Friday, 16 September 2011

Sepia Saturday

I’m on holiday, so my contribution to Sepia Saturday must  take on the theme of going places.  I must also be brief as will be seen.   Places to go to, can be seen  in this signpost, if you start from where I recently took this photograph.
What I like about this particulars sign, and I’ve never noticed it before, is the use of furlongs.  Even to Kendal, Reeth and Sedburgh  which are exactly 23, 22  & 14 miles respectively have to have 0 furlongs.

I know they are only short, but the scenery is stunning and a journey needs to start and go somewhere
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12 comments:

  1. Little Nell17 September 2011 at 17:10

    Well, furlongs are old aren’t they. We used to have exercise books with all these old measurements printed on the inside cover. I lived in Kendal when I was a liitle girl; I started school there. I just throw that morsel of information in for no reason,

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  2. Christine H.18 September 2011 at 01:49

    Furlongs, how wonderful! I hope you're enjoying your holiday.

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  3. Postcardy18 September 2011 at 02:29

    I love pictures of signposts. I didn't know what furlongs were until I looked up the word.

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  4. Bob Scotney18 September 2011 at 09:12

    I haven't seen that signpost but I have visited the places (except for Appleby). You need to be a horse racing fan to use furlongs these days.

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  5. Unknown18 September 2011 at 09:44

    I forgot to put on there, but did anyone work out where the picture was taken?

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  6. Alan Burnett18 September 2011 at 12:19

    That splendid signpost more than makes up for the short post. I have never seen one which uses furlongs before - but that may be because I haven't looked closely enough. In this day of cars and buses, you never get time to study old signposts properly.

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  7. Brett Payne18 September 2011 at 23:23

    I hope you're enjoying your holiday in Kirkby Stephen ;-)

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  8. Tattered and Lost19 September 2011 at 02:15

    Oh I do get such a kick out of the names of towns in Britain. Some of them sound like wee towns from children's books. Some of them are laughable, though not as laughable as some in Pennsylvania.

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  9. Unknown19 September 2011 at 08:29

    You've been sluething again Brett, if you were a little more local I'd take you for a pint

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  10. Brett Payne19 September 2011 at 08:37

    And if I were a bit more local, I'd gladly accept. My ancestors, well some of them at least, hail from not far away ... the village of Dent, to be precise, but they left for the bright lights of Lancaster 160 odd years ago.

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  11. Liz Stratton19 September 2011 at 17:12

    I absolutely love the old signposts. We have nothing so scenic here. I've taken dozens of photos under them when we've visited. There is something so inviting about them. They make you want to pick up and go to the next town!

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  12. Mike Brubaker20 September 2011 at 15:41

    Presumably the public during the era of these signs knew how long a furlong was, (an 1/8 of a mile) and felt it was important to record how many there were from place to place because so many people walked the distance. Could there have been the odometer equivalent - a furlong-meter on wagons?

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