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David Martin

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3525 on: 18 January, 2011, 10:18:41 am »
A very long shot. The basilica di superga in Torino (well, just outside)

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3526 on: 18 January, 2011, 10:43:22 am »
Not in Italy.  Further south than that.  I was about to say it's not a religious building but in a sense it possibly is for some people...

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3527 on: 18 January, 2011, 10:51:28 am »
South in an antipodean kind of way?
Queen Vic Building in Sydney?

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3528 on: 18 January, 2011, 11:13:39 am »
South in an antipodean kind of way?
Queen Vic Building in Sydney?

My, they're sharp down Forest Hill way, aren't they?  Spot on!  As temples to mammon go, this one's quite pleasant.

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3529 on: 19 January, 2011, 06:52:51 am »

chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3530 on: 19 January, 2011, 07:20:20 am »
Burnham on Crouch?

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3531 on: 19 January, 2011, 07:25:39 am »
It is  :thumbsup:

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3532 on: 19 January, 2011, 11:21:46 am »
Royal Corinthian ?
Rust never sleeps

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3533 on: 19 January, 2011, 11:26:40 am »

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3534 on: 19 January, 2011, 12:46:40 pm »
Chris gets next dibs. I have nothing available to post where I am.
Rust never sleeps

chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3535 on: 19 January, 2011, 09:58:42 pm »
Chris gets next dibs. I have nothing available to post where I am.

OK, here's one of mine not taken in Scotand -


Tourist Tony

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3536 on: 20 January, 2011, 09:43:17 am »
York. River Ouse.

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3537 on: 20 January, 2011, 10:58:55 am »
banking doesnt look steep enough for that?

David Martin

  • Thats Dr Oi You thankyouverymuch
Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3538 on: 20 January, 2011, 02:03:10 pm »
It was my first thought. No hills for miles.
"By creating we think. By living we learn" - Patrick Geddes

Tourist Tony

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3539 on: 20 January, 2011, 03:22:08 pm »
I was thinking of the bridge North of the city where the head of the river starts.
That's a race, for non-rowers.

chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3540 on: 20 January, 2011, 08:22:12 pm »

gordon taylor

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3541 on: 20 January, 2011, 08:36:31 pm »
While we're on the bridge theme, I offer this one:




border-rider

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3542 on: 20 January, 2011, 08:46:03 pm »

chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3543 on: 20 January, 2011, 08:47:32 pm »

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3544 on: 20 January, 2011, 09:37:57 pm »
Pegasus Bridge

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3545 on: 21 January, 2011, 01:22:46 am »

Steel Bridge, Portland, Oregon
(Gordy's piccy)

gordon taylor

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3546 on: 21 January, 2011, 06:02:30 am »
Correct in one!

border-rider

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3547 on: 21 January, 2011, 10:35:01 am »
Pegasus Bridge

If you'd ridden to PBP and got the ferry to Caen you'd have gone past that on the way out of Ouistreham :)

chris

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3548 on: 22 January, 2011, 07:41:12 am »
Chris gets next dibs. I have nothing available to post where I am.

OK, here's one of mine not taken in Scotand -



Time for a clue -

TTs first guess was quite close, but still a long way off ;)

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #3549 on: 22 January, 2011, 08:59:55 am »
I wonder if it's a different Ouse - the Bedford one, perhaps near Ely?