The "guess the place" thread

[Jaded]

Nope...

[Zoidburg]

Is it this helicopter?

Error - Shetland Coastguard Photo Album

By crikey, that refueling wagon is an old RAF Bedford 3 1/2 tonner.

Haven't seen one since the mid 90s.

[Jaded]

Furl on this aircraft would be pretty critical, and would normally be loaded about 30 mins before takeoff, apparently.

[David Martin]

Furl on this aircraft would be pretty critical, and would normally be loaded about 30 mins before takeoff, apparently.

Would that make it a blackbird?

[Jaded]

Not with that colour. 

Not quite as fast.

[peterh]

Not with that colour. 

Not quite as fast.

White, quite fast and in Scotland?

G-BOAA ?

[Jaded]

Getting much warmer. Wrong country now. 

[andrew_s]

White, and not quite as fast as a Blackbird, sounds like a Concorde.
Not East Fortune, so I'll try Filton?

[peterh]

Getting much warmer. Wrong country now. 

I've seen three close up that could fit the bill - two to the south and the other way, way to the west.  Can't tell which one from the pic though 

[Jaded]

White, and not quite as fast as a Blackbird, sounds like a Concorde.
Not East Fortune, so I'll try Filton?

Yes, it is G-BOAF, Concorde 216. The last to be built and the last to fly.

Shortly to be taken off display at Filton for maintenance, and may not be redisplayed until a permanent location is found for it. We went to see it on Thursday.

[David Martin]

Keeping on an aeronautical theme, where was the end point of this record breaking journey?

[JStone]

Keeping on an aeronautical theme, where was the end point of this record breaking journey?
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Assuming that's Mercury & Maia, and that the plaque's in Dundee, then the end point is 6,045 miles away at Alexander Bay in South Africa

[David Martin]

Spot on.

[JStone]

OK, here's one from UK shores



Linguists may find a clue in the colour 

[David Martin]

That is a very tenuous link..  A bridge too far methinks. Should be Banned.

Anyhow, I'd be glad to have such lighthouses if I was going over the sea.

..d

[chris]

Anyhow, I'd be glad to have such lighthouses if I was going over the sea.

I'd say it's more of a case of going under the bridge.

[JStone]

That is a very tenuous link..  A bridge too far methinks. Should be Banned.

Anyhow, I'd be glad to have such lighthouses if I was going over the sea.

..d

A bridge too far indeed - tho at least it's now toll-free. The lighthouse is on Eilean Bàn (White Island), seen from the Skye Bridge near Kyle of Lochalsh. An interesting place, with Stevenson lighthouse and cottages formerly inhabited by Gavin Maxwell (the otter man - 'Ring of Bright Water', etc). And we did see otters 

[chris]

Where is this?

[andygates]

No fair! That's like a jigsaw with all blue tiles!

How about this one?


Where am I? by andygates, on Flickr

[chris]

No fair! That's like a jigsaw with all blue tiles!

So start guessing and I'll help you along a bit.

[Jaded]

Looking over Skye.

[chris]

Looking over Skye.

Nope

[Adrian]

Looking over Skye.

Nope

Looking from Skye

[Deano]

Looking at Lewis from somewhere in Sutherland?

[David Martin]

No fair! That's like a jigsaw with all blue tiles!

Not quite. It was shot at 2010:08:06 21:49:59 which puts it squarely into the Scotland territory. There is virtually nothing visible on the horizon which puts it on the North West coast of Scotland. As there are no Islands visible, it may well be taken from the outer Hebrides so I would guess Lewis.

What I really need is a chart that will give me isochrones for sunset on a given day relative to BST, then look for where the line for about 21.54 crosses the Scottish coastline and the angle to the sun is not over any features in the sea.

How about this one?


Where am I? by andygates, on Flickr

Plinkly little seastacky thing off the south coast near Torbay?

..d