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Riding around some historic places today....


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Damp leaf strewn back roads today, but the rain stopped. Did a tank full today.
The 3rd photograph is the cottage where a certain John Paul Jones was born, a name that will almost certainly be well known to the American lads and lassies here.

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Those ruins are amazing...timelessly photogenic.  Looks like a great day for a ride!

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1 minute ago, knyte said:

Those ruins are amazing...timelessly photogenic.  Looks like a great day for a ride!

They don't build them like that any more, eh. Must have taken decades to build. It is even more impressive from the other side, but I was stuffed from cake from the wee cafe next to it, and couldnt be bothered to walk round :)

 

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I'll bet those narrow hedgerow lanes are fun on a motorcycle, but they are a little terrifying in a car. Three years ago tomorrow I made a pilgrimage to the final resting place of a close associate to the younger John Paul Jones. 

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Super cool.

 

And those wee hedge lined lanes are what make up most of the roads around me (yes, it is rural) , so you get used to it. Can't exactly go fast, and there is usually gravel and mud all over the place, but you just relax and enjoy the sights and sounds and smells and cover the front brake all the time ;)

This time of year pheasants are all over the place, and they are horrible , cos they are idiots, and have not realised that they do not in fact own the road.

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53 minutes ago, keithu said:

Would that be John Paul Jones the US Naval war hero, or John Paul Jones the bass-playing international rock and roll hero? 

My first thought was Led Zeppelin 😎🤘🏻

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Our idea of patriotism is blowing shit up while wearing red, white, and blue speedos and drinking cans of shitty beer. I suspect most of my countrymen wouldn't know one John Paul Jones from another. It's kind of you to think of us though. 😁

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