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31st Aug 2019  10:10  by Earby Rambler

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Visited with P61 and Brunshaw.

31st Aug 2019  10:10  by painterman61

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Easy find after jonglews uncovering in vgc

site ©painterman61
block ©painterman61
bolt ©painterman61

19th Jul 2019  13:41  by jonglew

Gridref: SE 75865 11811   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Tricky one to locate, found that with the signal and electric pole aligned precisely I was about 1m out, got there in the end. Left it exposed.

Surface Block TP0162©jonglew
Surface Block TP0162©jonglew

19th Jan 2018  12:25  by eon

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(430) Another buried block that I failed to locate. Roadside rivet gone, and the road looks to have been resurfaced, so no hole either. Time to invest in a metal detector, I think... REVISIT 14.8.18 Back in the area, so gave this one another try. Found in about 5 minutes. Not too much soil covering it, but still a decent amount. The takeaway carton was buried along with the block! Large bolt.

Godnow Bridge - general location ©eon
Revisit 14.8.18 - If at first you don't succeed... ©eon
Revisit 14.8.18 - Bolt detail. ©eon

26th Jan 2015  12:20  by trig-man

Gridref: SE 75863 11808   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

3rd attempt. Found it in less than one minute. Takeaway carton still on top of it, left it to assist the next bagger.

7th Dec 2014  12:52  by peregrinus

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Good directions CJO. Found block immediately, bolt took some digging. 1.5" bolt? Seems unusual size. Was a takeaway carton on top which I left there partially buried, may blow away though. ..

26th Oct 2013  23:07  by peregrinus

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OS sketch

C1SE7511 Godnow OS sketch
C1SE7511 Godnow OS photo

22nd Sep 2012  14:00  by CJO

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Found almost immediatly. The key is to line up the train signal with the wooden electrical pole, not the big metal pylon. The divit still exists in the road from were the previous pipe nail used to be. 1.1m from road edge and 22.8m from no footway sign.

Godnow Bridge surface block and divot in road

20th Dec 2011  14:15  by johnfwoolley

Gridref: SE 75862 11804   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

very hard to find

1st Nov 2011  09:23  by asbown

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alot of messing about but found it in the end.

26th Aug 2010  18:55  by Trigbagger

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We had to find it without the help of the roadside nail, as there isnt a roadside nail anymore, no yellow paint on the road either. It took us a good half an hour poking around in the grass verge before we found it, Graeme with his screwdriver and me with the long metal spike on the end of my umbrella ( a la Nicholas Crane, lol). Trigbagger Junior was a lot of help (not) and stayed in the car until we had found it. For a quiet country lane there was a hell of a lot of passing traffic, god knows what they all thought we were doing. Anyway, this was my first surface block. Would it be cheating if I bought a metal detector before bagging any more? Lol. After locating it we had a look for the roadside rivet and there is a hole there where it used to be, it was packed with grit and dirt though. We dug it out to aid anyone who visits soon, however it will probably fill up again before too long. This is probably the closest surface block to home, only 6/7 miles away. Dont know why we havent bagged it before now.

Godnow Bridge surface block ©Trigbagger
Godnow Bridge surface block ©Trigbagger
Godnow Bridge surface block Line up the railway signal with the electricity pylon and you will be looking around the right area.©Trigbagger
Roadside Rivet The hole where the roadside rivet used to be.©Trigbagger

26th Aug 2010  18:55  by graeme1527

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First surface block!!This was quite hard to find as the last time it was found was two years ago and now there is a lot of vegetation. We started with the gps but to no avail. So now we had to switch tactics and luckily I had one of my Snap-on screwdrivers in the car to use as a prodder as I was prodding around the verge it brought back memories of prodding around for landmines whilst serving in the army and after 30 mins i struck something hard "BINGO" Happy days!!!

29th Sep 2007  11:20  by ted

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Typical of its kind. Wouldn't have found it without the roadside nail.

Godnow Bridge site
Godnow Bridge detail

20th Mar 2007  13:53  by Brisey

Gridref: SE 75867 11809   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

No sign of a stripe of paint on the road, but the rivet (now damaged) helped me find the block. Some yellow paint was seen on the block, around the bolt.

TP0162 Showing alignment with railway signal and pylon.
TP0162 The surface block.
TP0162 - damaged marker rivet.

21st Jan 2005  12:00  by iainmac

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A rivet and yellow stripe at roadside make it easy to find.

The rivet at the roadside