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Great series, should never end.
"ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE MILES WEST: Cardiff, CF10"
Kevin | 04.09.19 - 8:43 a.m. | #
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In the highly unlikely event that I were ever to write a blog about ExSites, a summer 1980 house party in Arnos Grove would feature prominently. A happy memory jogged.
Frank F | 04.09.19 - 8:48 a.m. | #
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Thank you for exploring places that we usually do not. I have one observation and one question.
Observation : you have to love this country where they will try earnestly to give access to river path inbetween river and wasteland. As a river path runner, I am grateful.
Question : what is it with Waldemar ? he gets roads and avenues often.
Good day to all .
International Reader | 04.09.19 - 9:23 a.m. | #
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I love the mini hedges in the Arnos Grove picture.
We could do with that on my road because to get round the double yellow lines, the school parents just park their cars on the grass verge beside them instead!
Cornish Cockney | 04.09.19 - 9:45 a.m. | #
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I wondered when this series would reach its first non-London postal district, and there it is.
What happens when you reach the London border in one direction? Do you stop the series, carry on in the other directions until they're all exhausted, or continue across?
Jonathan Wadman | 04.09.19 - 10:03 a.m. | #
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maketh one wonder if there are any "offical" markers at the 50m or 100m points? or even the 10m or 25m.
dg writes: There aren't.
Grumpy Anon | 04.09.19 - 10:09 a.m. | #
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Can you do kilometres some time?
Anonymous | 04.09.19 - 12:14 p.m. | #
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The Alitalia plane reversed?
SURELY it just did a U turn! Maybe even a tight loop?
scrumpy | 04.09.19 - 12:18 p.m. | #
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"I bet if I use the word 'reversed', some smug pedant will chip in and complain about my imprecise use of vocabulary," I thought, "but what the hell, let's put it in anyway."
I have not been disappointed.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.09.19 - 12:26 p.m. | #
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*squints at dockside photo of rowing boat to try to work out if it's one of ours*
Moogal | 04.09.19 - 1:30 p.m. | #
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A fair few Boswells were Romany Gypsies and lived on Mitcham Common in tents. I think Cicely might have been a relation of mine.
Tintinhadock | 04.09.19 - 1:31 p.m. | #
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Planes can and do reverse. I was on a loganair flight recently. Instead of a tug to push us back from the terminal, the pilot changed the angle of the props and we reversed back onto the taxiway under our own power.
Though I agree, the alitalia Embraer at City would have performed a 180 degree turn at the end of the runway, not reversed.
Pedant moment ends...
IslandDweller | 04.09.19 - 1:36 p.m. | #
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Brycedale Crescent N14
As a temporary (student) employee of Enfield Council in the summer of 1966 I had the pleasure of trimming those bushes in Brycedale Crescent and streets around. Onto the back of the lorry in the council yard at some early hour. Dropped wherever armed with hedge shears ready for a day of topiary. One day I was using some blunt shears. A householder lent me some shears which then broke. No problem I presented him with some from the council. Doubt if anyone whould notice 'Southgate Council' on the handle.
For a few years I lived in a street (Lonsdale Drive, Oakwood), with rows of hedge-like bushes between the pavements and the road. Very elegant it was.
GB | Homepage | 04.09.19 - 9:10 p.m. | #
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...and this is why random London is a brilliant thing :)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.09.19 - 9:13 p.m. | #
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Turning through 180 degrees does not violate the definition of reversing.
kev | 04.09.19 - 11:19 p.m. | #
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"Learner drivers enjoying off-road practice" in a cemetery... I am not sure whether the resting souls are enjoying someone disturbing (?) their home this way...
Patrickov | 05.09.19 - 2:15 a.m. | #
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I’m looking forward to the nine mile mark, when you’ll most likely be on my street.
M | 05.09.19 - 8:21 a.m. | #
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I think Arnos Grove (the house) is now an old peoples' home rather than luxury apartments. All the roads in this area had those kerbside beds at one time, but only the smarter ones still retain them.
AP | 06.09.19 - 11:50 a.m. | #
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A minor point – the Ealing Art Trail is not the inaugural one, this year is the fourth year this event has taken place .
Jason Nathan | 07.09.19 - 10:46 p.m. | #
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My apologies. The website said "We are Ealing’s first ever Art Trail" and I have misinterpreted this.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 08.09.19 - 12:13 a.m. | #
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