Your bike in front of something different...

[pjd57]

homage to donatello's david?

Mercury.

 

[Blue Hills]

A fence

Not just any fence.

 

[Blue Hills]

Judging by the name plate - Bodney House. You've got Sunshine House behind you

No.
You"ve done that from google i assume.

 

[Blue Hills]

Calling @PaleRider who used to be thereabouts i think.
Otherwise tomorrow i'll spill the beans.

 

[avecReynolds531]

A tea stop on the Pilgrims Way & part of National Cycle Route 17. Just to the left of the nearest handrail,

is this wooden sculpture of a resting Pilgrim - it's still a long way to Canterbury.

 

[Trickedem]

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A tea stop on the Pilgrims Way & part of National Cycle Route 17. Just to the left of the nearest handrail,
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is this wooden sculpture of a resting Pilgrim - it's still a long way to Canterbury.

Love that statue. I've had a rest there before whilst walking the North Downs Way

 

[All uphill]

My bike in front of a hut. I need a hut in my life.

 

[Blue Hills]

My bike in front of a hut. I need a hut in my life.

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a hut with pretensions though judging from that door and porch.

 

[Blue Hills]

Your starter for 3 and a half.

What's this in front of?

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OK - the answer.
The railings - in Peckham/Camberwell - are made out of old WW2 civil defence stretchers.
Towards the end of each section you can see dips - those were the "feet" to stand them on/keep the injured off the ground when they were laid on the ground
Hundreds of thousands were made and this was a very clever way of using them when the war ended. Many railings of course had been removed at the beginning of the war as a metal gathering initiative - stumps are seen all over the country.
There are a few of these railings still remaining in various bits of south London - also some in east london I think.

 

[avecReynolds531]

OK - the answer.
The railings - in Peckham/Camberwell - are made out of old WW2 civil defence stretchers.
Towards the end of each section you can see dips - those were the "feet" to stand them on/keep the injured off the ground when they were laid on the ground
Hundreds of thousands were made and this was a very clever way of using them when the war ended. Many railings of course had been removed at the beginning of the war as a metal gathering initiative - stumps are seen all over the country.
There are a few of these railings still remaining in various bits of south London - also some in east london I think.

Excellent local history, thanks.

 

[nonowt]

Elizabethan Hunting Lodge, Epping Forest

 

[PeteXXX]

Probably the best lager barrels in the world...
And my CX on last nights ride.. 👍🏼

 

[Alex H]

East Coast Main Line and bridge ECM7/127

and a train

 

[Alembicbassman]

 

[Blue Hills]

In front of something rather useless.

Opposite Royal Artillery base, Woolwich.

The sign:

I'm no military strategist but it sounds a tad heavy for such a limited range and looks far from mobile. I could imagine it being over-run and turned round on its owners. Must have been a hell of a job to move quickly. Assume some military contractor made a healthy cost plus profit on it.