T hese pictures were meant to go on the site 2 years ago (almost to the day).  Then we had that problem with the back-boiler.  And the car failed the MOT, and then the cat needed worming, and they just sort of slipped down the back of the sofa - until today that is, when I retrieved them, all covered in cat hairs and with a half-chewed fruit gum stuck to the back.

These antiquities are from the collection of John Penny - member #0307 - yes; that John Penny.  The author of a four-book trilogy comprising the two books: "Telegraph Poles I have known and loved" and "Great Poles I have climbed". The latter, featuring the tale of the infamous DP3 in Wine Street, Yeovil.  Now sadly a shadow of its former self having had a goodly portion lopped off the top.

John has spent an entire working life swinging around the tops of DPs in his native Dorset. And now spends his days gazing out at the Peugeot estate car on his drive.

A facsimile of the one on the right now adorns our letter box.