2020

SZ0796 : Northbourne: Hogue Avenue

taken 5 years ago, near to Ensbury, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole, England

Northbourne: Hogue Avenue
Northbourne: Hogue Avenue
Part of a small layout of roads resembling a fork, Hogue Avenue being the horizontal that holds the three tines of the fork: Ferncroft Road, Ashridge Avenue and Pinewood Avenue. Dudley Road finishes the cutlery analogy by providing the handle, slightly offset from centre.

This sign faces down Ashridge Avenue and is of a design that became prevalent in Bournemouth around 1990 and was in use for most of that decade. Many are starting to look a bit shabby now, and this one is a prime example of both afflictions: the blue border fading and the white surface unpeeling.

This is photo no.201 of a series of 453 in my coronavirus lockdown walking project:
See Link for the complete set of photos.
My coronavirus lockdown walking project :: SZ0795

In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, on 23 March 2020 the government announced a lockdown which effectively confined people to their homes, apart from essential journeys which included vital shopping, to help vulnerable people, and one period of exercise per day.

There was speculation about whether driving to a place of exercise, such as a beauty spot, was acceptable and guidelines were quickly made, that exercise should take place locally and direct from home.

So I drew a 2km radius around my home on a map and set out to walk along, across or past every named street and footpath within this circle.

I found that there are 451 such roads/paths, not including roads whose postal address is part of another road already included (such as some Courts, Terraces and Mews).

I undertook to take a photo of a sign for each one, mainly with some context of the road itself. They can all be viewed, along with my 2km map, here: Link


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SZ0796, 272 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 13 April, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 28 June, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0779 9623 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.9365N 1:53.4545W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0778 9624
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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