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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 10:27:44 GMT
Our learned friend.
edited this out (by popular demand), just coz there's no point picturing random members of the public on here. -AF
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Post by blueridge on Jun 22, 2020 10:27:45 GMT
Personally I don't believe it has anything to do with The Colony - I'm fairly sure you can't see the workings at The Colony from the bridge you mention. You can, perfect view, i drive over it regularly as i live in Winterbourne. it is the best place to see whats going on. Although that doesn't explain this gentleman's presence as he was/has been there regularly over the years by the sounds of it. Ah - ok when you mentioned Thornbury and motorway bridge I thought you were on the A38 just before Hortham Lane.
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Post by mrwarboys on Jun 22, 2020 10:34:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 10:35:37 GMT
Ashton scaffolding? We sure about that?
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Post by Gastafari on Jun 22, 2020 10:44:50 GMT
Ashton Scaffolding? Not to jinx it or anything, but...........
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Post by Congas on Jun 22, 2020 11:06:48 GMT
How many sq metres is that building?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 11:26:26 GMT
How many sq metres is that building? You thinking permitted development?
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Post by gas2 on Jun 22, 2020 11:30:42 GMT
Spy in the sky poor bloke he's got nothing better to Do in his life
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 11:32:24 GMT
Spy in the sky poor bloke he's got nothing better to Do in his life Yeh he is obviously committed to whatever cause he peruses. Bless him.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jun 22, 2020 11:34:17 GMT
I think the poor bloke's just bird watching.
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Post by lpgas1 on Jun 22, 2020 11:39:44 GMT
I think he is trying to catch speeders
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 22, 2020 12:33:50 GMT
The same as motivates you to spend 365 days a year on here in all weathers; 24/7, Topps. The weather doesn't change much where I'm sat TBH.
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Post by althepirate on Jun 22, 2020 12:35:58 GMT
I think he is trying to catch speeders It's Tommy Widdrington he works 24/7
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Post by womble on Jun 22, 2020 12:45:33 GMT
How many sq metres is that building? Not very educated guesswork from Google maps, but around 270 ish?
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Post by yattongas on Jun 22, 2020 12:52:24 GMT
Not sure what’s sadder ....... the old boy watching going on or the saddo’s on here talking about the old boy watching goings on ?! 😂
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Post by Langford Gas on Jun 22, 2020 13:19:21 GMT
Do we have a NIMBY problem? So this morning my first site visit was in Thornbury and my route took me over the motorway and past the Colony. On the bridge there was an elderly gent with a pair of binoculars, a camera and a notepad, this was at 7:20am. He had parked his car in the gateway further down Hortham Lane and had wandered up onto the bridge to gaze across at the Colony it looked like he was taking notes. I didnt think much of it, just a gashead keen to catch a glimpse maybe. Anyway my site meeting finished and i headed back the same way. i passed the Colony at just gone 9am and said gentlemen was still there, again i thought not much of it, its a lovely day and the view from the bridge is decent. So i am now back in the office and i looked on street view which is dated July 2019 and guess what? The blokes there! He has a different car but its the same guy, in the same spot, with the camera and binoculars! There would not have been anything happening at the site then so the guy is obviously documenting something. Perhaps he is one of you reading this now? Anyway just found it amusing, could he be a keen twitcher? Do we have rare birds nesting at the site that could but the kybosh on the situation? Perhaps someone should check that he is alive !
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Post by Henbury Gas on Jun 22, 2020 13:19:41 GMT
Ashton scaffolding? We sure about that? and the owners son is a die hard shithead as well.............
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Post by womble on Jun 22, 2020 14:04:27 GMT
How many sq metres is that building? You thinking permitted development? It would appear that the barn we are converting and a red brick building, were given permission for conversion to 3 dwellings in 2015 under permitted development rights. The combined area was given as 427 square metres, which is under the limit of 450 square metres. As assembly and leisure also seem to fall within permitted development for agricultural buildings (assuming I’ve interpreted the document correctly), then it looks like we’re all good.
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Post by Congas on Jun 22, 2020 14:31:36 GMT
Do we have a NIMBY problem? So this morning my first site visit was in Thornbury and my route took me over the motorway and past the Colony. On the bridge there was an elderly gent with a pair of binoculars, a camera and a notepad, this was at 7:20am. He had parked his car in the gateway further down Hortham Lane and had wandered up onto the bridge to gaze across at the Colony it looked like he was taking notes. I didnt think much of it, just a gashead keen to catch a glimpse maybe. Anyway my site meeting finished and i headed back the same way. i passed the Colony at just gone 9am and said gentlemen was still there, again i thought not much of it, its a lovely day and the view from the bridge is decent. So i am now back in the office and i looked on street view which is dated July 2019 and guess what? The blokes there! He has a different car but its the same guy, in the same spot, with the camera and binoculars! There would not have been anything happening at the site then so the guy is obviously documenting something. Perhaps he is one of you reading this now? Anyway just found it amusing, could he be a keen twitcher? Do we have rare birds nesting at the site that could but the kybosh on the situation? Perhaps someone should check that he is alive ! Ex. inmate perhaps? Community care came in the 1980s, when did the place close down?
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Post by bluegas on Jun 22, 2020 14:46:30 GMT
I think he is trying to catch speeders I've been taking my son to work from Yate to Patchway and detouring past the Colony to observe progress. This guy has been there nearly every time. He appears interested in the motorway though, NOT Rovers. Truck spotter probably.
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