{"id":46926,"date":"2020-12-06T18:36:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T18:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?p=46926"},"modified":"2020-12-06T18:44:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T18:44:31","slug":"millennium-mileposts-in-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2020\/12\/millennium-mileposts-in-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennium Mileposts around Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Picture shows Pat working on the milepost at Mickleover Station &#8211; courtesy of Les Sims)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll have seen a number of the Millennium Mileposts located on the National Cycle Network around Derby and may have been astounded by the detail of the paint jobs on some of the posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The painting was the handiwork of Pat Wilson who sadly passed away recently. Pat lived in the Stoke area and made regular trips around the country to work on the mileposts, often sleeping overnight in her car so she could complete the job the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may know of other mileposts painted by Pat but some outstanding examples are at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Darley Fields<\/li><li>Alvaston Park<\/li><li>Ashbourne<\/li><li>Mickleover Station<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashbourne-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"46931\" data-link=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?attachment_id=46931\" class=\"wp-image-46931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashbourne-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashbourne-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashbourne-1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashbourne-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashbourne-1-1024x1820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashbourne-1-608x1080.jpg 608w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashbourne-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ashbourne<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Darley_Fields-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"46932\" data-link=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?attachment_id=46932\" class=\"wp-image-46932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Darley_Fields-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Darley_Fields-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Darley_Fields-1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Darley_Fields-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Darley_Fields-1-1024x1820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Darley_Fields-1-608x1080.jpg 608w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Darley_Fields-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Darley Fields<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Alvaston-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"46933\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Alvaston-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/?attachment_id=46933\" class=\"wp-image-46933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Alvaston-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Alvaston-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Alvaston-1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Alvaston-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Alvaston-1-1024x1820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Alvaston-1-608x1080.jpg 608w, https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Alvaston-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Alvaston Park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Ashbourne, Darley Fields and Alvaston Park)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mileposts are part of a nationwide network and contain a lot of information including a puzzle that requires the solver to find all the different kinds of mileposts. Some further information can be found <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/millenniumtimetrail.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Derby Cycling Group  member and local Sustrans Ranger, Clyde Hinton has a good knowledge of the mileposts for those who wish to explore further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Picture shows Pat working on the milepost at Mickleover Station &#8211; courtesy of Les Sims) You\u2019ll have seen a number of the Millennium Mileposts located on the National Cycle Network around Derby and may have been astounded by the detail of the paint jobs on some of the posts. The painting was the handiwork of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/2020\/12\/millennium-mileposts-in-derby\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Millennium Mileposts around Derby<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":46927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46926"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46939,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46926\/revisions\/46939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbycyclinggroup.org.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}