Alexei Sayle's Cyclogeography - Milton Keynes: Part I

[@juliacox3119]

There are over 200 miles of redway, 20m trees, lots of lakes, a major canal and historic monuments in MK. Even a 20c aqueduct to see on the journey. Unfortunately he managed to miss all of this. Biggest surprise for those outside is that we love it!

[@helenswan705]

yeah how did he miss this? Could easily have been included in the general narrative

[@hen.1004]

You went the wrong direction when you left the train station, once you headed towards the shopping centre you were destined to doom and gloom. The housing estates you visited were Conniburrow and Downsbarn. Both are part of the early development stage and have been neglected by the council. If you had either gone straight through the town centre or turned up hill where you decided to turn down hill, you would have arrived at Campbell park, a wonderful open parkland and a perfect viewing place to see how green Milton Keynes really is.

[@ThisIsNotaUniversity]

I remember those 80s adverts: "Wouldn't it be nice if all cities were like Milton Keynes?" No.

[@DenkyManner]

Wouldn't it be nice if Milton Keynes wasn't like Milton Keynes?

[@gazriley624]

it's a city?! when i think of cities New York, Tokyo and London spring to mind NOT MK

[@alecmiddleton1842]

Through a camera, the whole town looks like a computer game. Alexei should have Health and Armour status in the bottom corners.

[@DenkyManner]

Milton Keynes is infinite in all directions, procedurally generated.

[@stringcus]

Reminds of original Doom with the head at the bottom that looks left and right, and gradually gets bloodier as damage is taken. Perhaps he needs to fall off a few times.

[@alecmiddleton1842]

@@stringcus Next time I'll study the background. If the locals have AI, they'll be armed and walking on the spot, oblivious to the tree in front of them.

[@kenlieck7756]

@@stringcus Are you kidding? He barely survived dropping the glasses...

[@ScowlerJase]

Do Chernobyl next, it’ll be more lively!!! Lol.

[@stanleydobson382]

Having watched, the only thing I know about Milton Keynes is that it appears to be able to boast as having Europe's largest car park. Ah well, still enjoy Mr Sayle's chat. Nice bloke.

[@androo4519]

Just remember that however bad the cycle lane system is in Milton Keynes or anywhere else, it is so much better than it is in Bradford that Bradford cyclists (the ones who survive) are weeping with frustration and jealousy watching this. I'm really enjoying these videos.

[@marks-0-0]

The cycle network is amazing, its on a par with Dutch cities but we lack peoples awareness of "cycling for transport" not leisure.

[@crapimk1552]

MK, the only town in the UK with designed and built in bike infrastructure, and the infra is still 💩

[@zivkovicable]

@@marks-0-0 It's no where near up to Dutch standards. For a start it is set up for leisure rather than efficient transport. Dutch bike lanes take the most direct routes, & have priority at junctions. The MK red routes meander about, & never seem to go where people want to go. Unsurprisingly Cycling rates in MK are below even the UK national average. Alexei passed one solitary kid on a bike on the whole of his journey. That's par for the course. It's nothing to do with awareness.

[@garyrigby21]

My sister lived in Milton Keynes in the 80s I'd visit but only to get the train to London! I didn't like Milton Keynes thought it was one of the most boring places I'd ever been so I was always in London

[@pbrainey]

I swear I saw Alexei eating a meal with Steve Wright In The Afternoon in The Point in Milton Keynes during the late eighties but always denied the evidence of my eyes. Now I know that it probably happened. I think 80% of Alexei’s directional choices were wrong but thanks for visiting.

[@funksoulbrother3620]

" is that a cat ahead?" well that about sums up the intense levels of excitement that can be experienced in MK

[@helenswan705]

hey. You haven't met the cats.

[@adamclark6756]

It is so easy to make fun of Milton Keynes, usually by people who have never been. I lived there for a few years in the early 80's when it was just getting going and it was a good place to be for a young family. We lived a 15 minute walk from the city centre, next to the Grand Union canal, overlooking fields. The grid system makes it a very easy place to get around too. It has its problems of course, where doesn't! This hasn't done it justice really, i hope for better in part 2.

[@simongrundy5541]

Best bike vlog yet and despite living a stones throw from Morton Pinkney it just reiterates why I avoid MK like the plague. Can’t wait for part 2 though.

