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yep, i think that counts as a folly hubgearfreak :angry:

cheers, velocidad :becool:
 

Amanda P

Legendary Member
Here, I think, is a supreme folly.

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And a pointless architectural thingy with a bike nearby. The folly, of course, was going to Castle Howard on the way home from work yesterday. To say it was raining would be a considerable understatement.

Having got there, I thought I'd do the job thoroughly, though. And as you travel along The Avenue, you encounter the following further follies:

Carmire Gate:
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Completely functionless - you can just walk around the wall, and in true Yorkshire fashion, there is no actual "gate". Its only function is to catch out unwary lorry drivers.

Then we come to the Gatehouse.
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Arguably this isn't very foolish at all because people live in it. It used to even have a postbox inside,
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but the Post Office decided it was too dangerous for people to use it - or more probably, for posties to empty it - and sealed it up. Traffic shoots through the arch at quite a lick.

In this shot, you get a Bonus Folly: you can see The Obelisk in the distance through the arch.
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Turning right, we come to Folly Bridge (surely a folly with that name. It's true it carries a footpath and tractors over a lake, but the lake itself is artificial), with to the left, the Temple of the Four Winds:
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and to the right, the Mausoleum:
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While back over one's shoulder is The Pyramid.
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Yes, it is still raining.

Now if all that ain't folly, I'd like to know what is.
 

rich p

ridiculous old lush
Location
Brighton
Aperitif said:
Looks allfolly wet Uncle P...

:becool:

Nice collection 10/10

(Also sheer folly - again - for cycling in that stuff yesterday! :smile:)

Ape, do you write Christmas cracker jokes perchance?:smile:
 
Are you off your folly bonj?
I like Uncle Phil's pics - do you not?
Bring on more foolies...:smile:
 

Amanda P

Legendary Member
I had made up my mind to do it on Wednesday. And if, in England, people didn't do things because it looked like rain, nobody would ever do anything. So I just Did It Anyway.

And besides, Castle Howard is not very far away from my normal route home.

Velocidad gave us till dusk on Friday to achieve the challenge. I was not the first to find a folly. There may be more and better follies before then...
 
hey uncle phil, impressive commitment to the challenge there! and a bit of background info on them too, i like that. interested in that pyramid in the background, could you take ya tidgy wheels over there for a closer look please :rolleyes:
keep um coming guys :biggrin:

cheers, velocidad :biggrin:
 
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