The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'

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Count Steer wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 10:08 am I've got a challenge for anyone near Nettlebed*, St Bartholemew's churchyard. :D

Somewhere in it there's a gravestone of blacksmith William Strange with an inscription that starts -

'My sledge and anvil lie declined, my bellows too have lost their wind; my fire's extinct, my forge decay'd'

It's quite famous in the sense that the verse is in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and I'd like an image of it. Can I find one? Nope, this Interweb thing is just rubbish, I thought everything was supposed to be on it. :lol:

So, if you happen to be passing...... :D

Prize is you get to be king/queen of the Internet for a week. :thumbup:

* Henley sort of area.
There's a few about, does it have to specifically be that one?


A few from a quick look:

Epitaph memorial to a blacksmith at the yard of Lloyd, stonemasons, in the Wiltshire village of Great Bedwyn, England, UK

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-epita ... 11635.html

ALEXANDER SHEARMAN’S STONE
He was the Village Blacksmith

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To be more specific, John was laid to rest at St Mary’s Church, which is the oldest building in Cheltenham, dating from the mid 11th century. Much of the churchyard was cleared in the 1950s (a frequent and heart-breaking history for many burial grounds), so only around 50 headstones survive to this day. According to the Friends of St Mary’s, two other curious epitaphs were sadly lost during this period of clearance:

John Paine, Blacksmith, died 1796
My sledge and hammer lies inclined,
My bellows pipe have lost its wind,
My fire’s extinct, my forge decayed,
And in the dust my vice is layed,
My coal is spent, my iron’s gone,
My nails are drove, my work is done.

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Gregor wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2024 1:27 pm Next one, your bike under a tree.
That would be my bike in the usual parking space at the Sagebrush & would look exactly like the last pic I posted, except I'm not riding this weekend.
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Horse wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2024 3:43 pm
Count Steer wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 10:08 am I've got a challenge for anyone near Nettlebed*, St Bartholemew's churchyard. :D

Somewhere in it there's a gravestone of blacksmith William Strange with an inscription that starts -

'My sledge and anvil lie declined, my bellows too have lost their wind; my fire's extinct, my forge decay'd'

It's quite famous in the sense that the verse is in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and I'd like an image of it. Can I find one? Nope, this Interweb thing is just rubbish, I thought everything was supposed to be on it. :lol:

So, if you happen to be passing...... :D

Prize is you get to be king/queen of the Internet for a week. :thumbup:

* Henley sort of area.
There's a few about, does it have to specifically be that one?


A few from a quick look:

Epitaph memorial to a blacksmith at the yard of Lloyd, stonemasons, in the Wiltshire village of Great Bedwyn, England, UK

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-epita ... 11635.html

ALEXANDER SHEARMAN’S STONE
He was the Village Blacksmith

Image


To be more specific, John was laid to rest at St Mary’s Church, which is the oldest building in Cheltenham, dating from the mid 11th century. Much of the churchyard was cleared in the 1950s (a frequent and heart-breaking history for many burial grounds), so only around 50 headstones survive to this day. According to the Friends of St Mary’s, two other curious epitaphs were sadly lost during this period of clearance:

John Paine, Blacksmith, died 1796
My sledge and hammer lies inclined,
My bellows pipe have lost its wind,
My fire’s extinct, my forge decayed,
And in the dust my vice is layed,
My coal is spent, my iron’s gone,
My nails are drove, my work is done.

https://burialsandbeyond.com/2022/12/12 ... ig-killer/
Thanks Hoss, that's the whole verse. I didn't realise it was a standard for blacksmiths but it makes sense and I thought I'd seen something similar in the Thursley churchyard. I'm interested in the shape of the one in Nettlebed though. ie is the top of it ^ shaped and does it have sticky-out bits on the side?

Love that last link....john-higgs-pig-killer. :o

(The reference I'm following up on is the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations that specifically mentions William Strange at Nettlebed).
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Next your bike with a village or town hall
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Not a great picture as the sun is out and in the wrong place.



