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Here's one to get it started -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/PICT3700-1.jpg)
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Middle Earth?
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Middle Earth?
No, not quite as far away as that!
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Denmark?
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Denmark?
..d
I know where they are but I'm not going to ruin it... ;D
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I don't know, but I hope that apparatus on the right can give them some relief. They look really uncomfortable.
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Esbjerg, Denmark
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Esbjerg, Denmark
Yes, by the shore on the road heading north out of Esbjerg.
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Denmark?
..d
I know where they are but I'm not going to ruin it... ;D
Did you take the picture?
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Denmark?
..d
I know where they are but I'm not going to ruin it... ;D
Did you take the picture?
Is that not a back view of a younger ceitidh in it?
..d
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Is that not a back view of a younger ceitidh in it?
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No its Mrs Chris and Zoe, Katies youger sister.
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Another one -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/P5290131-1.jpg)
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I think it would be unfair to get the correct answer twice in a row so I'm keeping my trap shut as I know this one as well.
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Looks like it could be Copenhagen
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Looks like it could be Copenhagen
Nope, not Denmark this time
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A Hanseatic town?
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A Hanseatic town?
It's never been part of the Hanseatic League or the more modern NGO Hanseatic Parliament.
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Honfleur, France?
Andrew
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Honfleur, France?
Andrew
Yes, on a busy national holiday.
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[img height=480 width=640]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/ZeFrenchie/Argentina/Argentina_March2008_013.jpg[/img]
Where was this taken? Don't cheat, only look at the picture!!
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Lawrence Dallaglio's bedroom?
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Hmm. Are those two pics in the top left corner a bit of a clue?
And I bet that Heineken ad isn't written in English ;)
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Hmm. Are those two pics in the top left corner a bit of a clue?
And I bet that Heineken ad isn't written in English ;)
But where? Which country?
If you guess, pretty amazing, isn't it?
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But where? Which country?
If you guess, pretty amazing, isn't it?
I cheated :evil:, which is why I didn't say where it was O:-).
It's not that amazing when you realise the long (usually quite friendly) shared history of the places...
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Hmm. Are those two pics in the top left corner a bit of a clue?
And I bet that Heineken ad isn't written in English ;)
But where? Which country?
If you guess, pretty amazing, isn't it?
As you've been posting about your very interesting trip to Argentina, I'll say: Somewhere in Argentina!
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Rosario, Argentina indeed. Not the most British location in Argentina.
I was amazed. In particular because of the recent feelings about the Falklands. But that shop was "little (traditional) England". Sure the heritgae is strong; see my posts tonight about my trip and the station story. But the recent history combined with an ever present populism are very different...
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OK, my go then.....
Me with motor.....
(http://www.zaribor.com/raz/pics/1.jpg)
*Waits for post to moved to Vroom* :P
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2379207229_230dcbd12e_o.jpg)
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I'm sure Kirkcaldy station has got fencing like that as well
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I'm sure Kirkcaldy station has got fencing like that as well
I spent many weekends while at uni travelling by train between Kirkcaldy and Edinburgh. The familiar litany by the station announcer at Kirkcaldy is imprinted for ever in my memory.
"Hembra train, stoppin' at Kinghorrin, Burn'island, Haberdour, Inverkeithin', Dalmeny an' Haymarket."
Which Fife station? Cue Paul Simon, The Myth of Fingerprints: "I've seen 'em all, and man they're all the same."
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I will guess Dalmeny
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I'm sure Kirkcaldy station has got fencing like that as well
I spent many weekends while at uni travelling by train between Kirkcaldy and Edinburgh. The familiar litany by the station announcer at Kirkcaldy is imprinted for ever in my memory.
"Hembra train, stoppin' at Kinghorrin, Burn'island, Haberdour, Inverkeithin', Dalmeny an' Haymarket."
Which Fife station? Cue Paul Simon, The Myth of Fingerprints: "I've seen 'em all, and man they're all the same."
Reading what I can from the station sign, I think Kinghorn is the most likely from that list.
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OK, my go then.....
Me with motor.....
(http://www.zaribor.com/raz/pics/1.jpg)
*Waits for post to moved to Vroom* :P
Les Hunaudieres, Le Mans?
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Les Hunaudieres, Le Mans?
I don't know what Les Hunaudieres is, but it's the Mulsanne Straight (unless that's the same thing?!)
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Hunaudieres is the French for Mulsanne.
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I'm sure Kirkcaldy station has got fencing like that as well
Wet and white. Kircoddy it is..
..d
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Les Hunaudieres, Le Mans?
I don't know what Les Hunaudieres is, but it's the Mulsanne Straight (unless that's the same thing?!)
For further reference see here (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Bugatti) and here (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunaudi%C3%A8res).
I believe the shot is the Hunaudieres Straight (ligne droite des). Mulsanne is nearby but a bend I thought.
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Oh I don't know, but when your mate lets you drive his heavily modified DB4 on the road part of Le Mans circuit - you don't really care exactly where it is :P
I'll take your word for it :)
Edit: Loads of truck drivers gave us a toot. Very knowledgeable and respectful of Le Mans history :)
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Frenchie is wrong Mulsanne is the straight. I have a picture of me and my friends posing on motorbikes there from about 20 years ago. It used to be one long straight (about three miles) but the cars got so fast that they stuck some chicanes in to slow them down.
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Frenchie is wrong Mulsanne is the straight. I have a picture of me and my friends posing on motorbikes there from about 20 years ago. It used to be one long straight (about three miles) but the cars got so fast that they stuck some chicanes in to slow them down.
Frenchie´s right! This straight is called, at least in Le Mans, ligne droite des Hunaudieres and was about 5 km long indeed. Check the references to the track that I link above or the ACO website. Whether in English you call something else is another matter! ;)
From Wiki (http://wikitravel.org/en/Le_Mans) (English) though:
The circuit of the 24 Heures du Mans is located at the South end of the city. The famous Hunaudieres straight is actually part of the public road from Le Mans to Tours.
I have looked at sites in other languages and they also refer to les Hunaudieres.
PS Mulsanne is a village nearby Les Hunaudieres.
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Perhaps this is an English/French thing as you say.
Wikipedia in English refers to it as the Mulsanne straight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Circuit_de_la_sarthe_rev12_enlabels.svg)
Every map and site in English connected with motor racing I can find calls it the Mulsanne straight with the Mulsanne corner at the end of it. A site with photos from the 1970 film Le Mans does say "known locally as droite des Hunaudieres".
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How about this one?
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/P5280003-1.jpg)
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Don't know where, but it looks like August 2007...
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Don't know where, but it looks like August 2007...
No, April 2007.
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Don't know where, but it looks like August 2007...
No, April 2007.
EXIF he say 2007:05:28 07:07:39 (a Monday)
Whit bank holiday weekend, returning from tour somewhere foreign enough to warrant a flag, in the UK.
Newhaven?
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not Newhaven;
Holyhead?
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Don't know where, but it looks like August 2007...
No, April 2007.
EXIF he say 2007:05:28 07:07:39 (a Monday)
Whit bank holiday weekend, returning from tour somewhere foreign enough to warrant a flag, in the UK.
Newhaven?
You're right, it was May. I may be stupid, but I'm not stupid enough to leave the location details in the file name or EXIF.
and, it's not Newhaven or Holyhead.
and we were departing, not arriving.
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Don't know where, but it looks like August 2007...
No, April 2007.
Yup, that has to be 2007! Could it be some where along the coast of France? They sure had rain of biblical proportions... ;)
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Don't know where, but it looks like August 2007...
No, April 2007.
Yup, that has to be 2007! Could it be some where along the coast of France? They sure had rain of biblical proportions... ;)
No, not France.
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Don't know where, but it looks like August 2007...
No, April 2007.
Yup, that has to be 2007! Could it be some where along the coast of France? They sure had rain of biblical proportions... ;)
No, not France.
France; with the word "Entrance"?
Don't French airports have English second on all their signs in contravention with international convention
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Looks familiar... Harwich Ferry Port?
(1st post here but have a handful on the other place)
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I'm sure it's Portsmouth docks. I was there in 2003.
If it isn't Portsmouth, it is a twin.
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Looks familiar... Harwich Ferry Port?
(1st post here but have a handful on the other place)
Yes Harwich. Welcome to YACF. I was just logging in to tell everyone that its Harwich as I'm off on my bike for a fortnight tomorrow morning, and I won't have access to t'internet.
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(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/Pinniped/ACF/gtp01.jpg)
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The building in the foreground reminds me of someplace in Basel, but I suspect it aint.
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That's undoubtedly Ghent, isn't it?
Andrew
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That's undoubtedly Ghent, isn't it?
Andrew
Indeed - taken from where?
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I don't know its correct name, but it's a castle/fortress, as shown in this pic:
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Ghentpic.jpg)
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The same - Gravensteen.
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How about this. Probably quite easy?
(http://i29.tinypic.com/331nod0.jpg)
(not a very good pic, it was on my fern)
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Here's one; not taken on a fern--just some roadside weed.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/2395838853_a5f87c38b3_b.jpg)
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How about this. Probably quite easy?
Top of the Malverns, above Malvern itself, looking towards Worcescescester. Go there quite often with the outlaws. They live up that way.
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Here's one; not taken on a fern--just some roadside weed.
Vermont? (it's green, it looks sort-of-mountainous, and it's in USAland)
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Here's one; not taken on a fern--just some roadside weed.
Vermont? (it's green, it looks sort-of-mountainous, and it's in USAland)
Nope, not Vermont, but yes, in the US.
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Here's an easy place to guess
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/stevic/guess.jpg)
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Somewhere in mid-Wales ?
I dunno exactly where - it looks like the road from Boughrood to Errwood but it could easily be somewhere near Tregaron. Or somewhere entirely different :)
if not Wales then Devon
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How about this. Probably quite easy?
Top of the Malverns, above Malvern itself, looking towards Worcescescester. Go there quite often with the outlaws. They live up that way.
from the south end of British Camp hillfort (Herefordshire Beacon), looking E by NE.
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A slightly more elevated view
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/malverns.jpg)
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Magic!
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Here's an easy place to guess
Is that a clue??
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Here's an easy place to guess
Is that a clue??
don't suppose it is, how about somewhere in the Lake District - now there's a good clue.
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(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/MrPumpy/IMG_2071.jpg)
Quite easy I think
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So we've now got 3 "guess the places" on the go :)
Scott: is yours in New England somewhere ?
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Here's an easy place to guess
It looks a bit like the lower stretches of Honister Pass on the East side.
Damon.
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MP's looks like some Japanese fishmarket Heads off to Google Japanese fishmarkets
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Here's an easy place to guess
It looks a bit like the lower stretches of Honister Pass on the East side.
Damon.
It's on the way to Coniston Water on the south east side (is that Honister Pass?). I used to do a 25 mile loop every day which was bloody hard work, but it got me away from the missus and her mum. Cunsey to Coniston, up over Hawkshead hill and around, lots of arrows to cycle up.
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Monsr P's is Damien Hurst's workshop. He lives near it. ;D
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Quite easy I think
A tuna cannery in Japan - Kochi?
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So we've now got 3 "guess the places" on the go :)
Scott: is yours in New England somewhere ?
No, neither Olde nor New. :)
Nobody's going to get it; I just wanted to see if anybody would guess somewhere over there so I could laugh at them. ;) It's in Highland County, Virginia, near the "town" of Blue Grass (I am not making this up.)
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Is it near New England then ?
It looks like Olde Englande...a bit
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MP's looks like some Japanese fishmarket Heads off to Google Japanese fishmarkets
Tsukiji?
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Is it near New England then ?
Nope--it would have been firmly in the Confederacy in the Civil War.
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Another one:
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/gordon1314/finland005.jpg)
This shows two completely different countries. There's a clue on the horizon.
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The watchtower?
Cyprus? Or old Iron Curtain?
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A watery theme for this one:
(http://pictures.pcolbeck.fastmail.fm/lake.jpg)
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Lake Louise. Banff.
Damon.
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Lake Louise. Banff.
Damon.
Close but no cigar
I think it's Moraine lake, Alberta
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Bugger, I had just gone to find out where:
M
O
R
A
I
N
e
was.... ;)
Maybe it's lake small ;D
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MP's looks like some Japanese fishmarket Heads off to Google Japanese fishmarkets
Tsukiji?
Yarp.
I've a craving for decent sushi. I've been looking at flights to Tokyo ::-)
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Lake Louise. Banff.
Damon.
Close but no cigar
I think it's Moraine lake, Alberta
Correct. I hadn't realised it was written on Pcolbeck Junior's life jacket though :) To give Really Ancien credit Lake Moraine is only about 5 miles further up the road from Lake Louise, it has about 1% of the tourists though and no hideous huge hotel.
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I hadn't noticed the writing on the lifejacket either (honest)
When I tried to go there the road was still about 15 feet deep in snow!
Talk amongst yourselves for awhile as I try to find my photobucket account
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(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m228/PeteB99_2006/malts%20cruise%202006/Cloisters4.jpg)
OK where's this?
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Cluny ?
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Cluny ?
No
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switzerland?
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OK where's this?
Dunno, couldn't you get a monk with a sponsored robe to stand in view ;)
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Salisbury Cathedral ?
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Another one:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/gordon1314/finland005.jpg
This shows two completely different countries. There's a clue on the horizon.
Northern Norway, near the Russian border?
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OK where's this?
Dunno, couldn't you get a monk with a sponsored robe to stand in view ;)
If I could he'd have 4 letters on it
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What? A Bath robe?
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A watery theme for this one:
(http://pictures.pcolbeck.fastmail.fm/lake.jpg)
You had better weather than us. We hired bikes and rode the High Line trail both ways from Lake Louise in sleet and snow and shorts ;D.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2405959619_92b28aa074_m.jpg)
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Would have guessed Bath for PeteB99's pic, but didn't look quite the same as the pic I recall of there. Else somewhere in Italy.
Scott's pic a few pages back is Tellytubbyland.
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Andy
No and No
It dates back to 563 but I think was mostly rebuilt in the 20th century
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Name the city and the mountain range in the background.
(http://hpbimg.damonpeacock.com/Which%20City.JPG)
Damon.
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OK where's this?
Dunno, couldn't you get a monk with a sponsored robe to stand in view ;)
If I could he'd have 4 letters on it
Is it Iona then? There could be a hint in the url of the image
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OK where's this?
Lacock?
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Is it Iona then? There could be a hint in the url of the image
No, it can't be that. The picture's not tilted (you can't have been sober ;D )
Edit: It is isn't it? Was a good booze crooze?
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OK where's this?
Dunno, couldn't you get a monk with a sponsored robe to stand in view ;)
If I could he'd have 4 letters on it
Is it Iona then? There could be a hint in the url of the image
Yes Iona - next to the abbey shop so if you've been there you will probably have gone through the cloister
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Is it Iona then? There could be a hint in the url of the image
No, it can't be that. The picture's not tilted (you can't have been sober ;D )
It was on a yacht rally / distillery crawl sponsored by Diego sp?
As the sassenach non whisky drinker on board I was the designated driver ;D
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(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/ZeFrenchie/Argentina/MarchApr_2008_Madrid_039-1.jpg)
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Madrid Barajas Airport?
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Another one:
This shows two completely different countries. There's a clue on the horizon.
Northern Norway, near the Russian border?
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/gordon1314/finland005.jpg)
Correct! The bike is in Norway and that is Russia on the other side of the little river.
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Another one with two countries, both the moutains and the middle line of hills are in the other country.
(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/AdrianC_No1/Misc/Photo_007_Oct_2002.png)
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France and Switzerland ? Lake Geneve ?
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France and Switzerland ? Lake Geneve ?
No
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Madrid Barajas Airport?
Yes. Easy.
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OK. One from me. Also two countries.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/2410067790_0ab149f964_b.jpg)
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England and Scotland ? Somewhere in Cumbria.
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England and Scotland ? Somewhere in Cumbria.
Right idea, but nope.
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England and Scotland ? Somewhere in Dumfriesshire
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(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/ZeFrenchie/Argentina/MarchApr_2008_Madrid_039-1.jpg)
Madrid Airport Peli and I spend an hour there last Dec. I got the exact same shot, though taken at night :)
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Wales and England across The Severn?
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Wales and England across The Severn?
Yep :thumbsup: I'm impressed.
Bonus point if you can locate it more precisely though...
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Cwmcarn?
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(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/ZeFrenchie/Argentina/MarchApr_2008_Rosario_017.jpg)
Don't cheat. I want the country and town please.
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Plaza de la Cooperación, on the corner of Mitre St. and Tucumán St. in Rosario, Argentina.
Will that do?
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On a wall at the Plaza de la Cooperación, on the corner of Mitre St. and Tucumán St. in Rosario, Argentina.
Will that do?
;D ;D ;D
:thumbsup:
El Che was born in Rosario indeed.
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Cwmcarn?
Ding! Highest point on the trail, just before it splits into the XC and FR routes.
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;) (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Che_Guevara_Rosario_1.jpg) <-- cleek
Ahhh! :D
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Cwmcarn?
Ding! Highest point on the trail, just before it splits into the XC and FR routes.
Of course the one time I was there the view was nothing like that. Steady drizzle and visibility of a few hundred meters.
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Another one with two countries, both the moutains and the middle line of hills are in the other country.
(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/AdrianC_No1/Misc/Photo_007_Oct_2002.png)
Greece and Albania
near Kassopei at the north end of Kerkyra (Corfu)
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=39.780689,19.939467&z=14&t=h&hl=en-GB
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http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/ZeFrenchie/Argentina/MarchApr_2008_Rosario_017.jpg
Don't cheat. I want the country and town please.
What constitutes cheating?
Looking at the URL of the image or putting "plaza de la cooperacion" into google?
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Another one with two countries, both the moutains and the middle line of hills are in the other country.
(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/AdrianC_No1/Misc/Photo_007_Oct_2002.png)
Greece and Albania
near Kassopei at the north end of Kerkyra (Corfu)
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=39.780689,19.939467&z=14&t=h&hl=en-GB
Spot on
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2 more countries to guess - the fields and haystacks are in one country and the hills are another.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/xxx.jpg)
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franco german border?
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No. Further East.
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Leichtenstein?
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Not Liechtenstein
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http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/ZeFrenchie/Argentina/MarchApr_2008_Rosario_017.jpg
Don't cheat. I want the country and town please.
What constitutes cheating?
Looking at the URL of the image or putting "plaza de la cooperacion" into google?
Looking at the image URL or name.
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2 more countries to guess - the fields and haystacks are in one country and the hills are another.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/xxx.jpg)
Austria/Germany?
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No. Keep going east.
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The foreground looks Hungarian?
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Not Hungary, but you're getting very warm.
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OK, Bulgaria and Romania
Did you ride the Sofia-Varna-Sofia 1200k?
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Not Bulgaria and Romania (but you're half right)
Not SVS. Not yet, anyway. But I'd like to one day.
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Greece/Bulgaria ?
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Nope. The foreground is now EU (but wasn't when the pic was taken), the background isn't.
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Romania/ Ukraine?
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2422558865_b2d92638d1.jpg?v=0)
Easy peasy. But where from?
You shurrup, Noodley. ;)
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Romania/ Ukraine?
Yup, Taken somewhere between Sighetu Marmaţiei and Săpânţa, with Ukraine across the Tisza.
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Name the city and the mountain range in the background.
(http://hpbimg.damonpeacock.com/Which%20City.JPG)
Damon.
No interest in this. even though it is so commonplace.
Damon.
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No idea with any of the previous ones :-\
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(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/leggyd/PICT3350.jpg)
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f31/leggyd/PICT3349.jpg)
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Is that a resto or an office up there as I often see people up there.
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Is that a resto or an office up there as I often see people up there.
I guess it's the Enginneering project site offices, but no idea why the tube carriages are up there.
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EDIT <Reply to Martin's picture that was above but then removed>
It's the fake houses hiding the Circle Line near Paddington.
Lenster Place or something like that.
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It's the fake house hiding the Circle Line near Paddington.
Lenster Place or something like that.
correct; here's the rear view
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:fXsKCvrIAV-N5M:http://www.urban75.org/london/images/leinster05)
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It's the fake house hiding the Circle Line near Paddington.
Lenster Place or something like that.
correct; here's the rear view
(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:fXsKCvrIAV-N5M:http://www.urban75.org/london/images/leinster05)
I'm tempted to jump in with a Driver and get them to stop for a picture from track level ;D
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err, Martin, where's your original post gone ???
The first one I can remember getting right and it's disappeared :(
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err, Martin, where's your original post gone ???
The first one I can remember getting right and it's disappeared :(
err yes it came up with one of those copyright thingies :-[so I removed it; original is here
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photos/04/92/049276_d28db329.jpg
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OK, here's one for you.
(http://www.andsl.org/DSCF3323.JPG) (http://www.andsl.org/DSCF3323.JPG)
AC
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That is somewhere in the us of a by the looks of the cars.
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(Unless a post has been lost...)
Naggers is on Great Eastern St in Londinium. I always see those two tubes on my ride up to Cambridge (which goes up Shoreditch High St, a.k.a. the A10).
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(Unless a post has been lost...)
it has; I linked to a photo of the Leinster Terrace (non) house and took it down quick before it got replaced by one of two old boys enjoying a bit of how's your father which seems to happen at work
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(Unless a post has been lost...)
Naggers is on Great Eastern St in Londinium. I always see those two tubes on my ride up to Cambridge (which goes up Shoreditch High St, a.k.a. the A10).
Is right (as was Martin before taking his post down)
Just West of the old Bishopsgate Goods Yard where all the work for the East London Line extention is happening.
A new bridge was put across Shoreditch High St (A10) a few weeks ago.
Guess the portacabins are part of the site offices but no idea why there needs to be a couple of old Jubilee Line cars on top.
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Ok Andy...
