ABC Towns and Villages

[Vantage]

Trafford

And Urmston

Waiting for future Mrs V to have a coffee then a ride home again. Hopefully it'll be a tailwind!

 

[Vantage]

Had to frickin rain didn't it!

 

[Mr Celine]

With Q finally out of the way it was time to get moving again. Streetview shows the Redpath village sign as missing, but the image is quite old and I was sure that it does have one. I went out on spec anyway, and lo and behold it's there.

With that in the bag, I knew there's an S about three miles away, or a bit longer by the scenic route which I took due to it being such a cracking afternoon, the clouds having all headed off in the general direction of @Vantage

And thirdly one very close to home.

And now I'm stuck again.
The nearest proper U I can find is Uphall Station which is 50 miles away and involves cycling there and or back through Edinburgh and its suburbs.
As far as I can tell there are no Vs on mainland Scotland at all. I have plenty of Ws and Ys nearby but as Z is not a proper Scots letter there are none of those in Scotland either.

 

[Vantage]

Having the same issue with V here too.
I've decided I'll use something with a v in the name instead. Yarrow Valley Park. It'll have to do.




Edit: Abbey Village!

 

[13 rider]

Finally ticked off V . Nearest V to home is a 150 mile round trip was planning on the village of Ventogimps in Cornwall on my hols in July .
However Im down in Wales ,on a study of the sportive route map passed near

So it would have been rude not too

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Finally ticked off V . Nearest V to home is a 150 mile round trip was planning on the village of Ventogimps in Cornwall on my hols in July .
However Im down in Wales ,on a study on the sportive route map passed near
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So it would have been rude not too

A V in Welsh is actually a P, so this doesn't count

Hope the weather is better than yesterday.

 

[13 rider]

It says V on the sign . I had to do an extra climb for it . It COUNTS

 

[EltonFrog]

Finally got a V & W today and my first Village signs that are not 30 mph Please Drive Carefully signs.

Virginia Water

Windlesham

 

[Vantage]

27.5 cold, windy and wet miles to grab a V and W.
I suspect the V might fall into the bye category. Opinions?

Next up was Wheelton. Unfortunately I couldn't find a sign for it despite noticing one on Google maps when I planned the route. Ah well.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

27.5 cold, windy and wet miles to grab a V and W.
I suspect the V might fall into the bye category. Opinions?

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Next up was Wheelton. Unfortunately I couldn't find a sign for it despite noticing one on Google maps when I planned the route. Ah well.

What V were you aiming for?

 

[Vantage]

The Village part of Abbey Village.
Finding a town or village up here beginning with V is next to impossible.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The Village part of Abbey Village.
Finding a town or village up here beginning with V is next to impossible.

I wouldn't count it in my collection, but it's up to you. The village people won't turn up and say "Young man..."

 

[Shadow]

M
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and the same place's attractive, IMO, commemorative sign, but no bike because I would have needed to stand in the middle of an A road!
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I came across this sign last year which surprised me. It reminds me of what the first european explorers discovered when crossing the atlantic and decided to name it New Found Land!! The sign is obviously new-ish, showing county herald and year, yet it is not marked on my local OS map. There is nothing there apart from a couple of footpaths and maybe a house or three, not even a hamlet by my reckoning.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Grabbed H while I was doing a short, hilly ride this morning:

 

[13 rider]

After last week's Welsh V back on local roads for W