2020

SZ0595 : Bear Cross: Leaf Lane

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

Bear Cross: Leaf Lane
Bear Cross: Leaf Lane
A path linking Duck Lane with Poole Lane, running through the playing field near the latter but seen here from the Duck Lane end. Many of the footpaths on the West Howe estate and thereabouts have been given names in the last couple of years, a safety initiative whose intention is that, in the event of calling for help, one's location can be more easily described. I am pretty sure that the path has been named only since that time.

The sign is a modern one, dating from around 2014-15, by which time the council had replaced the coloured logo, which had been prone to fading after a while, to simple wording BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL in smaller type.

This is photo no.238 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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SZ0595, 113 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Chris Downer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 16 April, 2020   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 21 November, 2020
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OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0584 9587 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.7436N 1:55.1138W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 0582 9587
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