Tell me where this is first...
(http://www.geograph.org.uk/photos/24/22/242217_dc172bb9.jpg)
I'm going to take a wild stab and guess that it is the Tesco store in Cirencester.
AC
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/101_0662.jpg)
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Ok Andy...
Tell me where this is first...
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photos/24/22/242217_dc172bb9.jpg
I'm going to take a wild stab and guess that it is the Tesco store in Cirencester.
AC
Hint: the image tells you where to find the answer
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Name the city and the mountain range in the background.
(http://hpbimg.damonpeacock.com/Which%20City.JPG)
Damon.
No interest in this. even though it is so commonplace.
Damon.
Not a lack of interest, but I was thinking "Campsie" for a while
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Is that city picture of Calgary, with the Rocky Mountains in the background?
Hmmm. Thought not.
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/101_0662.jpg)
Judging by the amount of graffiti I'd say it's some celebrity's house.
Graceland?
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Ok Andy...
Tell me where this is first...
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photos/24/22/242217_dc172bb9.jpg
I'm going to take a wild stab and guess that it is the Tesco store in Cirencester.
AC
Hint: the image tells you where to find the answer
Tesco, Blandford Forum. That took a little while to work out...
AC
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/101_0662.jpg)
Judging by the amount of graffiti I'd say it's some celebrity's house.
Graceland?
Uh Huh- Thank You Very Much :)
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Name the city and the mountain range in the background.
(http://hpbimg.damonpeacock.com/Which%20City.JPG)
Damon.
No interest in this. even though it is so commonplace.
Damon.
Not a lack of interest, but I was thinking "Campsie" for a while
The picture was taken very close to the A49.
Damon.
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Eh? Hereford? ???
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Malverns?
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Name the city and the mountain range in the background.
(http://hpbimg.damonpeacock.com/Which%20City.JPG)
The picture was taken from the junction of two motorways, there is another motorway junction within a mile.
Damon.
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Grenoble?
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Warrington?
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Grenoble?
Warrington?
This is getting confusing.
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I can only think of the Clwydians across Chester.
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Preston
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Ah yes. Nice photoshopped version here:-
[EDIT] Direct link to image no worky...
http://www.prestonlancs.com/
Gallery -> Random Preston Pictures -> Page 5
Click on "Accura's brilliant skyline pic"
Maybe this one will work:-
http://www.prestonlancs.com/gallery/index.php?action=dorate&cat=2&pic=62
you have to download it to see the full sized version.
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Link doesn't work
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Not Surprising that M Series got it. When the air is clear you can see about 80 miles so the hills in the background should be fairly obvious. The 12 times optical zoom does compress the perspective a bit from this viewpoint where the M65 crosses the M6, close to the junction of the A6 and A49.
The link Greenbank gives http://www.prestonlancs.com/gallery/index.php?action=dorate&cat=2&pic=62
would have been taken very close to where I filmed the Tour of Britain sprint on Church Brow in Walton-Le-Dale. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy7HgTRqBO8
Damon.
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/101_0588.jpg)
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The corner of South 3rd Street and Lt George W Lee Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee
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the hills in the background should be fairly obvious
This fine exercise surely should be completed by naming them all...
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The corner of South 3rd Street and Lt George W Lee Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee
OK smartarse- what building is behind me?
;)
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The corner of South 3rd Street and Lt George W Lee Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee
OK smartarse- what building is behind me?
Memphis Rock ‘N Soul museum
(the corner opposite being the Gibson guitar factory)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/2430419519_3f8a3ab692_b.jpg)
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Is that the Manchester Shit Canal between Warrington & Runcorn?
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Is that the Manchester Shit Canal between Warrington & Runcorn?
No. Wrong country
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The Rhine ? Dunno where though. Cologne ? Dusseldorf ?
Or maybe the Maas ?
;D
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The Rhine ? Dunno where though. Cologne ? Dusseldorf ?
Or maybe the Maas ?
;D
It is the Rhine (the Lower Rhine to be precise).
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The Rhine ? Dunno where though. Cologne ? Dusseldorf ?
Or maybe the Maas ?
;D
It is the Rhine (the Lower Rhine to be precise).
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And monday week is a special day in the town.
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That looks like the country around Arnhem.
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That looks like the country around Arnhem.
Very close.
It was taken from the top of a 'mountain' which rises 40m from the river.
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Somewhere in France. But what is it and where is it?
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/ZeFrenchie/Brest/CopiedeDSCN1008.jpg)
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Somewhere in France. But what is it and where is it?
It looks a bit like St Malo, bearing in mind that it is rather more than twenty-five years since I was there.
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Somewhere in France. But what is it and where is it?
It looks a bit like St Malo, bearing in mind that it is rather more than twenty-five years since I was there.
It looks like a prison.
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The corner of South 3rd Street and Lt George W Lee Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee
OK smartarse- what building is behind me?
Memphis Rock ‘N Soul museum
(the corner opposite being the Gibson guitar factory)
Close but no cigar. The museum is to my left
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Somewhere in France. But what is it and where is it?
It looks a bit like St Malo, bearing in mind that it is rather more than twenty-five years since I was there.
It could be, though if so, it's not the approach view I'm familiar with.
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Somewhere in France. But what is it and where is it?
Brest Castle?
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Not St Malo.
It is in Brest indeed. Now, to all PBP riders in particular, what is it though? It is not a prison.
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The residence of a certain Mayor?
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The residence of a certain Mayor?
Nope. What is Brest? What was it historically at least?
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Not St Malo.
It is in Brest indeed. Now, to all PBP riders in particular, what is it though? It is not a prison.
The old fortified town?
I've been to Brest three times on PBP. I shall go there again sometime and actually have a look at the place.
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Not St Malo.
It is in Brest indeed. Now, to all PBP riders in particular, what is it though? It is not a prison.
The old fortified town?
I've been to Brest three times on PBP. I shall go there again sometime and actually have a look at the place.
It is part of the fortification of the Penfeld indeed. But what is it?
N.B It is not the Tour Tanguy, which is at the back.
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That looks like the country around Arnhem.
Very close.
It was taken from the top of a 'mountain' which rises 40m from the river.
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I think it's a view of the ferry near Wageningen, taken from Oramje Nassau's Oord, looking South.
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PS I have friends in Lunteren, by Ede.....
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That looks like the country around Arnhem.
Very close.
It was taken from the top of a 'mountain' which rises 40m from the river.
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I think it's a view of the ferry near Wageningen, taken from Oramje Nassau's Oord, looking South.
It is indeed. The meeting was at the Wageningense Berg hotel.
The arboretum is very nice.
more pics here (http://flickr.com/photos/davidmam/sets/72157604657608279/)
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Not St Malo.
It is in Brest indeed. Now, to all PBP riders in particular, what is it though? It is not a prison.
The old fortified town?
I've been to Brest three times on PBP. I shall go there again sometime and actually have a look at the place.
It is part of the fortification of the Penfeld indeed. But what is it?
N.B It is not the Tour Tanguy, which is at the back.
Castle not enough detail for you? ;) Is it the Naval offices, in the chateau?
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Not St Malo.
It is in Brest indeed. Now, to all PBP riders in particular, what is it though? It is not a prison.
The old fortified town?
I've been to Brest three times on PBP. I shall go there again sometime and actually have a look at the place.
It is part of the fortification of the Penfeld indeed. But what is it?
N.B It is not the Tour Tanguy, which is at the back.
Castle not enough detail for you? ;) Is it the Naval offices, in the chateau?
The admiralty, sailor, the admiralty! ;)
Tour Tanguy is a museum. Castle was ambiguous. ::-)
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I'll bung one in for Frenchie...
(http://www.picture-box.co.uk/fishermancottage.jpg)
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Must be Brittany, and I would guess North coast
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Must be Brittany, and I would guess North coast
Yup...right so far.
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I'll bung one in for Frenchie...
(http://www.picture-box.co.uk/fishermancottage.jpg)
I love this cottage.
Another question would be: Why is it so unique (other than being in between two rocks)?.
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Plougrescant, went there on hols a few years ago. Not sure why it is unique, though
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Another question would be: Why is it so unique (other than being in between two rocks)?.
Is it something to do with several generations of one fishing family?
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I'll bung one in for Frenchie...
(http://www.picture-box.co.uk/fishermancottage.jpg)
I love this cottage.
Another question would be: Why is it so unique (other than being in between two rocks)?.
Because it's the only one there?
I have my coat....
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Is there any other house on that particular location, part of the coast?
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Is there any other house on that particular location, part of the coast?
It's alone on almost an island. There are, I think I recall, houses near the coast a little eastwards.
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it's the only one in the village?
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There's another such house in my part of Finistere, built on gvt land. In Finistere at least it is built on the coastal side of the coastal road, an area which was (still is) left untouched/unbuilt for the Coast Guards and Custom and Excise officers to patrol and easily monitor the sea (illegal off-loads, centuries ago). It is consequently very exposed, hence I guess the construction. I believe these houses may well have been Coast Guard houses.
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Which two places does this bridge link?
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/ZeFrenchie/Portugal/Gabrielle_July07070.jpg)
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It looks like Porto, but probably isn't!
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It looks like Porto, but probably isn't!
I took the picture from Porto. What is the name of the town on the other side though?
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It looks like Porto, but probably isn't!
I took the picture from Porto. What is the name of the town on the other side though?
Starboardo
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;D ;D ;D
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Malamude
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Malamude
Not far. Gaia.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/DSCF0318.jpg)
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Narnia?
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It does look mightily familiar, but I think it's a distant childhood memory I'm grasping at...
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There's a road like that somewhere around Market Drayton or Telford. But it is right in the country and wouldn't have a lamppost, I think.
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It looks like a bit of 'sustrans' 7 I rode in Scotland last year.
* Scratches head ... *
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Kelvingrove park in Glasgow?
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Boggart Hole Clough?
I know it isn't, I just love the name. ;D
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Nobody's very close so far.
You can just make out the roofs of a town through the trees, and I think the light may be still set up for gas.
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Is it Stroud? :)
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Berlin?
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2326/2450772080_84e756c138.jpg?v=0)
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hellymedic:
Is that Cynghordy viaduct ?
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hellymedic:
Is that Cynghordy viaduct ?
Yes. ;D ;D
Now with steam train.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/2451683266_61e54e895f.jpg?v=0)
Foreground obstruction at place I stayed. Viewpoint is lower when in a wheelchair...
Where did I stay?
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hellymedic:
Is that Cynghordy viaduct ?
Yes. ;D ;D
Now with steam train.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/2451683266_61e54e895f.jpg?v=0)
Foreground obstruction at place I stayed. Viewpoint is lower when in a wheelchair...
Where did I stay?
Don't know where you stayed but at first glance I thought it was a wooden viaduct..
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Is it Stroud? :)
Closest so far.
I might ride out to check if the light is gas tonight if the weather is OK.
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Where did I stay?
Llanerchindda?
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Is it Stroud? :)
Closest so far.
I might ride out to check if the light is gas tonight if the weather is OK.
Nailsworth?
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can I post a new one?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2450647697_535aaac78b.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/2451480064_d7028b2227.jpg)
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Where did I stay?
Llanerchindda?
10/10 for both answer & spelling!
Have a Gold Star and a round of applause! ;D ;D ;D
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can I post a new one?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2450647697_535aaac78b.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/2451480064_d7028b2227.jpg)
Glenbogle?
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;D
no
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Is it the Caledonian Canal on the left??
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can I post a new one?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2450647697_535aaac78b.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/2451480064_d7028b2227.jpg)
chez Windy mansion :)
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Is it the Caledonian Canal on the left??
no - it's the sea
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chez Windy mansion :)
I wish - it's owned by a man from Stoke though (Ian Scarr-Hall)
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Is it Stroud? :)
Closest so far.
I might ride out to check if the light is gas tonight if the weather is OK.
Nailsworth?
I'd be going in the wrong direction if I went to Nailsworth
(speaking of which, has Jaded got the low-down on the riotous goings on at the Nailsworth festival this weekend?)
ps. The weather doesn't look OK, and I expect the cafe would be shut anyway.
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chez Windy mansion :)
I wish - it's owned by a man from Stoke though (Ian Scarr-Hall)
He got the house and the locals got the land?
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chez Windy mansion :)
I wish - it's owned by a man from Stoke though (Ian Scarr-Hall)
He got the house and the locals got the land?
that's the one (he got the fishing/shooting rights too)
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/DSCF0318.jpg)
Robinswood Hill?
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Not Robinswood Hill.
The bit of Gloucester I live in, that would be in the wrong direction too.
It's steep enough that the chap in red, and the other one you probably can't make out behind the trees, had to walk up.
To recap the clues so far.
It's north of Gloucester, within an evening's ride
in/on the edge of a town
There's a steep hill and a cafe
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Great Malvern..?
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Place and name of monument, please
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC04726.jpg)
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The Minehead Marker.
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To recap the clues so far.
It's north of Gloucester, within an evening's ride
in/on the edge of a town
There's a steep hill and a cafe
St Ann's Well Cafe?
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The Minehead Marker.
Well done Greenbank - is there a similiar statue at the other end ( Poole ) ?
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Well done Greenbank - is there a similiar statue at the other end ( Poole ) ?
No idea. The last time I went to Poole was 20 years ago.
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St Ann's Well Cafe?
Correct (in/on the edge of Great Malvern, for andyoxon)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/JezzaD/IMG_0107.jpg)
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Jaipur? :)
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Not Jaipur. It's further east.
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I'd be going in the wrong direction if I went to Nailsworth
(speaking of which, has Jaded got the low-down on the riotous goings on at the Nailsworth festival this weekend?)
Yes, I do. Since I am one of the organisers... :thumbsup:
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Not Jaipur. It's further east.
Brechin?
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Not Jaipur. It's further east.
Kampuchea?
<MIB> '. . . buy her a lobster dinner. Pay more than a dollar!' </MIB>
luv'n'stuff
J
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Not Jaipur. It's further east.
Kampuchea?
Getting warmer. But not Cambodia either. ;)
Pumpé will be bound to get it. I know he's been there.
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I can give a bit of a clue. It's in Laos.
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I can give a bit of a clue. It's in Laos.
That would be Vientiane then - thought it looked a bit like the Arc de Triomphe :)
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You shouldn't need a clue for this one. Except the photo is more than 30 years old and I expect its changed a bit ...
(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/123.jpg)
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I'm always wrong... but this time I'd guess at the Forth and Clyde Canal, somewhere near Maryhill at the Glasgow end?
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I'm always wrong...
... but not this time. Its the aqueduct where it crosses the Kelvin river, as you say near Maryhill.
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I'm always wrong...
... but not this time. Its the aqueduct where it crosses the Kelvin river, as you say near Maryhill.
Whooppee!! :thumbsup:
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I can give a bit of a clue. It's in Laos.
That would be Vientiane then - thought it looked a bit like the Arc de Triomphe :)
It's called Patuxai, and is indeed in Vientiane. The story is that the Americans gave the Lao government lots of money to build a runway capable of taking B52s. The Lao took the money (after assorted 'costs' were subtracted) and decided instead to put up this thing.
Maybe I'll do an easier one next time. :)
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Quite a remote place, but hopefully not too obscure!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2461623772_72d54b9f44.jpg)
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I can give a bit of a clue. It's in Laos.
That would be Vientiane then - thought it looked a bit like the Arc de Triomphe :)
It's called Patuxai, and is indeed in Vientiane. The story is that the Americans gave the Lao government lots of money to build a runway capable of taking B52s. The Lao took the money (after assorted 'costs' were subtracted) and decided instead to put up this thing.
Maybe I'll do an easier one next time. :)
To save electricity they have swapped all the hundreds of light bulbs to fluorescent bulbs! Half of them were busted so it looks quite tacky close up. Passed by on my way the National Geological Institute witch is just around the corner. Had hoped to buy some military maps there as they are the only accurate ones. They were closed of cours so I used the LP-map book. Later I spent a couple of day's lost in the woods trying to navigate along a road bombed by the Americans 30 years ago and now completely lost to the forest. Still marked as a major highway in the LP-map though! ;D
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Quite a remote place, but hopefully not too obscure!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2461623772_72d54b9f44.jpg)
I'm thinking Russian because of the cross. the two saints might be Peter and Paul. So Petropavlovsk Kamchatky.
Damon.
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I wonder how foreshortened that photo is ? Those antennas don't look too far away. Could be...interesting :)
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Quite a remote place, but hopefully not too obscure!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2461623772_72d54b9f44.jpg)
I'm thinking Russian because of the cross. the two saints might be Peter and Paul. So Petropavlovsk Kamchatky.
Damon.
Not quite as remote as that! More off the beaten tourist path (although it's popular within the country itself).
The country does have some historical connection to Russia but they are different saints. They were brothers and their historical importance comes from their work in the region.
The TV mast is only about 100m from the statue - I used a wide angle lens to get the framing.
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Hmm. I was originally thinking Hungary given the cross, which would make one of them Istvan, the other Béla ???
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Now I'm thinking St Cyril and St Methodius, Bulgaria, Pamporovo maybe.
Damon.
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Now I'm thinking St Cyril and St Methodius, Bulgaria, Pamporovo maybe.
Damon.
Getting warmer, but wrong country :)
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(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/Pinniped/ACF/13_big.jpg)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2461623772_72d54b9f44.jpg)
The TV mast is only about 100m from the statue - I used a wide angle lens to get the framing.
Its a very good photo, IMO, very well spotted. So I've copied it yet again!
(Haven't a clue about where, beyond a general feeling of eastern-orthodoxy and, er, height.)
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OK - I've decided to add another one to keep the thread warm whilst we muse over giants and towers!
This should be easy.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/IMG_0418.jpg)
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The TV mast is only about 100m from the statue - I used a wide angle lens to get the framing.
Its a very good photo, IMO, very well spotted. So I've copied it yet again!
(Haven't a clue about where, beyond a general feeling of eastern-orthodoxy and, er, height.)
Damon got the saints right and the statue is around 1100m above sea level.
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Damon got the saints right and the statue is around 1100m above sea level.
Then with a bit of computer-aided detective work, I think we're in the Czech Republic - Mt Radhost.
Andrew
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(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/Pinniped/ACF/13_big.jpg)
Gaudi's church in Barcelona?
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After some fairly tricky ones, this should be easier.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0201-1.jpg)
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(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/Pinniped/ACF/13_big.jpg)
Gaudi's church in Barcelona?
Nope
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After some fairly tricky ones, this should be easier.
Burnsall :)
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After some fairly tricky ones, this should be easier.
Burnsall :)
Knew someone'd get it quickly.
And I also knew that whoever guessed it would have the same smile that I have every time I look at that picture :)
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Are you sure that's right?
The splitter wedges (or whatever you call them) go right up to parapet level on Burnsall bridge
http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/gallery/picture2.asp?id=389
I was about to suggest Conistone bridge (Kilnsey)
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Damon got the saints right and the statue is around 1100m above sea level.
Then with a bit of computer-aided detective work, I think we're in the Czech Republic - Mt Radhost.
Andrew
Correct :D
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This one may be a little obscure but have a go! 2 pictures to give substance and context...
(http://www.meiring.org.uk/pdm/images/Church1.jpg)
(http://www.meiring.org.uk/pdm/images/Church2.jpg)
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Damon got the saints right and the statue is around 1100m above sea level.
Then with a bit of computer-aided detective work, I think we're in the Czech Republic - Mt Radhost.
Andrew
That's impressive - because I tried that and got nowhere. :)
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So no one knows where my panda is?
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So no one knows where my panda is?
Was pleased to work out it WAS a Panda...
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This one may be a little obscure but have a go! 2 pictures to give substance and context...
Africa??? ?
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So no one knows where my panda is?
London zoo?
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San Diego zoo?
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Both very cold...
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Are you sure that's right?
Absolutely sure. I was sat on the green eating an ice cream when I took it.
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Both very cold...
China?
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or KL or Singapore?
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This one may be a little obscure but have a go! 2 pictures to give substance and context...
(http://www.meiring.org.uk/pdm/images/Church1.jpg)
The crosses suggest Russia to me.
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Yes, it is a traditional Russian Orthodox church as usually found in the Siberian steppe.
This one's location is a little unusual, though....
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Both very cold...
Wolong Panda Reserve, Chengdu?
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Having passed the American Church in London recently, I think this may be a church in exile - maybe in the States?
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Having passed the American Church in London recently, I think this may be a church in exile - maybe in the States?
Wrong continent. A bit closer please.... ;)
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Are you sure that's right?
Absolutely sure. I was sat on the green eating an ice cream when I took it.
Well that's very puzzling, because your photo is different from the photos of Burnsall Bridge (from whichever side) that come up when you do do a search on Google Images. See these two, for example (one from each side):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tall-guy/895184228/
I go past there regularly, but I haven't taken a recent photo, so I can't produce any evidence myself. Was yours a recent photo?
Andrew
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Both very cold...
Wolong Panda Reserve, Chengdu?
Even colder...
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Platform 1 at Matlock Bath, in which case the Panda has been photoshopped in.
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OK - a clue.
.anth/bpoab might know where it is...
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Are you sure that's right?
Absolutely sure. I was sat on the green eating an ice cream when I took it.
Well that's very puzzling, because your photo is different from the photos of Burnsall Bridge (from whichever side) that come up when you do do a search on Google Images. See these two, for example (one from each side):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tall-guy/895184228/
I go past there regularly, but I haven't taken a recent photo, so I can't produce any evidence myself. Was yours a recent photo?
Andrew
The day of the Yorkshire stage of the Tour of Britain last year. I took the lads up there after we'd seen the race go past Cow & Calf.
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OK - a clue.
.anth/bpoab might know where it is...
Edinburgh Zoo..
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OK - a clue.
.anth/bpoab might know where it is...
Edinburgh Zoo..
