England flag by Cocksparrow Lane, Cannock

sweep

sweep

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I can't help but spot it when I drive through Huntington

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.7...4!1s1EhWCZZfk8Lp7lQFn_2m_g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I recall it appeared about 15 years ago during the World Cup, assumed it was placed there by a football fan. Since then I noticed it vanish and reappear. I was told the council kept removing it and someone with the time and inclination replacing it and the council eventually gave up. Also, I was told that it was the other way around. To maintain that flag for so long is some feat, also there's a photo of it here which looks like a professional job.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.7...-no-pi-0-ya13.071743-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352

Has it been placed there by a persistent prankster or could it in fact by owned by the council? In either case, does it represent anything or have any story behind it?
 
Withnail

Withnail

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I went up to the top of the hill on Tuesday. First time ever.

It is, indeed, a solid job - the upper outer tip has caught on some of the accoutrements of the flag pole so it wasn't flying free. I did something of an half-arsed attempt to loosen it, but the flag pole is actually quite feckin' mahoosive, so i didn't get anywhere near the snaggage. It was quite hot, so i gave up sooner than i otherwise would have.

The view from up there is the kind of view that would have been much better than the one i had in the circumstances. Hazy heat shimmer, that sort of thing.

It was actually quite lovely, and is something i will do more often now that i know how lovely it is.

Very small car park with room for six cars max. - there are obviously long term plans to create a path circling 'clock-wise' from the car park that are in just about the early enough stages to not get too pissed off about the fact that it looks like you should go 'that way' but you shouldn't.

I'm still a bit pissed off about it - but it was too hot to be too pissed off about much.

Turn right (anti-clockwise as you'd imagine scaling it) as you're looking at the hill.
 
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