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14th September, 2005

The third of this summer's projects (and the second this week) is now on-line. On my way to Cornwall atthe end of July, we stopped in Cheddar, where I took the opportunity to get some pictures of the gorge. To visit the Cheddar pages, click here.

12th September, 2005

The second of this summer's projects is now on-line. I've been back to the Brecon Beacons and taken lots of new photos to enhance the original Brecon Beacons pages on this site. In addition to revisiting the A470 and the A4059, I've been on the A4067 near the Cray Reservoir, so there's a few photos of that road here as well. To visit the Brecon Beacons pages, click here.

5th September, 2005

This is the first of this summer's projects. I took a series of photos on the Gower Peninsula, concentrating on the A4118 between Upper Killay and Scurlage, and the B4247 from there to Rhossili. I also took some pictures on Cefn Bryn and on the B4271 on the way back to Swansea. I hope you enjoy them. I should say that these photos were taken with my new digital camera rather than my old faithful SLR. I'm still learning how to get the best out of the digital camera! To visit the Gower pages, click here

19th August, 2005

Another month (and a bit) has passed by since the last update. Since then, the more observent will have noticed the arrival of a link to The Old Map Site, which is a site intended to show how the road network has evolved over the last 50 years or so.

Returning to Rural Roads, there is now a page covering the B1106 between Elveden and Bury St Edmunds. Since the demise of Tom Sutch's Apex Corner site, this site also hosts the pictures of his visit to the roundabout in Fornham St Genevieve, where all four arms are the B1106. Many thanks for those.

Finally, a confession. A few weeks ago, someone e-mailed me to say that locals know the section of the A6024 featured on this site as Holme Moss rather than Heyden Moor. Unfortunately, I cannot recall who said it, and I cannot find the e-mail either. Sorry to whoever it was who sent it - and thanks for the tip off. (By the way, the contact me button should link to a working address now).

9th July, 2005

A few things to report today. Firstly, Nic Storr provided me with a couple more pictures taken on the A470 through the Brecon Beacons, which can be seen here. EDIT, though that link works, the page has changed beyond recognition, so you'll have to hunt round for Nic's photos. They are still on the site, though.

Secondly, Chris Marshall has provided me with some excellent pictures of the A6024 across Heyden Moor, between Woodhead and Holmebridge, near Holmfirth. Many thanks to Chris and Nic for allowing me to use the pictures/

5th July, 2005

This must be some kind of record - less than 10 days after taking the pictures, I've managed to put together my pages on the Southern Peak District. Take a look at Monsal Head, Matlock Bath and the Dovedale area, and enjoy the view.

2nd July, 2005

This is an interim update because I was keen to get these pictures on the site. I've been back to the Peak District and taken some more photos of the collapsed A625 at Mam Tor, which can be found by following the Winnats Pass link in the menu. Or, you could just click here to go directly to the new page...

25th May, 2005

Just like London buses, a huge amount of time passes by and nothing much happens. Then, within a few days there are two updates to the site. This one introduces a series of pages about the B1004 between Bishop's Stortford and Ware, focussing particularly on the villages of Much Hadham and Widford.

21st May, 2005

Well, I make it over seven months since the last update to this site, so you could be forgiven for thinking that the first update of 2005 must therefore be huge. I'm afraid that this isn't the case - I've been catching up with some old photos of north Essex that I hadn't had time to do anything with.

However, I can promise a few more updates for the coming months - I've got a selection of pictures around Hertfordshire that I'm in the process of sorting and I'm hoping to go on a trip to the Peak District in search of more pictures to expand the section there. I'm also planning a trip to Cornwall via Cheddar Gorge so hopefully that will produce some more material for this site.

16th October 2004

I've been doing a bit of housekeeping - most of which shouldn't affect what you see on the site, but will find that bookmarks for the oldest pages (Brecon Beacons and Lake District Roads) won't work any more.

I've also begun to go through the site so that when you click on a picture, it no longer opens on a blank screen. Instead you get a bit of text and a link to take you back to the previous screen, as well as links to elsewhere in the site. So far, I've dealt with Essex in this way, and will update the other areas when time permits.

10th October 2004

A few changes today. First of all, Steven Oliver has very kindly provided a scan of the road closure of the A625 at Mam Tor, near Winnats Pass - you can see that here.

Secondly, there is a change to the front page - old What's New entries are archived on their own page.

Last, but by no means least, there's a brand new section looking at the rural roads of north-west Essex, including Thaxted and the picture-postcard village of Finchingfield.

6th October 2004

First of all, you'll have noticed that Rural Roads has moved house. There's a nice new shiny address - www.rural-roads.co.uk so no more messing around with Geocities and their annoying ads. The other major update is that the Winnats Pass pages are finally ready. My thanks to Paul Berry for his help in providing the photos, as well as the link to his page on the near by ex A625.

2nd September 2004

Still working on the Winnats Pass pages. In the meantime there's a few extra photos on the Brecon to Hirwaun Page, which is in fact now three pages and includes some bonus pictures taken around Carreg Cennen Castle.

25th August 2004

Nothing major this time - just a few spelling errors corrected and a bit more housekeeping. Also some advance warning of a slightly different kind of rural road - coming after I've finished the Winnats Pass pages.

21st August 2004

Well, the long awaited first update has arrived, in the form of five new pages and lots of pictures of Dartmoor - described by some as England's last great wilderness.

I've also tried to improve navigation within sections of the site - instead of links to the previous and next pages within sections, you now get a list of contents for each section so you can jump straight to the page of your choice.

Coming soon - a trip to Winnats Pass, near Castleton, Derbyshire.

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