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John Harvey · Clubman A

Devon at its Best

supertaff · Clubman B

I'm sure this is just Tarantino's delayed Project.

Scan n play.

Tim is yer man, or rather Tim, is yer housewolf man's man.

-- Edited by supertaff on Wednesday 25th of May 2016 09:30:24 PM

russell11031967 · Devon's Best

He's showing us around his back yard in July as six of us are taking part in a three day rideout with three different TRF groups so perhaps I should offer to show him the beautiful South Hams and some of its hidden secrets :) I will message him :)

Pete · Expert

Some local history wouldn't go amiss. A few examples of the top of my head.

191-077 is known by the locals as Johnny Cann's Walk. John Cann as paymaster for the Royalist army defeated by Cromwell at the civil war battle of Bovey Heath held 35,000 pieces of silver due the troops, who may have fought better had they been paid. The search after the battle for the missing paymaster and pay ended when the locals told those searching that John Cann had been seen walking up and down the way. He had been hiding out in a cave in the woods alongside the byway but the silver was never found. I always look closely into any newly washed out gullies when riding the lane in the thus far vain hope of seeing something shiny.

After twelve hours of the second battle of Modbury several thousand of the surviving royalist troops legged it away from the battlefield along what became known thereafter as Runaway lane (202-210) and a plaque has been erected at one end to celebrate the fact.

William of Orange marched his army along 192-052 on his way from Brixham to London. I know this because I stopped to chat to a tiny little old lady there who was tracing the entire route

Several of our lanes were built by the Romans. What did they ever do for us?
192-067
191-032

He could highlight our positive role in researching historical road records and bringing back into usage forgotten roads such as Bennah hill (191-121) bypassed by a less steep new tarmac zigzag when the newly invented motor car failed to make the original straight up the hill route taken forever by the horse and cart

Albert · Clubman A

He should look at that bit of coastal path in the Ilfracombe area, would look great on film

Not much of a greenlane but its a vehicle ROW down to the Clovelly quay as well i believe

As for what the public dont see, maybe some really difficult lanes like snapper etc. To make the point that much of our network is of limited use\interest to other user groups

-- Edited by Albert on Monday 23rd of May 2016 12:30:52 AM

chrisoncbr · Expert

I don't know if he would appreciate the residents at 192067. The Romans would probably have had an answer.

John Harvey · Clubman A

Many thanks for the input so far, I'll pass this all on to Greg and he can decide from there.

The cliff top lane up at Illfracombe is already on Greg's list as he was aware of it, apparently there will be a camera drone so you can expect some good footage smile

ttr steve · Devon's Best

I am happy to show him twitchen smile not used that much.

What about the river crossing we did once? can't even remember where it was confuse confuse confuse Came out in a bit of a car park, or the river that we met the horse rider in wink

John Harvey · Clubman A

ttr steve wrote:
I am happy to show him twitchen not used that much.
What about the river crossing we did once? can't even remember where it was Came out in a bit of a car park, or the river that we met the horse rider in

Steve, from what I know he wants to avoid the tricky technical stuff this time, he's trying to cover Devon in 4-5 days with the aim of showing interesting things about Devon whilst filming it all...shame really as Twitchen would have been enjoyable smile smile smile

supertaff · Clubman B

Sounds like one for historical interest then. Did people used to have to clear lanes for community spirit and or getting to market and/or appeasing the landowners who needed the market to get the rent from the lane builders. Was it a rule that parishioners contributed time to maintain roads or had to pay to avoid spending their time? I've heard these things but know nothing definitive. Rights of way origins are a closed book to me be nice to open one.

Andyxt · Clubman B

ttr steve wrote:
...What about the river crossing we did once? can't even remember where it was Came out in a bit of a car park...
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Hi Steve,
Just wondering if you could be thinking about this crossing, which has a bit of a carpark at the end?
I'm intrigued now...!

ttr steve · Devon's Best

biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

Ha ha it was a bit like that, but no pub cry cry cry would have remembered if it did wink wink

Now where was it confuse confuse confuse

Devon_Rich · Clubman A

Widecome...All I have to say

deci · Expert

202-267 and 202-245 for stunning typical Devon coast views, if the sun's shining ..........

supertaff · Clubman B

"The Rolling English Road" is one of the best-known poems by G. K. Chesterton. It was first published under the title A Song of Temperance Reform in the New Witness in 1913.^[1] It was also included in the novel by Chesterton, The Flying Inn in 1914.

The poem is written in heptameters. Alliteration is plentiful and "a particularly useful device in the last line of each stanza, playfully yoking the far-flung places together (Birmingham/Beachy Head, etc) and reminding us that, like a pub comic, our narrator is, supposedly, improvising his tall story. When he drops the alliterative yoke in the last stanza ("Paradise ... Kensal Green") you know he's being serious."^[2]

urban punkawallah · Sportsman

What he just said confuse , I think, maybe, not sure, yes, maybe !

supertaff · Clubman B

urban punkawallah wrote:
What he just said , I think, maybe, not sure, yes, maybe !

Well, just ask yourself, how many motor propelled vehicles existed in GK Chesterton's days of poetry and appreciation.