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neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
What're the pubs like?
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Went to two , The Churchill Arms , a pub/hotel , more restaurant than pub , nice garden , about 3 minutes from the cottage.The Ebrington Arms , better beer, older, but 30 minutes walk.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Leafster
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I got my camera out to take my first photo on this afternoon's ride only to find the battery was flat so I've had to use the phone.
The M25 is down there somewhere.
The North Downs Way isn't always easy to spot but it's the track on the right.
Gatton Park
Millenium Stone Circle
Yes, that North Downs Way track again. A 70 metre climb back up the field.
The M25 is down there somewhere.
The North Downs Way isn't always easy to spot but it's the track on the right.
Gatton Park
Millenium Stone Circle
Yes, that North Downs Way track again. A 70 metre climb back up the field.
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Clair De Lune
Apocalypse cocktails
I've not been anywhere on account of a full moon period wiping me out completely. But it is pretty here.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Leafster
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I'm aiming for around 20 miles at the moment. I did 23 miles last Sunday but yesterday's was only 16 miles.
The target yesterday was to join the North Downs Way or Pilgrims Way and follow them westwards to just beyond Reigate. Unfortunately my route planning let me down. I hadn't even left Caterham when I hit a so-called bridleway which was more or less a drainage ditch running straight up the side of a hill (around the 2 mile mark). Someone on Strava has marked it as "a dead end". It isn't but it was way beyond my capabilities!
After I hit the road to Merstham (A23) the NDW seems to have a lot of footpath only sections and I couldn't find any alternatives apart from using a busy road. Saturday afternoon was probably a bad time to choose to ride this section.
By the time I got to Gatton Park I'd had enough so I turned round and headed home. I'll give it another go sometime if only to say I've cycled through Quality Street - a road in Merstham. I need to study the maps more carefully to see where the bike-friendly alternatives are to the NDW but I think I'll end up on the footpath sections to avoid the busy roads.
Boru
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Hedgehog update..
I built a wee hedgehog house from a pallet and was all set for homecoming..
.. and the internal floor plan..
Anyway.. the animal rescue woman has decided to hold on to him for the winter as he seems very thin and not strong or aware enough to survive on his own. I am to call in spring and they will give me him and another one to release then..
So that's not a bad result.. at least he is safe and looked after now..
I built a wee hedgehog house from a pallet and was all set for homecoming..
.. and the internal floor plan..
Anyway.. the animal rescue woman has decided to hold on to him for the winter as he seems very thin and not strong or aware enough to survive on his own. I am to call in spring and they will give me him and another one to release then..
So that's not a bad result.. at least he is safe and looked after now..
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
not a trot
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Farnborough? By the Beefeater?
Doodler
You're quite nice when you smile
Today I walked from Shippea Hill station to Ely in Cambridgeshire, about 9 miles.
Shippea Hill station is one of Britain's least used stations. Two trains arrive around 7am, one going east the other west, and that's it for the day.
No path, just the roadside to walk along.
Drivers belt along the straight Fenland roads, collisions and other accidents are common.
Roswell Pits near Ely. Old clay pits turned into a nature reserve.
In Ely Country Park.
Shippea Hill station is one of Britain's least used stations. Two trains arrive around 7am, one going east the other west, and that's it for the day.
No path, just the roadside to walk along.
Drivers belt along the straight Fenland roads, collisions and other accidents are common.
Roswell Pits near Ely. Old clay pits turned into a nature reserve.
In Ely Country Park.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
platinumsage
HaveMyPassword123
Proposed Sizewell C nuclear reactor - perimeter reptile survey. They like to chill on/under warm black things.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Leafster
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Today's ride was south over the North Downs and then into The Weald for a bit.
Tried to avoid roads as much as possible but sometimes there were no alternatives.
I took a break on the edge of a village cricket pitch which was down a rough track just as the players were arriving. Someone, who assume was on the visiting team was very carefully picking his way over the ruts in his Aventador. I don't think he'll be taking that car again if they ever have a rematch!
Tried to avoid roads as much as possible but sometimes there were no alternatives.
I took a break on the edge of a village cricket pitch which was down a rough track just as the players were arriving. Someone, who assume was on the visiting team was very carefully picking his way over the ruts in his Aventador. I don't think he'll be taking that car again if they ever have a rematch!
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