Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[Aperitif]

nice. when's the deadline?

it's in his pannier...

 

[Crackle]

Wot, Wot! I just found some pigs ....... Darn, way too late.....

...Architectural follies, Architectural follies, hmmmm......... <troops off into the distance muttering> ...........

 

[velocidad]

deadline... by 10pm this coming friday.

cheers, velocidad.

 

[hubgearfreak]

and is this the accepted definition of a folly? i'm having a bit of trouble locally, either Lincoln people are practical and not happy with wasteful behaviour, or maybe they're just a glum lot with no sense of fun?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folly#Characteristics

having looked at that definition again, it has occurred to me that if i/we accept that there's no god(s) then it follows that any place of worship is a folly.

or am i just thinking about it all to much?

 

[Fnaar]

or am i just thinking about it all to much?

Yes Just thhink of it (if I can chip in) as a building having no purpose other than ornament, as it says on your link. Here's a good example (and my favourite folly) from Bradgate Park in Leicester:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_John

 

[punkypossum]

Do random statues standing around count as architectural follies??? In this case I submit the golden boy...don't know why he's on a trailer as he always seems to be there...

 

[Fnaar]

I wouldn't sit there, unless you want a golden shower!

 

[hubgearfreak]

according to wiki, linked above, follies are different to statues.

 

[punkypossum]

But statues are part of architecture...so they can be follies! (According to punkypedia)

 

[Amanda P]

I can feel a quick visit to Castle Howard coming on...

 

[velocidad]

hubgearfreak i like your thinking on the place of worship thing and i agree. however that would be too easy so i can't allow it. nor can i allow statues. oow i'm strict ;-)

cheers, velocidad

 

[Aperitif]

I wouldn't sit there, unless you want a golden shower!

10/10 - I'm with Fnaar - sheer folly to sit there...

 

[hubgearfreak]

hubgearfreak i like your thinking on the place of worship thing and i agree.

fair enough.

however when i was out & about today i saw this.

in the grounds of the cathedral. i asked some old dears who were nearby what it was, and they tell me it is where the devil escapes from if you don't put lit matches in the holes and dance around it.. seriously.

looking at the actual building style, it has limestone roof tiles and whilst it is meant to match the cathedral in appearance i'm faily certain that (like all good follies) it's victorian rather than medieval or norman (as the rest of the cathedral is)

it has no doors or windows - is this a folly?

 

[Aperitif]

Are you hair looking for a folly call hugebearfreak?

 

[DustBowlRefugee]

fair enough.

however when i was out & about today i saw this.

in the grounds of the cathedral. i asked some old dears who were nearby what it was, and they tell me it is where the devil escapes from if you don't put lit matches in the holes and dance around it.. seriously.

looking at the actual building style, it has limestone roof tiles and whilst it is meant to match the cathedral in appearance i'm faily certain that (like all good follies) it's victorian rather than medieval or norman (as the rest of the cathedral is)

it has no doors or windows - is this a folly?

I think you could do with a smaller frame size!