The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'

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Anzac monument at Albury WA.
It was from here that ships gathered before heading in convoy to Egypt/Europe.
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Nobby wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 5:18 am Anzac monument at Albury WA.
It was from here that ships gathered before heading in convoy to Egypt/Europe.
Next? 😊
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Windmill.
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Nobby wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:51 amWindmill.
A proper windmill,or a wind turbine?
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Skub wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 11:25 am
Nobby wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:51 amWindmill.
A proper windmill,or a wind turbine?
How many old school windmills are there in the uk ?
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Nobby wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:03 pm
Skub wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 11:25 am
Nobby wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:51 amWindmill.
A proper windmill,or a wind turbine?
How many old school windmills are there in the uk ?
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Nobby wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:03 pm
Skub wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 11:25 am
Nobby wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:51 amWindmill.
A proper windmill,or a wind turbine?
How many old school windmills are there in the uk ?
There are two on one of my regular rides, Saxtead and Framsden, if you want water mills, the village I grew up in has three, there used to be four.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 7:21 pm
Nobby wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:03 pm
Skub wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 11:25 am

A proper windmill,or a wind turbine?
How many old school windmills are there in the uk ?
There are two on one of my regular rides, Saxtead and Framsden, if you want water mills, the village I grew up in has three, there used to be four.
I ride past one (Buerton - mentioned in the WIkipedia page, I checked) often - definitely the only one I know of for a good number of miles.
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Nobby wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2024 5:18 am 289AF828-AC52-4398-AE17-1F2E147645DB.jpeg
Anzac monument at Albury WA.
It was from here that ships gathered before heading in convoy to Egypt/Europe.
A slight mistake on my part.
It’s Albany. Albury is a village in Surrey.
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I may be out today,will a wind turbine do then?
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If a turbine will do,then since it's that time of year,a pic of your bike in an Autumnal scene.
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Bollocks, you're getting the picture anyway
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This is the old windmill at Aldeburgh, now converted to a house, probably a holiday let
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I was out on the Street Triple earlier,here's a typical early autumn scene around here,straw bales & stubble fields

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If that's alright,next your bike & a telephone box
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Tada!
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Next, your bike with a Farm Shop / Sign
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Beat to the interwebz by KFB.
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Ha!
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Next your bike outside a vegan cafe, bonus points for visible tofu :lol:
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I think your site has hot linking disabled.
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Thanks
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