Bridges

[Mick F]

No30 needs a 40mile round trip from home. Easy done.

Done it, but failed.

Ride out there, to get at the bridge from the Northeast. Locked gate.
Turned round and tried from the Northwest. Private.
Already tried it from the south. Farm gate.

I think I'll be ringing the number on the private sign and speaking to them nicely, but it could be that the people at Ellacott Barton have no access to the bridge as they are a good half a mile from it. No harm in asking eh?

I reckon that it's the farm who have access. Maybe the A30 dual carriageway was built and it bisected the farmland, so they put a bridge there so the farmer could access his land.

Fall-back option, is to ride down the A30 and stop at the bridge and hike me and the bike up the bank to get on the bridge.
Where there's a will, there's a way!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.69166 ... 312!8i6656
Looks to me that the farm has access. The lorry is heading south towards the farm.

[Mick F]

Eversfield Organics
https://www.eversfieldorganic.co.uk
That's the name on the lorry, and they are the people at Ellacott Barton.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.69841 ... 667483,15z

I'm going to drop them a nice friendly email.

[ChrisF]

Looks to me that the farm has access. The lorry is heading south towards the farm.

That lorry isn't heading anywhere. It was parked on that bridge for years. In fact I think it's still there (or a similar one is). It's just an advert and I always wonder how it's allowed.

[PJ520]

I crossed this bridge on Route 66. Had to lug my paniers and bike over the barriers at both ends but it saved 20 miles of freeway shoulder.

Note the skidmarks. Looks like someone had a close call.

[Mick F]

Looks to me that the farm has access. The lorry is heading south towards the farm.

That lorry isn't heading anywhere. It was parked on that bridge for years. In fact I think it's still there (or a similar one is). It's just an advert and I always wonder how it's allowed.

I must check this fact out, but it is a private road.
I've driven under that bridge in the past, and I can't remember seeing it.

Looking on Google Satellite View, it's there!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.69179 ... a=!3m1!1e3

[Mick F]

Just come back from Bodmin.
I drove there with Moulton in the back and parked in the long stay carpark, then set off to get Bridges 41 to 52.
All done successfully with 39miles of cycling.

My brain is still worrying about Bridge 6 and Bridge 30.
Where there's a will, there's a way.

[PJ520]

In the US there is a web site for the MickFs of the country, Bridgehunter.com. Is there a similar one in the UK?

[Mick F]

.............. Is there a similar one in the UK?

I doubt it very much indeed.
I don't think there's an iconic route across the country like there is in USA, but I'm doing my best.

LEJOG and JOGLE are iconic, but the route(s) are variable, and much less of a distance.

[PJ520]

Actually Mick this website is for bridges anywhere in the country not just on 66. Bridge spotting must be like train spotting to some and they are interesting from an engineering POV.

[Mick F]

Out early (by car) to Temple on Bodmin Moor and collected bridges 37, 38, 39 and 40.

37 was a bit of a problem.
It's a private farm track to connect up the minor road to the field on the opposite side of the A30 dual carriageway.
There were a few cows on the bridge, that wandered off as I approached. The gates weren't locked, just sliding bolts.

No-one around except me and the cows, so I opened one of the gates, wheeled Mercian in and bolted the gate behind me, then rode over the bridge and back again!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.53805 ... 312!8i6656

The rest were easy though the hills near Blisland/Waterloo were a bit steep.

[Mick F]

PS:
This is the full and accurate list. I doubt I'm wrong about the numbers, but you never know!
Sorry, but my tabulations on my list won't show on here, and I'm not going to re-do it.

