I thought it would be mildly amusing to see if the collective detective skills of the valley could work out on which date the google van drove through the valley and took the pictures for google streetmap.

I started by spotting the fence was not built across the Middle Woodford playing field which dated it pre-June 2009.

It also look pretty cold which suggested winter 2008/2009.

My dad's car was parked in our drive which meant he was probably in NZ. Narrowing it down to Sep '08 to Mar '09.

Then I came up trumps when I spotted Andrew Webley's extension with batons on it. He thinks it could have been anything from  the back end of December 2008 to the 28^th Jan 2009.

From the shadow of the lamp post outside The Black Horse, Great Durnford I would have thought it was late morning. A natural sundial - maybe I should return to find out the precise time. However both the Black Horse and the Wheatsheaf have a reasonable number of cars in the car park so presumably they are open for lunch. The school car park is very empty so probably the school holidays or a weekend.

Please add your own detective work as a comment. By using the various shadows around the valley we might even be able to plot the van's route!

There very few people about. Just a few dodgy looking geezers outside The Wheatsheaf. 

To start doing your own homework you can click here. 

John.