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Right city, I'll give you that. ;)
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Dynamic Earth or the Botanical Gardens.
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Nope.
Definitely an institution though.
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This one may be a little obscure but have a go! 2 pictures to give substance and context...
(http://www.meiring.org.uk/pdm/images/Church2.jpg)
Ok, it's time for a shot in the dark to get this going again!
If it's closer than America then I guess it must be Europe. The beautiful blue sky in the pics give the place a 'hot' feel for me, so I'd say somewhere south rather than north. On the other hand, it doesn't look like as arid as I remember southern Spain
I haven't been to Italy or mainland Greece, but it does reminds me of several places I've been to in northern Spain and France, so I'm tempted to say that's the area.
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Nope.
Definitely an institution though.
National Museum of Scotland?
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Nope.
Now - I've done some Googling to see if I could find reference to it, however I failed. So it is either new or very obscure. Suffice to say that if MSeries lived in Edinburgh, he would have been very close to this panda for a few weeks...
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Nope.
Now - I've done some Googling to see if I could find reference to it, however I failed. So it is either new or very obscure. Suffice to say that if MSeries lived in Edinburgh, he would have been very close to this panda for a few weeks...
It's not the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary is it?
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Engages Google-fu:
Panda Villa in Prestonfield?
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(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/IMG_0030.jpg)
This is the view looking up.
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Nope.
Now - I've done some Googling to see if I could find reference to it, however I failed. So it is either new or very obscure. Suffice to say that if MSeries lived in Edinburgh, he would have been very close to this panda for a few weeks...
It's not the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary is it?
Yes!
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(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/IMG_0030.jpg)
This is the view looking up.
Quinn Martins laboratory- Time Tunnel section?
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nope. The photo was taken from a seat in a bar.
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This one may be a little obscure but have a go! 2 pictures to give substance and context...
(http://www.meiring.org.uk/pdm/images/Church2.jpg)
Ok, it's time for a shot in the dark to get this going again!
If it's closer than America then I guess it must be Europe. The beautiful blue sky in the pics give the place a 'hot' feel for me, so I'd say somewhere south rather than north. On the other hand, it doesn't look like as arid as I remember southern Spain
I haven't been to Italy or mainland Greece, but it does reminds me of several places I've been to in northern Spain and France, so I'm tempted to say that's the area.
Looks Tatra-ish to me
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/JezzaD/IMG_0002-1.jpg)
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Sri Subramaniar Temple, Batu Caves, Malaysia. Statue of Hindu deity Lord Murugan. :)
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Blimey. Yes, that's exactly where it is. :D
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nope. The photo was taken from a seat in a bar.
It looks modern, a tower, reminiscent of an Eden Project or similar kind of public building.
No idea - any clues?
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Its in a hotel in Asia, I'm sitting on the 54th floor and looking up (inside the building) to the 87th.
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Grand Hyatt Hotel, Jinmao building, Shanghai?
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yup! really bad vertigo looking up.. I nearly fell over.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/2504373215_4c4025efbd.jpg?v=0)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/2504373215_4c4025efbd.jpg?v=0)
Glasgow central?
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Aberdeen
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Aberdeen
Gold star
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This one may be a little obscure but have a go! 2 pictures to give substance and context...
(http://www.meiring.org.uk/pdm/images/Church1.jpg)
(http://www.meiring.org.uk/pdm/images/Church2.jpg)
I think this one has just about run its course so I will reveal all....
It is in the Massif Central near the little hamlet of Sylvanes (http://www.egliserusse-prieure-sylvanes.com/visiting_the_russian_church_232.htm) in France, about 140km north of Montpellier. The church was actually built in the Kirov region of Russia, dismantled, transported in pieces to France and then re-assembled there.
My sister lives about 5km away. I took the photos during a walk around the hills while on a visit there.
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Gosh - that's a surprise! Thanks.
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I think this should be quite easy.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/P1020423.jpg)
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near chippenham?
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Not near Chippenham.
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It isn't the semington bridge. The one over the North Circular?
Or Wolverton, near Milton Keynes.
..d
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It isn't the semington bridge. The one over the North Circular?
Not the North Circular.
Or Wolverton, near Milton Keynes.
Not near Milton Keynes.
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Aldershot?
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Aldershot?
Wrong county but near enough (Aldershot is in Hampshire and I was about 10 metres into Surrey when I took this). It's the Ash Aqueduct, where the Basingstoke Canal crosses the A331. Built in 1995 and, it is claimed, the only aqueduct built in Britain in the 20th Century.
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Aldershot?
Wrong county but near enough (Aldershot is in Hampshire and I was about 10 metres into Surrey when I took this). It's the Ash Aqueduct, where the Basingstoke Canal crosses the A331. Built in 1995 and, it is claimed, the only aqueduct built in Britain in the 20th Century.
Claimed incorrectly. The new bradwell aqueduct was opened in 1991 (shropshire union canal).
There is a new one at Semington but that is 21st Century.
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May be quite easy... 'exact' spot begins with "R"...
(http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/23825/2216466960101458909S600x600Q85.jpg)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2422558865_b2d92638d1.jpg?v=0)
Easy peasy. But where from?
You shurrup, Noodley. ;)
Obviously too many of you have been agonising over this, judging by the total lack of response. ::-)
It's Fort William from the Lundavra Road. A dead end, but a lovely road to ride on, with spectacular views of Ben Nevis. I'd forgotten all about it until Y Lee G mentioned his mother-in-law lives in Fort William.
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May be quite easy... 'exact' spot begins with "R"...
(http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/23825/2216466960101458909S600x600Q85.jpg)
Somewhere around Padstow/ Harlyn?
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May be quite easy... 'exact' spot begins with "R"...
(http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/23825/2216466960101458909S600x600Q85.jpg)
Somewhere around Padstow/ Harlyn?
Rock?
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May be quite easy... 'exact' spot begins with "R"...
http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/23825/2216466960101458909S600x600Q85.jpg[/img]
Somewhere around Padstow/ Harlyn?
Rock?
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;) I'll put you out of your misery... very nice spot at Rinsey, Lizard-ish, Cornwall
Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=rinsey&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=15&iwloc=addr)
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Fairly easy to get the approximate location. The 3 gathering should provide a clue to the actual location.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2542256876_088b3ae5dc_b.jpg)
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Another hint. There is a shakespearian connection.
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I'm not seing the lightning.
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Dunsinane?
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Dunsinane?
Yup. Look the other way and if it hadn't been a bit dreich you can see Birnam wood.
Nice spot for a sunday afternoon amble. Unfortunately the camera on the phone isn't good enough to pick out the Tay Bridge in the background (about the furthest distance you can see the bridge from on land.)
..d
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If you've been here, you've probably been here twice (at least).
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/P1020227.jpg)
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If you've been here, you've probably been here twice (at least).
So...somewhere between Paris and Brest, or vice-versa?
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Yes. Could you be a little more precise?
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Has it recently gained a new mayor?
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Yes. Could you be a little more precise?
Don't be silly.
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Has it recently gained a new mayor?
It's further west than Mortagne.
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I think it's got a lot in common with a town recently visited by a former US President. This town holding the equivalent status in France. This being nearby.
(http://www.aukweb.net/pix/mney20h3_mon_apr_12_08_52_18_2004.jpg)
Damon.
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I think it's got a lot in common with a town recently visited by a former US President. This town holding the equivalent status in France.
Damon.
Correct. But when I was there in March they were celebrating their ties with Wigtown, D & G.
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Yes. Could you be a little more precise?
It's between Tinténiac & Loudéac, but I can't remember the name of the place off the top of me bonce.
(Hunts about on teh Intenets a bit)
Bécherel?
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Yes. Could you be a little more precise?
It's between Tinténiac & Loudéac, but I can't remember the name of the place off the top of me bonce.
(Hunts about on teh Intenets a bit)
Bécherel?
Bécherel indeed.
Population: 745. Bookshops: 15.
This is the village centre which the PBP route bypasses. The bookshop with the red door also does a very pleasant B & B. Bikes secure in the cellar.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/2547350235_fb9c99938b_m.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/2547350235_fb9c99938b_b.jpg)
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Bécherel indeed.
Population: 745. Bookshops: 15.
I reckon it must have been dark when I went through.
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Bécherel indeed.
Population: 745. Bookshops: 15.
I reckon it must have been dark when I went through.
It was raining when I went through. Well, on the way out, anyway (Tuesday evening). Anyway, my turn:
(http://www.legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/52.jpg)
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We could have a whole thread devoted to 'know your enemy' Becherel being one of the 'Big Three' transmitters on PBP, the others being Roc Trevezel and one close to St Paul-le-Gaultier.
(http://voyages.orange.fr/Galerie/Valid/74/4174_relais-t-d-f-becherel-bretagne.JPG)
This is the Becherel one.
Damon.
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We could have a whole thread devoted to 'know you enemy' Becherel being one of the 'Big Three' transmitters on PBP, the others being Roc Trevezel and one close to St Paul-le-Gaultier.
Consider Membury. After dark it can be seen from halfway across England, which can be deeply depressing.
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It was raining when I went through. Well, on the way out, anyway (Tuesday evening). Anyway, my turn:
(http://www.legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/52.jpg)
Must be another bit of the PBP route I didn't notice...
...though it looks like the Yemen.
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...though it looks like the Yemen.
Wrong continent...
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Battle Mountain USA (wild guess given the only place in Leftpondia I know you've been)
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(http://www.legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/52.jpg)
Is that Nutty's back garden after fertilising?
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Battle Mountain USA (wild guess given the only place in Leftpondia I know you've been)
Warmer, but still out by a Several of kilomiles.
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Alberta Badlands?
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Alberta Badlands?
(Googles)
Looks very similar, but no, not them...
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South America? Chile?
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South America? Chile?
North America. USA, to be more precise.
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Is that Nutty's back garden after fertilising?
;D ;D
(It looks that barren with no need to do anything ::-))
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South America? Chile?
North America. USA, to be more precise.
Arizona, then?
and then I give up
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Population: 745. Bookshops: 15.
I'll be away from YACF for a few days while I arrange my move to this town and start brushing up on my French.
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'Book Towns' are a worldwide phemomenon. Hay on Wye in England was the first and has 30 bookshops. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_town The USA seems quite poorly served with one in Nebraska, one in Minnesota and one in the Catskills, which has 5 Bookshops.
Damon.
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Warmer, but still out by a Several of kilomiles.
Whoops. This is misleading or, to put it another way, out by an order of magnitude (should be 102 not 103). So, Mr M Zoom is the nearest and the rest of you can have a free throw.
Sorry.
No, really.
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Dakota badlands?
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Dakota badlands?
Ian H is closer...
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Death Valley, Nevada? (http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/nevada/death-valley.php)
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Death Valley, Nevada? (http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/nevada/death-valley.php)
Zabriskie Point, to be precise. Most of Death Valley is in California though, so I shall have to withhold this * I was going to give you.
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I was working on the hope that the photo was in the Nevada bit, as it's the same viewpoint as the photo on the Nevada page linked :(
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Here's an easy place to guess
It looks a bit like the lower stretches of Honister Pass on the East side.
Damon.
It's on the way to Coniston Water on the south east side (is that Honister Pass?). I used to do a 25 mile loop every day which was bloody hard work, but it got me away from the missus and her mum. Cunsey to Coniston, up over Hawkshead hill and around, lots of arrows to cycle up.
The picture is of `Rusland Beeches.
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Hullo, its gone quiet.
Anyone cycled up this road? (Apart from me)
(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/345.jpg)
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Designed by MC Escher?
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Looks like the back side of Geiteryggen in Norway. On the road between Gol and Flaam (IIRC)
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Right continent, but if it helps, I've never travelled north of John O'Groats, nor east of Trieste.
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Is it the Passo San Boldo, near Follina in Italy? I've only heard of it because I've read Allan Nelson's entertaining account of his Italian cycle tours, see:
Dolomites and Alps by bike - May 2002 (http://www.bikeit.eclipse.co.uk/bike2002/index.htm)
for example.
It looks like a fantastic piece of road engineering.
Andrew
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Correct, well spotted.
6 hairpins, each in a tunnel - much loved by Italians in small red cars with raucous exhausts.
Somewhat tamed since they added some traffic light controls.
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OK, while on the subject of adventurous tunnels -
where's this?
(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/321.jpg)
clue: if its not obvious, the tunnel is only 1 vehicle wide.
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It's the Livigno tunnel, on the Swiss-Italian border.
I was browsing the virtual alps the other day, so only had to consult my browser history ;D
Back to passes, where's this?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/guess12.jpg)
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Back to passes, where's this?
Hmmm. Is that a yak at the roadside? Nepal?
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Looks similar to the Rhone glacier, but its not, not unless something awful has happened to the road surface recently. Interesting day-for-night effect on the photo!
And Livigno tunnel was correct of course - 4km long and 1 vehicle wide, and about 100m of climb in this direction - great fun on a bike. The sign says something like "at your own risk, mush" to which I reply, "and this differs from other roads how, exactly?"
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I agree with Mr. Larrington.
One of the La's on the Lhasa -kathmandu road, but I'll guess on the Tibetan side
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I agree with Mr. Larrington.
One of the La's on the Lhasa -kathmandu road, but I'll guess on the Tibetan side
But which one?
It is a yak (which was the clue). There are no passes on the Nepal section of the Lhasa-Kathmandu road, except for the town of Dhulikel.
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Here's one closer to home, but where?
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Guess160608.jpg)
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Is it the leprechaun's lighthouse, which is frequently obscured by passing gulls?
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Well, yes I know it looks like a place where the seagulls are big enough to eat the lighthouse keepers, but I assure you that was just an illusion :)
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Well, yes I know it looks like a place where the seagulls are big enough to eat the lighthouse keepers, but I assure you that was just an illusion :)
What, as in "OK, one last time. These are small... but the ones out there are far away. Small... far away... ah forget it!"?
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Here's one closer to home, but where?
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Guess160608.jpg)
That looks not entirely unlike the lighthouse thingy on Whitby Harbour.
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I agree with Mr. Larrington.
One of the La's on the Lhasa -kathmandu road, but I'll guess on the Tibetan side
But which one?
It is a yak (which was the clue). There are no passes on the Nepal section of the Lhasa-Kathmandu road, except for the town of Dhulikel.
It's the Karo La (5045m), the only pass on the route that's anywhere near a glacier, and the site of the first battle of the Younghusband 1904 invasion of Tibet (where machine guns proved more effective than swords and matchlock muskets).
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That looks not entirely unlike the lighthouse thingy on Whitby Harbour.
Spot on! Well done.
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Here's a new one.
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/505606.jpg)
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Gus,
Is that the resteraunt and shop by Gulfoss Falls in Iceland?
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Here's one closer to home, but where?
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Guess160608.jpg)
Whitby ?? Sorry just noticed someone beat me to it ,saves me right for not following the thread all the way through.How are you Andrew I enjoyed your Fleet Moss write up.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2587925016_712cb99ce2.jpg?v=0)
Where am I standing?
Damon.
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In Sutherland. ;)
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On the B869 near Rhicarn, just north of Lochinver?
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Gus,
Is that the resteraunt and shop by Gulfoss Falls in Iceland?
No it's not in Iceland
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Here's a new one.
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/505606.jpg)
Nordkapp ?
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On the B869 near Rhicarn, just north of Lochinver?
Yes indeed, too easy of course. Here's another easy one.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/2587089511_9037060c47.jpg?v=0)
Damon.
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Yes indeed, you're too good at these easy Scottish ones. So here's another.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2587089315_b0878d4c69.jpg?v=0)
Damon.
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Nordkapp ?
Correct
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Yes indeed, you're too good at these easy Scottish ones. So here's another.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2587089315_b0878d4c69.jpg?v=0)
Damon.
Not very sure, it could be Berneray taken from Taransay/Pabbay but I don't remember the big hills. There was also a similar view when we went kayaking off of Cliff/Reef beach, because I remeber it looked like the Kyles of Bute but wasn't. :)
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Looking Northish from somewhere near Plockton?
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A clue is that I recently did a circular ride starting from here.
(http://www.clansandcastles.com/clans_german/images/glenfinnan-lochshiel.jpg)
Damon.
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Loch Shiel (aka the lake at Hogwarts) and the Glenfinnan monument.
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That is indeed the start of the circular ride on which I took the picture with the rainbow above.
Kind of Turneresque I feel.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/2587924008_cf70e4808d.jpg?v=0)
This is a slightly different view of the same scene.
Damon.
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looking towards Glencoe from near Sallachan on the Corran to Strontian road
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Well done that man.
Damon.
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Which gorge is this?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/a31_gorge.jpg)
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Daluis. A bungee-jumpers' bridge (well, not originally, obviously).
Another one.
(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/567.jpg)
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That is indeed the start of the circular ride on which I took the picture with the rainbow above.
Kind of Turneresque I feel.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/2587924008_cf70e4808d.jpg?v=0)
This is a slightly different view of the same scene.
Damon.
Too late for that. Mmmmmmmm Aonach Dubh.....
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Daluis. A bungee-jumpers' bridge (well, not originally, obviously).
Another one.
(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/567.jpg)
Vercors - Grands Goulets or Combe Laval?
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(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/567.jpg)
Vercors - Grands Goulets or Combe Laval?
Yes - I agree it could be either but its the Grands Goulets.
The road built, apparently, by guys who abseiled down, set the charge, lit the blue touchpaper and swung to one side hoping it would go BANG before they swung back again ...
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(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/567.jpg)
Vercors - Grands Goulets or Combe Laval?
Yes - I agree it could be either but its the Grands Goulets.
The road built, apparently, by guys who abseiled down, set the charge, lit the blue touchpaper and swung to one side hoping it would go BANG before they swung back again ...
I've seen the video - hairy stuff :o
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This is the barrier blocking enforcing the closure of the through route to motor vehicles (though a few motorbikes did get past). Which pass is it?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/f3f23_barrier.jpg)
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Time, at last, for me to start playing with this thread.
(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/nuttycyclist/misc/guess-the-place.jpg)
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Doesn't look like Venice, nor Birmingham, so my guess is ... St Petersburg?
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Doesn't look like Venice, nor Birmingham, so my guess is ... St Petersburg?
Seems to be correct - it's this view (http://picasaweb.google.com/kishkes/JUFMission2007/photo#5088381493797489378) from the other end
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I was going to say St Petersburg too, you rotters. It looks vaguely like the bit where they did the tank chase in that Bond James Bond film.
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Dammit. You're all too good >:(
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Very difficult to set the level of obscurity just right, in this game. I haven't a clue about Andrew's rocky pass - not the Tunnel du Parpaillon? - looks a bit too bleak for that to me.
I liked the Malvern one - a very clever choice of pic - so here's another lamppost to be going on with ...
(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/777.jpg)
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It's not the Parpaillon.
A couple more of the same pass. We were descending, the barrier being where rough track changes to unsurfaced road. I'm off on holiday Friday, so no more clues, or an answer, for a while unless you are quick.
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/f3f13_pass_top.jpg)
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/f3f17_on_way_down.jpg)
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Pico del Veleta?
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Worrying lack of snow. Are we in the Atlas? (if you see what I mean)
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FF- is that lamp post in Prague?
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I wish. No, its a bit closer to home. Love the avatar BTW - makes me green with envy ...
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Pico del Veleta?
Correct - the approach from Capilera on the south side
The pass is about 3200m, then there's a side road up to the 3400m peak about 1km further on.
It was September IIRC - there is a small patch of snow visible in the original photo.
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I liked the Malvern one - a very clever choice of pic - so here's another lamppost to be going on with ...
(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/777.jpg)
Bayeux, perhaps?
Andrew
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yes Bayeux - 2 in a row - very good.
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Where is this a view of/from...
(http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/41492/2596201190101458909S600x600Q85.jpg)
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Glastonbury Tor?
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Glastonbury Tor?
Yup - view of Wearyall Hill from the Tor :)
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Hurrah! I'm usually rubbish at this game.
Here's one of mine:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2611125654_8791dbdd71.jpg)
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The Bowes Museum?
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He's right you know.
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Damn. One I could have got having cycled past it the weekend before last.
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Told you I was rubbish at this game :)
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Here's one of mine:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2540379247_822fd8f622.jpg)
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It has elements in it that could be Avonmouth, but it isn't. Is it?
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It has elements in it that could be Avonmouth, but it isn't. Is it?
As of yesterday, Avonmouth only had 3 wind turbines !
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It has elements in it that could be Avonmouth, but it isn't. Is it?
Nope.
It's not in the UK.
Gus and Woolypigs may know where it is.
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Excellent Pic
Probably not fair for me to answer this, but if the Pompino is in the shot, that means it must be somewhere near C********n
Can someone else fill in the blanks....if i right of course Steve :)
Cheers
Fraser
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It has elements in it that could be Avonmouth, but it isn't. Is it?
As of yesterday, Avonmouth only had 3 wind turbines !
One blew over?!? ;D
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I hope no one minds if I post another whilst the other one is still up for debate?
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/witw.jpg)
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Here's one of mine:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2540379247_822fd8f622.jpg)
The Power Station and windmills you can see is called Avedøreværket. which is just east of the city of Copenhagen.
Also sometimes called 'Dong 2'!
The reason I really took the photo was that the Baltic Sea looked completely smooth, due to it being windless that morning.
Something that does not happen very often over here! Also the bridge where I took the photo is the highest point of my commute to and from work.
(and yes, the chain is a bit slack!)
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<pedant>
Surely the only place east of the city of Copenhagen is the sea, or at a pinch, Amager?
<pedant>
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<pedant>
Surely the only place east of the city of Copenhagen is the sea, or at a pinch, Amager?
<pedant>
Yep you are correct - it is south of the City, not east.
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Here's one of mine:
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2540379247_822fd8f622.jpg
The Power Station and windmills you can see is called Avedøreværket. which is just east of the city of Copenhagen.