1 Footbridge M5 J31 Done
2 A379 Alphington/A38 Done
3 Minor Road Shillingford Done
4 Footbridge St Thomas/Ide Done
5 Rough Lane Cutteridge Lane Done
6 Footpath West of Pathfinder ....................... Not Done Yet
7 Minor Road Pathfinder Done
8 Minor Road Pathfinder Done
9 Old A30 Cheriton Bishop Done
10 Minor Road Cheriton Bishop Done
11 Minor Road Cheriton Bishop Done
12 Minor Road Honeyford Done
13 Minor Road Bowden Done
14 Old A30 Winscombe Done
15 A382 Whiddon Down Done
16 A3124 Brandis Cross Done
17 Minor Road South Zeal Done
18 Minor Road South Zeal Done
19 Minor Road South Zeal Done
20 Minor Road Sticklepath Done
21 Minor Road Coombe Head Done
22 Old A30 East Okehampton Done
23 Footpath Station Area Done
24 Okehampton Station Area Done
25 Meldon Betty Cottles Done
26 A30 Slip Road Sourton Done
27 Farm Sourton Done
28 Minor Road Forder Done
29 Minor Road Bidlake Done
30 Private? Bratton Clovelly ....................... Not Done Yet
31 Road Dingles Done
32 Minor Road Launceston Done
33 A388 Launceston Done
34 Road Launceston Done
35 Footbridge Launceston Done
36 A395 Kennards House Done
37 Temple Temple East Done
38 Temple Temple West Done
39 Minor Road Higher Clovannick Done
40 Minor Road Higher Carblake Done
41 A389 Bodmin Done
42 Solar Farm Bodmin Done
43 A38 Bodmin Done
44 SS Foot Bridge Bodmin Done
45 B3268 Bodmin Done
46 Minor Road Tregullon Done
47 A389 Lanivet Done
48 B3274 Victoria Interchange Done
49 B3274 Lane End Done
50 Minor Road Goss Moor Done
51 Owl Sanctury Goss Moor Done
52 Bridle Way Toldish Done
53 Foot Bridge Fraddon
54 B3275 Kingsley Village
55 Minor Road St Enoder
56 A3058 Summercourt
57 A3076 Mitchell
58 Farm Zelah
59 Minor Road Blackwater
60 Minor Road Scorrier
61 A393 Scorrier
62 Minor Road Radnor

63 A3074 Redruth

64 Minor Road Tolgus Mount
65 Minor Road Broad Lane
66 Minor Road Camborne
67 A3047 Camborne
68 Minor Road Connor Downs
69 Foot Bridge Connor Downs
70 Minor Road Connor Downs
71 Private? Pulsack Manor
72 Minor Road Anrarrack
73 Minor Road Hayle
74 Minor Road Hayle
75 B3302 Hayle
76 Foot Bridge Chenhalls
77 Foot Bridge Ponoiu Lane Longrock

[andrew_s]

No30 needs a 40mile round trip from home. Easy done.

Done it, but failed.

Ride out there, to get at the bridge from the Northeast. Locked gate.
Turned round and tried from the Northwest. Private.
Already tried it from the south.

There is the other track on the south side, starting next to Way Barton Fm

[Mick F]

No30 needs a 40mile round trip from home. Easy done.

Done it, but failed.
Ride out there, to get at the bridge from the Northeast. Locked gate.
Turned round and tried from the Northwest. Private.
Already tried it from the south.

There is the other track on the south side, starting next to Way Barton Fm

I wonder if that's any better?
I'm planning on telephoning Eversfield Organics though not got round to it yet. I was going to try an email, but I could come across as someone who wants to get there abandoned lorry off the bridge, or a frustrated off-roader who want access.

As for the other route via Way Barton, I'll do some research but it doesn't look good.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bra ... -4.1769903

[Mick F]

Off out early tomorrow morning to get 59 to 77.
Driving down to Camborne and parking up. I've split the ride into two sections, first down to Penzance and back, then up to Blackwater and back. 30miles first and 20mile second. Getting back to the car between rides maybe have a sit down and a snack.

[Mick F]

Done them! 59 to 79.
One bridge is actually a double bridge, a sort of roundabout above the A30, so that counted as two. I went right round to do them both.

Later, to the east of Hayle, there's a foot bridge I didn't know about over the A30 to get to some retail outlets. Steps both sides, so I carried Moulton up rode across and back again, then carried the bike back down. So that was another bridge to count.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.19567 ... bfov%3D100

Total is now 79, and I've done 71 of them so far.

Yet to do the six bridges 53 to 58. I'll drive down to Truro and park up, and Mrs Mick F can do some retail therapy whilst I ride them.
Still have the troublesome 30 and the difficult 6 of course, but they can wait for the time being.