115 things observed on today's 60 mile bike ride (as close as possible to the order in which they presented themselves).
A manicured lawn
Brick paved driveway
Two cars per house
Course of old railway line
Blackthorn hedge
Distant motorway bridge
Busy crossroads
Ancient Manor House, possibly 16th century
Raging smokey bonfire
Scrap Car
Scorched tarmac in outline of torched vehicle
Village name with millenium plaque
Garden gnomes
Wind turbine
Old slag heap from Yorkshire Coal Field
Course of ditch
Plastic Tesco bag caught on a barb-wire fence
Polish beer can
Tractor in field spraying a crop
House being built, just at wall plate stage
Waste Skip in the road
Man hammering bits of wood for non-specific use
Open manhole with man and pumping wagon in attendance
Bystanders watching previous operation
Village shop (closed for lunch)
Eggs for sale at a house gate
Notice of garage clearance sale on lamp post
Family on bikes
Five bar gate
Entrance to River Derwent Tidal Barrier
Sheep droppings on path
Strongly sprung gate onto pasture land
Chalk track at base of steep flood defence
Cyclist approaching and passing by-not very friendly
Traffic cones around fresh tarmac
Winding narrow lane up to village
Hemingbrough Church Spire (sharp type)
Chinese Take-away in village street
Disused and abandoned former petrol station
Garden Centre (bit dire looking)
Small car towing huge caravan
Roe Deer running across a field
Another Village shop not open to trade
Asbestos roofed farm building in state of collapse
Dog walker
Possible drug dealing in side lane
Old Mansion House
Cooling Towers and large flume from Drax Power Station
Noisy farm dryer in operation
Rabbits in run on front lawn
New swing bridge over the Ouse
Cinder track
Derelict factory on edge of Selby
Old Toll Bridge
Timber wharf in state of decay
Garage selling micro-cars
Speed Humps
Pub beer garden (empty)
Bus stop
Pile of hay- former haystack
Loose chicken on the verge
BMW with gawdy white painted wheels on by-pass
Concrete Water Tower
Housing Estate of former pit workers
Under-age smokers in bus shelter
Suspicious looking van parked up
Someone having double glazing installed
Representation of solar system over 15 mile distance
Family having a picnic in a field
Dessicated rat
Bit of mining equipment (looks like coal face drill)
Skatepark fashioned out of mud and old carpets
Labyrinth cut out of a grass mound
Jogger looking a bit tired and fed up
Road bridge
Directional sign advertising food at pub in near by village
Old railway station now cafe
Camp Site (caravans and 1 solitary tent)
Iron sculpture of man fishing
Marina
Another Farm Shop
Modern housing estate
Camper Van parked across cycle path
Aerodrome for model aircraft flying
Distant view of York Minster Towers
Busy dual carriageway
Rusty chain link fence onto aforementioned busy road
Lady on bike with dog in front basket
Man on tricycle
Pile of gritting salt
Courting couple (possibly first or second date)
Temporary surface over York Racecourse
Legal College (now closed-hurrah)
Car Boot Sale (packing up stage)
Old Chocolate Factory
Red pleasure boat for hire
Large River Cruiser full of tourists
Millenium Bridge in Rowntree Park
Buggy pushing young mothers
Ice Cream Van with queue of customers
Church converted into pub
Lots of Geordie Revellers
Tesco Express
Supermarket of Oriental Supplies
Bus
Discarded pizza box (looks like funghi)
Council Offices
Roman Town Gate
Fish and Chip shop
Cobbled Street
Two three wheeled chopper bikes
Lady with purple hair and tattoos
and then me and Will retraced our route all the way back.............some things were still there, strangely the dessicated rodent had disappeared.
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