J is for Jubilee Arch#
Thu Oct 3 20:47:09 2024
Well, I'd like to say that J is for Jubilee Arch: specifically this feature on OSM in Stansted Mountfitchet which I decided to go and see in person because it's not mentioned on Google Maps/Streetview, nor on Wikipedia, nor in any internet search result with any relevant search terms I could think of.
I did at least find an arch. It's wrought iron and stands over the entranceway to the Stansted FC grounds. I got a Iousy photo which after cropping, playing with colour, and mirroring left/right looks like this: you can probably convince yourself that the word on the left says "sport" but there's so much foliage it's hard to tell.
So when I got home I had another go at Streetview, and by going back in time to an image taken in November I was this time able to find the thing.
It looks like the bit that says "Jubilee Arch 1935" has been removed/stolen/fallen off between 2016 and 2021
On the way there, I also saw a couple of jet aeroplanes low in the sky - it's very close to Stansted Airport
On the way back I saw a L-plated Just Eat delivery rider on a scooter on the M11.
So I think this covers J adequately. Finding a destination for J has been an absolute mare, so I am happy to have got past this. I don't have a K yet but surely it will be easier.
Motorway riding is still just as dull and noisy as I remember it from last time though the mild terror seems to have diminished.
K is for Kiln: this is a brick kiln that once formed part of the "Pulham Manufactory", a terracotta works. Most of it was demolished to build a car park for the railway station nearby, but this one remaining kiln was preserved and restored
From here to Broxbourne is some quite dull 30mph riding then a wiggly 50mph section which was good fun.