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In May 2012 - I know it's some time ago and history - Brian and I took Bouncing Bob out after some winds and rain to look at the lanes.

We found a few trees that had been blown over and a few lanes that were a bit worse for wear. bleh

There is a dead end lane in Devon which is renowned for a glorius view from a hill top overlooking the sea with a bird's eye view of Sidmouth.

This location is known as "The View Point" but here is another view from there

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My TTR, Brian's and Bob with his TTR. wink

Ah yes, I remeber it well. biggrinbiggrin

 

This is the other view from the hill

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Nice view, here's another of bouncing bob20130826_102042.jpg20130826_102053.jpg



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Bouncing bob is a leg endbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin And he's bike looks as bad as minebiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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Lovely pics guys!

Here is one of my pics from The Viewpoint:

6 June 2008 003.jpg

 

And a nice one of Bouncing Bob who has sadly given up trail riding at age 72 but is still using his TTR on the road:

Bob - 14 April 2010 - Reservoir Tour 002.jpg



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Is it true, that you used to be able to ride from view point all the way down to the peak ho? the bit that is poking out in the photoconfuseconfuse



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Only met bob twice on the trail, top bloke a very competent rider, I know I wont be trail riding into my 70s 



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ttr steve wrote:

Is it true, that you used to be able to ride from view point all the way down to the peak ho? the bit that is poking out in the photoconfuseconfuse

Yep - the sea took the cliff away with the road many years ago cry 



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TTRfan wrote:
ttr steve wrote:

Is it true, that you used to be able to ride from view point all the way down to the peak ho? the bit that is poking out in the photoconfuseconfuse

Yep - the sea took the cliff away with the road many years ago cry 

That must of been one sweet lane back alongsmilesmile 



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Steve - it's only a trail/track nowadays. aww

When the road went all the way over Peak Hill to Sidmouth it must have been a well used tarmacadam road. hmm

We can see, along the trail now, the water board Flushing Boxes at regular intervals and the odd manhole cover.

These are the remnants of a proper highway - but its disuse after the landslip (mid 1800s) has made it into the current dead-ender. smile

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The pic below is an extract from an 1825 map showing the original road. The lost section was unfenced and would have had glorious views - what a loss but, as Martyn says, it would have been a well used road and therefore not a green lane as we know it now.

You may be interested to see all our "lost" lanes leading up onto Mutters Moor to the north west.

Sidmouth Viewpoint.jpg



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great info and interesting chat enjoying reading about ttr advrntures .

 



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Great research bri, did you buy that map from newbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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