If you read my first post you'll see I was doing 35mph when I got speed checked. I was not doing 60 going around that corner, in fact I wasn't much over 40 mph as I know the junction is there so was already going an appropriate speed in readiness to slow down for the speed change. I just got caught out with a silly mistake, end of.
The rooftops you can see are agricultural buildings and there are no residences in view for at least another 1/2 mile after the 30 sign.
The location sign is brown to inform you its a Market town and its another mile before you arrive there. All the place names for some obscure reason where I live are brown.......
I was pointing out the signs are badly positioned (and I've noticed that a lot round here!) and really the should be displayed before the place name sign imho. If they wanna prosecute then the signs should be up to scratch. One rule for us and another (lack of) rule for them!
Fair enough, you were caught out - I didn't say you were a kitten-killer or anything
Rooftops (whether residential or not) and market towns means there's a possibility of vehicles turning off/onto the main road ahead of you, as well as tourists and day-trippers. All this really is a response to the idea that there is "no notice" of probable/possible speed-limit changes, or why it might be a good idea to slow a little - your picture was simply a good illustration of why that isn't really the case.