IaninSheffield
Veteran
- Location
- Sheffield, UK
Hayfield sheep wash:
Your bike in front of something different...
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Scotchlovingcylist
Formerly known as Speedfreak
I couldn't even tell you what my bike was in front of today except its used to ferry people to spurn point and then back down to the visitors centre. I remember riding it as a kid, glad it's still going.
Q plate suggests something built and pieced together, hopefully someone more informed will shed some light.
EDIT: Quick Google suggests it's a unimog.
Q plate suggests something built and pieced together, hopefully someone more informed will shed some light.
EDIT: Quick Google suggests it's a unimog.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
It's a Unimog; they're made by Mercedes and are popular with the military and anyone else who has to drive in unusual conditions. I think they were originally produced to bridge the gap between a tractor and a truck as German farmers sometimes have to drive a long way on roads.
This is a fairly old version, newer ones are vaguely streamlined for some reason.
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briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Well, actually in a pothole big enough to stand my bike up in at a rather jaunty angle. Just as well they've marked it on the hedge, or the repair team might not have noticed it.
lazybloke
Considering a new username
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
My bike on safari
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Lovely pic.
I'm suddenly struck by the irony that I spent a lot of my early childhood in mining communities, yet my kids probably wouldn't know a winding tower if they saw it.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
A variation on that theme. We live in an (ex) mining area. I took my two grandsons (then age 9 and 10), to Beamish Museum, where they have a coal seam exhibit. Grandsons listened carefully, but, could not quite grasp that we used to burn “stones”, to keep warm.
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I cycle that island regular and often, I've never thought to get a picture.
FrothNinja
Veteran
A truly surreal sight this arvo - other pics show the sign near the recumbent plushy
A variation on that theme. We live in an (ex) mining area. I took my two grandsons (then age 9 and 10), to Beamish Museum, where they have a coal seam exhibit. Grandsons listened carefully, but, could not quite grasp that we used to burn “stones”, to keep warm.
The young have it easy, but only the very young. Our children, now in their thirties, vividly remember the inconvenience of their grandparents coal burning house, the dust, the inconvenience, the icy blasts away from the fire....
