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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1100 on: 21 March, 2016, 09:13:34 am »
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/14352203.Woodland_hermit_ordered_out_of_house_made_of_clay/?ref=ebln

Poor chap!
Um - the nasty comments under that article do seem to be correct. He does have a youtube channel, a large part of which is videos of him doing martial arts in a house - they say it's his mum's house. He certainly isn't homeless without the clay house.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1101 on: 21 March, 2016, 11:00:56 am »
Most of the comments seem to be very supportive of him. I'm impressed at the (appearing) solidity and well-finished nature of his house, bathing pool and so on. Clearly some of the furniture has come from somewhere else. I don't think he's going to set a trend and the woods will be taken over with these structures, because hardly anyone would actually want to live like that, but it does show the extensive changes even one person causes to their environment. Whether he should be allowed to carry on living there I'm not sure, but he'll probably find it difficult to live there undisturbed now anyway.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1102 on: 21 March, 2016, 12:13:24 pm »
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Burton-brewer-makes-beer-debut/story-28958344-detail/story.html
Brewer from Burton sells beer at a beer festival.
(Good luck to him!)

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1103 on: 21 March, 2016, 12:16:06 pm »
I suspect he'll be evicted.
Some people need to live outside conventional society.
We are getting less tolerant of this.

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1104 on: 21 March, 2016, 01:50:19 pm »
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/14352203.Woodland_hermit_ordered_out_of_house_made_of_clay/?ref=ebln

Poor chap!

Wow, I lived for many years 5 minutes walk from those woods.... neat little place he made for himself
 

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1105 on: 21 March, 2016, 02:57:01 pm »
http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/14352203.Woodland_hermit_ordered_out_of_house_made_of_clay/?ref=ebln

Poor chap!

Wow, I lived for many years 5 minutes walk from those woods.... neat little place he made for himself
It is - and very impressive.

I'm less impressed by his clay-harvesting activities. It looks harmless - until you consider the impact on the stream of all the stirred-up clay silt and his dam.

I have friends who have taken the choice to opt out of 'normal' living. They lived in yurts, benders and log houses. All built with permission, with enthusiastic encouragement of land owner. It's possible.

This chap didn't want to do that, didn't want to ask. He just decided to take.

He'd have more of my sympathy if I hadn't looked at his youtube videos.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1106 on: 25 March, 2016, 11:41:08 am »

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1107 on: 25 March, 2016, 11:14:23 pm »
A new hotel boasts a "loo with a view" with scenes of the Birmingham skyline from the 16th floor.

Wowbagger will be pleased to note:

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1108 on: 28 March, 2016, 10:15:53 am »
http://m.cambridge-news.co.uk/8203-Stop-hogging-lanes-cyclists-Cambridge-area/story-28986775-detail/story.html

Not sure where this one should be.  Hadn't realised Cambridge drivers were such arses  until the Pork Pie, when two of us side by side in the middle of nowhere were getting more abuse that I've had in ten years in the fens
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« Reply #1109 on: 28 March, 2016, 10:24:58 am »
'Course this does and should not mean, single file all the time (Highway Code). If I recall correctly British Cycling leadership courses insist on two abreast wherever possible.

Rule 66 You should

keep both hands on the handlebars except when signalling or changing gear
  • keep both feet on the pedals
  • never ride more than two abreast, and ride in single file on narrow or busy roads and when riding round bends
  • not ride close behind another vehicle
  • not carry anything which will affect your balance or may get tangled up with your wheels or chain
  • be considerate of other road users, particularly blind and partially sighted pedestrians. Let them know you are there when necessary, for example, by ringing your bell if you have one. It is recommended that a bell be fitted.
Be useful if car drivers actually read the code occasionally having passed their tests.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1110 on: 31 March, 2016, 04:16:54 pm »
No photo, but the billboard stating "BABY BORN IN MCDONALD"S CAR PARK" gave me the impression that the lady's need for some junk food trumped her contractions, but apparently not. The McDonald's car park was as far as they got before it became obvious that the final couple of miles to the hospital were beyond her.

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/14390416.Surprise_delivery__Baby_born_in_McDonald_s_car_park_en_route_to_hospital/
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1111 on: 31 March, 2016, 05:22:50 pm »
Likewise http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/14388950.Police_officers_deliver_baby_on_side_of_road/?ref=ebln

No part of Kenton Road is more than two miles from Northwick Park Hospital.

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1112 on: 01 April, 2016, 09:21:06 am »
Giant Rat Statue for Longbridge

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He did go on to say that, for a while, an 18 foot golden cock was looking likely to be erected,

That would have been great for the CDC thread.

Edit.  Oh god.  I'm an idiot.  Just noticed the date.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1113 on: 01 April, 2016, 02:39:10 pm »
http://southendnewsnetwork.com/news/southend-news-network-to-close-shortly-official-statement/

If that's an April Fool, then it has certainly beaten me. Very sad if I'm right.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1114 on: 01 April, 2016, 03:14:19 pm »
http://m.cambridge-news.co.uk/8203-Stop-hogging-lanes-cyclists-Cambridge-area/story-28986775-detail/story.html

Not sure where this one should be.  Hadn't realised Cambridge drivers were such arses  until the Pork Pie, when two of us side by side in the middle of nowhere were getting more abuse that I've had in ten years in the fens

The Cambridge Evening News is a cyclist-hating, sh*t-stirring rag, with little or no journalistic integrity.

It was also a Sawston group that raised the issues.... 'nuff said.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1115 on: 11 April, 2016, 11:19:47 am »
Some yogurt rage going on here


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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1117 on: 12 April, 2016, 10:19:01 pm »
PPE student accidentally locked in a university building with their mobile phone uses their initiative to get help:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-36023555

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1118 on: 13 April, 2016, 02:56:59 pm »

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1119 on: 14 April, 2016, 04:28:25 pm »
I'm going to Worcestershire at the weekend.  Do you think I should take precautions?
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1120 on: 14 April, 2016, 04:30:23 pm »
Sounds like you can have quite a lot of fun in Worcester for £200 and the price of a bag of crisps.  ;D

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1122 on: 15 April, 2016, 12:40:33 pm »
Didn't Harrod's ban Lycra cycling shorts?

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1123 on: 17 April, 2016, 04:47:28 pm »

Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #1124 on: 17 April, 2016, 04:52:51 pm »
Looking at some of the other headlines, it's more of a year-round thing...

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