I thought the ferret would be armed with a shot gun!:03:

Found my current pad, and some previous ones. Pretty sneaky those Google people. What next, live feed outside my window? :stare::)

Letum,

pretty lush looking forest in your pic, and hills. Pretty surprised to see that type of landscape in England. Never been to York though.

I found some Street Views of my pad and... well, I'd rather share a place where I used to live. It's a happier place.

Some backstory:

I spent way more time there than I did at home, on my mountain bike, crashing into thorn bushes and falling down hills. :D

And away we go!

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a.../th_home01.jpg

The "A" mark used to be the location of a Civil War-era barracks. I don't know the history of it, though. Nowadays the land is used for flood control.

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a.../th_home02.jpg

Same place, just a bit north to show a little more of my old stomping grounds. Marker "B" is the barracks cemetary. If I remember right, none of the names are visible on the headstones anymore. Weather and time erased them.

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...arcemetary.jpg

Closer view of the cemetary. I figure the barracks must have served as a prison at one time. Never spent a lot of time there.

Mostly just tore myself up on the trails until I could no longer move. Then I'd rest and take in the view, till the light began to withdraw.

I like how i see people with bicycles, that's become rare over here. Everyone should leave their car at home and ride a bike!

We have four bikes here at home... Unfortunately they're all rusting in the garage cuz we take our Suburban everywhere :lol:

I am not familiar with Dowly. Dowly, I'm krashkart... Up for a pheasant shoot?

@Kiwi

The town is small-ish, so you can get around in a bicycle pretty well. :yep:

Anybody manage to locate Skybird yet? Quick, figure out the coordinates, let's peek through his windows. :O:

@ Dowly

Any good bike trails up there? :06:

Nah, nothing special.

Suuure, I believe you. :03:

:D

Fine! :stare: :DL

No, seriously, apart from the skiing trails that are littering the woods, there's really nothing else. :hmmm:

TBH, the whole town is damn boring, Stora Enso is shutting down their factory soon, so that'll be the last blow for this town. :-?

Well... we kinda have our own Golden Gate bridge as far as suiciding goes, people tend to like to jump off it from time to time. :doh:
http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/e...ret/bridge.jpg
(Sorry... my.. eh... zoom button got stuck.. :hmmm:)

Well, okay, that's believable. :DL

The ski trails might be useful for biking, though? I dunno. I need to get out of the Midwest and back to my mountains. :wah:

Some of the less used ones propably would be suitable, there was one pretty narrow trail near where I used to live as a kid with lots of roots and downhills and stuff on the trail. :yep:

Hehe. Shame on that zoom feature! :D

Reminds me of a bridge we used to drive over on the way to Gramma's place. It spans over a very deep canyon, sheer walls on both sides. Evel Knievel tried to jump that canyon back in the 70's. He ended up swimming briefly in the Snake River. Anyway, that bridge is a favorite of the local jumpers. They get plenty of time to rethink their choices. It is a looong way down. :hmmm:

The Perrine Bridge - near Twin Falls, Idaho

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/a...e_from_wit.jpg