Also sometimes called 'Dong 2'!
The reason I really took the photo was that the Baltic Sea looked completely smooth, due to it being windless that morning.
Something that does not happen very often over here! Also the bridge where I took the photo is the highest point of my commute to and from work.
(and yes, the chain is a bit slack!)
aha... Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=copenhagen&ie=UTF8&ll=55.613723,12.511716&spn=0.001906,0.003954&t=h&z=18 ) :)
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The reason I really took the photo was that the Baltic Sea looked completely smooth, due to it being windless that morning.
Something that does not happen very often over here!
Was it taken in the first week of June?
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The reason I really took the photo was that the Baltic Sea looked completely smooth, due to it being windless that morning.
Something that does not happen very often over here!
Was it taken in the first week of June?
The week before - 28th May 2008
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Ah, ok. (We were in the Baltic for the first 2 weeks of June and it was like a millpond for most of that time. But chatting to the locals it seemed it was our own personal millpond and patch of sunshine we were dragging round ;D)
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Here's one of mine:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2540379247_822fd8f622.jpg)
Steve, I hadn't seen this post, but yes I drive by it everyday at work.
and I can see it from my local beach, even though it's 15 miles away
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I hope no one minds if I post another whilst the other one is still up for debate?
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/witw.jpg)
Nobody seems to have a clue about this one....
So where is it Jaded?
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I think I can just about make out the words 'The Colonnade' on one of the buildings below, but that just confuses me, because I'd kinda convinced myself it wasn't an English-speaking country. I'd've thought Germany, given the architecture and the driving on the right and stuff. The church looks a bit too old for it to be US, Canada or antipodes, so I'm stumped. ???
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Good old Google!
Boston then (not Lincs).
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Try this:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/Ncarsmall.jpg)
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Dunno, but isn't that a Vauxhall Victor?
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Good old Google!
Boston then (not Lincs).
One of the buildings at the Prudential Centre.
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Dunno, but isn't that a Vauxhall Victor?
Opel Commodore Coupé
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Good old Google!
Boston then (not Lincs).
:thumbsup:
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Dunno, but isn't that a Vauxhall Victor?
Opel Commodore Coupé
Same difference :p
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Oh awright then. But more street cred... :P
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(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC02990.jpg)
Where is this bike exhibited ?
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Sparkford?
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Try this:
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/Ncarsmall.jpg)
Somewhere in New Zealand?
Or somewhere near Port Stanley?
???
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Sparkford?
Correct - Haynes Motor Museum
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Somewhere in New Zealand?
Or somewhere near Port Stanley?
???
Rather nearer home.
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Sparkford?
Correct - Haynes Motor Museum
It was the cramped display and the 'used' look of the cars that gave it away.
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Is that an ado16 I spy behind? ;)
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Somewhere in New Zealand?
Or somewhere near Port Stanley?
???
Mid wales?
Breacon?
Rather nearer home.
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Bit more North.
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Stornoway?
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Mainland.
I'm sure quite a number of you will have cycled past this spot.
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Mainland.
I'm sure quite a number of you will have cycled past this spot.
Is it the A835 Ullapool to Inverness Road?
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Nope
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Top of the Bealach?
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Further North.
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I't a bit like Torriden, only without the mountains!
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Keep going. (North, that is)
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The furthest north I've been on the mainland is Ullapool!
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You won't recognize it then. :)
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Cape Wrath?
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Overshot a bit.
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A836 West of Strathy ???
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Go west, young man!
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Is it some Godawful place?
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I suppose you could regard it as a little bleak round there. But I rather liked it. I spent the night there in the car. The shot was taken first thing in the morning just after I'd cleaned my teeth and had a wash in the stream. August 1980. Didn't take me that long to find the spot on Google maps - I remembered roughly where it was, and the resolution up on the aerial shots is pretty good now.
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A838 just North of Rhiconich, just south of Gualin House.
Damon.
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Aye, that's the one.
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Probably an easy one.
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1153/1449096807_8a3012354e.jpg?v=0)
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Glyder Fach, cantilever rock.
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Glyder Fach, cantilever rock.
Yup, twas easy.
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(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/999.jpg)
photo courtesy of Google Earth
Name the village?
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Bishopthorpe?
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Yup, hole in one.
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Just down t'road from acaster malbis, where I was spawned.
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Which castle?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/DSCF0578.jpg)
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Which castle?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/DSCF0578.jpg)
Corfe Castle.
I have been there many years ago but couldn't quite remember the name.
..d
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Obviously too easy, though I was expecting someone a bit more local to get it.
Have another easy one
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0774.jpg)
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Muckle Flugga, off the north of Unst in Shetland?
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Muckle Flugga, off the north of Unst in Shetland?
I was thinking the rocks at the end of the Gower, whatever they're called.
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Muckle Flugga it is
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/guess13.jpg)
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Muckle Flugga, off the north of Unst in Shetland?
I was thinking the rocks at the end of the Gower, whatever they're called.
Worms head, and it doesn't have a lighthouse.
..d
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Yup, hole in one.
Woulda bin quite a bit harder without Jupiter ;D
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Muckle Flugga, off the north of Unst in Shetland?
I was thinking the rocks at the end of the Gower, whatever they're called.
Worms head, and it doesn't have a lighthouse.
..d
That's the one. Is my memory playing me false in remembering a building at the end?
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Here's one. Doesn't have to be too precise (because I can't recall exactly where we were).
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1143/830334431_4fe038238e.jpg?v=0)
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Here's one. Doesn't have to be too precise (because I can't recall exactly where we were).
Corsica, somewhere near the Col de Bavella ?
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Here's one. Doesn't have to be too precise (because I can't recall exactly where we were).
Corsica, somewhere near the Col de Bavella ?
Northern part of the GR20, somewhere, I think, before the Cirque de Solitude. I don't think we dipped below 3000m more than once on the entire walk.
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Muckle Flugga, off the north of Unst in Shetland?
I was thinking the rocks at the end of the Gower, whatever they're called.
Worms head, and it doesn't have a lighthouse.
..d
That's the one. Is my memory playing me false in remembering a building at the end?
Either that or mine is doing the same but vice versa.
..d
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Where's this distinctive hedge? It should be familiar to quite a few people hereabouts.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/2173410240_d7d54087cb_b.jpg)
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/2173404110_3c5b841247_o.jpg)
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Painswick?
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There's one very much like it in Beaminster...but I'm not sure that's the one.
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Neither Painswick nor Beaminster.
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Where's this distinctive hedge? It should be familiar to quite a few people hereabouts.
I think I may have cycled past it without noticing it in late May this year. Is it in an alliterative village? Am I on the right track? And if so, enough clues?
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Where's this distinctive hedge? It should be familiar to quite a few people hereabouts.
I think I may have cycled past it without noticing it in late May this year. Is it in an alliterative village? Am I on the right track? And if so, enough clues?
Yes to all those. And there were plenty of others riding past it on May 18th.
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Yes to all those. And there were plenty of others riding past it on May 18th.
Including me?
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Yes to all those. And there were plenty of others riding past it on May 18th.
Including me?
Possibly. Depends which route you took.
In searching the archives I saw that someone mentioned the hedge.
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Muckle Flugga it is
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/guess13.jpg)
no takers for where the ferryman is then?
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no takers for where the ferryman is then?
Padstow?
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Balamory? ;D
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Orford ?
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Reedham?
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on the tiller....gotmecoatonready
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Thought it might have been Pin Mill for a moment but no
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Padstow is closest so far.
According to google, the Pin Mill ferry stopped running at the end of the 19th century.
Not being a Cbeebies watcher, I had to look Balamory up, but having done so, the ferries there are much bigger.
Have a wider view. The ferry goes from directly opposite, and it takes bikes.
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/guess13b.jpg)
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Padstow is closest so far.
According to google, the Pin Mill ferry stopped running at the end of the 19th century.
Not being a Cbeebies watcher, I had to look Balamory up, but having done so, the ferries there are much bigger.
Have a wider view. The ferry goes from directly opposite, and it takes bikes.
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/guess13b.jpg)
Calstock?
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I seem to remember a view like that on the River Dart possibly at Dittisham.
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Dittisham is the closest so far - close enough that a ride taking in both would be feasible.
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Topsham?
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Wadebridge ?
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Topsham?
I think you're right. Narrower than I remember.
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Only just seen this. It is definetly Topsham..my old hunting ground in a previous life.
I used to winter a boat at Turf Locks on the Exeter Ship canal, which this Ferry serves.
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Topsham?
I think you're right. Narrower than I remember.
Perhaps you remember it with the tide in?
Topsham it is
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/101_0775.jpg)
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Deptford?
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Deptford?
::-)
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Well, the skull & crossbones has a history there, y'know, though the river shore is rather muddier... ;D
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Dungeness?
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Dungeness?
Nope
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orford ness?
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Eton?
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South coast, somewhere Lulworth Cove?
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/101_0775.jpg)
Oświęcim ?
Damon
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A little help-
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/101_0742.jpg)
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I used to work with a bricky who was one of the first into Belsen, he never talked about it much, he was a very good bricky though.
Damon.
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Not Belsen but you are on the right lines.
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Auschwitz?
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No.
Think Adolf's 'Model Camp'.
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Dachau?
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Auschwitz?
Didn't Really Ancien suggest Auschwitz upthread by its Polish name?
I also think it's Auschwitz.
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Treblinka?
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Sachsenhausen ?
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Just found this thread and Gus gets there before me..
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I'll hazard another guess,
Teresin/Theresenstadt
The entrance is wrong for Auschwitz, in retrospect.
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Oświęcim ?
Damon
Impressive use of accents.
Polish keyboard? :D
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Oświęcim ?
Impressive use of accents.
Polish keyboard? :D
Copy & Paste?
+1 for Sachsenhausen
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Gus, Palinurus and andrew_s are correct. An hour by train and foot from the centre of Berlin. Liberated by the Russians in 1945. They were so disturbed by the concept of the camp that they kept it running and stocked with prisoners (and bodies) until the mid 1950's. A real eye opener. Not a Death Camp per se, as prisoners were not only sent there for extermination. Most were sent to work but, Sachsenhausen is where many of the methods and techniques were trialed and perfected. Apparently, all 'Death Camps' were built on other than German soil.
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I haven't been to Sachsenhausen, but I visited Auschwitz 10 years ago.
It is the worst place I've ever have been and it still hurts just thinking about it.
Away from all the horrors.
Here are a new place to guess :
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/050312.jpg)
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I haven't been to Sachsenhausen, but I visited Auschwitz 10 years ago.
It is the worst place I've ever have been and it still hurts just thinking about it.
Away from all the horrors.
Here are a new place to guess :
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/050312.jpg)
It is Denmark on the coast but I cannot for the life of me remember where.
..d
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(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/050312.jpg)
Is that not the first photo on this thread from a different angle?
Esbjerg
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It's been to long since this thread started. ::-) ::-)
Yes it's Esbjerg
This one are not from Denmark :
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/2007_08_22.jpg)
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I've never been there, but is that Iceland?
here's another one:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/IMG_0944.jpg)
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I wonder where this is Mike...
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I'd guess Old Man of Coniston?
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A sheep above Low Water, OMoC.
..d
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yup, low water.
just before we blithely marched past the fork L for OMoC and ended up on Dow Crag by mistake, looking across and going 'I wonder what all those people are doing up on that side of the valley'. D'oh.
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(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/050312.jpg)
Is that not the first photo on this thread from a different angle?
Esbjerg
On the road to Hjerting, and its "Mennesker ved haven" (if my unchecked spelling is OK) and the weather looks about the same as when I was there, only a LOT less windy.
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw108.jpg)
A borrowed picture - mine are all slides and I have no scanner.
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A first try.
(http://pages.zoom.co.uk/alan.starkey/web1.jpg)
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A first try.
(http://pages.zoom.co.uk/alan.starkey/web1.jpg)
Windermere?
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Mine is a monument. Any more clues wanted? :)
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Mine is a monument. Any more clues wanted? :)
Looks Spanish to me.
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Mine is a monument. Any more clues wanted? :)
is it south american?
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No. Not Spanish or South American.
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Mine is a monument. Any more clues wanted? :)
South Africa?
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Mine is a monument. Any more clues wanted? :)
South Africa?
Indeed.
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A South African walked past my computer and said "Nice photo, when did you go to [REMOVED]?"
However, I won't post the answer as I didn't know it...
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:)
It is an rather weird monument. I have a whole load of photos I took in the late 70's on a visit there, but they are slides and I cannot scan them. The last time I went it was looking rather forlorn.
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I remember it being built. It took what seemed to be ages and was visible from the main road - I had to do errands in the City and passed by it on almost a weekly basis at that time (mid 70's IIRC)
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Which city? :)
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Afrikaans Language Monument , outside Paarl?
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Indeed.
A monument to a language. I'll find a link/some more photos. If I'd posted the phallic bit it would have been easier
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Indeed.
A monument to a language. I'll find a link/some more photos. If I'd posted the phallic bit it would have been easier
I have never been there, although I once drove past it on the way to a work meeting.
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one from a recent trip:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/P7120355.jpg)
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Sweden ???
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A first try.
(http://pages.zoom.co.uk/alan.starkey/web1.jpg)
North end of Ullswater?
Near Pooley Bridge??
Place Fell in the middle???
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Sweden ???
yep.
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A first try.
(http://pages.zoom.co.uk/alan.starkey/web1.jpg)
North end of Ullswater?
Near Pooley Bridge??
Place Fell in the middle???
Is it taken from the jetty at Howtown?
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A first try.
(http://pages.zoom.co.uk/alan.starkey/web1.jpg)
North end of Ullswater?
Near Pooley Bridge??
Place Fell in the middle???
Looking south over Ullswater from beside the river at Pooley Bridge.
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Ok
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw45.jpg)
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skylight view down into the NASA astronaut training pool in Houston?
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/monstadog/Image6.jpg)
Hows about this then?
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LA?
South Central?
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LA?
South Central?
Nope. Right country though ;D
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skylight view down into the NASA astronaut training pool in Houston?
No...
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/monstadog/Image6.jpg)
Hows about this then?
Baltimore?
(I've never been to the USA...)
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Baltimore?
(I've never been to the USA...)
[/quote]
Nope, LA was physically closer.
I'd just taken off from the north Airport on a sightseeing tour
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Is it Silicone Valley?
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Is it Silicone Valley?
Nope. The big road is I 15
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Las Vegas?
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Going to see the Grand Canyon?
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The big road is I 15
Salt Lake City?
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Las Vegas?
Going to see the Grand Canyon?
YAY!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/monstadog/Image12.jpg)
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Ok
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw45.jpg)
Your pervy-eye view into someone's indoor pool?
;)
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Alfie says No. :thumbsup:
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Las Vegas?
Going to see the Grand Canyon?
YAY!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/monstadog/Image12.jpg)
I've been on one of those planes to the canyon ... I thought that "North Airport" was a generous description for a landing strip on the edge of the desert ..... but a fantastic "must do" trip (although IIRC the lunch was crap)
Rob
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Las Vegas?
Going to see the Grand Canyon?
YAY!
I've been on one of those planes to the canyon ... I thought that "North Airport" was a generous description for a landing strip on the edge of the desert ..... but a fantastic "must do" trip (although IIRC the lunch was crap)
Rob
It was definitely a really good trip. Lunch was crap ;D but the views were stunning
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(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/gordon1314/IMG_1221.jpg)
Clue: Those screens are to stop you seeing what's under the bridge...
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The photo is dated 28th July, and you were on your Bergen Loop tour then, so I'll guess that the screens are to stop you looking into the German naval dockyard at Wilhelmshaven - Jachmanstrasse (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=wilhelmshaven&ie=UTF8&ll=53.519007,8.138123&spn=0.00289,0.009366&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr) looks about right.
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Ok
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw45.jpg)
Your pervy-eye view into someone's indoor pool?
;)
Your pervy-eye view up the Spinnaker Tower in Pompey?
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Uncovered by a Pompite!
Indeed!
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yellow-ceitidh, Mrs Chris, Zoe and Lewis out for a ride, but where?
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_0256.jpg)
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The photo is dated 28th July, and you were on your Bergen Loop tour then, so I'll guess that the screens are to stop you looking into the German naval dockyard at Wilhelmshaven - Jachmanstrasse (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=wilhelmshaven&ie=UTF8&ll=53.519007,8.138123&spn=0.00289,0.009366&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr) looks about right.
Right country, :thumbsup: but the wrong target. :(
That's one of two identical bridges going over the Mercedees Benz test track to the East of Papenburg in Germany. I could hear a truck at high speed below but couldn't see anything at all.
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yellow-ceitidh, Mrs Chris, Zoe and Lewis out for a ride, but where?
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_0256.jpg)
That looks almost like part of Majawka
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Trying to make it into North Wales, but it won't be made. Scotland?? (Possibly making unfair use of your magnificent shot in the "sunsets" thread.)
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certainly looks scottisshishhsishh
Somewhere near Loch Tay? Glen Lyon?
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Scotland - Yes
Loch Tay? Glen Lyon? - No and No.
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Aye, the hills are too pointy for Glen Lyon.
Loch Maree, Ben Eigh area?
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Aye, the hills are too pointy for Glen Lyon.
Loch Maree, Ben Eigh area?
Nay.
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Near the Crinan canal ?
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Near Loch Rannoch?
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Near the Crinan canal ?
Yes, Its the B road that runs from near Crinan to Kilmartin.
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Another one from north of the border.
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_0194.jpg)
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General area will do
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/monstadog/DSC01360.jpg)
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Thetford?
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Where would you see this well-armed traffic cop?
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/7832028@N02/461353459/)
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Er, okay, you wouldn't see that one. Could someone tell me how to upload a photo to this forum from flickr so people can actually see it?
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okay, well it's now my avatar, but I don't know how to upload it as a photo. :-[
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Er, okay, you wouldn't see that one. Could someone tell me how to upload a photo to this forum from flickr so people can actually see it?
Go to flickr site, call up picture, right click on picture itself, click on 'copy image location', paste url into image tags...(little pic icon on BBS)
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Where would you see this well-armed traffic cop?
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/7832028@N02/461353459/)
You mean this one...(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/213/461353459_65e5b89259.jpg?v=0)
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Chris - Is that the rest and be thankful on the LHS ?
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Thank you, Hellymedic.
I thought that was what I was doing in fact - certainly I posted a url into the image tag, but I guess it must have been the wrong one.
So, where is it? :)
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Chris - Is that the rest and be thankful on the LHS ?
Yes
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Thank you, Hellymedic.
I thought that was what I was doing in fact - certainly I posted a url into the image tag, but I guess it must have been the wrong one.
So, where is it? :)
On/under the image itself, not page onto which it is pasted. That's why I suggested right-clicking on the image and then selecting 'Copy Image Location'.
I am largely ignorant of things like how to write a webpage but there are many components to most of them. You just want the image and this is how it's done.
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Thanks again, Hellymedic, and I'm going to try posting some other images soon (well, probably next weekend). But I actually meant - where in the world is it? :)
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Thanks again, Hellymedic, and I'm going to try posting some other images soon (well, probably next weekend). But I actually meant - where in the world is it? :)
Having seen the title of the photo when I chased the posting in which you posted the wrong URL, I feel giving an answer would be cheating as I've never been anywhere near. (Open 'photoless' post, hit 'reply with quote', copy URL in it into browser...)
MiniCudzo is a cutie...
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Indeed, Hellymedic, you are thanked but disqualified!
And he gets his good looks from his mother (though he has my eyebrows ;)).
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Tonga
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Close, but no banana.
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OK - Polynesia, not flat:
Tahiti?
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Polynesia, yes, and not flat. But not Tahiti either. Clue; East of Tonga and west of Tahiti.
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Rarotonga?
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By George, he's got it!!
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Where's this, then?
[img height=480 width=640]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/2822498506_8d4587c218_b.jpg[/img]
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Dunno but it's not mostly downhill from here...
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Where's this, then?
[img height=480 width=640]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/2822498506_8d4587c218_b.jpg[/img]
Its Largs, taken from the north, and that's the Great Cumbrae ferry disappearing to the right. Many years ago (about 40) Mrs Chris' grandfather used to be the captain on that route. It was a different boat in those days - the Keppel which was a passenger only ferry. The Keppel is now the Hornblower a 'floating winebar' in Malta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RIy8FQB8fM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RIy8FQB8fM).
It's not always that sunny there -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/IMG_0391.jpg)
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/where_in_w.jpg)
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...
Its Largs, taken from the north, and that's the Great Cumbrae ferry disappearing to the right. Many years ago (about 40) Mrs Chris' grandfather used to be the captain on that route. It was a different boat in those days - the Keppel which was a passenger only ferry. The Keppel is now the Hornblower a 'floating winebar' in Malta
...
Close enough ;)
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/where_in_w.jpg)
Looks not dissimilar to an arty shot of St Peters square..
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I have memories of something like that in Barcelona.
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Thought for a moment it might be the Trafford (shopping) Centre in Manchester!
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Excellent suggestions, but all wrong! :thumbsup:
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Looks like St Mark's Square...?
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Kiev.
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All wrong. Very wrong. ;D
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No idea of the location, but given the large church I wonder if it's in Latin America?
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Nope.
It's a pretty important place for the people that go there....
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It's a pretty important place for the people that go there....
Swindon?
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That campanile looks Italian, and the dome looks a bit like St Peter's, but I can't work out the structure on the right.
Oh what the hell.
The Vatican?
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That campanile looks Italian, and the dome looks a bit like St Peter's, but I can't work out the structure on the right.
Oh what the hell.
The Vatican?
But St Mark's has been rejected so I hereby withdraw my guess.
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Where's this, then?
[img height=480 width=640]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/2822498506_8d4587c218_b.jpg[/img]
You can almost see where I was born, on the hill, to the left of the church spire on the left. Nice photo.
