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Who knows what it looked like at the start of that (by the Industrial Estate he went into). It may have had signs that made it look private/unsuitable. What you can see on google maps/streetview might not be what it looks like now. It may be a lot more built up now.
It would have been a bit of a gamble, especially making a decision like that quickly and when tired.
At the end of one 300km day I very briefly contemplated carrying my bike across electrified train tracks before common sense took hold and backtracked and found the path I should have taken.
(All to get to the Travelodge at the M18/M180 services near Thorne. Ended up trying to get to it from Kirton Lane via Hugh Hill Lane which is nothing but a muddy track. The correct approach for bicycles is Crook Tree Lane, over the bridge over the M18 to Old Thorne Road but then turn right at the top of the bridge and across the field to the access/slip road. It's a myth that motorway services must have a non-motorway access road although many do, they just have to have two independent roads and these services are served by the M18 and the M180.
Fascinating.)