Ends...

[CitroJim]

I'm rather delighted at how this thread is coming along too Neil I passed through an End today but as I was TT Training I couldn't stop to take a decent photo as it would have upset my average speed... My bike cam might have a picture though..

[CitroJim]

My End for today A still from my bike camera... The spots are rain

A small hamlet near Hanslope...

[NewcastleFalcon]

A couple of 10 Minute Thunderstorms, and Tathall End isn't averse to a bit of flash flooding

Tathall End during flash flood, Summer 2007
The tractor gives an indication of water depth on the road. Local residents described this as the highest water level reached in over 30 years, and followed just two 10 minute thunderstorms. Geograph Stamped image

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

A couple of 10 Minute Thunderstorms, and Tathall End isn't averse to a bit of flash flooding

Oh gosh yes, a very regular occurrence Neil... I know as I used to go through there twice a day on my way to and from work...

It was often handy to have a Xantia in those days - raise the suspension and sail through

Some days the brook that runs parallel to the road for some distance would be nearly up to road level in the morning and then in the afternoon the road might be almost impassably flooded...

One contributory reason was a failure to keep the brook free of weed. Since much more attention has been given to regular dredging/weeding and keeping a culvert in good order things have been much better...

[mickthemaverick]

I went past a couple of our local Ends today:

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[CitroJim]

That's a nice haul Mick None for me today as my various perambulations took me nowhere near any

[mickthemaverick]

Popped out for a bite and went past this one which I'd forgetten about!!

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[CitroJim]

Excellent Mick Keep 'em coming

in 40 miles of cycling today I scored a very nice haul

Lots of West Ends in the locality!

Two for the price of one!

No official sign but it is marked as such on the OS map...

Love this one... Near Stevington in Beds...

Near Cranfield and the BikeBus...

The residents love their End

And finally, a bit of a scruffy one...

In Cranfield Village

[mickthemaverick]

I forgot to post this earlier!! While driving around I went past the closing scene of Hamlet:

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[Hell Razor5543]

I forgot to post this earlier!! While driving around I went past the closing scene of Hamlet:

And (although I don't (yet) have a photograph) I went through the village prior to that; Cane End (on the A4074 to Oxford)!

[mickthemaverick]

Another one just down the road from me:

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[CitroJim]

Another one just down the road from me:

That's a positively gorgeous one Mick You are doing this thread proud

[CitroJim]

Just the one for me today in 30 miles of cycling... Only one but a good one with a story attached to it...

The road the fingerpost points to, which soon turns into a track and then a footpath, leads to nowhere in particular nowadays but years ago it led to Ravenstone Junction on the railway line between Northampton and Bedford via Olney. At Ravenstone Junction the line from Stratford on Avon via Towcester joined the Bedford line.

Rvenstone Junction was never a passenger station, just a meeting of two lines...

There's absolutely no trace of the old junction now but in other parts there's still bits of the old lines still to be seen if you know where to look...

[NewcastleFalcon]

Just came across this not very accurate result for a search for Parklands Citroen Garage Stockton as part of today's selected thread by the February Ferret "Centerville Garage-Closed"

Bar End Road Citroen Garage Winchester.

Citroën garage in Bar End road, Winchester

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licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

I'm thinking we should have our next lunch meet in the Hemel Hempstead area?

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