It was a play on words. We had a thread "Local Elections". I was bored so I thought I'd start a thread "Distant Erections."
Last week I completed the Offa's Dyke path, which roughly follows the England - Wales border. On the hill Moel Famau (don't ask me how to pronounce it) there's a huge erection called the Jubilee Tower. Here are views of the erection, firstly on the climb, then on the summit and finally on the descent. How very interesting...
Leave big and little em alone although it's an old photo. You know you're nearly home when you see her.
[QUOTE="Stahlrost, post: 3286405, member: 6927"]Last week I completed the Offa's Dyke path, which roughly follows the England - Wales border. On the hill Moel Famau (don't ask me how to pronounce it) there's a huge erection called the Jubilee Tower. Here are views of the erection, firstly on the climb, then on the summit and finally on the descent. How very interesting... View attachment 21714 View attachment 21715 View attachment 21716 [/QUOTE] Mo-el (the 'el' same as 'el' in the word 'elf.' ) Famau - Vamma. Jubilee Tower[edit] The tower, which was built to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of George III in 1810, was designed by Thomas Harrison of Chester and is a Grade II listed building.[3] It was designed like an Egyptian obelisk with three tiers. Although the foundation stone was laid in 1810 by George Kenyon, 2nd Baron Kenyon, lack of funds meant that the tower was never completed. On three sides it was to have had the following inscription: Georgia III Brittaniarum Regi, Pio Justo Patri Patrio Commitatus, Denbigh et Flint, Jubilantus Posuere, 25 Octobris, Anno Domino 1809. In 1862, a major storm brought down the incomplete tower. The remaining upper part of the structure was demolished for safety reasons leaving just the base. Most of the rubble was removed from the site; smaller stonework was reused by local farmers for dry stone walls.
