Your bike in front of something different...

[Ian H]

A monument to waterproof footwear, I think.

Mutual friend & clubmate, Ken, was the lead on the latest restoration project until his retirement. It was cheaply built, the imposing stone facing being thin tiles over a chert rubble structure.
The town had no connection with the Duke apart from the name, but, after Waterloo, decided they should commemorate his victory. He then became prime minister and hugely unpopular, so construction halted. He died, and was thus popular again, so they then finished it.
Pete Luxton told of club runs to a coffee stop there and a climb to the top for the view.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Mutual friend & clubmate, Ken, was the lead on the latest restoration project until his retirement. It was cheaply built, the imposing stone facing being thin tiles over a chert rubble structure.
The town had no connection with the Duke apart from the name, but, after Waterloo, decided they should commemorate his victory. He then became prime minister and hugely unpopular, so construction halted. He died, and was thus popular again, so they then finished it.
Pete Luxton told of club runs to a coffee stop there and a climb to the top for the view.

I lived in the town for a couple of years and bought a Raleigh M-Trax there in 1997, from Shepherd's Cycles.

The shop is long gone but I was commuting on the bike today.

 

[briantrumpet]

Mutual friend & clubmate, Ken, was the lead on the latest restoration project until his retirement. It was cheaply built, the imposing stone facing being thin tiles over a chert rubble structure.
The town had no connection with the Duke apart from the name, but, after Waterloo, decided they should commemorate his victory. He then became prime minister and hugely unpopular, so construction halted. He died, and was thus popular again, so they then finished it.
Pete Luxton told of club runs to a coffee stop there and a climb to the top for the view.

Thanks... I've never been up close to it to see quite how badly it was slung together... but have been aware of at least two major restorations in fairly recent times.

 

[biggs682]

The old village stocks in Brixworth

 

[briantrumpet]

MBIFO a boat doubling as a flower planter in Budleigh Salterton. I guess that the Flybe sponsorship has run out now...

 

[PeteXXX]

MBIFO just how carried away did my clicking finger get!! 😂

 

[briantrumpet]

MBIFO bloomin' gorse, on East Budleigh Common today:

 

[Lookrider]

Infront of really old circa 5000 years old stone circle in the lakes district

 

[Andy in Germany]

MBIFO the Very Free Range Chicken...

 

[tyred]

My bike with some old mowers and other assorted vintage machinery.

 

[Lookrider]

Infront of really old circa 5000 years old stone circle in the lakes district

Infront of really old circa 5000 years old stone circle

 

[biggs682]

Mbifo in front of some graffiti

 

[IaninSheffield]

This intrigued me as I cycled past this morning:

A brief bit of internet searching later revealed that Billy Button - a lad local to the area - was the only member of the Mayflower contingent not to survive the Atlantic crossing. (See 'A Death Onboard the Mayflower' section)

Every day is a learning day!

 

[Andy in Germany]

My bike in front of the local sawmill, specifically the sawdust silo...

 

[citybabe]

My bike in front of a cannon in Orford