50 - Main Road, Onchan, Isle of Man - Peter Kennaugh

Peter Kennaugh, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Steve Burke beat Australia in the final of the Team Pursuit with a new World record of 3:51.659.  This was our 7th Gold of London 2012.

We left home at 10.30pm and caught the 02.15am ferry to Douglas.  We found a helpful taxi driver who took our pictures, he knew where the postbox was and more importantly, knew the location of a little cafe where we had our breakfast.  Then it was back on the 8.30am ferry to pick up some more postboxes on our way home.

XLIX

We've now travelled 3708 miles to visit 49 postboxes... an average of 75 miles per box !!

49 - Barkers Pool, Sheffield - Jessica Ennis

Jessica Ennis lived up to her billing as Britain's golden girl with a commanding victory in the Heptathlon.  This was Great Britain's 11th Gold of London 2012.

We got the Sheffield to find road closures, confusing signage and unhelpful marshals.  We still don't know what was going on but there were crowds and fairground rides and lots of market stalls - like a Christmas market in October.  We had to walk a bit but we were heading for the Town Hall and couldn't really miss it !



48 - New Road Side, Horsforth - Alistair Brownlee

Alistair Brownlee became Britain's first Olympic champion in Triathlon with a brilliant performance in front of a huge crowd in Hyde Park while his brother Jonny won a Bronze medal.  This was Great Britain's 19th Gold of London 2012.

A small place just outside of Leeds.  Easy to spot and easy to park... simple.



47 - Cookridge Street, Leeds - Nicola Adams

Nicola Adams sealed her golden moment with an Ali shuffle as she overwhelmed China's double world champion Ren Cancan 16-7 to be crowned the first ever Olympic women's Boxing champion at the ExCel.  This was Great Britain's 24th Gold of London 2012.

Pretty easy to find and we got lucky with a crafty parking space only a few feet from the postbox.

46 - Railway Street, Huddersfield - Ed Clancy

Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steve Burke and Peter Kennaugh beat Australia in the final of the Team Pursuit with a new World record of 3:51.659.  This was our 7th Gold of London 2012.

Just another rainy Sunday hunting for postboxes.  Not much to say here other than we found it and got our pictures.  Onward !

45 - Deansgate, Bolton - Jason Kenny

Kenny's previous two Olympic Golds came in the Team Sprint alongside Chris Hoy, but now the 24-year-old is an individual champion after a sensational 2-0 final victory over three-time world champion Gregory Bauge of France.  This was Great Britain's 18th Gold of London 2012.

This was our second Jason Kenny postbox of the day.  It was on the main street outside a large civic building and we parked around just the corner.  We were thankful that we knocked off these northern cities on one Sunday and managed to get through them all without any real hassle.

44 - Churchgate, Bolton - Jason Kenny

Chris Hoy, Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny won the three-lap Team Sprint in a world record of 42.60 seconds.  This was Great Britain's 5th Gold of London 2012.

A little shopping area down a small side street.  It's Sunday so we parked right next to it so we could balance the camera on the car roof.



43 - Lloyd Street, Manchester - Phil Hindes

Chris Hoy, Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny won the three-lap Team Sprint in a world record of 42.60 seconds.  This was Great Britain's 5th Gold of London 2012.

Our first stop of the day, nice and early on a Sunday morning.  In and out like ninjas !

Life, the Universe and Everything

The answer is 42 !!  Another 283 miles so that's a grand total of 3392 miles for 42 postboxes.  Just under 81 miles per box.  We have only 13 more to do !!  We'll make a final trip at the end of the month and finish off in Bedworth soon afterwards.  Look forward to sharing it with you.

42 - Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames - Henley Rowers

Another extra postbox !!  This time for all the Henley rowers who have gone on to have such great success in the Olympics.  Basically, it's a vanity excercise for the town.  Henley looks really nice but it must be a right pain during the 5 days of the Henley Regatta.  There was a Triathlon underway when we arrived and they had closed some roads so although the box was really easy to get to, we had to take the long way round to leave.

 

41 - Ewell Road, Cheam - Joanna Rowsell

Joanna Rowsell, Dani King and Laura Trott won the Women's Team Pursuit with a blistering sixth consecutive world record time of 3:14.05 to take Great Britain's 14th Gold of London 2012.

Alas !  No Railway Cuttings and no East Cheam !  What do you mean, you don't get it?  We really like Cheam.  It's quite a pretty little place (for London) although all of West London has been a pleasant experience.  So now we make the 35 mile hop to Henley before heading home again...