And I remember The Keppel - the only way to Millport before the Cumbrae slip was built. Ah, happy days. Thanks for posting that. :thumbsup:
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It's not in Asia or Europe.
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You can almost see where I was born, on the hill, to the left of the church spire on the left. Nice photo.
And I remember The Keppel - the only way to Millport before the Cumbrae slip was built. Ah, happy days. Thanks for posting that. :thumbsup:
Welcome - I enjoyed that day. Had some lovely fish n chips while the ferry came in and listened to some teenage lads telling hilarious tales of their sexual exploits...
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And I remember The Keppel - the only way to Millport before the Cumbrae slip was built. Ah, happy days.
The Keppel didn't come up to British safety standards, so was sold as scrap about ten years ago. £4000 for 120 tonnes of steel I seem to remember. It had a strange control system where the propeller could be angled sideways to steer the boat, and this meant that it was difficult to handle at slow speed in confined waters. The guy that bought it to take to Malta tracked down Mrs Chris' grandfather who lived on Bute and was 90 at the time, and paid him £600 (I think) for a couple of days worth of lessons on how the boat worked. I was on Bute at the time and went out on the Keppel on the second day. Speaking to the new owner he reckoned on being able to have 250 people on board each evening at around £20 per time 7 days per week for a three month season. We worked out that if his calculations were correct, by the time he got to Malta and painted the boat he would probably have paid for it by the end of the first week!
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Nope.
It's a pretty important place for the people that go there....
Capitol Hill from the rear?
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That's the right continent now!
It's not government...
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Rarotonga?
Yes. Just outside Avarua on the "inner road" IIRC.
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Jaded, is yours in Montreal?
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Er, time for another one yet?
Nice and easy;
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y251/ailienated/pollution.jpg)
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Jaded, is yours in Montreal?
No.
It is the headquarters of a religion thing. :)
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Jaded- Salt Lake City. Mormon HQ?
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Jaded, is yours in Montreal?
No.
It is the headquarters of a religion thing. :)
A religion thing? Possibly Boston?
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getting quite a lot warmer. ;D
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getting quite a lot warmer. ;D
Is it something to do with the Christian Scientists then? For some reason I remember them being based in Boston. The only other place in the states that I associate with a religious group is Salt Lake City and it looks too wet for there :D
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Boston Church of Christ?
A rather odd sect (part of the International Church of Christ) with cultist overtones...
Or it could be the Old South Church in Boston - one of the first churches to hold a gay wedding.
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getting quite a lot warmer. ;D
Is it something to do with the Christian Scientists then? For some reason I remember them being based in Boston.
It is their head office. :)
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Just to keep this thread going, here's one that shouldn't be too difficult for all you well-travelled people:
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Guess010708.jpg)
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I don't think it's Malmesbury (I'm not well travelled!).
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Er, time for another one yet?
Nice and easy;
Bomber, I've no idea but love the picture.
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Er, time for another one yet?
Nice and easy;
Bomber, I've no idea but love the picture.
Fawley ?
Could be Milford Haven I s'pose.
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Er, time for another one yet?
Nice and easy;
Bomber, I've no idea but love the picture.
Fawley ?
Could be Milford Haven I s'pose.
Tis indeed Fawley. Was driving back from Lepe, saw the sky and had to pull over and get the camera out.
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Er, time for another one yet?
Nice and easy;
Bomber, I've no idea but love the picture.
Thanks!
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Just to keep this thread going, here's one that shouldn't be too difficult for all you well-travelled people:
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Guess010708.jpg)
Siena.
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Just to keep this thread going, here's one that shouldn't be too difficult for all you well-travelled people:
Siena.
Right country, but no.
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Er, time for another one yet?
Nice and easy;
The New Forest after the fire?
Or Port Talbot in the old days.
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The New Forest after the fire?
Or Port Talbot in the old days.
I thought it was maybe Q8
Anyway - to add to the current churchy theme:
(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/wxy.jpg)
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The New Forest after the fire?
Or Port Talbot in the old days.
I thought it was maybe Q8
Anyway - to add to the current churchy theme:
(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/wxy.jpg)
I seem to remember something like that in Normandy, somewhere near Pont-l'Eveque possibly?
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Well, I don't think it's Chesterfield ;D
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You're right at that - Chesterfield spire is bent in a similar way but its more pronounced and there is only one spire!
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andrew w:
Perugia?
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andrew w:
Perugia?
No, but getting warmer!
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Anyway - to add to the current churchy theme:
(http://www.aukadia.com/folio/wxy.jpg)
Saint-Come-d'Olt, on the Lot NE from Rodez
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That's very good - you're hard to beat Andrew, I really thought that would run a bit longer!
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Just to keep this thread going, here's one that shouldn't be too difficult for all you well-travelled people:
Siena.
Right country, but no.
Orvieto.
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Just to keep this thread going, here's one that shouldn't be too difficult for all you well-travelled people:
Siena.
Right country, but no.
Orvieto.
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Guess010708.jpg)
Correct! Well done, Rob.
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I took this pic in the summer, but where was i??
(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1451/21072008001he2.jpg)
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I took this pic in the summer, but where was i??
About 10 feet away from your bike?
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About 10 feet away from your bike?
LOL, everyone loves a smartarse. :)
Correct, but where were my bike and I?
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I took this pic in the summer, but where was i??
(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1451/21072008001he2.jpg)
Looks Cairn o'Mount-ish, but I wouldn't expect Noodley to get that ;)
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Looks Cairn o'Mount-ish, but I wouldn't expect Noodley to get that
Bravo...it sure is, looking South from the top of the Cairn o Mount.
My brother and i had cycled from Ballater to Montrose and back, over the Cairn o'Mount both ways, it was a beautiful day, although the climb was a struggle on the way back after our cake stop at the cafe on the south side :)
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Nearest city will do.
(http://www.aukadia.net/pix/888.jpg)
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Cairo?
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(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/P5310138.jpg)
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Chris - Spurn Head?
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Chris - Spurn Head?
Miles away (hundreds of them).
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@ Chris:
A stab in dark: Ardnamurchan Point?
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@ Chris:
A stab in dark: Ardnamurchan Point?
Even further away!
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Nearest city will do.
Venice?
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Chris - Hurst Castle?
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Chris - Hurst Castle?
Nope.
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Cairo, Venice - I like the thinking, but both too exotic.
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Cairo, Venice - I like the thinking, but both too exotic.
Rotterdam? (I'm just guessing).
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Rotterdam? (I'm just guessing).
Well it is called the "guess the place" thread, so I'll let you off.
Not Rotterdam, but that's the best 'guess' yet.
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Paris?
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Rotterdam? (I'm just guessing).
Well it is called the "guess the place" thread, so I'll let you off.
Not Rotterdam, but that's the best 'guess' yet.
I believe that Ian H was guessing the location of frankly frankie's photo. But Chris' comment makes me wonder if his photo of the lighthouse is of Hoek van Holland.
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Rotterdam? (I'm just guessing).
Well it is called the "guess the place" thread, so I'll let you off.
Not Rotterdam, but that's the best 'guess' yet.
'ang on a mo. Who am I answering? I thought it was FF.
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Rotterdam? (I'm just guessing).
Well it is called the "guess the place" thread, so I'll let you off.
Not Rotterdam, but that's the best 'guess' yet.
I believe that Ian H was guessing the location of frankly frankie's photo. But Chris' comment makes me wonder if his photo of the lighthouse is of Hoek van Holland.
Not quite.
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Nearest city will do.
Paris is closest so far. Obviously water isn't far away, but its not the Seine.
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I was going to wonder if it was Newhaven, just to say "love the Photo"!
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(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/P5310138.jpg)
So is that a rising sun then? Sleepless night on the ferry perhaps?
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It's a setting sun, but ferries do run from there.
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Cairnryan? :-\
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Cairnryan? :-\
No Rotterdam is the best guess so far for this thread, but IanHs guess for the other thread was slightly better!
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Cairnryan? :-\
No Rotterdam is the best guess so far for this thread, but IanHs guess for the other thread was slightly better!
Is it Ljmuiden? (sp?) (another guess!)
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Cairnryan? :-\
No Rotterdam is the best guess so far for this thread, but IanHs guess for the other thread was slightly better!
Is it Ljmuiden? (sp?) (another guess!)
Yes. It's the north breakwater, taken from the south breakwater.
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Chris' picture reminded me of this photo. But where was it taken?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/2924438436_fa81afae31.jpg)
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Cape Cornwall?
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Nope, not Cape Cornwall, but I can see why you'd think so.
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(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/5DIMG_0291b.jpg)
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Mike, is that the mosque that got converted into a church in Cordoba?
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It is the Mezquita de Córdoba, a former mosque that is now a cathedral (the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin). I was there last year with my mum and have a frighteningly similar photo.
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certainly is. I need to try harder...
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Now can you work out the town, which is the starting point for a long distance cycle route, is in my photo?
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lands end? JOG?
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Whitehaven?
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Aye, Whitehaven.
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(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/5DIMG_0496b-2.jpg)
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Somewhere Mediterranean? Or Atlantic? Beginning with P?
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Seville?
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Greece??
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andrew has the right country, and it's not far from the med...
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Barcelona
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Nope. Much smaller and whiter place.
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Ronda?
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Nope. Much smaller and whiter place.
Not Cadaques or Port Lligat?
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Nope. Much smaller and whiter place.
Not Cadaques or Port Lligat?
nope. Here's another picture showing the fountain in context:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/5DIMG_0494b.jpg)
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Vejer de la Frontera, then
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Vejer de la Frontera, then
:thumbsup:
good work Sir.
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How about this one -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/P5030029.jpg)
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Sutton Hoo?
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the land at Sutton Hoo was owned by the family of the matron at my school.
York viking centre?
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the land at Sutton Hoo was owned by the family of the matron at my school.
York viking centre?
No, but
Sutton Hoo?
yes it's Sutton Hoo and that is probably a record 8 minutes and 1 second!
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Superstoker could have got that even faster! ;D
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the land at Sutton Hoo was owned by the family of the matron at my school.
York viking centre?
No, but
Sutton Hoo?
yes it's Sutton Hoo and that is probably a record 8 minutes and 1 second!
Lucky guess :)
Try this one:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2656969808_de4cfd4c32.jpg)
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Well, with the peaty water it may well be North Scotland.
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Not Scotland.
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Somewhere in the Pennines?
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Definitely Pennines-flavoured.
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Definitely Pennines-flavoured.
White peak? Looks like limestone.
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Manifold?
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North of the Peak District. Limestone and dolerite.
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Dolerite, you say. Mmm, so is it the Whin Sill we're looking at?
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Yup, the Whin Sill. I wondered if that was too obscure a clue - I'm glad somebody got it.
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Something else to have a go at:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2937755783_5ed9521200.jpg?v=0)
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Yup, the Whin Sill. I wondered if that was too obscure a clue - I'm glad somebody got it.
Sorry, I may have given the wrong impression with this - the Whin Sill isn't the answer I was looking for, since that covers half of Northern England. The photo was taken at a specific and famous place.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2656969808_de4cfd4c32.jpg)
High Force?
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High Force it is!
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Something else to have a go at:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2937755783_5ed9521200.jpg?v=0)
ponte do Infante, Porto
The blue ironwork in the foreground is presumably the Dom Luis I bridge
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I was going to say Porto, but I didn't think that there were enough vertical struts in the modern bridge and it wasn't high enough above the water.
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the land at Sutton Hoo was owned by the family of the matron at my school.
York viking centre?
No, but
Sutton Hoo?
yes it's Sutton Hoo and that is probably a record 8 minutes and 1 second!
Lucky guess :)
Try this one:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2656969808_de4cfd4c32.jpg)
Will you lot stop putting easy (for me) ones up when I am on night shifts!
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Here's one that might be a bit more difficult -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/P8200424.jpg)
unless you know where it is.
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Peel Island, Coniston Water.
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Peel Island, Coniston Water.
Yep, aka Wild Cat Island in Swallows and Amazons.
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I know :-[
I've never been there but I recognised it from the books :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
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ponte do Infante, Porto
The blue ironwork in the foreground is presumably the Dom Luis I bridge
Yip, looking inland up the Douro River from the lower level of the Dom Luis I bridge.
High Force?
I decided the river wasn't big enough to make this High Force. Oh well.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2814606903_36927aa9f5.jpg)
St George and the Dragon, but not in England.
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Albania?
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Wales?
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Is it rogerzilla's house? ;D
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Not Wales, Albania or Rogerzillas house.
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St. George is the patron saint of Aragon, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia, as well as the cities of Amersfoort, Beirut, Bteghrine, Cáceres, Ferrara, Freiburg, Genoa, Ljubljana, Gozo, Pomorie, Qormi, Lod and Moscow.
So one of them then? ;D
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Vannes? ISTR there are very many decorations on the front of houses there...
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St. George is the patron saint of Aragon, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia, as well as the cities of Amersfoort, Beirut, Bteghrine, Cáceres, Ferrara, Freiburg, Genoa, Ljubljana, Gozo, Pomorie, Qormi, Lod and Moscow.
So one of them then? ;D
Afraid not ;)
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Vannes? ISTR there are very many decorations on the front of houses there...
Getting warm - it's in Brittany.
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Concarneau?
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Dol?
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Auray?
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Dol's the nearest. I took the photo at lunch on the first day of our tandem trip from St Malo to Tarn & Garonne. I was sitting outside a restaurant waiting for my pizza and looked up. We made slow progress - AKA faffing about, enjoying ourselves as if we were on a Sunday afternoon pootle rather than on a 900k ride.
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Where's this:-
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2944253223_d881ba4156.jpg?v=0)
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And where's this:-
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/2944253229_97dd52e72a.jpg?v=0)
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Where's this:-
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2944253223_d881ba4156.jpg?v=0)
Chicago?
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And where's this:-
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/2944253229_97dd52e72a.jpg?v=0)
Eden Project during construction.
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Jaded and Peterh, two out of two. I shall go away and sulk.
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:)
I think I must have visited about the same time as you!
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I'll try one more (probably still easy):-
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/2945175314_1623557f2c.jpg?v=0)
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Lee Abbey, Exmoor?
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Lee Abbey, Exmoor?
Yup. They've grown a bit since then.
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I hope this one's difficult:-
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2945252102_77a95600ce.jpg?v=0)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2814606903_36927aa9f5.jpg)
St George and the Dragon, but not in England.
Dinan Port.
North side of the canal, up a side road with an excellent cake shop at the bottom on the left. I can recommend the warm sticky apple and caramel cakes.
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Dinan Port.
North side of the canal, up a side road with an excellent cake shop at the bottom on the left. I can recommend the warm sticky apple and caramel cakes.
You've been there! We didn't bother with pudding at the pizza place opposite St George and headed for the cake shop. You're right it was good. We put on a stone and a half in 900k. We obviously weren't going hard enough up the hills!
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Dinan Port.
Sorry, I jumped in too quickly above.
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Dinan Port.
Sorry, I jumped in too quickly above.
However, it doesn't matter, for we really enjoyed guessing yours very quickly. ;D
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However, it doesn't matter, for we really enjoyed guessing yours very quickly. ;D
Pah! Anyway, there's my third time lucky above.
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Chatsworth :)
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Chatsworth :)
Not quite so stately, and a little more provincial.
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Jaded and Peterh, two out of two. I shall go away and sulk.
My knowledge of Chicago derives entirely from the versions of MS Flight Simulator when the default airfield was Meigs Field - so the view in the photo was immediately familiar ;D
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Jaded and Peterh, two out of two. I shall go away and sulk.
My knowledge of Chicago derives entirely from the versions of MS Flight Simulator when the default airfield was Meigs Field - so the view in the photo was immediately familiar ;D
The twin masts on top of the John Hancock Center are a dead giveaway an' all.
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The twin masts on top of the John Hancock Center are a dead giveaway an' all.
I have some pics looking down from the restaurant at the top. My colleague wouldn't even go near the full length windows.
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I have some pics looking down from the restaurant at the top. My colleague wouldn't even go near the full length windows.
There's some building in Singapore in which, close to the top, there's a bit where the floor overhangs the street and is made of glass.
I stood as far away as possible, squeaking.
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I hope this one's difficult:-
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2945252102_77a95600ce.jpg?v=0)
It looks like a Palladian orangery - Margam Park?
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It looks like a Palladian orangery - Margam Park?
Precisely right. At least Jaded didn't get it. ;)
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How about this one?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/2796734895_ee5e17bf4f.jpg)
These are all much easier if you've actually been there.
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Don't think I've done this one. It seems obscure unless you know it, when it's blindingly obvious.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0187.jpg)
Hint: The shape of the hillside is an important clue
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Don't think I've done this one. It seems obscure unless you know it, when it's blindingly obvious.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0187.jpg)
Hint: The shape of the hillside is an important clue
Knowing where you hail from it will be on the pennines.. Don't know where though.
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Looks like Malham Cove.
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Not a million miles away, Deano. And yes, David, that is proper Pennine limestone ;)
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Ingleton Falls ? (Or at least the bit just above)
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Not a million miles away, Deano. And yes, David, that is proper Pennine limestone ;)
It's not the scar nearby with the tufa waterfall one climbs up is it?
*googles*
Gordale Scar?
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I'd say it's not steep enough to be Gordale (though I could be wrong).
Whernside?
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Not Gordale, and Whernside is getting colder. Head over Mastiles Lane.
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Is it Kilnsey Crag?
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Not quite. Turn round. ;D
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I'm just guessing - haven't been round there in donkey's years. I'm glad it wasn't Kilnsey - I was only up there in May...
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I love Kilnsey. Used to like seeing it appear as my dad drove up the road. And, later, it became the marker for the beginning of Mastiles Lane, which is now a complete bog, courtesy of off-roaders >:(
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Coming back from my sister's in Haworth, I used to dread the sight of Kilnsey Crag, cos it meant I was approaching Park Rash :hand: ;D
Lovely walks around there though - specially Littondale.
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Is a pot involved? Was there a clue in the original post?
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No pot. Not there, anyway.
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It looks suspiciously like the gorge that Buttercup pushed the Dread Pirate Roberts into in The Princess Bride. Are there ROUS at the bottom?
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??? If I knew what on earth they were, I might be able to answer ;D
BTW - Clue: I have a confession to make about a previous GtP when this is done. Andrew might now know where we're talking about.
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Not quite. Turn round. ;D
Towards Conistone?
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That's what I mean. More specifically, what's the very distinctive feature?
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That's what I mean. More specifically, what's the very distinctive feature?
I have rode along the lane between Conistone and Kettlewell dozens of times but I cannot say I have noticed the scene in the photo... maybe Andrew will be along in a while to clarify!
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Ah. You can't really see this from the road, because of the nature of it. <--- Big clue!
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That's what I mean. More specifically, what's the very distinctive feature?
Quick peek at the map - Bull Scar?
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Yeah - I'll give you that. There's some dispute what's Bull Scar and what's Conistone Dib, which was the answer I was hoping for.
The Dib is a largely dry river bed, which is a great walk up from Conistone through narrow gullies and an unexpected large bowl carved out in the rock, which this is.
It leads out onto the moor for a cool & easy family saunter across to Grassington. :)
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OK. Confession.
I posted a photo before of a bridge, which someone guessed as Burnsall Bridge, and I said yes. There was some dispute, and I checked my folders. It was in with the other photos I had taken of Burnsall when I went with the boys after watching the ToB at Cow & Calf last year.
But I was wrong. I'd misfiled it, and it was actually a photo of Conistone Bridge, which I'd forgotten i'd taken.
So - apologies, esp to Andrew, who would probably have guessed right if I hadn't been so insistent.
I do have the photo of Burnsall Bridge, too, which I can post for comparison.
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I remember the photo. When I saw it I thought it was Burnsall, but I could not quite understand where you would have taken the photo from. Makes sense now!
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/2949367238_ba04f4cd36.jpg)
What's the name of the desert?
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Crikey. That's a toughie, isn't it? Is it Latin American?
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Big Sandy Desert?
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It is very sandy, but some what surprisingly it isn't the Big Sandy Desert. Nor are we talking about Latin America.
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The Kalamari? ;)
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??? If I knew what on earth they were, I might be able to answer ;D
ROUS = Rodents Of Unusual Size. Though it would seem that the falling-down-the-gorge scene was actually filmed near Castleton.
What's the name of the desert?
Sebastian?
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Namib?
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The Kalamari? ;)
;D But no.
Namib?
Nope.
Keep heading east.
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Gobi?
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The Kalamari? ;)
Squids in with that one..
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Gobi?
Hot.
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I know I know! But that's only because I know where Adamski's been, so I won't tell...
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Gobi?
Hot.
Taklamakan??
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Taklamakan??
Right country, but the wrong desert.
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Is it the Badanjaran Desert?
(Apologies for the spelling - I saw it on the telly and haven't been there).
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1 point to Deano.
There are a variety of spellings and the one I use is Badain Jaran, but Badan Jilin is often seen and another spelling that is Badan F.... (I've forgotten). "Badain" translates to "mysterious" or "from heaven" and "jaran" translates to "lakes". It's an amazing place.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2950067130_f1088dc229.jpg?v=0)
So where is this mechanical masterpiece?
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Church in Rye with the pendulum through the ceiling?
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Church in Rye with the pendulum through the ceiling?
not a church and not in rye..
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is it a watermill?
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Greenwich?
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is it a watermill?
It is not a mill but it is water powered.
..d
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Greenwich?
Not Greenwich. Right country though.
..d
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Some kind of canal lift?
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Is it Wowbagger's Rohloff? ;D ;D
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Driving hammers or bellows?
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Is it Wowbagger's Rohloff? ;D ;D
It can't be it looks older than that, and its working! How about Rogerzillas Sturmey? ;D ;D
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Some kind of canal lift?
yes and no. It does move canals (after a fashion) but not boats. It is also one of the widest water wheels in UK (not the tallest.)
