Beacon photo page's by Johan Veldhuis.  

NDB GU, Brest Bretagne, 8 september 2012

From Wim's travel report:
The next beacon, also for Brest, is a long way in the direction of Morlaix. Here the GPS seems to have lost its way. It sends me onto the D770, and wants me to turn around at the second roundabout, back to the first roundabout. The Google Earth photo does show that the beacon is at a roundabout, but which one? I eventually listen to the GPS and just before the first roundabout I see the beacon, but how do you get there? I try a few streets and finally park close to the roundabout. I climb a corner of the earthen noise barrier, arrive at the point of the terrain where the beacon is.
And how do you get to the beacon? From the second roundabout you drive back to the first. But just before the roundabout you blink to the right, then slam on the brakes and turn right to almost immediately find yourself with the nose of the car against the entrance gate. You have to know, but beacon hunters can't do anything with it, only the mechanics because they can open the gate and turn onto the terrain.

GU


The entrance gate.