[@andymac813903]

Some pretty forward looking town planning went on in developing Milton Keynes, let down in more recent years with a relaxation of requirements. As new town projects went it was pretty successful. It's got a fantastic Art Gallery, great Theatre (assuming it survives covid) and a beautiful public space in Campbell Park and a number of listed modern architectural gems. A pity so many people (over 50 years since it was founded) still get snobby about the place.

[@hamdinger7145]

He is back

[@johndaarteest]

"Till we have built Jerusalem, and made it look like Milton Keynes". Spitting Image 1987.

[@helenswan705]

funny, but unfair!

[@4-dman464]

Milton Keynes looks like a road sign in search of a place.

[@kenlieck7756]

What a concept. Pumping those pedals in the outdoors allows for stories to be told with all the energy of the old prospector trying to give instructions where to find the gold with his last dying breath.

[@raysmith6237]

Having seen this, I hope I never ever have to go to Milton Keynes for any reason.

[@DenkyManner]

Might help with research if you want to write a horror story story.

[@BoomClap3671]

@@Berry-fr5wj nah still there

[@BoomClap3671]

@@Berry-fr5wj can you tell me more about the plantation thing pls ?

[@BoomClap3671]

@@Berry-fr5wj ohhh ahahhaha I was very confused but I did find it amusing so no worries ! 😂😂

[@richardsmith4992]

...Milton Keynes - where Tour De France champions face their most gruelling stage yet, through the 10 mile long car park, past several 1980's ex-tech company offices (to let), crossing fucking roads and finishing with a sprint to the care home. Allez Allez! Allez!

[@philmus1]

The town planner of Milton Keynes was a Druid. At the town's centre is a Yew tree (now in the middle of a shopping centre) and the town's main boulevard, which follows a lay line, ends with a pyramid. It's all very new age

[@FU2Max]

The legend that is Alexei Sayle. You're looking great btw. Thanks for visiting my home town.

[@spookypeg666]

I ❤️ living in MK, the "Redways" are a great way to get around. It's a beautiful place, filled with parks, rivers, lakes and has a huge diversity of wildlife and culture including an art gallery, Bletchley Park, museum.

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

Have the Living Dead of MK zombiefied you too, then?

[@johanfaxer2809]

One of the most annoying things must be those uphill / downhill parts at almost every underpass, bridge or junction for the cyclists, while the cars have perfectly flat roads. Bike lanes designed by people who don't ride bikes.

[@marks-0-0]

Not as annoying as dicing with death on a bicycle along the roads in most other cities. You can travel door to door anywhere in MK by bicycle on redways in safety away from cars surrounded by trees and lawns... that sounds pretty good to me.

[@johanfaxer2809]

Yes, of course, if the alternative is sharing a 50mph road with cars, then even a poorly designed cycle path is better. The speed limits must be lower, and the roads designed differently, to make a solution without segregated networks safe for cyclists.

[@markofsaltburn]

I designed them that way to toughen up cyclists so that we’re ready to take over when civilisation collapses.

[@paulyflyer8154]

That was exactly how I imagined Milton Keynes to be 🤣. Crossed it off my list of places to visit so thanks for that!

[@alextw1488]

This reminds me of getting off the train from London at Crewe to cycle on to Liverpool and trying to negotiate Runcorn New Town. I followed my little satnav along weird paths and at one point emerged onto the third story of a multi-storey carpark. By the time I reached Runcorn Bridge to find it was closed I'll admit there was a sad lump in in my throat.

[@nblanch2]

It's like Skelmersdale but with more things (a big railway station, hotel, a better shopping centre, M&S Foodhall!) going on. I think you'll find that all pedestrian subways are like that, or with steeper hills (some are more steeper in Skem). Thanks for posting Alexei. Looking forward to Part 2.

[@zahidainlondonvlogs]

Great sharing 💝💕🇬🇧🇬🇧💝

[@philjones45]

Christ! Even more depressing than i imagined.

[@Jayenkai]

Since watching this video, KZbin is now convinced that I'm somehow obsessed with Milton Keynes, and is recommending MK videos on a daily basis..

