While out riding on Sunday, I noticed a trail of empty Tennents Super cans which stretched for about 4 km from near Denmead in Hampshire, stopping just before Clanfield and then starting again at the foot of Butser Hill and continuing until about halfway up. The cans were spaced about 10 metres apart on the left hand side of the lane as I travelled northwards; sometimes single cans; other times in clumps, but always about 10 metres apart in an unbroken line (apart from in Clanfield). Question is, how could anyone carry this many cans (must have been about 200 in total)? Even if there were a group of people, how could they drink this much high-strength 'beer', still keep walking /and/ carry all those cans? And why drop them at such regular intervals?
My theory is that they are marking a route in a way which will go undetected if passed at speed in a motor vehicle, but immediately recognisable if you know what you're looking for.
While out riding on Sunday, I noticed a trail of empty Tennents Super cans which stretched for about 4 km from near Denmead in Hampshire, stopping just before Clanfield and then starting again at the foot of Butser Hill and continuing until about halfway up. The cans were spaced about 10 metres apart on the left hand side of the lane as I travelled northwards; sometimes single cans; other times in clumps, but always about 10 metres apart in an unbroken line (apart from in Clanfield). Question is, how could anyone carry this many cans (must have been about 200 in total)? Even if there were a group of people, how could they drink this much high-strength 'beer', still keep walking /and/ carry all those cans? And why drop them at such regular intervals?
My theory is that they are marking a route in a way which will go undetected if passed at speed in a motor vehicle, but immediately recognisable if you know what you're looking for.
Weird indeed.
I suppose that if you were in a car full of empties and got your passenger to chuck them out as fast as he could, you might end up with that sort of spacing. Seems unlikely, though.
I've come across linear fly tipping before in that neck of the woods. From the top of Portsdown Hill to Southwick, I followed a line of evenly spaced car tyres in the ditch and on the side of the road.
I suppose that if you were in a car full of empties and got your passenger to chuck them out as fast as he could, you might end up with that sort of spacing. Seems unlikely, though.
Even so, the cans wouldn't have landed in little groups.
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I've come across linear fly tipping before in that neck of the woods. From the top of Portsdown Hill to Southwick, I followed a line of evenly spaced car tyres in the ditch and on the side of the road.
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My theory is that they are marking a route in a way which will go undetected if passed at speed in a motor vehicle, but immediately recognisable if you know what you're looking for.
Could be a secret code used by tramps or travellers. They use all sorts of markers apparently. Like if a house holder is an easy touch for a meal, they will used a code to mark your house, or so I've heard.
While out riding on Sunday, I noticed a trail of empty Tennents Super cans which stretched for about 4 km from near Denmead in Hampshire, stopping just before Clanfield and then starting again at the foot of Butser Hill and continuing until about halfway up. The cans were spaced about 10 metres apart on the left hand side of the lane as I travelled northwards; sometimes single cans; other times in clumps, but always about 10 metres apart in an unbroken line (apart from in Clanfield). Question is, how could anyone carry this many cans (must have been about 200 in total)? Even if there were a group of people, how could they drink this much high-strength 'beer', still keep walking /and/ carry all those cans? And why drop them at such regular intervals?
My theory is that they are marking a route in a way which will go undetected if passed at speed in a motor vehicle, but immediately recognisable if you know what you're looking for.
