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Blue Hills

Blue Hills

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Location
London
PaulSB said:
Presumably you got to the point where the road narrows, house on left and green fields ahead on both sides? After about 0.25 miles the tarmac runs out and there is no vehicular exit other than turning round. From this point it leads to Brinscall Hall some of which is occupied but I'm unsure how much. Friend of mine lives in the bungalow. I don't use Streetview often and didn't realise this was unusual. It's the same in my village and quite a few other lanes in the very immediate area - I only know about these as one tends to look in one's own area and then move on. We like to keep it quiet round here! ;)

There's the odd one in the Ribble Valley I know of from the very few ocassions I've wondered about taking friends on a biking "adventure" - has been know to go badly wrong!
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sounds like a good place to explore - will have a go - am still slightly suspicious - I know a fair old number of things that are little more than tracks in Sardinia which the googlecar has been up.
Maybe some kind tech sole could do a map which showed all the bike-able (hybrid bikeable, not offroad bike) which are NOT on streetview.
 
Mo1959

Mo1959

Legendary Member
Location
Perthshire,Scotland
Blue Hills said:
(must say by the by I find it shocking that the NHS seems to have retreated from this most basic of things. Last time I checked ears were part of the human body - maybe they have been privatised and global rights to them sold off to a megacorp)
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Can barely see a doctor here unless you are dying.........bit late by then! :laugh:

I have a friend who could barely put her foot to the ground her hip was so sore and he didn't want to see her and tried to get her to just see a physio, but fortunately she doesn't suffer fools gladly and insisted on being sent for an X-ray. Consultant in Perth took one look at the x-ray and organised an ambulance to take her to Ninewells with a fractured hip!
 
oldwheels

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
Blue Hills said:
do you warm it before putting it in?
Any hazards?

(must say by the by I find it shocking that the NHS seems to have retreated from this most basic of things. Last time I checked ears were part of the human body - maybe they have been privatised and global rights to them sold off to a megacorp)
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Never warmed it. The ear syringing seems to vary from place to place. Some GP practices seem to do it no question but mine certainly does not. The practice nurse gave covid as a reason due to liquid being involved and possibly I suppose spray which could be a danger to them. I have no reason to disbelieve her as somebody I have known for some years and generally very forthright.
The charge in private hands seems to me to be a complete rip off.
 
PaulSB

PaulSB

Squire
Location
Chorley, Lancashire
Blue Hills said:
sounds like a good place to explore - will have a go - am still slightly suspicious - I know a fair old number of things that are little more than tracks in Sardinia which the googlecar has been up.
Maybe some kind tech sole could do a map which showed all the bike-able (hybrid bikeable, not offroad bike) which are NOT on streetview.
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I wouldn't go far beyond the Hall on a road bike, I might take my gravel bike round there but on reaching the Hall turning left. This is probably rideable on an MTB/gravel bike (I usually walk in the area), turn left and at some point left again and you will make your way down to the path which links Brinscall (it's at the far side of the lodge and parallel with The Goit) and White Coppice - that's fun on a gravel bike, I use it often on my way home. If you do go and are tempted to turn right at the Hall you will run out of road and have to start climbing stiles and crossing fields.
 
pawl

pawl

Legendary Member
Location
Desford Leicestershire
Blue Hills said:
don't care what it is classic - if it needs to be rid of.
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Success Just had my left ear irrigated Can now hear in stereo instead of mono.:notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:
 
ColinJ

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Location
Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Blue Hills said:
I prefer to see it as a depository of the collected wisdom of ages. Hence my occasional landings here.

(Possible the word I am looking for is suppository)
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Translation: We are up our own arses! :whistle:
PaulSB said:
I don't use Streetview often
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I am really surprised, Paul. It is a great tool to help plan new cycling routes.

I start with an OS map to come up with the basic route but always check unfamiliar roads on Streetview. It is a good way to spot potential pitfalls, and also points of interest.

I have spotted hazards like blind summits that look iffy for group rides. A quick check might then reveal multiple accidents at that location. Avoid!

I found that a very steep dip in a road near Scammonden is cobbled and the cobbles are in poor condition. Avoid! (I actually went to check the cobbles anyway and right enough, they were dodgy in the dry and would be lethal in the wet!)

It is also sometimes a good way of checking out how busy roads are. I have discovered roads that look innocent on the OS map that are busy rat runs in reality.

I found one road that caught the Streetview driver out. 'Private Road' is the name of one public road out your way. It obviously put the driver off because Streetview coverage stops at both ends of the road and is blank in between!
 
numbnuts

numbnuts

Squire
Location
Gone over the hill and far away
pawl said:
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