A random thread for things too unimportant for their own thread...
- Thread starter Warwick
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It irks me that on a cycling forum so many people cannot spell 'pedal'. 'Peddle' and 'peddling' mean selling stuff. No big deal, I suppose, but then it's not that hard to get it right, either.
My other peeves are 'Should of' and 'loosing' when they mean losing.
I've just had an eBay help person ask me to 'bare with him'. Luckily, I'm only wearing shorts...
This is a sort of giving back to the community job that I took on. I have watched this bridge deteriorate over many years, and felt that something had to be done to try to preserve it for future generations . It's been a very pleasurable couple of weeks work. 
Had it actually been allowed to fall down, the costs of checking, making it safe enough even as a pile of rubble, etc., would likely have been vastly more than a basic and timely repair.This is a sort of giving back to the community job that I took on. I have watched this bridge deteriorate over many years, and felt that something had to be done to try to preserve it for future generations . It's been a very pleasurable couple of weeks work.
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Looks like you have done a pretty darned good job there.
There is a not wholly dissimilar bridge just around the corner to here - a bit lower. That must have been fixed fairly recently - maybe as part of Sustrans 4? It would make a big difference were it to have been allowed to fail. Aside from anything else, the flow of water is very important.
Thank you for the compliment.
This bridge is on a bridleway, and if it had been allowed to crumble, the council intended to replace it with a basic wooden bridge. The bridge as it stands, dates from about 1860, and the track that it is on, used to form part of a main pack horse route, shown on a map dated 1747.
Certainly a lovely location to work.
This bridge is on a bridleway, and if it had been allowed to crumble, the council intended to replace it with a basic wooden bridge. The bridge as it stands, dates from about 1860, and the track that it is on, used to form part of a main pack horse route, shown on a map dated 1747.
Certainly a lovely location to work.
I meant it.
Well done. Was it a team of volunteers? Just a few friends? Agreed by the council? Checked by building control?
(Only out of interest.)
It was actually just me by my self.I meant it.
Well done. Was it a team of volunteers? Just a few friends? Agreed by the council? Checked by building control?
(Only out of interest.)
The council were involved, but not in a capacity as I would have expected. As part of my oak framing work, I deal with building control quite regularly, but this was quite a relaxed affair, and all that was asked for was photos.
Nice work it looks greatThis is a sort of giving back to the community job that I took on. I have watched this bridge deteriorate over many years, and felt that something had to be done to try to preserve it for future generations . It's been a very pleasurable couple of weeks work.
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Top man for doing it