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[MossCommuter]

I had a ride over to see my buddy/work-collegue Chris, who's been off work for a while with medical problems

During the visit I took a few pictures in his town

Hillman Avenger, at a garage on ClunterGate
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The left-hand shop was a photographers/photography show
It's certainly been closed a while, as the (painted) phone number is '0924'
The '01...' numbers came into being in 1995 (I checked)

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The right-hand show was a Tobacconists
It seems as though it's used for something now (storage?), as that window/blind look quite recent, & the door left that way for effect, or to make it look as though there's nothing work breaking in for?

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My first car was a Chrysler 1600 Super Estste

 

[mickle]

Funny how the world turns sometimes. The black Condor we've had for years but although it fits three people in the house no one rides it. Selling it though, requires fresh powdercoat as the original lacquer has yellowed badly and gone sticky. Weird. Anyway, I stripped it down ready for refinishing and that very day I happened across the blue one in the corner of a friend's workshop and purchased it from him for sixty quid. It's a cross bike which will get some extra braze ons to convert it into a tourer. It was as if holding a bare Condor frame magically attracted another one to me.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I had a ride over to see my buddy/work-collegue Chris, who's been off work for a while with medical problems

More from the same area

The 'bowing Courtier' was the emblem of Melbourne Brewery (of Leeds)

 

[biggs682]

One from this morning's ride

 

[Mrs M]

Cute wee Beetle

 

[briantrumpet]

No bike today to put in front of the church: Chew Magna. It looks like the tower is taller than the church is long.

 

[ChrisEyles]

Here's one from today's outing - a bridleway I'd be seriously impressed if a horse could have navigated!

More pics from the ride here: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/bridleway-bashing.231522/#post-5178594

 

[Vantage]

View attachment 399331 Cute wee Beetle

If I could ever drive, it'd be a Beetle
Love'em.

 

[JohnClimber]

3/3 BAM (bivi (wild camp) a month) and 23rd in a row.

A local one in Merseyside

You don't need flat ground with a hammock

Topless

 

[Datum2]

Todays ride took me past the former RAF base at Upwood, Cambs. The infrastructure has long been derelict including what I summise is the commanding officers house, a rather large and imposing construction with quite a bit of ground. This is next to a main road for all to see. The whole site is rundown and vandalised so it brought a big smile to my face when I noticed that 2 sows, a boar and some piglets were free ranging in the grounds of this house. Excellent!

 

[briantrumpet]

We waited to see if the sun would come out.

It did, but not on Severn Beach.

PS, if you go to Severn Beach, even in the height of summer, don't bother to take swimming trunks.

 

[Thorn Sherpa]

The rain just hasn't stopped today

Rain

• Thorn Sherpa
• 12 Mar 2018

 

[biggs682]

One on this morning's ride taken along the Ridge , Great Doddington.

 

[Alex H]

What you see from a car..........

and what you see from a bike. The 14th century gatehouse of Hulne Abbey.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I was out & about around Altofts/Castleford earlier

1. Leyland Comet
Possibly 1957 -1960 model
Pottery Street
Castleford
Presumably, belonging to the Fairground families that reside in the yards in the Potteries area?





2. 1965 Dodge Custom Royale (pink/black)
1960 Studebaker Hawk (bronze)
1964 Ford Galaxie Country Sedan 'Wagon'
Oddly, it's right-hand-drive!!!
Maybe of Belgian/German manufacture?

'Cas-Am Cars'
Methley Road
Castleford





3. Ford Capri 2,0S
Rather oddly sized tyres, & an even odder rear-spoiler!
It still appears to have the 'fishnet' Recaro seats in place!!




Rather curiously/co-incidentally all 5 vehicles were less than 100yards from each other!!
The Dodge, & Studebaker, are both for sale
The Galaxie, is (I think) there for restoration


4. Co-Operative Society Building
Vickers Street
Castleford
Now flats