The CC Trig Point bagger thread, now incorporating other interesting geographs

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 18th

Sharlston Hall
Sharlston Common
Wakefield

I’d like to say ’Just Leaving Home’, but sadly not

Dating back, in parts, to the 1400s, & continuously a family home

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101253750-sharlston-hall-sharlston#.YydFFyXTWEc

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5299577

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 21st

Venus Camp Site
Thirsk Road(?)/A61
Baldersby
Not far from jct 50/A1

https://www.pitchup.com/en-us/campsites/England/North_East/North_Yorkshire/Ripon/venus_campsite/

Saturday 17th; https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/trailers-bwsows.273070/page-23#post-6814110
This morning; https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/trailers-bwsows.273070/page-23#post-6816796 (& the 'next but one' answer)

 

[biggs682]

Two new to me benchmarks from over the border in Leicestershire.
First one on All Saints Church Sutton Bassett.

Next one St Mary's in Weston By Welland.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Clee Hill at the weekend.

 

[biggs682]

Clee Hill at the weekend.

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Not cycled up clee hill for more years than I care to remember

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Not cycled up clear hill for more years than I care to remember

It's good steady climb - about 1400ft in five miles. The mapping software says there's an 18 foot dip a mile before the end, but I didn't notice.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 30th
1.

Artwork
Robsons Road
(between Smyth Street & Bank Street)
WestGate
Wakefield

It's round the corner, to the right, at the end of Unity House; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1098716

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 30th
2.

Bank Street
WestGate
Wakefield

The building straight ahead, was a cinema; http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3788
As seen, from WestGate; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3378618

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 30th
3.

(built as a) ‘Carnegie Library’
Drury Lane
Wakefield

The Opera House is behind me, by about 50 yards

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101272893-the-old-library-wakefield-north-ward#.YzbXXCXTWEc
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5870874

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 30th
4.

The ‘Wakefield & Barnsley Union Bank’
As seen, looking across Cliff Parade/Back Lane, and along Carter Street

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101273189-57-and-59-westgate-wakefield-north-ward#.YzbYaCXTWEc
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5828997
https://banking-history.org.uk/record/wakefield-barnsley-union-bank-limited/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Friday 30th
5.

Village School
Flaxton
(north of) York

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101406423-flaxton-old-school-flaxton

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3088401

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 1st
1.

Starbucks, as it is now, I remember it as a Little Chef
Markham Moor
A1
Nottinghamshire

Visited, en-route to TruckFest (36 images)

The roof is a hyperbolic paraboloid

It's only accessible southbound!

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...tation-markham-moor-west-drayton#.Yzh1DSXTWEc
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/173949
He seems to like this roofing shape; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Scorer

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 1st
2.

We came home from Newark-on-Trent, a circuitous route, via Lincoln (Gainsborough & Bawtry, to the A1, rejoining it at Blythe)
Number 18 & 1/2!!
St Peters Lodge
East Gate
Lincoln
Lincolnshire

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101388526-st-peters-lodge-lincoln-minster-ward#.Yzhy2iXTWEc
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2696694

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 1st
3.

'The Rest'
PrioryGate
Lincoln
Lincolnshire

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101388740-the-rest-lincoln-minster-ward#.YzieadjMLIU
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/122772

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 1st
4.

Bar/Gate-House
Priory Gate
Lincoln
Lincolnshire

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101388683-priory-gate-lincoln-minster-ward#.YzhyIiXTWEc
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/665034