'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

This is the place for posts that don't fit into any other category.
Online
User avatar
CitroJim
A very naughty boy
Posts: 55169
Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
x 8436

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by CitroJim »

Lovely :D In need of a bit of TLC :D

Saw loads yesterday on my awayday :D Down to where they're still very common...
Jim

A bit of a Citroen AX fan...
Gibbo2286
(Donor 2020)
Posts: 8170
Joined: 08 Jun 2011, 18:04
x 2938

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by Gibbo2286 »

Sheltering from the rain in a Coffe1 yesterday, a view from the window.
Attachments
Monpole.jpg
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. (Albert Einstein)
Online
User avatar
CitroJim
A very naughty boy
Posts: 55169
Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
x 8436

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by CitroJim »

That's a very comprehensive one Eric :D
Jim

A bit of a Citroen AX fan...
User avatar
NewcastleFalcon
Posts: 26425
Joined: 25 Feb 2009, 10:40
x 7166

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by NewcastleFalcon »

Gibbo2286 wrote: 12 Apr 2023, 12:44 Sheltering from the rain in a Coffe1 yesterday, a view from the window.
Image
Not the best day for wandering about taking pictures of bridges for the Bridges thread Gibbo, but Monmouth does have a nice one!

Here's my direction sign of the day, an odd ball survivor.
Nf original 12/04/2023
Nf original 12/04/2023
Neil
Only One AA Box left
687 Trinity, Jersey
User avatar
myglaren
Forum Admin Team
Posts: 28757
Joined: 02 Mar 2008, 13:30
x 5678

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by myglaren »

There's a bit in the NE today about strange place names in the region.
Some have been mentioned previously but here is one I used to see regularly. As my dad used to say, "All roads lead to Fryup" It certainly seemed that way some days.
Untitled design - 2023-04-14T191141.610.jpg.article-962.jpg
Used to visit Thornton Le Dale regularly too but have never heard of Thornton Le Beans before.
Online
User avatar
CitroJim
A very naughty boy
Posts: 55169
Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
x 8436

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by CitroJim »

Yum!!!

I like that place :D
Jim

A bit of a Citroen AX fan...
User avatar
NewcastleFalcon
Posts: 26425
Joined: 25 Feb 2009, 10:40
x 7166

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by NewcastleFalcon »

Still there? its 55 years on now and its made of wood...I doubt it.
Screenshot from "The Goshawk" by David Cobham based on the book by T.H.White a 1968 Film With Duncan Carse as the Falconer
Screenshot from "The Goshawk" by David Cobham based on the book by T.H.White a 1968 Film With Duncan Carse as the Falconer
Neil
Only One AA Box left
687 Trinity, Jersey
User avatar
NewcastleFalcon
Posts: 26425
Joined: 25 Feb 2009, 10:40
x 7166

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by NewcastleFalcon »

A bit of "o-level" map reading will tell you exactly where this was taken...
nice bit of patina
nice bit of patina
Neil
Only One AA Box left
687 Trinity, Jersey
Online
User avatar
CitroJim
A very naughty boy
Posts: 55169
Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
x 8436

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by CitroJim »

Another nice bit of patina :D
20230608_063020.jpg
At one of the entrances to Bury Field.
Jim

A bit of a Citroen AX fan...
User avatar
NewcastleFalcon
Posts: 26425
Joined: 25 Feb 2009, 10:40
x 7166

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by NewcastleFalcon »

The holy grail of Fingerpost signs, one with a finger pointing the way!
Spoiler: show
A less well-travelled corner of East Lothian<br />Falcon Original
A less well-travelled corner of East Lothian
Falcon Original
Note the ditto-ing saving repeating the word miles, and the precision of the distances
Image


Neil
Only One AA Box left
687 Trinity, Jersey
Online
User avatar
CitroJim
A very naughty boy
Posts: 55169
Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
x 8436

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by CitroJim »

That's a very ornate one Neil!
Jim

A bit of a Citroen AX fan...
User avatar
myglaren
Forum Admin Team
Posts: 28757
Joined: 02 Mar 2008, 13:30
x 5678

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by myglaren »

353446133_10159485923191547_5419334514448648805_n (2).jpg
User avatar
mickthemaverick
Forum Admin Team
Posts: 21341
Joined: 11 May 2019, 17:56
x 8155

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by mickthemaverick »

This seems a good time to contribute to this thread! :-D

For those with motors:
MTM Original
MTM Original
and for those without:
MTM Original
MTM Original
and an interesting array of man made erections, name these posts/poles!!
MTM Original
MTM Original
I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure!
I used to ride on two wheels, but now I need all four!
User avatar
NewcastleFalcon
Posts: 26425
Joined: 25 Feb 2009, 10:40
x 7166

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by NewcastleFalcon »

mickthemaverick wrote: 23 Jun 2023, 20:37 and for those without:
(photo 3378)
Image

and an interesting array of man made erections, name these posts/poles!!
(photo 3379)
Image
mickthemaverick wrote: 23 Jun 2023, 16:02...and a note of the highest point we reached!!
(photo 3380)
Image
This should determine where they are, after the Cycle Way sign, and before Hartside Summit at least 3 miles past Alston off the A696, but naming posts/poles do they really have names apart from telegraph, radio/television, "communications" and fence. :?:

Neil
Last edited by NewcastleFalcon on 26 Jun 2023, 09:32, edited 3 times in total.
Only One AA Box left
687 Trinity, Jersey
User avatar
mickthemaverick
Forum Admin Team
Posts: 21341
Joined: 11 May 2019, 17:56
x 8155

Re: 'Fingerpost' Direction Signs...

Unread post by mickthemaverick »

That's where they are, but you need to look closer at the centre post. It's none of your suggestions! :-D
I used to be indecisive, now I'm not so sure!
I used to ride on two wheels, but now I need all four!