[@helenswan705]

Watch them all, you never know what you may find!! Do not abandon MK! But yeah YT - I deleted all cookies recently and then all YT fed me was crap pop, really they did actually have some clue what I liked before. I hate to admit

[@CoffeeWithNeil]

Hey Alexei! It was rum luck that you ended up riding the probably the longest drag in town. But there are some really great rides here that are as flatish as a flatish thing. I'm enjoying your rides.

[@helenswan705]

as flatish as a flat thing on flat pills.

[@Daijyobanai]

To be fair, I've heard so many jokes about MK and how crap it is, but have never been there. And now having watched this I see it's crap and need never go there. So a service has been provided, thanks Alexei!

[@marks-0-0]

MK doesn't need people like you to visit anyway, so we all win.

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

Blimey. There's three more episodes of this? Milton Keynes is a soul-less, depressing place. A large car park with newly planted trees, it is no place for humans to live. It was noticeable that Alexei passed a lot of cars, but very, very few people.

[@sarahs1405]

We drove through the place recently The number of roundabouts is insane Probably a town best seen through your rear view mirror

[@helenswan705]

but it would be worse WITHOUT the roundabouts! same with Washington New Town in Co Durham

[@regplasma7906]

Alexei Please make the other 3 somewhere else.MK looks so depressing, I'm now off for a few Jagermeisters to cheer me up a bit ( as we don't have a gas oven).Reg x

[@jamesneedham6265]

Architect: 'We have specified concrete paving because its long lasting and requires a low level of maintenance' What council hears: Concrete paving is everlasting, never needing to be replaced or maintained at all.

[@lauda1902]

The first residential place you went to is yes a fairly "working class" area most of those surrounding the centre are cheaper housing area, and a lot were built for the original workers who were building the town.

[@Nicka2003]

I live 10 mins outside MK in a little village. Would have loved to have joined you for a few kms.

[@marks-0-0]

You mean show him how nice MK really is instead of this lazy embarrassing effort.

[@benleighton5585]

Bit disappointed you didn't bother to figure out what might be good about the 'redways' (not red routes, that was a scheme to try keep clear major road routes in London during the 90s). I could have taken you to some great places on the redways, and I haven't lived there since '90. I mean, yeah the bits you've ridden here are grim. But you have no context. Wolverton, say, you said was a village. It had railway works until about '88, a sizeable working class victorian town, second only to Doncaster, where all the carriageworks were done for BR and the private railways from London to Liverpool before that. It also boasted a pretty large paperworks called McCorquerdales. I grew up seeing all the men streaming out at 4.30 on bikes and on foot like something out of Lowry. There's a great Musuem just outside Wolverton that has tons of interesting things including a seagoing tug boat that was built in MK, as far from the sea as you can get, some ancient farm machinery and loads of telephone exchange equipment from Bletchley Park. In the time it took you to get lost in Downs Barn, you could have found the first buddhist Stoupa built in the western hemishphere at Willen, with it's monastic temple attached, or the place where a revolutionary kind of plough was discovered bricked up in an old barn by a disgruntled inventor. You might have found the Tree Catherdral near that, or the shining example of Hook's 17th century architecture, boasting exquisite marble work and a font by Grinling Gibbons, in a tiny church there.You could have found some great modernist architecture at Linford, and seen ancient woodland on the way (Linford Woods which you said you didn't want to see). The Open University, which is definitely part of the democratic utopian ideals of the original plan for the city, would be too far for a cyclist of your determination. You might have had pointed out that there are NO BILLBOARDS anywhere, because they decided to just not have them thanks very much. If you'd bothered to get someone who knows this stuff to ride with you. I would have probably led you to my old town Stony Stratford, which is in the Domesday book, an ancient inn town, whcer the little princes stayed before being murdered in the Tower of london, the inns that give rise to the phrase 'Cock & Bull Story' and 'Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross'. We would have got there along some parts of the Linear Park, a belt of green around the city that ensures plants not buildings will endure along the circumference of the city, that is entirely rideable. I would have taken you to see some decent public art, some formerly liberal state schools that had no uniforms or titles to separate teachers and students, the balancing lakes that allowed the city to built on the formerly flood-prone areas (very Dutch). The skate spots that made MK one of the best skateboarding hotspots in the country. The places where the counter culture was happening back when i lived there. But you didn't bother bringing a map, or any actual awareness of what you're blathering on about. And you never asked anyone who knows about it to fill you in. Parklife!

