The "guess the place" thread

[eck]

Pitlochry? 

[tonyh]

Ah, I do recognise that.... now where was it?.... oh yes... 21 November!

Wild Guess then. Scotland!

[Salvatore]

Pitlochry? 

I thought you, Mr Eck, might be the person to know this one, but it's not Pitlochry.

[Deano]

Comrie!

[Salvatore]

Comrie!

Not Comrie.

If Eck doesn't know it, I bet his in-laws do.

[Feanor]

I'm rather embarrassed to say I've no idea where that is, but reading it, I feel I ought to.

[eck]

Wot Feanor said. ^^^ 

OK, I know it's not Palnackie. 

[Salvatore]

Wot Feanor said. ^^^ 

OK, I know it's not Palnackie. 

But not a million miles away.

[T42]

Can I put this here? Cos I just found it and it seems to fit this thread! A guess the place without pictures:

In Welcome for the Building of a Socialist Town

From asphalt and enduring will
will be the width of the streets.
From bricks and proud regards
will be the height of the buildings.
From iron and consciousness
will be created the span of the bridges.
From hope will be the green of the trees.
From joy the fresh white of the plaster.

Eisenhüttenstadt?

[Cudzoziemiec]

Close in every way. Except geographically.

[Dinamo]

Can I put this here? Cos I just found it and it seems to fit this thread! A guess the place without pictures:

In Welcome for the Building of a Socialist Town

From asphalt and enduring will
will be the width of the streets.
From bricks and proud regards
will be the height of the buildings.
From iron and consciousness
will be created the span of the bridges.
From hope will be the green of the trees.
From joy the fresh white of the plaster.

Eisenhüttenstadt?

Swindon

[Cudzoziemiec]

Was Swindon built? I thought it was a sort of solidified oozing, like a scab over a puss-filled wound.

[Salvatore]

In the absense of any more guesses, the answer is:

Newton Stewart, at the end of the footbridge over the Cree near Sainsburys.

Here.
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[spindrift]

Can I put this here? Cos I just found it and it seems to fit this thread! A guess the place without pictures:

In Welcome for the Building of a Socialist Town

From asphalt and enduring will
will be the width of the streets.
From bricks and proud regards
will be the height of the buildings.
From iron and consciousness
will be created the span of the bridges.
From hope will be the green of the trees.
From joy the fresh white of the plaster.

Nowa Huta?

[eck]

In the absense of any more guesses, the answer is:

Newton Stewart, at the end of the footbridge over the Cree near Sainsburys.

Here.
.

Ah, cheers Mr Salvatore, I've not been to Newton Stewart for about 10 years (before I'd met Mrs eck). I was on a long perm with McNasty and ISTR sharing our picnic lunch there with some over-friendly wasps. 

[Cudzoziemiec]

Can I put this here? Cos I just found it and it seems to fit this thread! A guess the place without pictures:

In Welcome for the Building of a Socialist Town

From asphalt and enduring will
will be the width of the streets.
From bricks and proud regards
will be the height of the buildings.
From iron and consciousness
will be created the span of the bridges.
From hope will be the green of the trees.
From joy the fresh white of the plaster.

Nowa Huta?

Yes!

It's Szymborska.

[Ian H]

May I?

[spindrift]

Wild guess, Dublin?

[Ian H]

Wild guess, Dublin?

Too wild, I'm afraid.

Clue: unforeseen romance might develop if you leap off one of the steps.

[Peter]

Yes, I wondered about that, Ian.  Are you persuaded by Lyme Regis?

[Ian H]

Yes, I wondered about that, Ian.  Are you persuaded by Lyme Regis?

Obviously a clue too far.

One of the buildings on the Cobb has been converted to house a marine aquarium which displays local fish and marine life from the Jurassic coast. [13] The primary attraction of the aquarium are the Thicklip grey mullet which have been trained to accept food directly from people, including members of the public, by hand. The owners claim that this behaviour is unique to the aquarium.

[clarion]

I was tempted towards the West Country, but I was plumping for Dartmouth.

[spindrift]

(I thought it was a pint of Guinness)

[David Martin]

Old granny's teeth, in the harbour Lyme Regis

[Ian H]

Old granny's teeth, in the harbour Lyme Regis

Those steps are surprisingly nerve-wracking.