SUSTRANS Millennium Milestone - Shotton, UK - Made for the Millennium on Waymarking.com

This SUSTRANS network milestone marker is on the Chester Millennium Greenway, part of national route 5. Route 5 links Reading with Holyhead.

The Chester Millennium Greenway uses a disused railway line running between the towns of Chester in England and Connah's Quay (Cei Connah) in Wales. It is 8 miles long and has a tarmac surface along its whole length.

There is a railway station at Shotton, a short distance from Connah's Quayand so people who walk the Greenway rather than cycle it, often walk between Shotton and Chester and then get a train in the reverse direction.

At this point the milestone stands at the side of the Greenway 2 1/2 miles from the Connah's Quay end of the route.

Each community that received a milestone was encouraged to paint them as they wished. Many were simply painted black, but this one has been painted in multiple colours and all the negraved writing highlighted in white. The fossils have also been picked out in a number of colours. Overall this colour scheme renders the sign easier to read than the plain black versions.

SUSTRANS is an organisation that promotes the use of cycles as a green form of transport. A national network of cycle routes is being developed in conjunction with local councils. Wherever possible the routes avoid roads, but in some places have to share the road network.

As part of the millennium celebrations 1000 mileposts have been installed at various positions throughout the whole SUSTRANS network.

The posts all bear embossed discs showing a "Time Trail" symbol. These form a nationwide puzzle that can be cracked by collecting the symbols.

There are 1,000 cast-iron Millennium Mileposts, donated by The Royal Bank of Scotland, along the UK's National Cycle Network, a Millennium Commission project supported by £43.5m of National Lottery Funds. Each milepost has a Time Trail disc bearing symbols and hieroglyphics bolted into it.
By taking rubbings of these discs it is possible to gain clues to help decipher the code.
There are several layers to uncover to reach the solution and a special Ultimate Prize for those who can work it out. For many, especially children and families, the fun will be in just getting out on the Network to find the mileposts and discs.

This type was designed by John Mills and is called 'The Fossil Tree', this post takes the form of an abstract tree with relief imagery of fossils depicting the passage of time from early primitive creatures to the ultimate demise of fossil fuel driven technology.

Related web site: [Web Link] Can you tell us who created the item: John Mills designed it, Taylors foundry cast it Condition of the item: Great So what did YOU do for the millennium?: Attended a party

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Take a photo of the item during your visit.

Describe your visit and what you thought about the item.

Please also mention what you personally did to mark the new Millennium. Was it a night to remember?

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