Gramaisc
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Every now and then I discover some allotments that I've never noticed before. There are many "secret allotments" about in Stafford, but I'm amazed that I've never noticed these ones until today.
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Secret allotments.
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Jade-clothing
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How on earth did you even spot them from your bicycle?
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Cycling up the towpath, returning from the Radford - the hedge there is still a bit transparent at this time of year - only just noticed them, though.
Jade-clothing
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Oh I see. I used to live on the Meadows and I've walked the towpath many a time but I've never spotted them either.
John Marwood
I ♥ cryptic crosswords
A towpath?
Does he take it on holiday with him
Does he take it on holiday with him
Withnail
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He used to but he lost it - turns out he had a hole in his pocket.
At least he still has the allotment.
Thehooperman
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Not so secret but I spotted some newish allotments next to the footpath between Meadow Road and Kamienna Close when walking the dogs the other day.
Google shows the area as grassland so they might be secret
Google shows the area as grassland so they might be secret
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
Photos of the conversion process have appeared here - http://www.staffordforum.com/xf/index.php?threads/new-community-allotments-photo-timeline.11789/ - obviously, there was adequate surveillance.Not so secret but I spotted some newish allotments next to the footpath between Meadow Road and Kamienna Close when walking the dogs the other day.
Google shows the area as grassland so they might be secret
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
I noticed these two "open spaces" at the top of Prospect Road the other day, having failed to ever observe them before. I wondered if they might have been intended as allotments when the housing was built?
The apparent rectangles visible in the eastern one looked plausible, but a site inspection suggests that, if there ever was any attempt at cultivation, it was abandoned long ago.
A lone bollard stands guard, for no apparent reason.
And the western one is now largely given over to ad-hoc storage, resulting in the Read Avenue-Shelley Close pathway being closed off. Although, you can still get through to Byron Close.
There is a very rustic 'roadway' giving access to the rear of the various houses alongside there.
The apparent rectangles visible in the eastern one looked plausible, but a site inspection suggests that, if there ever was any attempt at cultivation, it was abandoned long ago.
A lone bollard stands guard, for no apparent reason.
And the western one is now largely given over to ad-hoc storage, resulting in the Read Avenue-Shelley Close pathway being closed off. Although, you can still get through to Byron Close.
There is a very rustic 'roadway' giving access to the rear of the various houses alongside there.