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Out & About. Thursday 16th February

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Bush Tucker Man:
Out again today, after the school-run :shock:
I considered coming down to Hinckley with SWMBO for the afternoon (or was it Leciester??)

Still, I didn't & had a trip up through Bradford.

Simmonites was on the 'to do' list, as I wanted to have a look at the Atlantic Green 'Heritage' 90 they have in stock.
It looks quite good, but in MY view follows Simmonites usual pricing structure :(kerching):
They did have a (slightly) 'tricked up' 90 in the showroom with a set of the Greenway Anacondas fitted.
Whilst there look like serious 'Challenge' tyres,  I can't think that they'll be much good on the road.
To me, the moulding of them doesn't look very good (seem very unevenly finished)

I did closely examine the NAS lighting set-up on a black 'X-Treme' style 90 inside. Very interesting............
I also wanted to look at a 'Piv-Lock' wheel-carrier as well, but didn't see one.
(both vehicles are on the 'Vehicle Sales' section of their site)


I paid a brief visit to 'Hallas Rough Park' for a cuppa (otherwise locally known as 'the flappits')
Even at 10:30, it was crawling with quads, I guess it must be 'school-holiday syndrome'??

Which leads me onto the actual 'Flappit' itself, a public house on the A629
As the caption accompanying the WebShots image states, this was a location where hides were flayed (to remove the last vestiges of flesh & hair) before the next step in the tanning process.
So, it's a corruption of 'Flay-Pits'

Mytholmes was also visited, along with a piece of UK cinematic history. The place where Bernard Cribbins shouted; "Oakworth! Oakworth Station!!"
This was indeed the location & his cottage is only yards away, it still has the atmosphere of a Victorian branch-line station, even down to gas-lighting!!
Haworth/Oakworth walk

Vale Mill is quite an unusual building, and one of not very many built in this manner in the UK (I know of one other in Derbyshire)
It hasn't been altered to accomodate the road, going by visual inspection, this is the original structure!

A nice 'pottering' day was rounded off by a trip to the new Borders Books near IKEA at Gildersome (M62/jct 27) before picking 'Small-Child' up.


As an aside; I've been told by another parent that a Plymouth (or is it Chrysler?) 'Prowler' has been seen outside the school one afternoon.
I'll be keeping my eyes open for that!

It'll make a change from the X5's, Discovery 3's, RR Sports & Volvos  :D

hingmy:
For a brief moment i thought you said there was a border books bringing some culture into this midlands swamp - then i re-read and realised you were way oop north. :( . Foiled again. Glad you had a nice day out though.

Bush Tucker Man:
Forgot.

I spotted two 50th Anniversarys in Bradford
T232 PEF
The other was a 'R' plated Discovery near 'The Craven Heifer' pub, it had some of that stainless-steel ironmongery bolted to the front.
Sorry, not photo, as I was in busy traffic & in no position to get the camera out.

There was also a pair of Wolseys (or were they Rileys?) in a garden in Haworth (Austin 1800 'Land-Crab' sized) on the Hebden Bridge road

A yard at Denholme (near Hoyle Brothers 4x4) with about 5 GKN-Sankey cabbed Leyland trucks, including a (very rare survivor?) 8x4 rigid
I'll have to look-out for those again

Muddi:
Well today you havn't been a million miles away from me!  I live fairly close the the Flappits.  I have never been to that pub!!  Although I hear its a good one and many people have recommended eating there! Funny how you never  go to your local places isnt it!

Craven Heifer - would that be the  one on the old A650 between Bingley and Keighley??  not too bad in there, though not been for a few years now, again used to (they might still) do some nice grub there too!

So what motor do you drive??  Might of seen you maybe??
Just seen your photos - dont think I have seen you around - some lovely and interesting photos you have taken, I see you have visited a few sites local to me!  Some nice areas around here.  Great for dog walking, with good pubs along the way to stop at too!  :D

Bush Tucker Man:

--- Quote from: "Muddi" ---Well today you havn't been a million miles away from me!  I live fairly close the the Flappits.  I have never been to that pub!!  Although I hear its a good one and many people have recommended eating there! Funny how you never  go to your local places isnt it!
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It's all too true, someone recommended a pub to me in the village where we used to live, I'd lived around that village all my life until we moved to where we live now in May 2004 (& I'm 41 in October) & never set foot in it!!


--- Quote from: "Muddi" ---Craven Heifer - would that be the  one on the old A650 between Bingley and Keighley??
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I know it as well, but no the one I mentioned is the one at the top of Bradford on the roundabout near Morrisons & not far from the top of the M606


--- Quote from: "Muddi" ---So what motor do you drive??  Might of seen you maybe??
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As mentioned below in my signature block :roll:  :wink:
(but mainly this particular one)



--- Quote from: "Muddi" ---Just seen your photos - dont think I have seen you around - some lovely and interesting photos you have taken, I see you have visited a few sites local to me!  Some nice areas around here.  Great for dog walking, with good pubs along the way to stop at too!  :D
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Anywhere else you can recommend to me up 'your way' that I might have missed?
Not too 'touristy' & off the beaten track.
For example, I'd like to revisit Goit Stock Fall & rephotograph it on a better day

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