy on Amazon a few years ago.
His Majesty's Sloop of War "Diamond Rock": Amazon.co.uk: Stuart, Vivian, Eggleston, George T.: 9780709166924: Books

Here is a link to the fast ferry service between Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique and St Lucia.
Express des iles - English - Compagnie maritime inter-îles aux Antilles

I’ve just ordered the book! It’ll be something to read when we’re back in the UK for the ourigan season.

 

[Deleted member 478]

We’re heading round to Forte de France for Mrs M to find a hairdresser.

Dreadlocks for Mrs M, all in the interests of fitting in with the locals

 

[Rum_Pirate]

I doff my hat to the men that landed there and equipped it with blocks and tackle together with blood sweat and tears.

 

[Bajansailor]

I love that painting - where did it come from?

 

[Rum_Pirate]

I love that painting - where did it come from?

If referring to post # 31 I found it on line googling ‘diamond rock books’.

Places You Can No Longer Go: HMS Diamond Rock

 

[Rum_Pirate]

 

[Rum_Pirate]

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[john_morris_uk]

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I duly saluted as we went by…. (I appreciate we’re not a warship but respect ought to be paid to those 120 men and boys in 1804-5.)

 

[DownWest]

Reminds me of the assorted defenses of Gib. Lottsa tunnels and gun positions. And, quite nicely, plackes telling you 'who did what' back then.