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Offline MartinW

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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #360 on: April 25, 2021, 18:39:40 »
Added.

Who's going to get the picture first?
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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #361 on: July 08, 2021, 14:34:44 »
Is this dodgy enough?
This doesn't last forever, so do it while you can.

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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #362 on: July 08, 2021, 18:37:32 »
I go through Knockin once a month on the way back to my moms in Stafford.
Of course being a gentlemen I've never been in the "Knockin shop".
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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #363 on: July 15, 2021, 22:02:57 »
A new one for that's not on the list. I present to you Clittaford Road in Plymouth.

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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #364 on: July 25, 2021, 19:02:10 »
Evening ladies and gentlefolkses.
I'd like to lay claim to Helstone and Brown Willy in Cornwall please.

  I had a great time asking directions and searching out signs for Brown Willy, fnaar fnaar! Sat navs tend to get a bit lost at times on the wilds of Bodmin Moor, there are still dragons roaming around up there you know🐉
  Nearest I could get to proof was a screenshot of the satnav and camera viewer where the public road/gravel track ran out 1.8 miles away. See pic one.
 Had I wanted to trespass down the private road, an unimpressed farmer type soon arrived and prevented me from doing so anyway. So hopefully 1.8 miles away will suffice to lay claim to it for now, until some brave soul in Kevlar does a stealth mission to get a bit closer lol.
  If anyone does want to try please do bear in mind that the whole area is a SSSI. So do go steady and don't spook the wild horses, sheep, rare butterflies and wild bees; -or the lonely resident Cornishfolks up there [who allegedly still throw stones at aeroplanes] as the blood lines up there ALWAYS need thinning. You have been warned ⚠️😉 No offence intended to any 200th generation Celts who might be reading this, just a bit of banter 😘
  Brown Willy is the hill to the left on the far horizon in pic 1 btw. It's the highest point in Cornwall.
  Other pics are from:
• Rough Tor|~pronounced row-tor~| carpark [which is the nearest official parking place to Brown Willy, 7 miles away by foot] showing OS grid ref and info board for there... [and a rather special warning lol 😉...]
• A pic of the bike with Rough Tor in the background taken from the other side of the stream through the ford by the narrow bridge, near where the gravel track becomes a cattle track, down the valley and up the hill a bit, by the new wall, just round the corner from the hairpin bend, and up the trail a bit from the offset, cambered crossroads 🥴 and taken from the end of some lucky recluses drive 😃 #paradise
• And finally the bike in front of the HELSTONE village sign on the A39

  Great day out on the WeeBee 🐝🤙🙏🌞
Always remember you're never lost, you're just exploring 😉
  Have a good evening all.
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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #365 on: July 31, 2021, 20:43:57 »
Credits added for Mep and Ade8. :thumb:
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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #366 on: September 12, 2021, 15:29:25 »
Not sure if this one has already been claimed but just in case
This is in ham street Kent

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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #367 on: September 12, 2021, 21:20:13 »
This one hasn't been claimed, so now added to the list. :thumb:

I have already claimed another Cock Lane, which sounds like a right dodgy sentence.
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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #368 on: September 13, 2021, 19:32:49 »
 lol lol

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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #369 on: September 19, 2021, 20:49:34 »
I have managed to claim Hornyold Road in Malvern. My brother lives there and I visited him on my return from my Scotland trip. Just around the corner is Cockshoot Road, which isn't on the list. 2 for the price of 1.

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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #370 on: September 19, 2021, 21:48:41 »
Admirable dedication to the cause there Mep, your great work is a constant source of inspiration to me 😁😉
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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #371 on: March 20, 2022, 18:30:07 »
Near York and not on the list. Never sure if its a village or permission to use a dildo.
Maybe the bloke who owns Snap on Tools is from here?
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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #372 on: April 19, 2022, 15:58:36 »
The Knockin shop, in Knockin  :haha:
tinker, tweek, fettle....bodge, bang, bugger!!!

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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #373 on: December 24, 2022, 17:17:19 »
I've had a look at the list on page 1 and my 2 latest roads haven't been updated?

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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #374 on: December 24, 2022, 19:47:36 »
Often go passed the Knockin shop on my way to Bala

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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #375 on: May 24, 2023, 19:10:03 »
Another one on the list.
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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #376 on: August 01, 2023, 20:11:24 »
One for the list as I got the bike on the photo. Virginsalley Lane. Ashbourne DE6 2DP
The second one, there was no road sign & it didn't show on the Sat Nav as such, just the B5033. I have a screen shot from Google Maps of our location & showing Cockshead Ln. Ashbourne DE6 2DP
Both roads meet at the location.
The third, not so much dodgy, but unusual? Dobbin Horse Lane. Clifton, Ashbourne DE6 2GL
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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #377 on: August 07, 2023, 10:36:11 »
Good effort there Mick. Maybe Martin might get around to updating the list on page 1 now as I'm still waiting :dl_ninite:

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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #378 on: August 07, 2023, 12:37:45 »
Nah, he will be too busy riding his bike  :stirpot:
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Re: The Dodgy Place Name Game
« Reply #379 on: August 07, 2023, 13:24:12 »
 lol
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