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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Hanslope, Church of St James the Great, cut mark SP 8037 4672.
The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs
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Gravity Aided
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- Land of Lincoln
Another consult with the map shows my navigation error, may try again at weekend.
Mr Celine
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- Waxing my moustache
[QUOTE 4765336, member: 9609"]Here we go the first one I have bagged with the bike
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Where is this one?
BTW I looked for the Hadden Hill one on a ride last summer but couldn't find it due to the height of the undergrowth.
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Where is this one?
BTW I looked for the Hadden Hill one on a ride last summer but couldn't find it due to the height of the undergrowth.
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
It's strangely addictive, innit?
Mr Celine
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- Waxing my moustache
[QUOTE 4771252, member: 9609"]TP1067 half way between Birgham and Eccles, it is a little up the road to the farm, clearly a well cared for trig.[/QUOTE]
If you look at this street view image from the farm road end you can see the next intrepid CC trig point bagger cycling up the hill!
If you look at this street view image from the farm road end you can see the next intrepid CC trig point bagger cycling up the hill!
Gravity Aided
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Something you never hear about here, maybe with the incipient demise of stock car racing, more people will get off the couch and get out there on bicycles. May be a blog post one day...
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Hokay, today I've an interesting one planned. I've located a benchmark, a trig point, and another benchmark all in a line on the same road, about a mile between each. I've planned a nice big loop, see if I can bag them all.
I didn't realise you had a blog @Gravity Aided Had a browse, looks good.
I didn't realise you had a blog @Gravity Aided Had a browse, looks good.
Gravity Aided
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- Land of Lincoln
Yes, I was hoping I would have the opportunity to ride the Route 66 trail, maybe soon, when Mrs. GA gets up and around.
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Mr Aided, does the USGS have similar markers on your side of the pond?
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Today was mixed success. I headed into Blisworth seeing several benchmarks and a trig.
First was a benchmark in the centre of the village. I found the stone pillar, but it's so heavily scored with graffiti carved into the soft stone I could find no sign of the cut mark.
Then I went a mile up the road with Colin and found this:
This is a ventilation shaft for the subterranean canal tunnel which runs below at SP 7307 5249. The is supposed to be an OS flush bracket on it, but I could not find it. There is evidence of recent patched repairs with cement, so it may have been covered and removed.
Next, was a trig pillar at SP 73237 52069.
Found it hidden behind some bushes. A bit overgrown, but in otherwise solid condition.
From there I bimbled out in a wide loop to Shutlanger, then past the anal museum at Stoke Bruerne (it's a canal museum, but every sign gets modified by the locals within seconds of going up) and then onward to home.
More benchmarks to blag on Monday.
First was a benchmark in the centre of the village. I found the stone pillar, but it's so heavily scored with graffiti carved into the soft stone I could find no sign of the cut mark.
Then I went a mile up the road with Colin and found this:
This is a ventilation shaft for the subterranean canal tunnel which runs below at SP 7307 5249. The is supposed to be an OS flush bracket on it, but I could not find it. There is evidence of recent patched repairs with cement, so it may have been covered and removed.
Next, was a trig pillar at SP 73237 52069.
Found it hidden behind some bushes. A bit overgrown, but in otherwise solid condition.
From there I bimbled out in a wide loop to Shutlanger, then past the anal museum at Stoke Bruerne (it's a canal museum, but every sign gets modified by the locals within seconds of going up) and then onward to home.
More benchmarks to blag on Monday.
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
There's a flush bracket benchmark at the North end of the tunnel which I should have bagged, but forgot.
I got plans to bag no less than 6 on Mondays ride.
I got plans to bag no less than 6 on Mondays ride.
Gravity Aided
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- Land of Lincoln
I would have maybe bagged one today, but the winds are fierce, and I was trading for a Dawes Watoga and a Schwinn Sidewinder to supplant the Gary Fisher(too small, after all) and the K2(just not that impressive) with some bicycles I might actually get a bang out of. The Dawes has a disc brake in front and linear in back, with front suspension and a 1x7 drivetrain, although the original owner left all the FD stuff on the bike. So for tomorrow, maybe on the Dawes(Which was originally bought at Rutland Water Bicycles,) a world traveler, which wound up in Normal. Now that's a find. I have never before seen or had a bicycle directly from England. (Although this one was probably fabricated somewhere else.)
Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
- Location
- County Durham
This one
has got this
about 100m SW of it. It appears to be all thats left of a 1950s era tank/APC/self propelled gun - there is still an area in use by the MOD as a rifle range immediately to the south.
has got this
about 100m SW of it. It appears to be all thats left of a 1950s era tank/APC/self propelled gun - there is still an area in use by the MOD as a rifle range immediately to the south.
