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rustybolts

rustybolts

pedalling tediously
Location
Ireland
ColinJ said:
It's a struggle to get round the bends at 10 mph even on a bike, and then you can get caught out by anything coming the other way... :whistle:

The Street View pictures are quite old so they don't exactly reflect the current situation, but more of that when I do the big reveal!
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any more than 20 would be crazy , and as you describe it even 20 could be precarious at some sections . I guess 20
 
Chief Broom

Chief Broom

Veteran
I expect its something absurd like 60mph In my opinion all speed limits should be scrapped every where and whatdayaknow the only relevant guide left would be whats appropriate to conditions/surroundings etc not some arbitrary number
 
classic33

classic33

Leg End Member
ColinJ said:
I have an exciting game for you to play. Sorry, not my Android phone puzzle game... (yet! :laugh:)

This one is called Guess That Speed Limit!

I came back from my cafe stop in Heptonstall the other day over the hills. I did a very steep, narrow, twisty, turny descent down through a local hamlet to get to the A646 back to Todmorden. Something incredible struck me. It had clearly struck the parents of the hamlet too...

I'll show you the road going up the hill, and I want you to imagine a driver coming down the hill...

Start here...

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Carry on...

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Further...

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Bend coming up...

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Further round, still going up...

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Still steep. And narrow. Ooh look - road signs!

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Past the signs and still steep. And narrow. And twisty. We are going to turn round after this to look at the speed limit signs...

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No cheating - what do you reckon would be a sensible, safe speed to drive down that descent past the houses...? :whistle:
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50mph like a number of roads down there.
 
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OP
Dirk

Dirk

If 6 Was 9
Location
Watchet
ColinJ said:
I have an exciting game for you to play. Sorry, not my Android phone puzzle game... (yet! :laugh:)

This one is called Guess That Speed Limit!

I came back from my cafe stop in Heptonstall the other day over the hills. I did a very steep, narrow, twisty, turny descent down through a local hamlet to get to the A646 back to Todmorden. Something incredible struck me. It had clearly struck the parents of the hamlet too...

I'll show you the road going up the hill, and I want you to imagine a driver coming down the hill...

Start here...

View attachment 637652
Carry on...

View attachment 637651
Further...

View attachment 637650
Bend coming up...

View attachment 637649
Further round, still going up...

View attachment 637648
Still steep. And narrow. Ooh look - road signs!

View attachment 637647
Past the signs and still steep. And narrow. And twisty. We are going to turn round after this to look at the speed limit signs...

View attachment 637646

No cheating - what do you reckon would be a sensible, safe speed to drive down that descent past the houses...? :whistle:
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I would say 40mph.
The road with the national sign is obviously a 60mph limit and they don't drop more than 20mph going from one limit to another.
 
ColinJ

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Location
Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Ok... I don't think the pictures really show how inappropriate speed is down that road. The limit is 30 mph, just before a narrow blind bend.

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When I was braking hard coming down to those signs my reaction was "30 mph THERE - you have to be joking!" A lot of the main roads in the town centres round here have a 20 mph limit.

Despite the 2021 copyright sign on that picture, it was actually taken in 2011. Since then, the local families seem to have taken things into their own hands and have erected their own 5 mph signs and cartoon pictures of children playing. I am sure that there is some law that says they must not do that, and obviously their signs don't have to be obeyed, but anybody who drives down there at 30 mph should not be on the roads!
 
D

Deleted member 1258

Guest
Quordle was a bit squeaky tonight, it took too many guesses to get the first word, I ended up with three guesses left to get the last three words, I was pleasantly surprised to get to the last word with one guess left, and ended up getting all four words. :wahhey:
 
GM

GM

Legendary Member
Location
North of the river
Dave7 said:
Our No 2 grandson visited last week. Now, he is 23 and has a good job BUT he took his shoes off and I swear the socks were 50% holes.
It's his birthday this week......guess what we have bought him^_^
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A big packet of corn plasters! :smile:
 
ColinJ

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Location
Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Well, I am either coming down with a nasty cold, or... :whistle:

I have some LF kits so I'll take a test when I get up in the morning and see if the dreaded Covid has got me.

One way or another it is a bit annoying because I was just starting to do more cycling, but at least the warm sunny days have gone away for a while so I will not be staring out of the window and wishing that I was out on my bike.

It does just feel like a familiar cold at the moment. Usual cold symptoms, and my senses of taste and smell are unaffected.

I'll watch one or two episodes of The Mentalist then go to bed a bit earlier than usual and turn my alarm off so I can get as much sleep as I can.
 
classic33

classic33

Leg End Member
ColinJ said:
Well, I am either coming down with a nasty cold, or... :whistle:

I have some LF kits so I'll take a test when I get up in the morning and see if the dreaded Covid has got me.

One way or another it is a bit annoying because I was just starting to do more cycling, but at least the warm sunny days have gone away for a while so I will not be staring out of the window and wishing that I was out on my bike.

It does just feel like a familiar cold at the moment. Usual cold symptoms, and my senses of taste and smell are unaffected.

I'll watch one or two episodes of The Mentalist then go to bed a bit earlier than usual and turn my alarm off so I can get as much sleep as I can.
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...hay fever.

There seems to be more when we get an early summer.
 
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