The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sadly, it's been removed for a few years, as the family gave up their dairy herd
It is in safe keeping, as far as I am given to understand

 

[Bobby Mhor]

B789 nr Langbank..
I've looked for this before...
slowly disappearing.

 

[classic33]

Methodist Church, Mount Tabor

Two on what used to be the Post Office at Mount Tabor

Goes with the new one placed outside the Town Hall.
Boundary Stone, Clough Bank

One of four markers on Clough Bank

Posistions match those of BM's.

 

[Tim Hall]

Out in Lewes the other day I spied these two:

They're on Western Road, just along from the prison. My great grandfather was governor there back in the 1920s.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

'Plague Stone'
As some perceive it to be

I'd think of it more of a boundary stone/gate-post that was on the route to a 'gentlemans country residence' that was probably accessed via that route (as well as 3 others, with gate-houses)

It's on a bridleway, from Patience Lane (Lee Brigg) to NewLands Estate



http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2034481

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

(ex) Parklands Hotel
Horbury Road
Wakefield (near entrance to Thornes Park)

It's near the gate, on the pavement side

A better photo of the entire building; http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1400800

 

[biggs682]

A couple from this morning's ride

A nice benchmark that I have ridden past loads of times on a cottage in Yardley Hastings.

Another benchmark on the church in Clifton Reynes .

And a V R post box in Clifton Reynes

 

[Tim Hall]

As mentioned by @User13710 in another thread, Saturday saw me and two other fine people out for a ride. The primary objective was this:

Which sits on the entrance to an ROC bunker at Cuckfield. More to the point, they were having an open day, where the bunker is re fitted with all its cold war gubbins and a very knowledgeable bloke enthused about it.
While a lightly injured member of our party stayed aloft, two of us went down the ladder:

That white dial on the right is a blast wave measuring gadget.

Looking back up the ladder. Fortunately, despite an alarm of fallout detected going off, all was well and we emerged into the sunshine.

This is the insides of the altitude and bearing measuring gadget. It's four pinhole cameras with, I guess, photo sensitive paper, marked of in azimuth and elevation. There hasn't been a bomb, that's the trace from the sun. More pics here.

PS, do we need an Urban Exploration thread?

 

[biggs682]

@Tim Hall very good pictures i bet those steps have never been so busy

 

[Tim Hall]

While we consider the need for an Urban Exploration thread, see what else I did: @User13710 and Adrian peeled off after lunch. It was very very hot and there was a sporting event on the TV but I continued over to Shipley to look at the Zero station bunker. They were "stay behind" bunkers in the event of invasion in WWII. This one has mostly collapsed but parts are still visible:

The groove in the bark of this oak tree was where the radio antenna cable was hidden.

This pit was one of the two entrances to the bunker. BITD it would have been camouflaged as a badger sett or similar.

After entering the badger sett above you would crawl through a tunnel and emerge here. The bunker itself was a buried prefab Nissen hut type affair, which has since collapsed leaving a hole in the ground. Foolishly I didn't take any pictures of the hole in the ground. My Sinister Agents tell me there's a similar bunker in the grounds of Wakehurst Place, the country branch of Kew Gardens in Ardingly. More about Shipley Zero Station on the SubBrit website here.

 

[Tim Hall]

Nearly forgot this one.

On our exit from Crawley we took the NCN 20 through Tilgate Forest for a spot of Comedy Off Roading on Mildly Inappropriate Bikes, then up Parish Lane towards Pease Pottage. On a previous trip I'd spotted a pair of chestnut trees either side of the lane bearing a small plastic plaque, so felt I had to show off point them out to my riding companions. Beneath the leaves you can just make out some names and Clarencourt Cycling Club. A few years ago I did a bit of digging and emailed Clarencourt CC about them. The two chestnut trees in the hedgerows on either side of Parish Lane mark the start line of the old Catford 24 hour time trial and when Micky Ayliffe died in 1978 his his ashes were buried there and the tress planted on top in memoriam. According to his son, he loved long distance time trialing and was second and third in the Catford event in the 1950's. Later when Edie, his widow died, her ashes were scattered there too. Here's a picture of Micky Ayliff on the Clarencourt website. https://www.clarencourt.com/about-clarencourt-cycling-club/over-the-hill-gang-ohg/

Edit: fixed broken link

 

[PeteXXX]

A BM on Castlethorpe church.

A BM on Sherington church.

And a flush Bracket on Winnowing Barn, Sherington.

Edit: there’s supposed to be a Trig Point in the middle of this field to the south of Emberton. Possibly removed. It’s on the OS map, but I’ve not had s chance to fire up the database to check yet.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

In Greenock earlier.
spotted this fine specimen..

Dog pee eroding the stone below

 

[classic33]

In Greenock earlier.
spotted this fine specimen..
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Dog pee eroding the stone below

Bit of pressure behind it!!

 

[briantrumpet]

A couple from just south of Edington near Devizes - a trig point, and a rather old milestone... not sure if I've ever seen one of this age, and dated (1363).

http://trigpointing.uk/trig/6202

And on the byway from there to Bratton: