Warm though..
Halnaker (pronounced Ha'naker) Windmill is one of those local landmarks that I tend to pass saying 'I must go there one day'...
The day has come...
The windmill is accessed via a disused part (not under tarmac) of the Roman road Stane Street. It's quite steep and having to lift the bike over stiles tends to pale after about 3 but, despite the gloomy sky, it's worth it...
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The insides have been stripped out and it would make a great overnight shelter for the tent-less nomad...
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The views of the local area are spectacular but, sadly, the camera in my phone can't do them justice...
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Having obeyed the dire warnings prohibiting cycle riding on the way up the anarchist in me breaks out and I bump and rattle all the way back down the hill to the main road (stopping to negotiate the stiles again)..
The return journey takes me down a lane whose name has me in fits of laughter...
 An idea did occur to me as I stood by the windmill... Local people seem very animated in their opposition to wind turbines... Why not just build them into old windmills..? |
1 comments:
Local people seem very animated in their opposition to wind turbines... Why not just build them into old windmills..?
Brilliant! You are brilliant!
I'm sure the thing people really hate about wide turbines is that they are soulless, white plasticky things that don't look right in any landscape but AutoCAD.
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