..d
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Some kind of canal lift?
yes and no. It does move canals (after a fashion)
is it the clockwork that makes the world go round ?
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It looks older than the Falkirk Wheel, so is it the Anderton Boat Lift?
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It looks older than the Falkirk Wheel, so is it the Anderton Boat Lift?
I'm betting on this one :)
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It looks older than the Falkirk Wheel, so is it the Anderton Boat Lift?
I'm betting on this one :)
yes and no. It does move canals (after a fashion) but not boats.
Not the Falkirk Wheel or the Anderton Boat Lift. It predates both of them and was at one point owned by a railway company.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2950067130_f1088dc229.jpg?v=0)
So where is this mechanical masterpiece?
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Claverton Pumping Station on the Kennett and Avon Canal?
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2950067130_f1088dc229.jpg?v=0)
So where is this mechanical masterpiece?
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Claverton Pumping Station on the Kennett and Avon Canal?
Yup. A waterwheel on the river avon that pumps water to the K&A canal.
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Just to clarify what I was talking about upthread, and for those of you who love stone bridges (and being very careful with my captions):
Conistone
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0201-2.jpg)
Burnsall
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/P9130045.jpg)
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OK, while there's not another going, I'll post a pretty easy one. That's Our Kid & Superstoker in the foreground, btw :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/P9130008.jpg)
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;D
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Dunkery? No, too rocky, doesn't fit anyway.
Lovely lovely bridge, finely taken.
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OK, while there's not another going, I'll post a pretty easy one. That's Our Kid & Superstoker in the foreground, btw :)
Wouldn't he be better with a hat on?
Damon.
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OK. Confession.
I posted a photo before of a bridge, which someone guessed as Burnsall Bridge, and I said yes.
So - apologies, esp to Andrew, who would probably have guessed right if I hadn't been so insistent.
No probably about it ;D
Are you sure that's right?
The splitter wedges (or whatever you call them) go right up to parapet level on Burnsall bridge
Burnsall Bridge, Burnsall | SKIPTON WEB: Photo Gallery (http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/gallery/picture2.asp?id=389)
I was about to suggest Conistone bridge (Kilnsey)
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We could have two easy ones at the same time!
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw.jpg)
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Bloody hell! Where on earth is that :o
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Woodchester Mansion, innit?
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Woodchester Mansion, innit?
I thought Brecon cathedral.
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Woodchester Mansion, innit?
Locals aren't allowed to enter! ;D
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Woodchester Mansion, innit?
Locals aren't allowed to enter! ;D
Is it Woodchester Mansion then ?
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OK, while there's not another going, I'll post a pretty easy one. That's Our Kid & Superstoker in the foreground, btw :)
Wouldn't he be better with a hat on?
Damon.
=> Ilkley moor
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Woodchester Mansion, innit?
Locals aren't allowed to enter! ;D
Is it Woodchester Mansion then ?
Yes, it is. Wonderful place.
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Is it Woodchester Mansion then ?
Yes, it is. Wonderful place.
I was wondering if it was Hogwarts.
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OK, while there's not another going, I'll post a pretty easy one. That's Our Kid & Superstoker in the foreground, btw :)
Wouldn't he be better with a hat on?
Damon.
=> Ilkley moor
Yup. I said it were easy, just to fill in. :)
I strongly suspect that MV got it in a few minutes. ;)
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OK, another easy one. I guess reading the sign will give it away comprehensively.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0358-1.jpg)
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Trough related maybe?
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Of course. Just marking time till some better-travelled person arrives ;D
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Or I could throw in another Pennine-related one cause I like looking at em ;D
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0309.jpg)
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a topical one:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/5DIMG_0520.jpg)
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It's a pretty magnificent lighthouse, but I'm racking my brains as to why it might be topical. It looks North African, but I have no idea.
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close..
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Mike, is it somewhere in southern Spain?
Edit: I may as well guess a town, too. Cadiz?
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Clarion, is yours looking west from the top of Blackstone Edge?
(Nah, can't be, it's not raining :( )
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Well, it isn't Gibraltar - that's a stripy one, IIRC.
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Clarion, is yours looking west from the top of Blackstone Edge?
(Nah, can't be, it's not raining :( )
No it isn't, but I can see why you might think that.
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Mike, is it somewhere in southern Spain?
Edit: I may as well guess a town, too. Cadiz?
yes, but no. More topical.
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It has to be Cape Trafalgar then.
Damon.
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OK, another easy one. I guess reading the sign will give it away comprehensively.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0358-1.jpg)
Don't give too much away, it features as an information control on quite a few rides.
Damon.
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It has to be Cape Trafalgar then.
Damon.
yup.
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Where can this -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/IMG_0238.jpg)
be found?
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Where can this -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/IMG_0238.jpg)
be found?
Windsor Great Park?
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Windsor Great Park? No.
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I recognize that hedge. I'm sure it's about three-quarters of a mile from Long Walk.
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In a book of Helms cartoons?
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I've seen that Long Walk photo before. It wasn't on the (old) acf guess the place thread was it?
I can't remember the answer though. :(
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I've seen that Long Walk photo before. It wasn't on the (old) acf guess the place thread was it?
I can't remember the answer though. :(
chris posted it in the Random Tandem report thread on Monday saying he was saving it for 'Guess the Place'...
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I've seen that Long Walk photo before. It wasn't on the (old) acf guess the place thread was it?
Take your pick (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=7105.msg129593#msg129593) of threads!
(http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9835.msg171722#msg171722)
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Take your pick (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=7105.msg129593#msg129593) of threads!
(http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9835.msg171722#msg171722)
But where is it?
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Near Chalfont & Latimer tube station?
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Near Chalfont & Latimer tube station?
Close (only a few hundred miles out)
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Near the A59?
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Near the A59?
No.
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Mmm
vegetation is rhododendron & sycamore, and we know it's a long way from Northampton :)
N Wales ?
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Scottish? Loch Lomond - Perth region?
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Scottish? Loch Lomond - Perth region?
Closest yet!
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Kintyre?
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Kintyre?
Further north
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Further north
Inverewe?
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It is late and I have had a long walk.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w_w.jpg)
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Scottish Parlie, looking into the debating chamber?
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If not that, then it looks like City Hall, London, which has a spiral corridor.
No one going to have a go at mine, then? ;)
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If not that, then it looks like City Hall, London, which has a spiral corridor.
No one going to have a go at mine, then? ;)
Is it the top of the Trough of Bowland? Pure guess as I've never been there but I have heard some Audax 'ardmen talking about a milestone used as a control there, and Damon mentioned it being used as a control.
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Nah - not that one (though yes, it was the top of the Trough (I didn't know it was a control - I just know it as somewhere the pain starts to stop;D ). This is the current one, and the only guess so far was Blackstone Edge (which it isn't). :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0309.jpg)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2966751584_dd88262884.jpg?v=0)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2966751584_dd88262884.jpg?v=0)
It looks too busy to be Scotland, and the buildings are the wrong style. So I'm guessing the south west, Falmouth?
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Good deduction. Right quarter of the country.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2966751584_dd88262884.jpg?v=0)
Not Falmouth you say. Hmmm.
Salcombe?
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2966751584_dd88262884.jpg?v=0)
Not Falmouth you say. Hmmm.
Salcombe?
Spot on !
Clearly too easy. (Must try harder.)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2965948309_033fc75ed6.jpg?v=0)
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For mine it helps if you know what region of the country I live in...
I'd also guess that very few of you have ever been to this place.
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For mine it helps if you know what region of the country I live in...
I'd also guess that very few of you have ever been to this place.
Is it Primark in Swindon ?
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For mine it helps if you know what region of the country I live in...
I'd also guess that very few of you have ever been to this place.
Are locals allowed to guess this time?
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For mine it helps if you know what region of the country I live in...
I'd also guess that very few of you have ever been to this place.
Are locals allowed to guess this time?
;D Yes, OK then, for a pint!
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2965948309_033fc75ed6.jpg?v=0)
Van Reenen's pass, South Africa?
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2965948309_033fc75ed6.jpg?v=0)
Looks a bit like the Dolomites.
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Bingo. That'll be because it is.
Care to name the lump ?
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It is late and I have had a long walk.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w_w.jpg)
Cabot Circus?
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Bingo. That'll be because it is.
Care to name the lump ?
Sassolungo?
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Bingo. That'll be because it is.
Care to name the lump ?
Sassolungo?
You mean "Langkofel"?
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Nope.
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It is late and I have had a long walk.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w_w.jpg)
Cabot Circus?
Yes, it's the bridge connecting the new car park at the bottom of the M32 to the centre.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2965948309_033fc75ed6.jpg?v=0)
Sella Massif :)
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Bingo ! Or Grouppo Sella.
But then you have been there once or twice !
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Bingo ! Or Grouppo Sella.
But then you have been there once or twice !
So have I.. Even climbed up it.
It was some time ago though, and in summer.
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Just mine outstanding then.
Surely someone knows where it is! I can tell you that a number of forum members were riding a very short distance from here just recently.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0309.jpg)
[/quote]
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Blubberhouses?
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*whispers*
It's in Lancashire
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Pendle Hill?
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No, but I think you may be able to see Pendle from there. You may have to walk up to a low ridge.
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Where can this -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/IMG_0238.jpg)
be found?
Did this get an answer? If not, is it Fort William?
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Did this get an answer? If not, is it Fort William?
Too far north, but right side of the country.
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I'll start making a list of the places between Kintyre & Fort William....
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No, but I think you may be able to see Pendle from there. You may have to walk up to a low ridge.
If you went down that road and turned first left, you'd be heading pretty much for Pendle.
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On the Bentham to Slaidburn road just south of the top?
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No. It's south of there.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0234-1.jpg)
See? That's Pendle. Just from the top of the rise...
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Mind if I stick another one in...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2945252078_8a6ff84e71.jpg?v=0)
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That's an interesting arch.
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That's an interesting arch.
You mean structurally?
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Yes, and aesthetically. But I have no idea where it is :P
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Mind if I stick another one in...
Whitby?
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Mind if I stick another one in...
Whitby?
No, but the sea isn't far away.
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Mind if I stick another one in...
Whitby?
No, but the sea isn't far away.
It looks sort of like it might be one of the old seaside towns. Lyme (nearish the lifeboat station)? But IIRC that is flags rather than cobbles.
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Not Lyme Regis.
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There's a path like that in Dartmouth - is it anywhere thereabouts?
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Poole?
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Weymouth?
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The last three guesses are closer than Whitby was. The building is a museum.
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Watchet??
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Watchet??
I have been but still don't have much of a clue..
IGMC
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Tonyh has it.
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Tonyh has it.
It was a guess, though I've been there quite a few times and looked at the Museum too. A fine large inscription on the roof of the building by the harbour...
The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, the furrow followed free
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In contrast to the cobbles of Watchet, where's this?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/P1030119.jpg)
Clue: It isn't Aintree or Ascot.
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In contrast to the cobbles of Watchet, where's this?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/P1030119.jpg)
Clue: It isn't Aintree or Ascot.
Bricks and limestone, so I would guess midlands. Stratford on Avon?
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Not Stratford.
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Midlands...hmmm...
Wolverhampton?
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A racecourse place eh? Hmmm...
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Yes, they race horses there.
Definitely not Wolverhampton.
Not Midlands.
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York?
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Newmarket?
(Desperately thinks of racecourses with history)
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Newmarket?
(Desperately thinks of racecourses with history)
Further south
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Epsom?
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Much further south than Epsom
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Flemington :D
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Flemington :D
[quickly googles Flemington]
Not Flemington.
It is in Europe.
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Circus Maximus?
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Circus Maximus?
Right country, wrong city.
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I'll take a guess at Milan, since I'm sure they have races at the San Siro.
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Siena, Piazza del Campo
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Siena then
Siena it is, the Piazza del Campo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner/2974212786/), where the Palio (http://www.flickr.com/photos/giopapero/1437549486/) is run twice a year.
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I'll chuck this one in:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2942369060_a687630b88.jpg)
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Scarborough.
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Scarborough.
Let's not get too specific too soon. British Isles?
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Whitby?
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Happisburgh ?
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Let's not get too specific too soon. British Isles?
Somewhere on the coast ;D
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Whitby?
Yup, looking towards Whitby from Sandsend. If I had a better camera, you might be able to tell that the lump on top of the cliff is Whitby Abbey.
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Another easy one (probably):
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2996191175_1446900924.jpg)
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Modified to
Pegasus? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_Bridge)
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Since I don't know where that is, I'll have to say no.
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It's a bridge close to the ferry port at Ouistreham - we stopped there on the way back from PBP and took photos of us sitting on it. It's no longer in place over the Caen canal - it's kind of parked next to it now.
Famous from the Normandy invasions in 1944
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Well, I never knew that. How interesting :)
And it's definitely not there.
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It is a rusting swing bridge in a not terribly hilly area.
Not that I've any idea where.
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It doesn't swing.
It is bleeding flat round there, though.
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It doesn't swing.
Oh! I'm sure I can see where it's meant to, on the left of the picture.
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It doesn't swing.
Oh! I'm sure I can see where it's meant to, on the left of the picture.
I see what you mean - but there's no swinging mechanism, and the design of the bridge is such that any craft should be able to pass safely underneath.
I've only been there once, though, so I quickly googled it to check. There's no suggestion of a swinging action, although there is a swing bridge of the same name in Australia. Not that it's much help.
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Ironbridge
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Ironbridge
North of there. Newer than that as well.
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Warrington Swing Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal?
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It doesn't swing.
Oh! I'm sure I can see where it's meant to, on the left of the picture.
I see what you mean - but there's no swinging mechanism,
There's no suggestion of a swinging action,
oopps. Missed that comment :-[
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You're very close, Alan.
Wrong bridge, though ;D
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Warburton Bridge.
Damon.
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Of course it's Warburton High Level Bridge, on the Manchester Ship Canal.
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After the photo of the lake in the Badain Jaran Desert earlier, here's a photo of another lake.
[img height=315 width=400]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/2960863397_3dc097ec46.jpg[/img] (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/2960863397_082df15e4e_o.jpg)
(Click for a bigger, but poorly scanned, image)
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Is it the
trainspotter transporter bridge at Warrington. The one that I didn't see when I did the Bridge Too Far 600 because it no longer goes into Warrington.
Edit: Oh! Too late (as well as wrong).
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After the photo of the lake in the Badain Jaran Desert earlier, here's a photo of another lake.
random shot to get started...
Lake Malawi?
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Dunno about that lake, but it is reminiscent of a painting my dad got when he was in (then) Rhodesia.
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random shot to get started...
Lake Malawi?
Spot on and an impressive random shot. Interesting to hear that it reminds Clarion of a painting from Rhodesia, tho not unsurprising considering it's the same part of the world.
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What are the things neatly piled up in the photo?
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What are the things neatly piled up in the photo?
Teethgrinder's sandwiches ;D
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What are the things neatly piled up in the photo?
There's are number of potteries in the area and what you see in the photo are the finished products stacked up along the beach.
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No one got my photo yet? I'm astonished, given that I've all but given you the coordinates!
Here's another clue: Sounds like some horny Richmond residents would be happier here right now.
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No one got my photo yet? I'm astonished, given that I've all but given you the coordinates!
googling for wind flutes gave me the singing ringing tree at Crown Point, Burnley
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Yup. That's the Singing Ringing Tree, which didn't sing or ring when I was there, but others assure me it does work.
That photo was previously posted and labelled as such, which is why I thought someoen would get it straight away.
So where's the original photo?
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Phew. We got that one.
The original photo is in a shoe box under Grandma Phyllis's bed. In Put-Upon-Street, Grumpy-Halfwit, just up the road from Hard-Done-To, Yorkshire.
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random shot to get started...
Lake Malawi?
Spot on and an impressive random shot. Interesting to hear that it reminds Clarion of a painting from Rhodesia, tho not unsurprising considering it's the same part of the world.
being someone who's never been closer to Africa than the Alpujarras...
The size of the lake disappearing over the horizon, the canoe, and the sky made me think African Rift Valley, my impression of Lake Victoria was that the shores would be drier and more grassy, the stacks of pots gave me the impression of somewhere comparatively peaceable that might still have a tourist industry.
Lake Malawi was what came to mind.
I wasn't expecting more that right continent/wrong continent, too far south/north. :thumbsup:
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Phew. We got that one.
The original photo is in a shoe box under Grandma Phyllis's bed. In Put-Upon-Street, Grumpy-Halfwit, just up the road from Hard-Done-To, Yorkshire.
Nah. The clue was identified. Still gotta guess the place in the photo reposted below.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0309.jpg)
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;D
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Do you know it?
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No, it is a part of the country I hardly know at all. So much so that I can't even hazard a guess. :(
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Got access to a map? There's a big clue above re: Richmond Park residents. And the view of Pendle from the Singing Ringing Tree is not so far away.
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I think people have got to the 'Oh God, not another Northern picture' stage, Clarion.... :P
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Are there no members who ride their bicycles in northern parts? I am constantly astonished by the speed with which obscure buildings in a backstreet of a village ina distant land are recognised, but not corners of our own back yard. OK, so the Conistone Dib photo was up front a tricky one, but this is peasy now!
It'll get my bac up if it isn't guessed now... ;)
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It's the A671. Or not.
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ooh heck. I can't remember what the road number is, but I think you may be right. Hold on a tick...
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Yup. It's the A671 Burnley to Bacup road. Quite spectacular views, but hard riding. You can have a prize for getting that far (which is a damn sight better than anyone else ;D )
Specifically the place? Bear in mind the horny Richmond Park residents...
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Deerplay Moor. :thumbsup:
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Deerplay Moor. :thumbsup:
We have a result! It is indeed Deerplay Moor! Well done, that man. :)
Deerplay Moor is the bulk on the right of the picture, between the A646 and A671. Further off is Worsthorne Moor, which is a cycling delight in itself, with grand views down towards Burnley and across to Pendle.
*heaves a huge sigh of relief, fixes a stiff drink, remembers he doesn't drink, fetches a tea and settles back into chair*
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Deerplay Moor is the bulk on the right of the picture, between the A646 and A671. Further off is Worsthorne Moor, which is a cycling delight in itself, with grand views down towards Burnley and across to Pendle.
The 3 Coasts goes over the A646, which is a lot better going down than up.
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The A646 isn't so bad. For those who remember my return to bicycling, it's the third of the 'seven roads out of Tod, and six of them are up' that I managed (after the A646 east to Hebden Bridge (virtually flat) and the A-thingy to Littleborough and Hollingworth Lake. It's a fairly constant drag up from the Tod side, with a small drop before the last climb to the junction out of sight to the left of the photo. From Burnley, it's steeper in places, and plagued by idiot drivers, but shorter.
One of our number commutes over it on his recumbent.
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I was thinking of the climb out of Padiham, especially when it comes 570 km into a 600 and you've still got Blackstone Edge to do...
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Oh yes. Climbing out of Padiham can be less than amusing, especially if you've just been over Pendle & through Sabden.
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Here's another one:
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1038/1280866976_1ee13e6fd3.jpg)
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ooh nice. No idea where, though. I'm guessing UK because of the field patterns, but the rolling landscape doesn't give many clues...
Is that a limestone dsw on the left?
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Here's another one:
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1038/1280866976_1ee13e6fd3.jpg)
Derwent Reservoir, Peak District?
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It's a reservior, but not Derwent. Its further north.
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ooh nice. No idea where, though. I'm guessing UK because of the field patterns, but the rolling landscape doesn't give many clues...
Is that a limestone dsw on the left?
Yes, it would be a dry stone wall.
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I'm thinking Kielder...
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Not Kielder either.
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Haweswater in the Lake District.
Edit: Mmmm, tho on reflection I thought Haweswater was wider....
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Not Haweswater.
Clue - It's in Yorkshire.
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Hopefully a slightly bigger version.
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1038/1280866976_1ee13e6fd3_b.jpg)
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Swinsty?
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Thruscross?
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Swinsty?
Yep. Swinsty.
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Yay! My meagre knowledge of twisty reservoirs in Yorkshire wins again!*
* 'again' may be an exaggeration; terms and conditions apply; E&OE
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Northern England.
Oops, too late.
Funny thing about the lake Malawi pic. I've been there a dozen times, but thought it was South America somewhere. :-\
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Please can we have a picture at least 50 yards away from Yorkshire?
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OK, guess the church
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/Church3.jpg)
there's a certain wet feet in the tide connection
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Knutsford?
But where do the lorries park???
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Knutsford?
But where do the lorries park???
Knutsford city limits?
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being someone who's never been closer to Africa than the Alpujarras...
The size of the lake disappearing over the horizon, the canoe, and the sky made me think African Rift Valley, my impression of Lake Victoria was that the shores would be drier and more grassy, the stacks of pots gave me the impression of somewhere comparatively peaceable that might still have a tourist industry.
Lake Malawi was what came to mind.
I wasn't expecting more that right continent/wrong continent, too far south/north. :thumbsup:
The fact you've not even been to Africa makes it even more impressive. And the picture proves that Lake Malawi is everything you'd expect it to be!
Funny thing about the lake Malawi pic. I've been there a dozen times, but thought it was South America somewhere. :-\
LOL! However, it's not that surprising because a photograph of a place gives such a limited impression of the place it's easy not to reconginse somewhere. And besides, Lake Malawi is a pretty big place. The photo I put up was of Matema beach, which is on the Tanzanian part of the lake.
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Knutsford?
But where do the lorries park???
lorries?
Knutsford has an indirect connection, as in it's connected to the man with wet feet, who's connected to the church.
The church is further from Yorkshire than Knutsford is
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The church is further from Yorkshire than Knutsford is
It's not a pretty building, wherever it is.