[@helenswan705]

What a great write up. my partner of long ago lived in Stony Stratford, a surprisingly pretty little place, and loved the redways. Although we both agreed MK was a bit of a dump. You cannot create culture and a town in a few decades. it takes a few decades more. Its a weird thing to build a town all at once. In t'old days, of course that never happened! it s a bit like genetic engineering. Bypassing the usual timeworn channels. Anyway it's great to hear your story and your reading of the situation, thank you very much for taking the time.

[@daveadriffield7296]

My only memories of Milton Keynes are of travelling up from London to see Bowie at the bowl on his Let's dance tour. We nearly got crushed to death at the station on the way back. It's a soulless place. I think there were some stone cows north of there.

[@liminal-m3g]

I think I enjoyed this bike ride more than Alexei did. Loving the bike blogs Alexei and Talal, please keep doing them.

[@alicejwho]

I chuckled wryly, all the way through this. Brilliant Alexei! As opposed to: Brilliant, Alexei 🙃 And I've really enjoyed reading the comments. I live near Aylesbury, not far from MK and have only ever visited the shopping centre (which I despise, but my OH clearly doesn't mind). I've learnt a lot from the comments!

[@Levenstone132]

"When you can't see 'em,they're looking at ya".

[@richwells630]

Thanks Alexei , unsatisfactory mainly due to the dystopian nightmare that is Milton Keynes , enjoyable none the less .

[@alexanderwooldridgesmith6629]

Ooo, the M&S Foodhall is new! Get on the canal towpath Alexei, it's flat, mainly, all the way from that there London, and really lovely through MK.

[@helenswan705]

Ex partner (died) used to live in MK and always talked about the redways. I am interested to see this. Love you Alexie

[@teclo1057]

35 years after the disaster, Pripyat is looking great

[@stevebeaney1964]

did you see the MK bowl before somebody threw up in it...

[@bettyboo1930]

Still to this day and certainly after your bike ride, I’m so pleased my parents decided not to move out of London to MK in the early 70’s.

[@newdayyesterday]

Have only been to MK once in June 1986 primarily to see Marillion (Garden Party) and Jethro Tull (Summer Raid) tour at the bowl. Took over 8 hours to get there, got sun burnt at the bowl and headed North after. Hardly saw any of the 'signature circles' (roundabouts). Is it worth revisiting?

[@andrewp1075]

The idea of modern day 'wreckers' luring middle class cyclists down false bike lanes to steal their iphones and notebooks was brilliant😂😂😂. Such a quick wit. For Alexei it's just a throw away idea, for other comedians it would be the centre of their whole stand up set.

[@mattwardman]

Why do they have roundabouts on the cyc;ling / walking routes?

[@djman1190]

Looks like a giant university campus

[@gooa6Sho]

Found this by accident and I am loving it, love Alexi(doesen't absolutly everyone) love cycling, just brilliant!!

[@marcuscookham8720]

I love cycling. I love the young ones. I love the Redways. I love a bit of socialism. I love Harry The Bastard

[@Factory051]

What a vile cityscape. Fun fact, Central Milton Keynes has over 20,000 parking spaces. Population 229,000.

[@im2trouble]

Ha ha love it, funny as fuck! Right in my neighbour ‘dystopian’ hood hood hood!

[@im2trouble]

Ha ha, just realised following my comment, coincidence or synchronicity- Zed Bias Has links to mk, kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3mlhph9bdJ_ZpY

[@rhkavli]

It was sort of an anti climax, but already feel the buildup to the next episodes. At least I spotted a damned nice trailer near the end.

[@DenkyManner]

It's like the outskirts of Amsterdam with no real place at the centre. A city entirely of outskirts. And look how needlessly far there is between the buildings, a place built without the slightest consideration for humans on foot.

[@helenswan705]

trouble with having no history, however horrible the history is. No history, no centre.

[@cloudysample757]

Great hat! Where can I get one? x

[@orandaadnaro]

Good to see you out and about in Downs Barn, you could have popped in for a cuppa.

[@Sam7seas]

You ended up going through housing estates! Head from the station to Campbell park and then along the canal for some pubs - then maybe along to the river Ousel - MK parks trust has some amazing red ways - the lakes are lovely and also have pubs to rest and get a pint!

