ABC Towns and Villages

[lazybloke]

O and P today. No Q within range today.

 

[craigwend]

MNO ...

 

[Spinney]

I got my I yesterday.
Got home and found my phone hadn't actually photographed it. Good job it was only a few miles from home, so I can do it again when it stops raining. I'll make bloody sure the photo for my J gets taken properly when I do that, it's a looong ride. With hills.

Checked the camera this time!
Iron Action

Alveston, Berkeley, Cromhall, Dunkirk, Easton Grey, Falfield, Gloucester, Hillesley, Iron Action

 

[lazybloke]

Checked the camera this time!
Iron Action
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Alveston, Berkeley, Cromhall, Dunkirk, Easton Grey, Falfield, Gloucester, Hillesley, Iron Action

I read that as Iron Action, which reminded me of the book "Extreme ironing". It's one of those books you put next to the loo to amuse visitors.
Here's an example:

 

[EltonFrog]

Got my Ex for an ‘X’ . The hamlet of Exlade Street, I was looking for a sign on top of a post that @The Bystander found on street view a while back, but when I got there, there where normal signs too that you can’t see on google.

 

[iandg]

I've been stuck at Q for ages waiting for my fitness to improve or the incessant westerly gale to abate, but neither seem to be happening fast so unlike all previous ABCs this ride did not start and end at home. Mrs C was going to see her mother so I got her to go the scenic route and cadged a lift to Carnwath to ride the 50 miles home from there. Five miles south of Carnwath is Quothquan. (bonus surely for having two qs). I'd checked it out on streetview, so imagine my horror to find the sign had gone - it was actually still there, just detached from its pole and half hidden in the undergrowth. I carried on to the other end of the village, where despite having been elevated some numpty has still managed to hit the sign. In today's brief sojourn in South Lanarkshire I'm afraid I didn't see any evidence of either thriving or safe driving.

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I'm on P next which I should manage on this Wednesday's Cycling UK meet-up ride. Googled Q and spotted this as my nearest - about a 100 mile round trip

 

[Shadow]

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[TheDoctor]

I'm somewhat stuck at the moment, as I plan to do a weekend in Belgium where I can do a Z, probably for Zeebrugge. I might then work backwards through to A.

 

[Vantage]

Got my X

And Y today. The Y could very well be yet another bye.

 

[EltonFrog]

Got my X

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And Y today. The Y could very well be yet another bye.

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I would’ve thought that Yarrow Country park would count.

 

[Vantage]

If memory serves, parks were ruled out due to them not being habitated
The Yarrow Valley however as I understand it covers a much wider area than just the park itself but isn't considered a town/village as such. Its a tricky one.

 

[iandg]

'I'll have a P please Bob'

 

[lazybloke]

Went out early today for Q : Queens Corner in Hampshire (or is it Sussex - I kept going over the border). Anyway, it's a tiny hamlet with not good signage, so am posting a directional sign and a private sign.

R - Rake

S - Sheet

 

[Dogtrousers]

The story so far
Addington Village, Biggin Hill, Cudham, Downe, Edenbridge, Fordcombe, Groombridge, Hartfield, Ide Hill, Jevington, Kingston, Lingfield, Maresfield

And now ... Nutfield, Outwood, Paddock Wood

 

[Houthakker]

Right finally decided to bite the bullet and take a bye on J.
Picked up K (Kirkham) last week on the way home from work, and then L (Lytham) and M (Myerscough) yesterday out on my travels
(need to start carrying seceteurs so I can trim the foilage back in front of the signs