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It's only a flat 16 mile round trip but it seemed harder on the return leg, that might be the 16lb weight of bird seed/fat balls/mealworms etc 
Are conditions that tough on the island Sean?my mum needed some more bird food
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It is getting out of hand
I went for a run* today, I had to stop myself from taking pictures of post boxes, I also went near a rather well preserved pillbox, I didn't go and take a picture as it was on the wrong side of the busy road I'd just crossed and also up hill from where I was. My route ran next to the Island Line for a bit between Brading Station and the road bridge at Yaverland, when the train went past I got a cheery wave from the driver which made me smile 
Nah, all of us should be collecting something, because let's face it there's bugger all else to do at the moment
. And of course "things getting out of hand" is exactly the BBB modus operandi, it's what we do 
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That is the bridleway around the South and West of Hempsted Wood. I am totally using the woods for a bivvy after lock down, although I may have to go ultra stealth, as I think it's used for shooting defenceless animals.
Can't believe I wrote South West, I went South EAST! I was South West on multiple rides last week, came a cross some cracking byways between Thaxted, Saffron Walden and Royston.RIP wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 5:50 pm If you're heading SW, myself and JamesO, MuddyPete, and SBoy had a fab time a couple of years ago on the Herts/Essex border - a cracking route is the Icknield Way Trail from Royston to Baldock, then SE from Clothall to Cromer, followed by a steaming green lane SE for miles, finally ending up in - hurrah! - Nasty
Eventually. Yesterday was just one of those days, as it was the memorial service for a young colleague who lost his battle with cancer a couple of weeks ago. Heartbreaking watching it via a webcast due to the restrictions, especially as he only go married a few months ago.
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. Might need to slim a bit to get in through a couple of those slots though I guess. Looks like must have been big guns at Culver.
I don't think there are any that it's possible to get inside, they've had the doorways blocked up. There are some observation posts on Ventnor Down that it's possible to get into but these are open enough for the cattle to get into, a weeing cider drinker would be nice in comparison to the inside of them
They are one of those things were you don't realise how many there are until you start to notice them and then you see them everywhere. I assume that as the post started in the Victorian times when most people had to walk to get anywhere that it meant a postbox was required at every small habitation/group of houses.Cyclepeasant wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:08 pm I have never really noticed the various designs of postboxes on a pole or wall types, until we discussed them on this forum.
Apparently it was a requirement, in law, that there was a post box within half a mile of 98% of the population.sean_iow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:30 pmThey are one of those things were you don't realise how many there are until you start to notice them and then you see them everywhere. I assume that as the post started in the Victorian times when most people had to walk to get anywhere that it meant a postbox was required at every small habitation/group of houses.Cyclepeasant wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:08 pm I have never really noticed the various designs of postboxes on a pole or wall types, until we discussed them on this forum.
That makes sense as they seem to be in areas where houses have been for ages. I assume that the law has changed now as the places I rarely see them are the new housing estates, in fact I don't think I've seen any in the Pan Meadows estate which is 800+ houses on the outskirts of Newport, yet there is a VR one in Gatcombe which is probably only a 15 to 20 house hamlet in the countryside.whitestone wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:43 pm Apparently it was a requirement, in law, that there was a post box within half a mile of 98% of the population.
