Strange Road Signs
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DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
St Piran, now the Patron Saint of time Travel!
ebikeerwidnes
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- Location
- Widnes
I get the impression that they dislike people parking up that road???
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
And round our way, leave it open if you find it open. Except I always wonder if it's the farmer who's left it open on purpose or whether some dullard has just not been arsed to close it.
classic33
Leg End Member
I was taught to leave it as found, for much the same reason but always wonder if someone couldn't be bothered closing it.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
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- Widnes
That is the problem
I saw an article on one of those daytime TV programmes talking to farmers and saying that these are the rules
and they were constantly assuming that everything MUST be right when you find it
the possibility that something was set wrong by someone else didn;t seem to occur to them
One of the things on it was a farmer who has sheep
he was saying that sometimes they need a gate closed (edited !!) to stop the sheep going through it
and sometimes they leave the gates open because they want the sheep to be able to graze in both fields
but completely missed that point that the previous walker might have done it wrong
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Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
What? Is this some kind of sheep double bluff.
Sheep thinks "ah, he's left that gate open. He must want me to go through it. So I won't." Farmer takes advantage of this stubbornness by confining the sheep with open gates.
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
Yup - well spotted - I typed something wrong AGAIN
sorry - changed to make sense now!
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
Maybe it's just me, but if I was the farmer and wanted to leave the gate open OR closed, I'd lock it in that position with a padlock, thus communicating the intended gate position to all and sundry!
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Widnes
Maybe it's just me, but if I was the farmer and wanted to leave the gate open OR closed, I'd lock it in that position with a padlock, thus communicating the intended gate position to all and sundry!
I have seen some do that - just a bit of rope tying it to the fence seems to do
but I have certainly seen some that only open to 90 degrees - so nothing to tie it do
mind you - if it was a constant problem then investing in a few cheap signs saying "leave this gate open" would work pretty well
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
You know, it's never crossed my mind that leaving an open gate open is something I should do. And now I think about it, I almost never go through gates when out walking. It's nearly always styles or kissing gates. And on the odd occasion that I do go through a gate, I can't recall one being open unless it was tied back and secured and I didn't notice it.
I'm not going to go to any effort to close a gate that's been secured open, even if it's just secured with a bit of bailer twine, I'd leave it as it is. But if a gate was just swinging and not latched, and if it had a latch or bolt then I'd probably latch it shut. (but now I'm not so sure)
I'm not going to go to any effort to close a gate that's been secured open, even if it's just secured with a bit of bailer twine, I'd leave it as it is. But if a gate was just swinging and not latched, and if it had a latch or bolt then I'd probably latch it shut. (but now I'm not so sure)