[@marks-0-0]

He wasnt interested in showing off MK in a genuine light. Very lazy vlog.

[@AtheistEve]

Stevenage has clearer cycleways - most of them mostly are separate from the roads. But pedestrians are always getting in the way. Also, take your puncture repair kit.

[@rhkavli]

Puncture repair kit? They pave the cycleways with spike strips, or what?

[@AtheistEve]

@@rhkavli Trouble with smashed glass bottles, particularly in underpasses where it’s difficult to see the shards.

[@oniwambushu]

mk.. what were you expecting sir 😂

[@j.r.newton2427]

would you consider putting your cycle musings on a podcast?

[@JohnBlaney]

One point in Milton Keynes's favour, no traffic lights. Eh, Alexei?

[@marks-0-0]

Na he'd rather be cycling with the trucks around The Elephant and Castle instead of cycling on car free and safe tree lined cycle paths. He is a pratt..

[@robrichards6391]

It's a bit of shame Alexei headed NE out of the station instead of SW (which, to be fair, would have required a map to have even considered doing) as down there is a nice system of parks, the Teardrops and onwards. Admittedly not much modernist architecture but maybe less hilly. Maybe, I'm a MK pedestrian. His current route seems to be neatly avoiding Campbell Park which is also a shame - maybe not the most exciting park in the world but it does have some cool art, is largely downhill from his current position and, well, is a lot more interesting than the houing estate he ends up in at the end of Pt 1!

[@gzk6nk]

The station is some way out of town because that's where the effin' railway is!!! When they built the place, the car was king, so no-one considered building it closer to the WCML!

[@monkeytrousers6180]

This is the greatest thing since Thatcher left office booing her eyes out on the telly.

[@GeezerStray]

You need to ride through Ashlands to the Peoples Republic of SImpson Village Alexei while you're there.

[@drtydawg73]

hiya alexei!! thanks for coming to milton keynes. if you would like to see some videos of the cycle paths, the yt channel christopher john holmes, has some very good ones, he follwes a red rout from one side of mk to the other and has done pretty much every route. :-)

[@andyb7339]

Been waiting for you to put a new bike ride video on 👍. Everyone seem to have tiny dogs these days, when I was a kid they were all alsations and their shit was hard and white, these days its like little soft pieces of hamster shite. Also, when you ride past some big bastard do you not feel like slapping him on the back of his neck so that he chases after you, eh?

[@alicejwho]

What on earth happened to white dog poop? We were talking about it only yesterday 😁

[@andyb7339]

@@alicejwho years ago people used to give their dogs bones which makes it white, these days they give their dogs pouches of slop and a piece of rubber to chew on. Many times as a kid I picked up a piece of crap thinking it was a stone, just hope I washed my hands after

[@alicejwho]

@@andyb7339 😆😆 all added to the microbiome, I suppose! I feed my dog raw. Now you've got me wondering if she should have more bone!

[@PaulBaird]

They’re called “Redways” not red routes. There’s plenty of beautiful cycle routes to try out. As for the usual MK haters - we’ve heard it all before.

[@marks-0-0]

He always had a strange sense of humour and it wasn't very funny back then.. I live close to MK and cycle there alot, its a great place and these people are just too stupid to understand why.

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

Good, then you won't object when we continue to hate it ad infinitum. Soul-less shopping mall of a place.

[@stephenkenny1647]

@@zargonthemagnificent330 Excellent, the more you hate it the less blocking of the redways you'll be doing :p

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

@@stephenkenny1647 You can have the "redways" (lol) ALL to yourself with the greatest of pleasure...

[@calccalccalc]

Aside from using a car, bikes are not the best mode of transport in MK. Electric bike and increasingly electric scooter shares seem to be the alternative way to travel in mk now, and generally scooters are okay to ride on all paths. So, I'm not surprised you think the redways are a bit shit, because they kind of are. They're not designed for an easy commute for the cyclist, but a designated route to keep cyclists off the main roads, because in most places outside of Milton Keynes central, you can drive close to the national speed limit, and that could endanger cyclists, or at worst slow down people in cars! Cars really are king in this city.

[@Solaar_Punk]

Radio Newton Springsteen?

[@benleighton5585]

I can't bear to watch the other parts.

[@helenswan705]

yes you can. you will not be able to resist. resistance is futile.

