Re: Interesting places on Google Maps etc

by Butterfield Sat Feb 12, 2022 1:27 am

Then:

Now:

by Fangirl Three Sat Feb 12, 2022 7:34 am

I'd be only too pleased to see my former ~~prison~~ school demolished and replaced with a bus park.

by Nightjar Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:11 pm

Currently on the market for £350,000...

by Nightjar Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:13 pm

And just up the road...

by Butterfield Sun Feb 13, 2022 2:15 pm

I wonder if they get paid for it to be on their land.

by Fangirl Three Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:12 pm

I would buy that first one and call it 'Voltage House' or 'Transmission Towers' or something.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:13 pm

Watt?

by Butterfield Sun Feb 13, 2022 3:15 pm

It'd give me a buzz.

by Fangirl Three Tue Mar 08, 2022 2:06 pm

Roundabout with pylon!

by Fangirl Three Tue Mar 08, 2022 2:14 pm

Outer Trial Bank in the Wash

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.8400824,0.2457798,197a,35y,325.65h,49.03t/data=!3m1!1e3

by Fangirl Three Tue Mar 08, 2022 2:25 pm

As far as you can go out on Foulness without being drowned and/or shot

by Fangirl Three Tue Mar 08, 2022 2:31 pm

A modest little mini-roundabout bollard in Cleethorpes

by Nightjar Tue Mar 08, 2022 3:30 pm

by Fangirl Three Thu Mar 17, 2022 7:42 am

The 'snow gates' on the A66

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:55 am

Snow Gate?

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Thu Mar 17, 2022 10:19 am

They shut it when it snows and the road becomes dangerous. I got turned back from there once, 'Oh, that's the A66 I kept hearing about on the travel reports'.

I also was disappointed not to see it closed by mountain Giants.

by Butterfield Thu Mar 17, 2022 1:25 pm

I've been over the A66 once but never noticed the snow gates. Though when in the area, yet still tens of miles away, I've seen the overhead gantries on the motorways announcing the closure of the A66.

by Fangirl Three Fri Mar 18, 2022 5:01 am

There's also striped poles alongside the road further up, presumably to show where the edge is when it's covered in snow.

Oddly there don't seem to be any gates at the other side of the summit. I'm guessing the p*lice close the road at the Brough bypass junction instead.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:56 am

The A66 does have the Rey Cross on it, that's well worth a stop to have a look at.

yes

https://goo.gl/maps/nQsvGzT79SxHXCaF9

by Fangirl Three Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:45 am

The Shap Summit memorial, to the builders of the old A6 pass, and everyone who got killed using it

And the modern day Shap Summit we all know and love

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