Social distancing on an escalator

I've been documenting a number of aspects of the coronavirus pandemic here and on my social media. One of my areas of interest is the variety of warnings, instructions and directional signage there is around social distancing, so I loved seeing this photo Emily took of the social distancing measures in place on an escalator in M&S!

Kind of like chevrons on the motorway

Surely the 2 metre apart distance stickers should be on the moving walkway as well, rather than the static sides of the escalator? I wonder how many people are adhering to the rule and waiting for the person ahead of them to reach the first marker?

Check out my Instagram account and the various highlights for snaps of the social distancing, coronavirus and Covid-19 signs I've seen on my (limited) travels this year.

Social Distancing World Champion! I don't think anyone is winning this year

Social distancing floor signs at the Burlington pub in Chesterfield

A-Team Cleaning Services in Manchester

Spotting an 'A-Team van' in Stockport.

I always keep an eye out for fun and interesting stuff and managed to get a snap of this 'A-Team van' out on a mission somewhere in the Greater Manchester underground earlier today!

Check out the A-Team Cleaning Services Facebook Page for more information.

It's not the first A-Team van I've seen on my travels. Check out the Multi Kitchens Ltd van, The Waste Team and The Natural Tile Company in Belfast.

The Goodfather in Salford

We spotted another Godfather takeaway while out for a walk in Salford yesterday.

This one was missing a letter on its sign.

But had gained two letters to become Goodfather Pizza

The side sign still says Godfather

Check out the Godfather signs we've seen on our travels.

Colne in Bloom

We recently had a nice wander around Colne in Lancashire and saw a number of planters out for Colne in Bloom.

This one in particular caught our eye!

We liked this one at Colne railway station as it had a nice train theme.

The Titanic Bed commemorated the ship and the band master Wallace Hartley who was born in Colne.

Louis Tussauds House of Wax in Great Yarmouth

A look back at Louis Tussauds House of Wax in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

In all of my travels around the UK one of my biggest regrets is that I never visited Louis Tussauds House of Wax in Great Yarmouth.

The closest I ever got to going inside

It was the World's Worst Wax Museum!

Look at those star attractions. Bear in mind this photo was taken in June 2011

We've been to the Norfolk seaside resort a number of times over the years but either ran out of time to go in, or found it to be closed or out-of-season.

Sadly Louis Tussauds House of Wax permanently closed in 2012.

Did you ever visit? I'd love to know if it really was as bad as people say.

A postcard from Stockport

Dropping you a line from the Greater Manchester High Risk Coronavirus Protection Area Lockdown Zone.

What a 'Steals' in Chorley

A look at a Steals store in Chorley.

We had a nice walk around Chorley town centre yesterday evening and one of the interesting shops we spotted was Steals. It's got some superb signage.

What a shop front - that orange and black colour scheme has a really retro look to it

I hadn't heard of Steals before but looking online it's a bargain clothes shop with branches in Blackpool, Preston, Accrington, Poulton-le-Fylde and Chorley.

The Steals store in Chorley opened on the site of a former Littlewoods Clearance store last year.

What a sign

Check out the Steals Facebook Page for more information.

A funny old sign

NO TIPPING at the Stockport Pyramid.

While having a wander around the Stockport Pyramid I noticed a funny sign near the gates - it must've been up for years as it had the old Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council logo on it.

NO TIPPNG

The other NO TIPPING sign on the opposite side of the driveway was spelt correctly.

NO TIPPING

Both signs are likely to be almost 30 years old. That's a long time for a typo like that to be hidden in plain sight!

The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport was founded in 1974 and the Stockport Pyramid was completed in 1992 after five years work.

Sadly traces of the old Metropolitan Borough of Stockport logo are becoming few and far between. There was one on an old noticeboard on Adswood Road in Cheadle Hulme until it was destroyed in a road traffic accident last year!

  

Thanks to Natalie Ainscough for letting me know about this sign with the old logo on at Woodford Recreation Ground.

Topcuts

Spotted in London on my last trip down to the capital earlier this year.

I haven't got a Scooby Doo

We've seen quite a few things from Scooby Doo on our travels.

Scrappy Doo's in Prestatyn

The Mystery Machine in Skegness

The Mystery Machine in Stockport

Scrappy Doo is one of the dogs on this Muttley Crew sign in Stockport

The Simpsons art on an ice cream van

We spotted an interestingly decorated ice cream van in Cheadle on Friday.

It's always fun seeing The Simpsons in unexpected places

It's not the first time we've seen The Simpsons on an ice cream van - we saw this one in Leeds and another in Cheadle Heath.

This was on the High Street rather than Abbey Road

Related blog posts:
- The Simpsons

Vegas, baby, Vegas!

Mini Golf Toilets

A look at the ablutions obstacles we've seen on our Crazy Golf travels.

Putting into the porcelain at Caddyshackers in Leicester last June

We've seen and played a few toilet obstacles on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

A pirate lavvy on a pop-up course at the Centre:MK in Milton Keynes

The putting suite at Caddyshackers

A closer look at the hole

An outhouse on the Pirate's Landing Adventure Golf course at Trent Lock Golf Centre in Long Eaton

The dirtiest looking minigolf hole I've seen! It's at Ghetto Golf in Newcastle

 

Into the cubicle

I don't fancy fishing my ball out of that hole!

A pirate outhouse on the Adventure Golf course at Center Parcs Elveden Forest, Norfolk. Photo by Christopher Gottfried March 2020

Related blog posts:
- Toilets
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour

NO BALL GAMES - at a miniature golf course

While playing on the Putting Green at Knaresborough's Castle Yard in 2015 we noticed an interesting sign on the course!

NO BALL GAMES

We're looking forward to going back to Knaresborough, it's one of our favourite places.

Related blog posts:
- NO GOLF
- Knaresborough

Our plans for 2020

While our out-of-home putting has been paused by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown we've been putting at home.

Stay alert. Control the virus

I was alert on my government mandated outdoor exercise time today.

National Miniature Golf Day

A look at a pair of National Miniature Golf Day posters.

A few years ago I spotted these two posters for National Miniature Golf Day on Twitter and Facebook.

National Miniature golf Day
Annually the second Saturday in May celebrates National Minia… https://t.co/QcVnMUzMEQ pic.twitter.com/ZZBZjLgntJ

— Police Heart (@police1091heart) May 14, 2016

National Miniature Golf Day
Annually the second Saturday in May celebrates National Minia… https://t.co/EJEEVYidwa pic.twitter.com/F8mdpABz3a

— Ruzan Khambatta (@ruzankhambatta) May 14, 2016

The posters use one of my photos taken during the National Miniature Golf Day competition we played at the Pebble Beach Adventure Golf course in Skegness in May 2015.

National Miniature Golf Day at the Pebble Beach Adventure Golf course in Skegness

Saw something on my daily walk. Made a meme about it

Saw something on my once a day outdoor exercise walk. Made a meme about it.

What do you read it as?

A Dolly Parton Challenge minigolf meme

Here's a minigolf meme jumping on the Dolly Parton Challenge bandwagon.

The Kitchen A-Team

If you need a new kitchen, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire - THE QUOTATION TEAM!

We spotted this 'A-Team' van in Cheadle Heath yesterday

Aka Multi Kitchens Ltd.

The Waste Team in Leeds and The Natural Tile Company in Belfast have cool A-Team vans too.