Shilbottle, Warkworth & Twatt
November 23, 2024•29 words
Road signs that gave me laugh on a ride I did back in May 2024.
I was tired. I'd been riding a long time.
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Wet & Windy
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A goto ride of mine to get the miles in. It was very wet and windy this morning.
The landscape of the peninsula consists of low-lying marshes and mudflats along the Thames Estuary, with some areas of reclaimed agricultural land slightly higher in elevation protected by sea walls. The central area is primarily flat arable farmland. An excellent example of a cuspate foreland landform. A cuspate foreland is a triangular or arrow-headed shape piece of land extending into a body of water, formed ...
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November 23, 2024•109 words
On a couple of rides I have been struck by the sight of these letter boxes from Victoria's reign.
This one was very near Low Dinsdale, about 10km SE from Darlington
Wall boxes like these were introduced in 1857. Pillar boxes were expensive to produce. A cheaper way of providing remote collection facilities was needed. The answer lay in providing a cast iron box that could be installed into an existing wall where such a location conveniently existed.
Just across the road from the reservoi...
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