Author Topic: The "guess the place" thread  (Read 907866 times)

andygates

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3125 on: 31 August, 2010, 07:36:24 am »
In one. :thumbsup:
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Clandy

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3126 on: 31 August, 2010, 08:20:04 am »
How about this:


chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3127 on: 31 August, 2010, 08:33:08 am »
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.


Not taken from Lewis

Looking at Lewis from somewhere in Sutherland?

Spot on. Taken from just south of Achmelvich.

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3128 on: 31 August, 2010, 08:48:09 pm »
How about this one?
Plinkly little seastacky thing off the south coast near Torbay?
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Jaded

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3129 on: 31 August, 2010, 09:06:59 pm »
For fun whilst we are wondering about Clandy's


It is simpler than it looks.

Mr Larrington

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3130 on: 01 September, 2010, 12:44:22 pm »
Jaded's looks a bit like Bryce Canyon in Utah, but could equally well be an extreme close-up of a sandcastle on a random beach somewhere.
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Jaded

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3131 on: 01 September, 2010, 12:59:40 pm »
but could equally well be an extreme close-up of a sandcastle on a random beach somewhere.

You is too clever.

It's the builder's sand at my friendly garage man's place after a rain storm.  ;D
It is simpler than it looks.

chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3132 on: 01 September, 2010, 03:57:08 pm »
If we're going to play at being silly bu99ers, then guess this well known Scottish view point -


David Martin

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3133 on: 01 September, 2010, 04:28:12 pm »
Gleann Ceatach?
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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3134 on: 01 September, 2010, 04:49:52 pm »
Easy that's Glen Drich on a better day...
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chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3135 on: 01 September, 2010, 05:33:56 pm »

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3136 on: 01 September, 2010, 05:51:02 pm »
I thought it was spelt "dreich" not "drich".
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nicknack

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3137 on: 01 September, 2010, 06:02:08 pm »
Looks remarkably like the view from the top of Ben Nevis.
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jogler

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3138 on: 01 September, 2010, 06:02:35 pm »
John o'Groats

chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3139 on: 01 September, 2010, 06:37:09 pm »
Looks remarkably like the view from the top of Ben Nevis.

No

John o'Groats

JOG would need a lot of money spending on it to look that good!



Time for a clue - there is a long straight climb to get there by road.

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3140 on: 01 September, 2010, 08:14:46 pm »
I thought it was spelt "dreich" not "drich".

It is.   :)
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clarion

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3141 on: 01 September, 2010, 08:43:42 pm »
If we're going to play at being silly bu99ers, then guess this well known Scottish view point -



Are you sure that's Scotland?  Looks like Derby to me.
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David Martin

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3142 on: 01 September, 2010, 11:10:08 pm »

Time for a clue - there is a long straight climb to get there by road.

Rest and be thankful

Or the road to the ligthouse.
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chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3143 on: 02 September, 2010, 08:26:46 am »

Time for a clue - there is a long straight climb to get there by road.

Rest and be thankful

Or the road to the ligthouse.

Rest and be thankful  :thumbsup:: the same view less than 10 minutes later -


Clandy

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3144 on: 02 September, 2010, 11:33:47 am »
How about this:



A clue: A Uni town.

chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3145 on: 02 September, 2010, 11:43:57 am »
Warwick?

fuzzy

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3146 on: 02 September, 2010, 11:45:29 am »
Is that a ground level lighthouse contraption in the background?

Rig of Jarkness

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3147 on: 03 September, 2010, 07:46:52 pm »
Aero but not dynamic

Clandy

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3148 on: 03 September, 2010, 07:47:59 pm »
Not Warwick, not Durham, not a lighthouse.  ;)

Zoidburg

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3149 on: 03 September, 2010, 08:22:15 pm »
Dundee?