Next your bike with a well.
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A well is going to be a challenge, it's not something that there's much of a need for in East Anglia
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2024 11:20 am A well is going to be a challenge, it's not something that there's much of a need for in East Anglia
There's a bunch here, both domestic & Ag.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2024 11:20 am A well is going to be a challenge, it's not something that there's much of a need for in East Anglia
There's one in my 'front' garden, 140' Victorian job (we're at the top of a hill 😱). I feel like that would be cheating though 😆
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I hope this counts.
I'm pretty sure it is, or at least was a well. But it was very difficult to get the bike and the well in shot ..
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If you zoom a little you can see the 'well' in the top pic kinda inline with the mirror !?
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I'm gonna take the 'likes' as an OK.

Next challenge, your bike with a classic car !
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Jody wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2024 7:01 pm I'm gonna take the 'likes' as an OK.

Next challenge, your bike with a classic car !
Does a modern classic count ….. nice old Lotus

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Or a group including an old Jaaaaaag, American truck behind and under the cover is another massive old American Chevy. They all belong to the bloke across the road

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I assume as no objections have been raised then the Lotus is acceptable :thumbup:

In that case on todays theme of the fake Galleon

Your bike with something ship related (to help those inland out)
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Bigyin wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:49 pm I assume as no objections have been raised then the Lotus is acceptable :thumbup:

In that case on todays theme of the fake Galleon

Your bike with something ship related (to help those inland out)
Is a fake Galleon something like four and a half litres?
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Bigyin wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:49 pm I assume as no objections have been raised then the Lotus is acceptable :thumbup:

In that case on todays theme of the fake Galleon

Your bike with something ship related (to help those inland out)
Feck me, should've read this earlier, went to Aldeburgh, parked near the beach, loads of fishing boats near by, or does it have to be a ship?
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:00 pm
Bigyin wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:49 pm I assume as no objections have been raised then the Lotus is acceptable :thumbup:

In that case on todays theme of the fake Galleon

Your bike with something ship related (to help those inland out)
Feck me, should've read this earlier, went to Aldeburgh, parked near the beach, loads of fishing boats near by, or does it have to be a ship?
Surely a fishing boat is just a really small ship??!!! :angelic-green:
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Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:04 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:00 pm
Bigyin wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:49 pm I assume as no objections have been raised then the Lotus is acceptable :thumbup:

In that case on todays theme of the fake Galleon

Your bike with something ship related (to help those inland out)
Feck me, should've read this earlier, went to Aldeburgh, parked near the beach, loads of fishing boats near by, or does it have to be a ship?
Surely a fishing boat is just a really small ship??!!! :angelic-green:
Don't let any nautical types gear you say that, but if you really want to fit in with them, call a ship a vessel, they love that. I think I need to change the industry I work in....
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:00 pm
Bigyin wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:49 pm I assume as no objections have been raised then the Lotus is acceptable :thumbup:

In that case on todays theme of the fake Galleon

Your bike with something ship related (to help those inland out)
Feck me, should've read this earlier, went to Aldeburgh, parked near the beach, loads of fishing boats near by, or does it have to be a ship?
Would have worked for me :thumbup:
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:10 pm
Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:04 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:00 pm

Feck me, should've read this earlier, went to Aldeburgh, parked near the beach, loads of fishing boats near by, or does it have to be a ship?
Surely a fishing boat is just a really small ship??!!! :angelic-green:
Don't let any nautical types gear you say that, but if you really want to fit in with them, call a ship a vessel, they love that. I think I need to change the industry I work in....
As a kid I used to love saying stuff like that to the old blokes (and some younger ones!) at the sailing club my BDad took us to!! :lol: :lol: :lol: But you are right! :D :D (Was trying to make it easier!! I mean, there's no ships or boats near me, possibly a kyak or 'raft' for the river, but that's about it! :lol: :lol: :lol: )
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:00 pm Feck me, should've read this earlier, went to Aldeburgh, parked near the beach, loads of fishing boats near by, or does it have to be a ship?
Ship "related".. so technically it could be a plate of fish & chips
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Image

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Next,

Your bike with something clown related. I will accept a pic with any member of the tory party....