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Wonders where King Cnut did his bit with the sea
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Wonders where King Cnut did his bit with the sea
Bosham is a commonly accepted location for that event, that may or may not have happened.
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Wonders where King Cnut did his bit with the sea
Bosham is a commonly accepted location for that event, that may or may not have happened.
Yes, either Bosham or Southampton is allegedly the place where Canute got his feet wet, but I don't think this church is in either of those places.
Andrew
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Yes, either Bosham or Southampton is allegedly the place where Canute got his feet wet, but I don't think this church is in either of those places.
Andrew
Neither Bosham nor Southampton.
Ole Tin Ribs is the other party to the association. (Edmund Ironside)
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Knutsford?
But where do the lorries park???
Knutsford city limits?
;D
Did I mention that I had short fat hairy legs?
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Please can we have a picture at least 50 yards away from Yorkshire?
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/iddu/misc/CIMG2399.jpg)
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Limestone?
Wales?
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That looks like part of the IOW although it probably isn't.
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Please can we have a picture at least 50 yards away from Yorkshire?
(http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/iddu/misc/CIMG2399.jpg)
Is it a double bluff? Those cliffs could easily be in North Yorkshire.
Ravenscar?
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Ravenscar?
Nope :)
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Is that St Tudno's Road on the Orme, near Llandudno?
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Ravenscar?
Nope :)
You tease! I was hoping for a yea or nay on Yorkshire.
Hmm - Flamborough's chalk, so it ain't there.
Skinningrove?
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Is that St Tudno's Road on the Orme, near Llandudno?
Yup - Good climb, isn't it. Was blowing a hooie over the top ;)
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Is that St Tudno's Road on the Orme, near Llandudno?
Yup - Good climb, isn't it. Was blowing a hooie over the top ;)
[uses non-Yorkshire local knowledge]
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Not Yorkshire:-
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/3017345538_4d591832e6.jpg?v=0)
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< is annoyed he can't guess one of Ian's in one....
;D
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Not Yorkshire:-
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/3017345538_4d591832e6.jpg?v=0)
Fort Purbrook or one of the others on Portsdown?
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Not Yorkshire:-
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/3017345538_4d591832e6.jpg?v=0)
Fort Purbrook or one of the others on Portsdown?
Isn't there one out east london way? Definitely looks like one of the river forts.
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Fort Purbrook or one of the others on Portsdown?
Damn. Too easy again.
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Pam's Denmead audaxes!
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If anyone gets this first time I shall sulk.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/3020556526_a3ba201731.jpg?v=0)
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Lyme Regis?
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If anyone gets this first time I shall sulk.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/3020556526_a3ba201731.jpg?v=0)
Lyme Regis?
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Do I get bonus points for identifying Big Dave & Little Richard too ?
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Do I get bonus points for identifying Big Dave & Little Richard too ?
Go away. I'm sulking.
;)
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Good Golly Miss Molly! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ7drIDV88w)
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Do I get bonus points for identifying Big Dave & Little Richard too ?
Go away. I'm sulking.
;)
Since google "owen lovell town mayor" returns "Chair: Cllr Owen Lovell – Mayor of Lyme Regis"as the first hit, you'd not much chance of not being required to sulk.
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20 questions time
Why does the field on the left have a tourist information plaque?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/info_plaque.jpg)
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Do I get bonus points for identifying Big Dave & Little Richard too ?
Go away. I'm sulking.
;)
Since google "owen lovell town mayor" returns "Chair: Cllr Owen Lovell – Mayor of Lyme Regis"as the first hit, you'd not much chance of not being required to sulk.
Cheat.
::-)
Google IS NOT ALLOWED
ok?
;D
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20 questions time
Why does the field on the left have a tourist information plaque?
is it a battleground? Naseby?
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To be fair, I had a suspicion, as I have visited it (unlike an awful lot of places we have photos of on here), and I Googled to check.
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Pretty certain that's not Naseby - we visited that inadvertently on the Random Tandem Ride.
Maybe Marston Moor or Bosworth? They're flatter.
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Doesn't look like Marston Moor, at least not the side of it that I often ride past.
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20 questions time
Why does the field on the left have a tourist information plaque?
is it a battleground? Naseby?
Yes, but the notice doesn't commemorate fighting
No (or Marston Moor or Bosworth either)
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GM sweetcorn?!
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Does it contain a stone circle?
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No idea if it's GM or not.
No stone circles anywhere remotely near, AFAIK.
It's a topical area at present
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Flanders? :)
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Is it the site of a proposed 'eco-town'?
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Flanders? :)
Yes
to narrow it down, there's a sporting connection
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Could this be where the Christmas football match took place in 1914 between the German & British troops? Or was that on another bit of the western front?
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/101_0702.jpg)
Where and what happened here?
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Applogies for impolitely adding another picture while we are still discussing andrew_s' field in Flanders and Fuzzy's car park. However, this image* got sent around work from a military historian asking if anyone could identify the location of the postcard. Personally, I've no idea, but wondered if anyone wanted to take a guess? I can pass on the guy's email address if you do think you know.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3025378214_113eb3e888.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3025378214_113eb3e888_b.jpg)
Click for a bigger image
*And yes, I know the plane isn't a Lancaster, but I wasn't paying attention when naming the file.
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Well, there are some clues:
1. Railway sidings at the bottom of the picture
2. The house surrounded by gardens under the port wing
3. The ?parkland with some kind of pillar above the tailplane
But I have no idea where it is.
AW were based in Newcastle on Tyne, but I think that the 'Whitley' was from the area in ?Coventry where there was another factory.
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Aeroplane Photo:
I *think* the traffic is on the correct side of the road? i.e. it is probably in the UK.
That park in the background has a mighty fine obelisk!
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Pretty flat area, too...
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Could this be where the Christmas football match took place in 1914 between the German & British troops? Or was that on another bit of the western front?
That's the place, a bit south of Ypres. We'd just stumbled across the sign - we'd no idea it was there.
On the Whitley, there appears to be a canal immediately behind the railway sidings.
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The Whitley is unarmed, so it would be on way from factory
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This is the back of the postcard.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/3025873542_9e6694a293_o.jpg)
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The Whitley is unarmed, so it would be on way from factory
Armstrong Whitworth had a factory in Coventry, and the Whitley was named after a suburb of Coventry. A bit of Google Earthing found that the main road matches the A429 crossing the railway and heading south out of the city towards Kenilworth, before turning right. Near where it turns right is a park containing the Coventry War Memorial (1st world war), and a bit more Googling found that this matches the monument at the top of the picture above the port tail wing of the plane (the postcard is displayed at low resolution, viewing at full res shows more detail).
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/Cov.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Monument_in_War_Memorial_Park_in_Coventry_14g06.jpg/450px-Monument_in_War_Memorial_Park_in_Coventry_14g06.jpg)
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The Whitley is unarmed, so it would be on way from factory
Armstrong Whitworth had a factory in Coventry, and the Whitley was named after a suburb of Coventry. A bit of Google Earthing found that the main road matches the A429 crossing the railway and heading south out of the city towards Kenilworth, before turning right. Near where it turns right is a park containing the Coventry War Memorial (1st world war), and a bit more Googling found that this matches the monument at the top of the picture above the port tail wing of the plane.
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/Cov.jpg)
Much applause. My Im is duely pressed,,,
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The Whitley is unarmed, so it would be on way from factory
Armstrong Whitworth had a factory in Coventry, and the Whitley was named after a suburb of Coventry. A bit of Google Earthing found that the main road matches the A429 crossing the railway and heading south out of the city towards Kenilworth, before turning right. Near where it turns right is a park containing the Coventry War Memorial (1st world war), and a bit more Googling found that this matches the monument at the top of the picture above the port tail wing of the plane.
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/Cov.jpg)
U R Sherlock Holmes AICMFP
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That's impressive. But I still claim a bit of credit for guessing Coventry ;) ;D
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The goods yard is now a shed park.
My excuse on not getting the location is that I worked the other side of town. ;D :-[
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YACF never ceases to amaze me. You are such talented folk (and I apologise for bringing the average IQ down).
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Fuzzy - is yours the site of a SEEKRIT bunker, formerly occupied by one Corporal A. Hitler?
Edit: In Berlin, obv.
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Armstrong Whitworth had a factory in Coventry, and the Whitley was named after a suburb of Coventry. A bit of Google Earthing found that the main road matches the A429 crossing the railway and heading south out of the city towards Kenilworth, before turning right.....
Very impressive! I am sure historian chappy will be most happy to hear the good news.
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With Google Earth you can alter the angle that you are looking at the ground.
This is the best I can do:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/3026506873_c2ea88dae8.jpg?v=0) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/3026506873_dc357e84b9_o.jpg)
Click for big.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3025378214_113eb3e888.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/3025378214_113eb3e888_b.jpg)
Click for a bigger image
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That's a good match. :)
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Der Furhers bunker (and site of the pit where his body was allegedly burned) iy the keyrekt answer Your Mayorship. It was turned into a carp park by the post Nazi era authoroities for two reasons- to allow dogs to shit on his grave and to reduce the liklihood of Neo Nazis' and sympathisers turning the area into a shrine.
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Jaded. That's good work.
I love poring over old photos and comparing them to the latest.
One thing that strikes me there is that although building construction has taken place, it looks as though there are now more trees than before.
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I think that the park and estate had newly-planted trees in the first pic, which have now matured.
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Time for a new piccie (if anyone gets near I'll have to do a bit of Goooooogling to remind myself where it is!) -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/PICT2914-1.jpg)
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Portchester?
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I reckon this is a coal power station. Didcot?
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[Googles to see where Porchester is, then Googles to remind self where picture actually is] No not Porchester or Didcot (or Yorkshire).
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I am sure historian chappy will be most happy to hear the good news.
Thank you so much for your positive reply to me inquiry. The Google pics are superb. I have been doing a detailed research into No. 10 Operational Training Unit who were based at RAF Abingdon during WW2. They primary used Whitley bombers and this little bit of info will further compliment my study.
Thank everyone who was involved.
Regards
yacf making a positive contribution a somebodies studies :thumbsup: Give yourselves a pat on the back!
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Is that wall in front of the power station Roman?
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Is that wall in front of the power station Roman?
Sure is!
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Is that wall in front of the power station Roman?
Sure is!
That's why I thought of Portchester.
How about... Chester?
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Is that wall in front of the power station Roman?
Sure is!
That's why I thought of Portchester.
How about... Chester?
No.
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Having guessed Fuzzy's SEEKRIT Bunker, it must be my turn to have a go:
(http://www.legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/gtp.jpg)
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America.
What's my prize?
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Is that wall in front of the power station Roman?
Sure is!
That's why I thought of Portchester.
How about... Chester?
No.
Kent?
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Is that wall in front of the power station Roman?
trawling memory, Richborough?
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Is that wall in front of the power station Roman?
trawling memory, Richborough?
Well done!
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Is Mr Larrington's gorge pic somewhere in Provence?
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America.
What's my prize?
A burial at sea with the former The Prime Minister of your choice.
America is a big place, and tall enough to stand up in without fear of banging one's head on the ceiling. Would you care to be more specific?
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That's Richborough Castle, with the disused power station behind the old Roman fort
Edit: beaten to it, chiz
The power station used to burn Orimulsion, a disgustingly foul but cheap slurry from South America. Unfortunately, it was right next to a storage park for new cars. Acid rain.....paintwork....compensation....
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That's Richborough Castle, with the disused power station behind the old Roman fort
Edit: beaten to it, chiz
The power station used to burn Orimulsion, a disgustingly foul but cheap slurry from South America. Unfortunately, it was right next to a storage park for new cars. Acid rain.....paintwork....compensation....
There are some more chimneys just down the road, towards Sandwich, at the factory where Viagra is made (allegedly). I'm sure they get taller each time I see them. ;) ;)
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Pfizer's, indeed. It is a bit exposed to the wind around there, so cycling often got quite hard.
Also next to the power station was a fireworks factory.....
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Since Mr L's isn't getting any guesses, I'll chuck in another.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/3032027559_01cf744b6b.jpg)
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Not very clear, but it looks like the view across Sheffield from the M1 to the Peak District </Yorkshire again>
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Not Yorkshire (for once).
It's about a hundred yards from a national cycle route. Though if you followed that route, you'd miss out on the views.
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Pfizer's, indeed. It is a bit exposed to the wind around there, so cycling often got quite hard.
Also next to the power station was a fireworks factory.....
With lots of spaced out small sheds... :D
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Astra pyrotechnics, IIRC
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Durham City
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Durham City
Ah, no. Wrong viaduct.
Not very far away, though.
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Ah. Berwick upon Tweed!
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These guesses are all far too glamorous ;D
As a clue, the road which crosses the viaduct is, eventually, the highest A-road in England.
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That'll be the Weardale road, then
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That'll be the Weardale road, then
Correct. That's the crossing of the Wear. Would anyone like to name the town?
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Chester-le-Street? </wild guess>
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Consett? (does that cross the wear - It certainly isn't glamourous.)
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Right area, wrong towns. A bit south of both.
(I think the Derwent is the river crossed at Consett, BTW)
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Right area, wrong towns. A bit south of both.
(I think the Derwent is the river crossed at Consett, BTW)
Ah! I crossed that bridge at 40mph, went round the corner and met the 1 in 5 up. I walked a short way ;-)
Bishop Auckland?
..d
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Bishop Auckland?
..d
You've got it :thumbsup:
Since the Walney to Wear route goes right through Bishop Auckland, I thought somebody might have ridden that and been able to recognise the town. Sadly, the main route of the Walney to Wear seems to stick to the old railway lines, which means you would miss out on these views.
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I was thinking of Bisher Porkland wish i'd said it now.
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Having guessed Fuzzy's SEEKRIT Bunker, it must be my turn to have a go:
(http://www.legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/gtp.jpg)
Is it in Arizona?
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The Todros Gorge?
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I was thinking of Bisher Porkland wish i'd said it now.
My brother runs a business there and I know it well, so I thought I'd let someone else get it, lol.
Bit of a dump in many areas, now.
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Is it in Arizona?
Somewhat further north...
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Alaska?
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Alaska?
Not that far north...
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Nevada?
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I was thinking of Bisher Porkland wish i'd said it now.
My brother runs a business there and I know it well, so I thought I'd let someone else get it, lol.
Bit of a dump in many areas, now.
I did say it was unglamorous...
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Snake River?
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I was thinking of Bisher Porkland wish i'd said it now.
My brother runs a business there and I know it well, so I thought I'd let someone else get it, lol.
Bit of a dump in many areas, now.
I did say it was unglamorous...
There is a rather large.....travelling community there. The town itself is so depressed that the local youth aspire to move upwards socially into that community. The prevalence of multiple neck chains and ear rings is rather high.
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(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC03866.jpg)
The name of the building will give away its location !
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Looks a bit like the Ram Brewery...
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Close. It's Old Hooky---Hook Norton
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Close. It's Old Hooky---Hook Norton
Well done TT
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A marvellous knowledge of breweries, it seems. Impressive from that shot.
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Where are we now ??
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/nocheating.jpg)
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Well - keep right. That's not in the UK. Clothing looks Scandinavian. Somewhere in Denmark, presumably.
A brewery connection, perhaps??
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I know. But that's cos I viewed the picture at it's full resolution and the image title then gave me the answer :-[
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I know. But that's cos I viewed the picture at it's full resolution and the image title then gave me the answer :-[
Image name changed to nocheating
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I think I know where it is. Does it have anything to do with elephants and lager?
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I think I know where it is. Does it have anything to do with elephants and lager?
Let me answer with a picture viewing the gates from the front
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/Elefantporten.jpg)
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'Let us work together for the fatherland'?
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If these people made bicycles .....
Rob
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Another offering:
[img height=400 width=300]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/3043844570_0fd8311abb.jpg[/img] (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/3043844570_0fd8311abb_b.jpg)
Click for a bigger picture
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Distinctive tower; carillon (I think).
Bruges?
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I think I know where it is. Does it have anything to do with elephants and lager?
Dang, beaten to it.
I went there in 1993.
It was closed.
Bah!
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Bruges?
Keep guessing.
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Bruges?
Keep guessing.
Delft?
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Amsterdam?
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Delft?
Amsterdam?
No and no, but they are better guesses than Bruges.
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Utrecht?
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Yip, Utrecht is correct. The photo is taken looking up the inside of the Dom Tower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Tower_of_Utrecht).
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Ah. Not a view you'd easily get from cycling, but an interesting pic, nonetheless. :)
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No, not a view of the Dom that you are likely to see from the seat of a bicycle. The more normal view would be something like this (sorry for the crappy picture):
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/3055875487_659f9bc63a.jpg)
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Another one for you to chew over:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2814725039_bdfc785360.jpg)
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Mariager?
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Chew Valley Lake
??
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Lough Corrib, Eire?
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Hury Reservoir?
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Chew Valley Lake
??
That's what I was going for too
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Chew Valley Lake
??
Aye, well done. There was a clue there :)
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Hury Reservoir?
It does look a bit like, doesn't it? Though it's a tad hillier round Hury. And I shouldn't post any more Yorkshire ones.
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Hury Reservoir?
It does look a bit like, doesn't it? Though it's a tad hillier round Hury. And I shouldn't post any more Yorkshire ones.
I would not know Deano - I have never been there :)
Just looked on multimap for a reservoir close to where you stay, then googled looking for photos of the place!
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Time for another?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3063/3062497831_9d0009184b.jpg?v=0)
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It's the Tuschinski Theatre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuschinski) in Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam
Rob
Edit: Bugger, a minute too long :(
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Where and what?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/101_0701.jpg)
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Holocaust Memorial, Berlin?
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people are really fast this morning.
Where is this then :
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/nyt.jpg)
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Is is Nyhavn Harbour in Copenhagen?
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Holocaust Memorial, Berlin?
Correct.
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Where is this?
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_2379.jpg)
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Is is Nyhavn Harbour in Copenhagen?
Another vote for Nyhavn.
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Where is this?
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_2379.jpg)
Dunwich?
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I was thinking Romney
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Dunwich?
Yes, well done. I thought it might have taken a little longer and a few clues.
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People are very fast this morning. I would have got the Holocaust memorial, but by the time I looked, it had been
guessed identified and a new pic posted!
*waits a couple of months for another one he can identify* ;D
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Unlike my 'Long Walk' picture that I don't think anyone has got yet, I know that quite a few of you have been here!
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/PICT4724.jpg)
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The BMX / skater park on the south side of the River Thames near Waterloo.
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The BMX / skater park on the south side of the River Thames near Waterloo.
Nope!
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Unlike my 'Long Walk' picture that I don't think anyone has got yet, I know that quite a few of you have been here!
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/PICT4724.jpg)
Clue: I'm surprised Clarion hasn't got it yet!
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Well, I was wondering about the TPT tunnel near Penistone.
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Well, I was wondering about the TPT tunnel near Penistone.
Nope!
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Is is Nyhavn Harbour in Copenhagen?
Another vote for Nyhavn.
sorry for the delay, Nope it's not Nyhavn
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Chris' pic reminds me very much of the under-the-track bit of the Blaarmeersen velodrome in Ghent...
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3027/3062654193_7e1a9d1881.jpg?v=0)
Exact location required for a prize.
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Hewitt's or Woodrup?
luv'n'stuff
J
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Hewitt's or Woodrup?
luv'n'stuff
J
Noooo...
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It's Big Al's. The board inside his workshop, just across from the coffee mugs.
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<Jeremy Paxo> Nope </JP>
I said exact location.
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<Jeremy Paxo> Nope </JP>
I said exact location.
Christ! How exact do you want?
J
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<Jeremy Paxo> Nope </JP>
I said exact location.
Christ! How exact do you want?
J
Like I said, exact location required.
Noodley is closest so far, but not close enough.
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<Jeremy Paxo> Nope </JP>
I said exact location.
Christ! How exact do you want?
J
Like I said, exact location required.
Noodley is closest so far, but not close enough.
That would depend on where the coffee mugs were when you were there.... ;D
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Wheelcraft, Clachan of Campsie.
I think I may be missing something here... ???
Al built me a very nice pair of touring wheels in 1991, Campag Chorus hubs, aero double butted spokes, Mavic MA3 rims. I fitted a Sachs 6 speed freewheel. Very nice, ran beautifully, never went out of true despite lots of cattlegrids and rough stuff.
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Chris' pic reminds me very much of the under-the-track bit of the Blaarmeersen velodrome in Ghent...
No.
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That would depend on where the coffee mugs were when you were there.... ;D
Keep at it, you're getting warm, Mr Noodley... a mug or two of Big Al's coffee... then what?
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That would depend on where the coffee mugs were when you were there.... ;D
Keep at it, you're getting warm, Mr Noodley... a mug or two of Big Al's coffee... then what?
Ok, it must be the door to the 'kitchen'.
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Ok, it must be the door to the 'kitchen'.
Keep going....
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people are really fast this morning.
Where is this then :
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/nyt.jpg)
Old Town Swindon Stockholm? (Gamla Stan)
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Ok, it must be the door to the 'kitchen'.
Keep going....
No, I cannot be arsed as I usually leave after 6 hours ;D
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Old Town Swindon Stockholm? (Gamla Stan)
Yes
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Ok, it must be the door to the 'kitchen'.
Keep going....
to the w.c.
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Ok, it must be the door to the 'kitchen'.
Keep going....
to the w.c.
Ok, alan, that's near enough. :thumbsup:
It is in fact the inside of the lavée door, so technically I guess it's the door from the wc.
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This is one of my favourite photos, but can anyone guess where I took it? :P
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/3070551797_3cc35a8e0f.jpg)
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A bus on a south-facing coast.
I don't think it's Poole harbour.
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I think I know but then I have an advantage. :demon: There's a clue there for those who know me.
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A bus on a south-facing coast.
I don't think it's Poole harbour.
