Where are my knickers?

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Where are my knickers?

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It's not what you think. It's a bike ride loosely following the Solent Way.
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Never seen knickers hanging from a fence but I have seen dead moles hanging from them but not for a while. Do farmers still employ mole catchers and if so, why? Beautiful creatures when seen up close, i'm always amazed at how burrowing animals keep their fur dirt free.
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Do farmers still employ mole catchers and if so, why?
Haven't seen this job title anywhere?
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There's a sheep pen / barn high up in the mountains. Still gets used for gathering and shearing a few times a year but otherwise it stands idle ... it makes a good rest stop out of the weather but I've always wondered what the story is behind the thong hung on one of the hurdles :shock:
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I've always wondered what the story is behind the thong hung on one of the hurdles
I'm sure you have a vivid enough imagination to create your own story. I have to say, I made up a story in my head about the dirty black knickers on the fence, but that is fiction. :lol:
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Was riding round Nercwys Forest (Clwyds) on Friday and saw about 8 moles hooked onto a barb-wire fence.

Shame but I guess a pest is a pest
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Perhaps in the same way that hanging dead moles on a fence wards off other moles, hanging used knickers on fences is supposed to ward off other loose women :shock:
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Ray Young wrote:Never seen knickers hanging from a fence but I have seen dead moles hanging from them but not for a while. Do farmers still employ mole catchers and if so, why? Beautiful creatures when seen up close, i'm always amazed at how burrowing animals keep their fur dirt free.
There's a fence in Whitfield on the way up to Alston I drive past once a fortnight, always has something like 20 moles hanging from it
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Ian wrote:Perhaps in the same way that hanging dead moles on a fence wards off other moles, hanging used knickers on fences is supposed to ward off other loose women :shock:
I don't think they hang them up to ward off other moles, more to show off their prowess as a mole catcher. Maybe hanging the knickers up is sort of the same, bit like carving notches on your bed post :wink: .
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hanging used knickers on fences is supposed to ward off other loose women :shock:
Hmm! Perhaps it's a sign there are loose men about? :o
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(was anyone else hoping to see more knickers ...?) :???:
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Australians have a lot to answer for* including saying "mole" when they mean to say "moll", which is only funny in the context of this thread

* I'm married to one** so consider myself an authority
** She's quite lovely
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I found a very strange tree when I was in Brazil, it's called the Brazilian Thong Tree (for you that expected to see more knickers, there is a picture). The story about that day is here - it involves a boat and many other things but there are no bicycles. http://wp.me/p3yZa1-y7
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Farawayvision you must be local to me, Ive ridden a long weston shore LOADS of times. Im in hedge end :-bd
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Farawayvisions you must be local to me, Ive ridden a long weston shore LOADS of times. Im in hedge end
BigFace, we are pretty close. I live next to Royal Victoria Country Park with mPolo.
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