Bicycle Tag of bike

The sign comes up with the right search terms. Only then did I appreciate the sneaky street name smuggling though!

The sign comes up with the right search terms.

I can't find anything under "Volkswagen", though.

Only then did I appreciate the sneaky street name

You could say.

Old

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Well if I'm gonna go south of the river might as well do it properly

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Walworth Garden being on Manor Place, ofc. Nice spot for a visit (now open again at weekends). Did a beekeeping course there a few years back.

^^ Well, it's not the place in Colombia that image search brings up but still, 40 mile round trip. Not today.

Are you well, Will?

I'm rhowe k

That dog is in a high place, not a low place.

Ewell's a retag, I'm afraid. Originally done here by @tomoh, although the pictures have disappeared ...

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/9435593/

... and taken by @privatepatterson:

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/9436343/

Old tag's still open.

Lol.

Old, a lovely resource this, I’ll be sure to visit when it’s open. So glad to learn of it.

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New
Friends, Romans, countrymen ...

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Dog Gate, situated in Ewell Village Conservation Village, was built by Thomas Hercey Barritt towards the end of the eighteenth century to improve the entrance to the original Bourne Hall which was built in 1770.

Hah, I did wonder. Oh well, had a fun day struggling with Surrey hills

One for the history buffs on the thread.

When I saw the photograph of the dog gate, I assumed this location was somewhere in Hounslow, because the civic arms of the London Borough of Hounslow have, just like this gate, two gryphons for supporters and a Talbot dog on the crest. Hence my cryptic response, because I understood that the choice of a hound in the crest was a dad joke. Now, both things having the gryphon supporters isn't a suprise, because they're both in Middlesex (and said county has gryphon supporters in its coat of arms). But the Talbot appearing as a crest in two places so close but historically separate (c. 160 years apart) is intriguing. Did the people incorporating the new London Borough just copy the idea for a dad joke, does the Talbot hound have a wider local meaning, or is there some other explanation?

London Borough of Hounslow arms:

I was playing Bicycle Tag back when Tomoh first tagged this gate, but I clearly wasn't paying as much attention as Oliver.

Ha, well, I don't remember them all, either, just happened to remember this one.

If there's a hunting hound in the arms, perhaps there just used to be a local hunt?

Good description of the dog gate here: http://www.epsomewellhistory.org.uk/the-history-of-bourne-hall-ii/4585861709

Trivia fact: I used to work for the web host of that site. Still serving via 250kcloc of perl, it seems

The history of site is quite interesting.

Good description of the dog gate here: http://www.epsomewellhistory.org.uk/the-­history-of-bourne-hall-ii/4585861709

Some fresh details there, although the story of the cow horn tail substitute is contested elsewhere and retrofitted "explanations" of history is what I'm trying to evade.

Yeah the tail thing seemed a bit of a tall story

Clue 2: After Ramsgate, before Dordrecht, a teaching assistant lived and worked here on the princely salary of £15 per year.

Good clue!
I didn't think you'd be taking the long way home.

40 mile round trip for me, might be able to do it one starry night.