Mike Hallett
@mikehallett.bsky.social
From Bassingbourn in beautiful South Cambridgeshire
Village Post Offices are often a lifeline in local communities so it is really good to know that the alleged culprits are going to trial.
October 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Village Post Offices are often a lifeline in local communities so it is really good to know that the alleged culprits are going to trial.
I still think it belongs in Surrey.
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I still think it belongs in Surrey.
Most fingerpost are actually the responsibility of the highway authority. But often they are not maintained, so you are correct, in practice local communities do it.
August 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Most fingerpost are actually the responsibility of the highway authority. But often they are not maintained, so you are correct, in practice local communities do it.
You can find the location of many other fingerposts in the Milestone Society database www.milestonesociety.co.uk under where are milestones? Or search Bsky or Facebook for #fingerpostfriday.
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August 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You can find the location of many other fingerposts in the Milestone Society database www.milestonesociety.co.uk under where are milestones? Or search Bsky or Facebook for #fingerpostfriday.
An important part of the canal network, linking to both the Huddersfield Broad Canal and at Sowerby Bridge to the Rochdale Canal.
August 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
An important part of the canal network, linking to both the Huddersfield Broad Canal and at Sowerby Bridge to the Rochdale Canal.
This one in Cleckheaton together with many other fingerposts have been catalogued by The Milestone Society www.milestonesociety.co.uk in its database (Milestone Society National ID: YW_SE1824).
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IDENTIFY – RECORD – RESEARCH – CONSERVE Welcome to the website of The Milestone Society – the Friends of the milestones! Unlike other ‘listed buildings’, milestones are usually too small to have their...
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July 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This one in Cleckheaton together with many other fingerposts have been catalogued by The Milestone Society www.milestonesociety.co.uk in its database (Milestone Society National ID: YW_SE1824).
This fingerpost has been recorded in the database of the Milestone Society www.milestonesociety.co.uk with National ID: CU_NY3239B. It's been nicely repainted since our own photo was taken 5 years ago.
July 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This fingerpost has been recorded in the database of the Milestone Society www.milestonesociety.co.uk with National ID: CU_NY3239B. It's been nicely repainted since our own photo was taken 5 years ago.
An excellent picture. This fingerpost has been recorded in the database of The Milestone Society www.milestonesociety.co.uk under its reference DO_ST8304B
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July 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
An excellent picture. This fingerpost has been recorded in the database of The Milestone Society www.milestonesociety.co.uk under its reference DO_ST8304B
There were a number of reasons why the last government failed including lies and too many changes of leadership. But one of the reasons was that MPs were infighting. Voters don't like it. Now this government is going the same way - no support for the PM and his Chancellor!
July 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
There were a number of reasons why the last government failed including lies and too many changes of leadership. But one of the reasons was that MPs were infighting. Voters don't like it. Now this government is going the same way - no support for the PM and his Chancellor!
A valiant try in the House of Commons this evening Chris but I fear that your government's Planning and Infrastructure Bill is determined to trash the environment.
June 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A valiant try in the House of Commons this evening Chris but I fear that your government's Planning and Infrastructure Bill is determined to trash the environment.
And do I suspect that Bedfordshire wants to build its overspill in North Herts.? There is much that needs a critical eye on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, not only for North Herts. but especially for its potential impact on the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.
May 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
And do I suspect that Bedfordshire wants to build its overspill in North Herts.? There is much that needs a critical eye on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, not only for North Herts. but especially for its potential impact on the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.
There appears to be an interesting collection of huts between the Johnson Matthey site and the railway line.
May 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
There appears to be an interesting collection of huts between the Johnson Matthey site and the railway line.
The Milestone Society www.milestonesociety.co.uk/google-earth... records wayside stone crosses but this one seems to be new to us. More detailed information on its location would be helpful.
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Google Earth Maps To download a Google Earth map file, just click on the underlined layer name in the list below. The main milestones layer has been split into English regions, Wales and Scotland beca...
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May 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Milestone Society www.milestonesociety.co.uk/google-earth... records wayside stone crosses but this one seems to be new to us. More detailed information on its location would be helpful.
Look out for the milestones along the canal!
March 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Look out for the milestones along the canal!
(from a UK perspective) Do you think he is being manipulated by JDV and VVP?
March 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
(from a UK perspective) Do you think he is being manipulated by JDV and VVP?
Chris. It's Anglian Water not Thames Water that is the sewage undertaker for Letchworth, Baldock, Royston, Sandon and Barley. Last month Letchworth sewage works overflowed into Pix Brook and Barley sewage works overflowed into the Fowlmere stream. #NEHerts #Anglian-Water
February 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Chris. It's Anglian Water not Thames Water that is the sewage undertaker for Letchworth, Baldock, Royston, Sandon and Barley. Last month Letchworth sewage works overflowed into Pix Brook and Barley sewage works overflowed into the Fowlmere stream. #NEHerts #Anglian-Water
Not only that but a BBC documentary in 2022 found that Drax was using wood pellets from environmentally-important primary forests not waste wood as had been claimed. And of course, there are the emissions from transporting wood pellets across the Atlantic.
February 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Not only that but a BBC documentary in 2022 found that Drax was using wood pellets from environmentally-important primary forests not waste wood as had been claimed. And of course, there are the emissions from transporting wood pellets across the Atlantic.
I do have contact with an author who has an existing article on Yorkshire milestones. But she would want to know more about the audience and the format of the publication before she would be willing to spend time updating it. She is not interested in a blog.
January 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I do have contact with an author who has an existing article on Yorkshire milestones. But she would want to know more about the audience and the format of the publication before she would be willing to spend time updating it. She is not interested in a blog.
But not one hopes illegal e-bikes / illegal e-scooters which are a danger to pedestrians, especially the vulnerable.
January 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
But not one hopes illegal e-bikes / illegal e-scooters which are a danger to pedestrians, especially the vulnerable.
The Village College building hasn't changed much over the years and the lovely avenue of trees is still there - although the college now has academy status and the teaching is no longer so focussed on the agricultural community.
January 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Village College building hasn't changed much over the years and the lovely avenue of trees is still there - although the college now has academy status and the teaching is no longer so focussed on the agricultural community.