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Congratulations! It only took you 4 months....
Al B | Homepage | 08.06.23 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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A amazing end to an amazing series. May I claim bragging rights for predicting the final 5 postcodes last month?
Also, it's gratifying to see I'm not the only one that serves the greater community by removing fear-mongering ULEZ leaflets.
TW | 08.06.23 - 8:16 a.m. | #
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Well done on completing another list, top work!
Hadders | 08.06.23 - 8:51 a.m. | #
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Seems only reasonable to take the ULEZ leaflet to read later at leisure. I might have been tempted to take the flag too; in such a context I doubt it was intended as a positive affirmation of pride in England and its values.
That ROW disappearing into an overhanging oak tree looks like M25-era mitigation to avoid horse riders being diverted onto an unsuitable road; we have them on the western side as well. Trouble is over the years any maintenance budget has fizzled out.
Andrew S | 08.06.23 - 9:08 a.m. | #
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I feel pleased for you, and your readers, that this questionable quest has been completed.
Frank F | 08.06.23 - 9:22 a.m. | #
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Congratulations, well done!
Lucy Garden | 08.06.23 - 9:45 a.m. | #
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Well done. This has been a very interesting series, not least in the way it's revealed the curiosities about the Greater London boundary.
Mikey C | 08.06.23 - 10:08 a.m. | #
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Congratulations on completing your quest, and just in time judging by the last paragraph!.
I wonder why Essex is so keen on heavily fortifying their fortresses? Is it because they are out in the sticks?
My non-London, village-type acquaintances are always banging on about the horrors of the crime-ridden capital, but they seem to suffer far more crime per capita!
Cornish Cockney | 08.06.23 - 11:28 a.m. | #
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Thanks. It has been a fascinating look at lots of bits of London I've not been to, and likely never will.
Greg | 08.06.23 - 1:25 p.m. | #
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That took me back. I remember cycling up that big hill to the bridge over the M25 before it was open, when I was 10 or 11. We climbed down to the new road and walked along it which felt quite naughty; I'm pleased the memory stayed with me. The big houses and cameras and gates and all that is a trend which started when I was a kid, and has got much worse - there used to be lots of normal people living in Upminster.
And yes, Nags Head Lane always smelled bad - we used to hold our breath on the way to South Wield!
mark addy | 08.06.23 - 4:03 p.m. | #
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Well done on completion of the peripheral postcodes ...and thanks; it's been a very interesting read.
Tony | 08.06.23 - 9:03 p.m. | #
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Looking at the M25 J28 development material, I find it incredible that it's going to take 3 and half years just to build a sliproad.
That's not even planning or approval, just the boots on the ground phase from site preparation to final landscaping..
For a historical context, this is a longer construction period than the original 8 mile M6 Preston Bypass which was completed in 2 and a half years. Even the 73 mile first phase of the M1 only took 9 years.
Paul | 10.06.23 - 3:38 p.m. | #
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Having been to the site and seen the scale of the work, I am less surprised.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 10.06.23 - 4:07 p.m. | #
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If you go over the Greater London Boundary at Nags Head Lane, you will discover that there are plans afoot to destroy the green belt to build new premises for a car dealership and 50 homes. See here.
anon | 11.06.23 - 9:13 p.m. | #
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