[@KymHammond]

Bradford in the late spring would be an inspiring take on this cycling theme: its psycho-geography (no pun intended ) of successive immigration waves reflected back on its buildings in colour is unique.

[@onebicycle3772]

Does Milton Keynes have a good cycling infrastructure?

[@patrickj8984]

"it's shit" and you thought it it was flat....?

[@beckys7537]

Around Willen Lake is nice (and completely flat).

[@marks-0-0]

He couldn't make it to Willen from the train station...

[@drtydawg73]

and yes mk is an awesome place to ride a bike, you can go everywhere on a bike and not need to go on a road. oh you went past the blacksmiths arms!! my favourite pub in mk!! :-) tha land lord atm is andy, nice guy. but the pub has lost a lot of custom since the whole covid thing unfortunately. but still a very friendly homely pub. great groupe of people that are regulars. :-) you mentioned mk being leafy, we had over 20 million trees planted and it had the name the town in the forest. :-)

[@tonywhite3835]

Waiting, viccy park E3

[@Mrxsara2001]

It's grim, very grim.

[@helenswan705]

real people live there. it is OK.

[@logwhitley]

My wife has the same complaint about MK not being flat enough

[@skinnygrave2487]

He went right past my house and used the word dystopian, i can't really disagree unfortunately. He should have researched his route, as what he saw here wasn't very scenic obviously, but it definitely was MK. To paraphrase an old quote, Milton Keynes is 50 estates in search of a city.

[@quoth7330]

From a resident - Milky Beans, not yet given city status. Cycling through the town centre and the inner city estates is most certainly not the highlight of the place. You came off the bike lane to cycle through Downs Barn, when you should have passed the pub with it on your right. Looking forward to P2, not far to go for the Grand Union canal.

[@catbat06]

yeah whilst it isn't hard to find a shit place in MK, it's also not hard to find a good one. I'm seriously considering a death threat.

[@DrEko2012]

Watch out lads, he's discovered our fake bike lane traps.

[@louithrottler]

Only clicked 'cos I read 'Milton Springsteen'

[@mottainaicycles5564]

It's a strange place, but certainly not as bad as people like to make out. Though the worst part is certainly that it was designed around the motor car, with pedestrians and cyclists a secondary concern.

[@neilhydro]

Not one of the best, but I watched to the end.

[@PALACEKAV]

God,this one's depressing. A dystopian film set.....

[@lauda1902]

Alexei you were so almost was on the right track with the redways but you kept veering off them. If you have carried on to Campbell park etc. you would have come to nice touring routes and down to the canal. Hope you find them in the part 2!

[@smach24me]

I didn't see any computer programmers in Fiorrucci jeans with their bags of haricot beans. Where have they all gone?

[@CMZPICTURES]

Cyclogeography is genius.

[@petersmithson4644]

Does anything ever happen in Milton Keynes?

[@JohnLvideos]

At least there wasn't much traffic. A bit more swearing would have livened it up a bit maybe

[@robtolley]

What a dull heartless place

[@jillroyson4589]

I hate it when that happens, bloody face-bending. It's the reason I wear a balaclava for the whole month of June

[@Mick_Holland]

That looks bloody grim. A suggestion for a more upbeat ride/vlog might be for you to cycle over to Edd China’s workshop and have your bicycle converted to an e-bike. His channel is covering his work converting an ice-cream van into an e-Mr-Fucking-Whippy van so it’ll be a piece of piss for him and a money-spinner for the pair of you 👍🏼. Two lads who used to live on our tellies creaming it off the top of KZbin. 💷

[@catbat06]

The centre is kind of shit, you need to go towards the canals for the nice side of MK. It's shit but less shit than the a lot of the country!

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

The bit that's actually MK is the shit bit. The bits where it starts to disappear into the surrounding farm land is slightly not so shit, but only because there's less of it.

[@johntimken9842]

Towards the end Alexei used the adjective "dystopian". How appropriate. Modernist architecture is always the same. Somewhat attractive on the nice shiny architects plan, but a grim, scruffy, and soul destroying reality by a decade or so after it's construction.

[@johnmorgan5495]

It's built on a "kinda grid " well it's either a grid or not isn't it? Milton Keynes seems built entirely of flag stones

[@ZeppelinGraphics]

Radio Milton SPringsteen!