ABC Towns and Villages

[craigwend]

86 mile round trip and if I ever go there again it will be too soon ... Mega thanks to @Soltydog for navigating and the ride

 

[EltonFrog]

86 mile round trip and if I ever go there again it will be too soon ... Mega thanks to @Soltydog for navigating and the ride
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Great commitment though, well done.

 

[Dogtrousers]

As lots of villages have ornamental signs I decided to look for these. Unfortunately if you photograph them with a bike they come out quite small and not legible. They are:

Addington Village - Not New Addington, goodness me no!
Biggin Hill, also famous for having a sign saying "Lycra Louts Not Welcome Here"
Cudham - this used to have an ornamental sign, but it was removed for renovation in 2017,
Downe - Home of Charles Darwin
Edenbridge
Fordcombe
Groombridge
Hartfield
Ide Hill - Doesn't have a fancy sign

Next up J
This could be a problem, there aren't many Js in my area.

 

[TeeShot]

Having got off the mark last week I managed to add B, C & D today. A 48 mile round trip, mostly in the rain. Not many E’s around here so my next post may be some time away.

 

[rugby bloke]

86 mile round trip and if I ever go there again it will be too soon ... Mega thanks to @Soltydog for navigating and the ride
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Top ride. Its amazing how the distribution of letters varies across the country.

 

[rugby bloke]

As lots of villages have ornamental signs I decided to look for these. Unfortunately if you photograph them with a bike they come out quite small and not legible. They are:

Addington Village - Not New Addington, goodness me no!
Biggin Hill, also famous for having a sign saying "Lycra Louts Not Welcome Here"
Cudham - this used to have an ornamental sign, but it was removed for renovation in 2017,
Downe - Home of Charles Darwin
Edenbridge
Fordcombe
Groombridge
Hartfield
Ide Hill - Doesn't have a fancy sign

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Next up J
This could be a problem, there aren't many Js in my area.

Nice idea. I do like an ornamental sign. Good to see you escaped the warm welcome offered in Biggin Hill ....

 

[Mr Celine]

Jeddart's Here!

......was the ancient battle cry of the men of Jedburgh.

In the modern vernacular 'Royal Burgh' means an insignificant place with a large chip on its shoulder.
There have been no royal burghs in Scotland since local government reform in 1975. Jedburgh was also at one time the county town of Roxburgh and still has a courthouse which occasionally hosts the high court, but it was long since passed in importance and population by Hawick and latterly by Kelso and Melrose. Jedburgh's current claim to fame is being the location of Europe's largest coat hanger factory. Its days are probably numbered due to the rise of internet shopping and also Br*xit.

 

[rugby bloke]

Hawick and latterly by Kelso and Melrose.

Great memories of watching the highlights of these teams on Rugby Special. Such a shame that they were left behind by the professional game.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

View attachment 458145 View attachment 458146 View attachment 458147 Having got off the mark last week I managed to add B, C & D today. A 48 mile round trip, mostly in the rain. Not many E’s around here so my next post may be some time away.

Surely that is a G?

 

[TeeShot]

Surely that is a G?

I did wonder. I’ll find another B. Does that mean I need to repeat C ?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I did wonder. I’ll find another B. Does that mean I need to repeat C ?

'fraid so - another excuse for a ride

 

[Aravis]

With a Q on one side of the Severn estuary and a V on the other, there was clearly potential for a productive day. The U was hard to find, but it was there - far too time spent searching on Street View, not that anyone's complaining.

An early start:

The next few line up quite well, with an S-bend to put them in the right order:

Economy of effort here (see what I did?):

Over the big bridge and up a big hill to secure the elusive V:

And rolling back towards Gloucester there's a convenient W:

Then up to Warwickshire for something truly X-rated:

On the way back the sun finally came out!

 

[TeeShot]

'fraid so - another excuse for a ride

No problem. I only did it for a bit of mischief really. Some of you may remember several years ago, the residents of Great Budworth kicked up a stink about "Lycra Louts" speeding through their village. A national paper got wind of this and did a piece on it. Speeding cyclist, shouting, swearing, littering and urinating in public was the drift of the article. Now our club ride through the village several times a year. It's approached by riding up a fairly steep hill, by the time we get to the centre of the village most of us can hardly speak, let alone shout and most of us would be overtaken by someone walking briskly. Maybe I'll use it for my G, we'll see, so many choices

 

[Dogtrousers]

No problem. I only did it for a bit of mischief really. Some of you may remember several years ago, the residents of Great Budworth kicked up a stink about "Lycra Louts" speeding through their village. A national paper got wind of this and did a piece on it. Speeding cyclist, shouting, swearing, littering and urinating in public was the drift of the article. Now our club ride through the village several times a year. It's approached by riding up a fairly steep hill, by the time we get to the centre of the village most of us can hardly speak, let alone shout and most of us would be overtaken by someone walking briskly. Maybe I'll use it for my G, we'll see, so many choices

Interesting that we have two villages who have complained about Lycra Louts: Great Budworth and Biggin Hill

I think we should get extra points ...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Surely it is the fat farkers who speed through the village?