Heugh Battery - April 6th It was a nice bright morning as I set off to Heugh Battery, for my first event of the year. It was windy as storm Kathleen was slowly moving North up the country. I must have been lucky on my trip as other people set off in rain. I got there early, so there was still lots of setting up going on. I parked up where I was last year, leaving a space for Andy's 9th Air Force Jeep.

It clouded over fairly soon after I got there, with quite a strong wind from the sea. Fortunately, the battery courtyard is quite sheltered behind the gun emplacements and a wall around the rear of the site. Around half a dozen vehicles turned up, as some had been put off by the storm forecast.

There were also several dioramas and equipment displays, both within the courtyard and up on the grass around the gun emplacements. They were in a much more exposed location and I was pleased to be parked where I was!


Hartlepool and Heugh Battery was the scene of a German Naval attack in December 1914, trying to provoke the Royal Navy into sending out ships. They wanted to tackle the superior British forces in small numbers, where they hoped to whittle them away in small engagements. I think new for this year, was a painting of the attacking ships, on the glass of the ranging building. In one of the other buildings, there's a large painting depicting the attack.

The Sun came back out after lunch, but as the storm moved North, the wind strength picked up to the point where it snapped the flag pole located in front of the ranging building. We packed up around 4pm and for part of the trip home, I was following Bob in the Dodge Command Car.

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