biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
And are they marked like the ones i have posted ?
The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs
- Thread starter Drago
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And are they marked like the ones i have posted ?
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The ones in out village are embossed metal digits that slide into a holder which is nailed to then post. Later ones, say 1960s onwwts, seem to have a metal disc, a bit log a dogs I'd medallion.
Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
Cut bench mark, Corbishley Bridge, near Chelford on the B5359. My next door neighbour is called Corbishley and he reckons the family came over with William the Conqueror.
And then, just down the way we came across The International Micro Car Rally! I had seen 3 bubble cars and three Bond Bugs filling up at a petrol station last Friday, so knew something was afoot but was very pleased to come across it, it was brilliant! I'll put something in the my ride today thread. A taster - a squadron of Messerschmitts, dagga dagga dagga.
And then, just down the way we came across The International Micro Car Rally! I had seen 3 bubble cars and three Bond Bugs filling up at a petrol station last Friday, so knew something was afoot but was very pleased to come across it, it was brilliant! I'll put something in the my ride today thread. A taster - a squadron of Messerschmitts, dagga dagga dagga.
Bobby Mhor
Wasn't born to follow
- Location
- Behind You
Trip across the Firth..
Got 5 NBMs along Shore Rd in Cove..
Three following
Some geographs to follow
Got 5 NBMs along Shore Rd in Cove..
Three following
Some geographs to follow
classic33
Leg End Member
Some may well be Irish. Telecom Eireann and ESB came over to help replace both telephone lines and electrical lines a few years ago.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Here you go some markings of a fairly local pole.
No way it was 32m 0r 3.2m
1957 sounds about right as that side of Wellingborough was just starting to be developed more
GPO i presume General Post Office
So what about DP 461 ?
The pale green strip is a maintenance related one i presume
No way it was 32m 0r 3.2m
1957 sounds about right as that side of Wellingborough was just starting to be developed more
GPO i presume General Post Office
So what about DP 461 ?
The pale green strip is a maintenance related one i presume
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
461 = 1946, January perhaps?
I drive past this telegraph pole manufacturer in Boston quite regularly.
Maybe they can help?
https://www.caldersandgrandidge.com/our-products/poles
Maybe they can help?
https://www.caldersandgrandidge.com/our-products/poles
classic33
Leg End Member
Nice day out yesterday, bouncing round Cannock Chase on the MTB.
TP1664 a rebuilt Trigpoint on Brocton Field in Cannock Country Park.
Decent FB on the base
Top Cap still in place, with a note taped to it. (illegible)
And a painted stone on the base. Geocaching thing, I think?
TP1664 a rebuilt Trigpoint on Brocton Field in Cannock Country Park.
Decent FB on the base
Top Cap still in place, with a note taped to it. (illegible)
And a painted stone on the base. Geocaching thing, I think?
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The painted stones thing is going around our village at the moment. It's something the primary school kids are doing. Mini D is into it.
Part 2.. A less successful hunt, apart from the Boulder!
Next to the above Trig Point, is a Glacial Boulder.
Somewhere under this felled Silver Birch, in Bridley Bottom car park, is a BM on a culvert (Waypoint B26922)
A few hundred yards up the road, opposite the next car park, is a decrepit concrete post that, until a couple of years ago, had a BM near the base. Another one bites the dust!!
Next to the above Trig Point, is a Glacial Boulder.
Somewhere under this felled Silver Birch, in Bridley Bottom car park, is a BM on a culvert (Waypoint B26922)
A few hundred yards up the road, opposite the next car park, is a decrepit concrete post that, until a couple of years ago, had a BM near the base. Another one bites the dust!!
Yes, I've seen a few dotted around recently. I'll ask the grandkids this afternoon if they know about it.
Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
From today's ride, cut bench mark, Wesleyan Chapel, Poole near Nantwich. My friend had had a puncture and was fixing it about fifty yards away (hedge cutting) so I walked to this chapel, lovely "peace" garden round the back. When I returned and he had fixed his puncture, I found that I had one aswell (I did accuse him of doing it whilst I was away, but he denied it).
And then another cut bench mark on St James' church, Audlem. Unfortunately the Priests' House opposite (well known watering hole for cyclists) was shut, which was rather the point of going to Audlem.
And then another cut bench mark on St James' church, Audlem. Unfortunately the Priests' House opposite (well known watering hole for cyclists) was shut, which was rather the point of going to Audlem.
Pre metric so 32ft medium . As stated above dp is distribution point then its identity number . Green label is when it was tested month on top ,year at the bottom then pole tester ID .punched out hole marks the date . White paper labels are put on each time we climb it to signify we've done a test that's it's not rotten
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