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

[Skub]

Do libraries count?

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Do libraries count?

They store books

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

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Next your bike with something to do with pirates

[Skub]

And a history lesson.

Thurot was a privateer (pirate) and he preyed on British ships he spent a year in an English prison before being released at which time he became a captain of his own vessel. Thurot’s grandfather was Irish and he held Irish sympathies and spent years smuggling between Ireland and England. When his ship was seized by the British and impounded the British refused to give it back to him. Thurot went to the French navy and obtained a ship and led a squadron of ships that harried the British from 1756 to 1760.
In 1760 he landed at Carrickfergus, capturing the castle in what became known as the second Battle of Carrickfergus and commandeering supplies from the local people. He was not the last pirate to menace the castle, however. In 1776 during the revolutionary war in America, the American privateer John Paul Jones was leading lighting raids on the British coastline. One of his targets was moored at Carrickfergus – the HMS Drake.
Jones attacked at night but the sailor who dropped the anchor was drunk and got the timing wrong. Fleeing the coast the Drake pursued and attacked Jones. Jones won the find and captured the ship. Over time Jones captured 11 British ships, 8 of which he sent back to Boston to be sold for a total of over a million dollars to help fund the war.

[Skub]

Next,your bike in a place of historical interest.

[Beancounter]

The Historic Dockyard at Chatham:

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Fort Amherst - Britain's biggest Napoleonic Fortress which is part of the Great Lines Heritage Park, it's main purpose was the defence of Chatham Dockyard from a landward attack by an invading army.

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If acceptable, photo of your bike outside a pub with a military name.

[Gregor]

If that’s ok......

Next one, staying with the pub theme, outside a pub with a name related to an industry/ trade.

[ChrisW]

outside a pub with a name related to an industry/ trade.

Next - your bike next to a railway crossing.

[Skub]

Next...your bike next to a power station.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

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Not one but two power stations

Next your bike with a pub with a nautical name

[Druid]

The Ship in Hartlepool



Continuing with the Hartlepool theme, your bike with a monkey

[Skub]

Monkey wrench do? Or 500 cash?

[Druid]

Monkey wrench do? Or 500 cash?

Just a monkey. Extra points for using your imagination

[weeksy]

A monkey! Never saw that coming that's for sure

[Druid]

A monkey! Never saw that coming that's for sure

Hartlepool monkey

I rode past the commemorative statue on my way back

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Does it have to be a monkey or are apes allowed?

[Druid]

I doubt the good burghers of Hartlepool knew the difference between an ape and a monkey, so...

Taking a selfie will not be accepted

[Skub]

Is a grom still a monkey bike?

[Skub]

Water bout....A Monkey puzzle tree?

[Skub]

Do we need verification,or will I pick another challenge?