Yes (well, sort of) and yup, it's not Poole! :)
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Not sure I'd fancy living in that house on the left! There's one like that just by a bus stop in Castleton...
Are we in Wales?
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Are we in Wales?
I thought you are in Londinium.A second opinion from Butterfly would confirm which location ;)
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We're in Wales... :)
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Pembroke?
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Barmouth?
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I'd say between the two last guesses
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I'd say between the two last guesses
"insider" knowledge :-X
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Pembroke?
Nope :P
Barmouth?
Nope :P
I'd say between the two last guesses
Yup, but not in the middle...
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Aberdovey?
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St David's? </broad guess, basking in the glory of getting the country right...>
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Closer to Barmouth than Pembroke?
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Aberystwyth?
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Not knowing where Barmouth is (and being too lazy to JFGI), I'll say Mumbles.
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Aberdovey?
Bingo! :) Taken back in February.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/3063461318_72fbf34c00.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/3063461318_72fbf34c00_b.jpg)
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Hmmm. Reminiscent of Ben Nevis - but I think it isn't.
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Is it somewhere in the Netherlands? ;D
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Is it somewhere in the Netherlands? ;D
If only......
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Indeed. I know that one, I'm sure....
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Lakes?
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Lakes?
Hmm... I think you'll find they're called mountains. Lakes are sort of flat and shiny.
IGMC
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Looks to me like a winter Snowdon.
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Too small for Nevis.
Can't make it fit Snowdon.
Thought Great Gable at first, but no.
More like England's highest?
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Too small for Nevis.
Can't make it fit Snowdon.
Thought Great Gable at first, but no.
More like England's highest?
Yeah, I'll give you that. As you look at the photo, England's highest (Scarfell Pike) is on the left hand side and Sca Fell is on the right hand side. The picture was taken from the summit of Yewbarrow at Easter(!).
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from the summit of Yewbarrow at Easter
Thanks for the fine picture and details.
I'm out of practice (too much cycling?) and was thinking that Scafell on the right was higher. But the heights in feet are still in my brain I think... 3211,3162.
(And Mickledore, Lord's Rake, Broad Stand, Hollow Stones, Foxes Tarn... )
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No doubt - that's an inspiring picture. :)
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I'm out of practice (too much cycling?) and was thinking that Scafell on the right was higher. But the heights in feet are still in my brain I think... 3211,3162.
Sca Fell always looks more impressive than Scarfell Pike and the rock climbing is on crags that rise up Sca Fell. However, like you say, Sca Fell is a tiny bit lower than Scarfell Pike.
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When I get home I'm going to post a really difficult one.
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When I get home I'm going to post a really difficult one.
If it's that difficult I'll start guessing now -
Is it the gate behind the petrol station on the A1 about a mile north of Gonerby Moor Services?
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I thought that too - but then decided there were too many trees to the left.
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Too small for Nevis.
Can't make it fit Snowdon.
Thought Great Gable at first, but no.
More like England's highest?
Yeah, I'll give you that. As you look at the photo, England's highest (Scarfell Pike) is on the left hand side and Sca Fell is on the right hand side. The picture was taken from the summit of Yewbarrow at Easter(!).
I was thinking that, that the big lump was CB (Central Buttress on Sca Fell)
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And that wheely bin doesn't belong there
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When I get home I'm going to post a really difficult one.
If it's that difficult I'll start guessing now -
Is it the gate behind the petrol station on the A1 about a mile north of Gonerby Moor Services?
B*gger!
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Okay, here's my bid to outwit you all.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/3078531382_de34c3f7af.jpg?v=0)
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Okay, here's my bid to outwit you all.
It's the Cannington viaduct near Lyme Regis. And very fine it is too.
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Okay, here's my bid to outwit you all.
It's the Cannington viaduct near Lyme Regis. And very fine it is too.
I can't quite work out how, but I'm sure that's cheating.
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OK, where is this -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/PICT4383.jpg)
the name of the town partly visible at the bottom of the picture will do.
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Simplon?
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I can't quite work out how, but I'm sure that's cheating.
No, it's remembering...
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Simplon?
No. Not Yorkshire either ;D ;D ;D.
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Lakes?
Er.. no, I seem to be having a deja vu thingy.
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Schladming? (Dachstein)
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OK, where is this -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/PICT4383.jpg)
the name of the town partly visible at the bottom of the picture will do.
Looks as if Julie Andrews should appear and burst into song ......
Rob
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Looks as if Julie Andrews should appear and burst into song ......
It's not a million miles from there!
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Interlaken?
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Soll?
Damon.
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Interlaken?
No.
Soll?
Soll is about 15 miles ride away and on the other side of those mountains.
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Sperten
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Sperten
That's the closest yet.
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St Johann
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St Johann
That's even closer.
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St Johann
That's even closer.
Arrrggghhhh!!
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Oberndorf in Tirol
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Oberndorf in Tirol
Wrong way.....
Erpfendorf I reckon.
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Kirchdorf? (I've heard of Oberndorf but not St Johann, so guessing somewhere I think is near... :-\ )
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Where and name of statue ?
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC04544.jpg)
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Oberndorf in Tirol
No.
Erpfendorf I reckon.
No.
Kirchdorf? (I've heard of Oberndorf but not St Johann, so guessing somewhere I think is near... :-\ )
No.
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Going (am Wilden Kaiser) ?
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Going (am Wilden Kaiser) ?
No. Its a bigger place than all those mentioned so far.
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Can't be kitzbuehel?
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Can't be kitzbuehel?
You're wrong! It is the outskirts of Kitzbuhel, looking down from about a third of the way up the Kitbuhel Horn.
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Where and name of statue ?
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC04544.jpg)
Just in case you missed this post ?
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Where and name of statue ?
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC04544.jpg)
Just in case you missed this post ?
I hadn't missed the thread, but I don't know where it's taken from. Tho a guess would say it's in the northern Pennines.
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I would guess, from the style of the statue, as what looks like a virgin and child thing, that it is either Knock or in Poland somewhere.
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The Lady of Penrhys, Rhondda (http://www.rhonddarecords-wales.com/U-Rhondda-History-Page-1-Penrhys-U)
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I have never heard of it!
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I have never heard of it!
That's surely one for the books ;) :P
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I have never heard of it!
That's surely one for the books ;) :P
Yes Dinamo should be declared the winner and this thread locked.
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I have never heard of it!
That's surely one for the books ;) :P
Yes Dinamo should be declared the winner and this thread locked.
;D ;D ;D
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I have never heard of it!
nor had I before I started looking
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'ere's one.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/3083654012_89aefaf468.jpg?v=0)
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and another
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/3082832141_cf6b049222_m.jpg)
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'ere's one.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/3083654012_89aefaf468.jpg?v=0)
Dornoch?
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Dornoch?
Who's there ?
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and another
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/3082832141_cf6b049222_m.jpg)
Museum of Scotland?
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'ere's one.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/3083654012_89aefaf468.jpg?v=0)
Is it the Loire - somewhere like Amboise, looking down from the chateau?
Rob
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My guess would be Saumur, looking down from the castle. (So perhaps a bit like Amboise)
Why are the houses so sad and grey?
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I was going for somewhere just downstream of Angers
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Why are the houses so sad and grey?
That'll be the local stone and slate.
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The Lady of Penrhys, Rhondda (http://www.rhonddarecords-wales.com/U-Rhondda-History-Page-1-Penrhys-U)
Well done Andrew S
You pass it on the Glamorgan Gloom Audax
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Yes, it's Samaur from the castle. If the houses look grey and sad, it must be my skills as a photographer.
No, not the museum of Scotland
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This is on a cycle route, and there's even bike parking available!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/3087439582_fe21d84214.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3087438346_4b020caef0.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/3087436542_8ac112abd3.jpg?v=0)
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Well, it's a cool ruined 16th(?) century tower house in Scotland, but I don't know where. :-\
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I forget the name of the place but think I recognise it as being featured on "Countryfile" or that Julia Bradbury series where she walked along old railway lines now used as trails.
This was on a distillery route.
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It's Smailholm, in the borders. Near Jedburgh, I think. Lovely photos :thumbsup:
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It's Smailholm, in the borders. Near Jedburgh, I think. Lovely photos :thumbsup:
Gold Star for Deano!
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[sings]
D'ya ken that pele, in its stone so grey....
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Lovely photos :thumbsup:
Nice Moon included.
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B*gger!
I often gaze through "guess the place" and never, ever recognise any of the places - usually 'coz I've never been within a hundred miles of them ::-)
Then I saw Smailholm, recognised it immediately, but someone had beaten me to the guess. B*gger!
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Time for another? An easier one...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/3090608430_a36226374f_b.jpg)
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Well I know it could be lots of places so this is a guess really but is the one near/at Whalley.
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Not that one, TKP. I haven't been to that part of the country since the last century ;D
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Durham?
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Durham?
Well done, Mike! (It's easy if you've been there)
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http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y251/ailienated/Untitled_Panorama1-1.jpg
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Top of Malham Cove?
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Dartmoor?
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Brown Willy.or just the way you walk ;D
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Dartmoor?
Yep! Bonus points for rough locale, or the Tor I was standing on. Or for finding me somewhere I can host the 17mb full res version...
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I can only name Yes Tor...Unless Black Tor exists outside the pages of Hound of the Baskervilles :)
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Durham?
Well done, Mike! (It's easy if you've been there)
[mutter] too late again [/mutter]
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I wonder how long it will be before one of you bridge spotters get this one -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/P7230042.jpg)
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That's an unusual one. Odd pinkish stone.
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That's an unusual one. Odd pinkish stone.
Scotland. Possibly East (old red sandstone).
..d
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Scotland.
Possibly East (old red sandstone).
50% there!
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Royal Deeside?
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Royal Deeside?
Wrong river.
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At first glance the bridge looks like Telford's bridge over the Tay at Dunkeld.
But the background says otherwise ...
Right river, though, maybe??
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At first glance the bridge looks like Telford's bridge over the Tay at Dunkeld.
But the background says otherwise ...
Right river, though, maybe??
Right river, but try a bit further upstream.
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Kenmore Bridge
I'm usually cycling over it rather than under it though :P
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Kenmore Bridge
I'm usually cycling over it rather than under it though :P
Kenmore Bridge it is.
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right, time for something more exotic:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/temp/IMG_0531.jpg)
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Is it the Palace of Mysore in Karnataka?
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nope. Right country, but it's further north than that. It's a museum.
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Something in Agra? :-\
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Museum of Jeypore?
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Museum of Jeypore?
It is, isn't it!?
Thanks, Mike & Chris - enjoyed that trawl thru images of indo-saracenic architecture :)
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yup. Albert museum in Jaipur.
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OK - here is a slightly different take.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/3102099151_7fc6fe2271_o.jpg)
Location, rather than place. ;)
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Your dentists waiting room? ;D
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Indeed!
Shortbread teeth and toothbrushes. Inspired. ;D
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Shortbread? Sugar free, I should hope!
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How about this....
The image does not do justice to the awesome size and scale of the place - the lake in the valley floor is over 1500' below...
(http://www.meiring.org.uk/pdm/photos/brc1_1.jpg)
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Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga, South Africa, if I'm not mistaken.
I was there in April this year!
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Spot on.
"The Blyde River Canyon is 16 miles (26 kilometers) in length and is, on average, around 2500 feet (800m) deep. It consists mostly of red sandstone. The highest point of the canyon is over 6300 feet above sea level (over 1900m) whilst its lowest point is well under 2000 feet (under 600m) above sea level. By some measures it is the third largest canyon in the world, after the Grand Canyon in the United States and the Fish River Canyon in Namibia."
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Spot on.
"The Blyde River Canyon is 16 miles (26 kilometers) in length and is, on average, around 2500 feet (800m) deep. It consists mostly of red sandstone. The highest point of the canyon is over 6300 feet above sea level (over 1900m) whilst its lowest point is well under 2000 feet (under 600m) above sea level. By some measures it is the third largest canyon in the world, after the Grand Canyon in the United States and the Fish River Canyon in Namibia."
Here are some more photos taken on my trip last April:
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/blydeyacf1.jpg)
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/blydeyacf2.jpg)
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/blydeyacf3.jpg)
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Where is this particular pose common?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/P1030225.jpg)
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Strike a pose? Easa Pisa.
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Where's this?
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/guess141208.jpg)
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Looks Welsh, but not a clue otherwise.
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Not Wales.
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Looks like slate. Northern Lake District perhaps??
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Looks like slate. Northern Lake District perhaps??
Yes, but where specifically?
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Looks like slate. Northern Lake District perhaps??
Yes, but where specifically?
Your tone of typing suggests somewhere notable... Grave of a Mr Peel??
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Strike a pose? Easa Pisa.
Yup.
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Is it Newlands?
EDIT: Yes it is
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OK - a topical one...
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw34.jpg)
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(http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2382/img0057gk4.jpg)
..and another
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Bruges
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OK - a topical one...
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw34.jpg)
Angelica Fanshawe's gaff
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Bruges
Of course!
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Angelica Fanshawe's gaff
nope :)
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Angelica Fanshawe's gaff/
Nutkin's ancestral home?
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Volio Towers, that.
You stalking me ?
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<fnerk>
You'd never get that weather down your way!
Almost all of you will have seen this wonderful collection of buildings from the air on the last 3 weeks.
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<fnerk>
You'd never get that weather down your way!
(http://www.brianmicklethwait.com/images/uploads/DingestowInSnow.jpg)
Ok this isn't Volio Towers, but it is the house next door.
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Have you inveigled an invite for Xmas?
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The Lord of the Manor is our landlord. He's a really nice bloke and regularly comes round to wrestle with the plumbing in our house.
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Ok this isn't Volio Towers, but it is the house next door.
Dingestow Court?
Are you at the end of his driveway?
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Ok this isn't Volio Towers, but it is the house next door.
Dingestow Court?
Are you at the end of his driveway?
No.
He has 2 driveways and we aren't at the end of either.
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As Jaded seems to have stumped everyone, here's another picture to have a go at.
[img height=400 width=259]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3122486124_13ed6058a9.jpg[/img] (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3122486124_13ed6058a9.jpg)
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I'll give a clue. In fact I'll give three clues. In chronological order.
Shipping.
Education.
Phones.
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I'll give a clue. In fact I'll give three clues. In chronological order.
Shipping.
Education.
Phones.
Bletchley Park? That's all I can think of. . .
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Anyone who reads the papers will have seen aerial photos of this place two weekends ago.
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Don't read the papers so 'N A F C', then!
J
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As Jaded seems to have stumped everyone, here's another picture to have a go at.
. . . is it somewhere ending in 'os'?
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Anyone who reads the papers will have seen aerial photos of this place two weekends ago.
The only phone related topic I can remember that was in the news 2 weeks ago was the anniversary of the first STD phone call.
From Bristol to Edinburgh but the picture doesn't look like either of them ???
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It's not one of David Ross' country piles is it?
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You may be close, but you have to be closer than that.
And what's more - you will now need to explain the Shipping. Education. Phones links. ;D
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You may be close, but you have to be closer than that.
And what's more - you will now need to explain the Shipping. Education. Phones links. ;D
Well, obviously Ross was one of the founders of Carphone Warehouse and was in the news a couple of weeks ago for using over £150m worth of shares as security on a loan. Phones - check.
The house was previously owned by the Cunard family. Shipping - check.
In between Ross and Cunard, it was a school. Education - check!
And it's Nevill Holt Hall in Leicestershire ;D
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Indeed!
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As Jaded seems to have stumped everyone, here's another picture to have a go at.
. . . is it somewhere ending in 'os'?
Try guessing a whole name and I'll let you know if you're right or not! ;)
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Sicily ?
Can't recall which one...
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Sicily ? Can't recall which one...
Agrigentum / Agrigento?
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(http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/pinniped/skiing/stanton2006/images/13_big.jpg)
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That is a weird combination. The age of the shoes and the shorts are so different.
..d
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They are football boots.
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Here is another one. I was very much taken with the design of this building but I wouldn't want to work in it.
Architect as well as the building please..
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/3125860855_290ab0090b.jpg?v=1229903048)
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(http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/pinniped/skiing/stanton2006/images/13_big.jpg)
Alpe d'Huez?
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Sicily ? Can't recall which one...
Agrigentum / Agrigento?
Nope, it's not Agrigentum. Nor is it Sicily.
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Here is another one. I was very much taken with the design of this building but I wouldn't want to work in it.
Architect as well as the building please..
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/3125860855_290ab0090b.jpg?v=1229903048)
Don't know the architect but, is it the ITN building?
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Squire Law Library, Cambridge ~ Norman Foster?
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Not ITN, Not Cambridge but it is Foster (which now makes it very easy).
..d
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Not the Alexander Fleming building so it must be the SwissRe?
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Not the Alexander Fleming building so it must be the SwissRe?
Correction. It is the Alexander Fleming building. My eyes deceived originally. I only ever got as far as that floor what looks like a walk-way.
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Not the Alexander Fleming building so it must be the SwissRe?
Correction. It is the Alexander Fleming building. My eyes deceived originally. I only ever got as far as that floor what looks like a walk-way.
Correct. The Sir Alexander Fleming Building at Imperial College.
I do like big atriums, though I would have made the rabbit hutches (carrels) a bit more private by boxing them in with more glass. It does seem to get quite noisy.
..d
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Correct. The Sir Alexander Fleming Building at Imperial College.
Izzat where the Old Chemistry building used to be (he asked, smoothing his greying locks)?
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Correct. The Sir Alexander Fleming Building at Imperial College.
Izzat where the Old Chemistry building used to be (he asked, smoothing his greying locks)?
Next to it. The old chemistry building is still there, just about 30m to the right of where the photo was taken.
..d
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Was it Chemistry that had the funny non-stop lifts?
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While I'm here - are those columns in Libya?
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Was it Chemistry that had the funny non-stop lifts?
'twas the newer of the Chemistry buildings which had the paternoster lifts.
We had minutes of fun on them...
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Was it Chemistry that had the funny non-stop lifts?
Don't know. Biochem in Oxford had them, as did Northwick Park Hospital.
..d
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Arts Tower at Sheffield University had a Paternoster, host to many jolly student pranks.
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While I'm here - are those columns in Libya?
Not Libya, either.
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Arts Tower at Sheffield University had a Paternoster, host to many jolly student pranks.
As did one of the buildings at Salford Uni
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Was it Chemistry that had the funny non-stop lifts?
Don't know. Biochem in Oxford had them, as did Northwick Park Hospital.
..d
The library at University of East Anglia (Colchester) had them too (albeit a while back - before H&S had been invented.....)
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Arts Tower at Sheffield University had a Paternoster, host to many jolly student pranks.
A pal of mine went to Sheffield. I went to see him there in 1972 and the paternoster was quite a laugh.
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You mean Essex University.
University of East Anglia is in Naarch ;D
Unless of course they've merged recently
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Nope.
You be right.
Essex University is the one I had in mind.
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Was it Chemistry that had the funny non-stop lifts?
First time I saw a paternoster lift was in Norway in 1973 whilst on a "study tour" .... our group had loads of fun ... especially riding over the top and expecting to come down the other side head first!
Rob
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As Jaded seems to have stumped everyone, here's another picture to have a go at.
[img height=400 width=259]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3122486124_13ed6058a9.jpg[/img] (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3122486124_13ed6058a9.jpg)
Ephesus ?
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As Jaded seems to have stumped everyone, here's another picture to have a go at.
[img height=200 width=130]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3122486124_13ed6058a9.jpg[/img] (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3122486124_13ed6058a9.jpg)
Ephesus ?
Again, I've gotta say no.
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Syria?
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Syria?
Yip, the ruins are in Syria. Care to name them?
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Palmyra?
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Palmyra would be too easy.....
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Apamea?
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Bless you.
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Apamea?
Aphamia. Beat me to it.
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Apamea?
Aphamia. Beat me to it.
Yes and yes.
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Another Bridge?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/3151107984_83537d9d1e_b.jpg)
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Bridge of Khazad-dûm?
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Aira Force?
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Bridge of Khazad-dûm?
No - I think the moss there would be black?
Aira Force?
No, but there is an impressive waterfall just a few metres upstream.
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Looking at it again, I think you'd have to be standing atop the waterfall for it to be Aira Force :o ;D
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Linn of Dee?
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(http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/pinniped/skiing/stanton2006/images/13_big.jpg)
Alpe d'Huez?
nope, somewhere else hilly with snow on it.....
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Linn of Dee?
No. That would be the one with the road going over it and it is upstream of the waterfall. This is downstream.
Closer than Aira Force though..
..d
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downstream from Reekie Linn ?
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downstream from Reekie Linn ?
No, not downstream from Reekie Linn (is there a bridge downstream from the Reekie Linn?)
Closer than the Linn of Dee though.
And on the right side of the grampian watershed (feeds into the Tay, not the Dee)
..d
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The Hermitage nr Dunkeld ?
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The Hermitage nr Dunkeld ?
That's what I have been trying to bring to mind all evening.I could think of Dunkeld but not the name of the location.
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The Hermitage nr Dunkeld ?
Yup. Gentle amble round today. Must take a tripod and more time next visit.
..d
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2546413014_795b154c79_b.jpg)
An easy one, since it's the season of goodwill.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2546413014_795b154c79_b.jpg)
An easy one, since it's the season of goodwill.
Is that the new one in Strathmore? Can't remember the proper name for the place.. Ark Hill?
..d
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'Fraid not. It's English.
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Ovenden Moor?
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Ovenden Moor?
I used to walk the dog round there :)
But that's not it (though it's closer than Strathmore).
Clue: there's a 600k audax which goes right past it.
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Ovenden Moor?
I used to walk the dog round there :)
But that's not it (though it's closer than Strathmore).
Clue: there's a 600k audax which goes right past it.
How much of a clue is that? How many onshore wind farms don't have a 600k audax passing by?
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Somewhere in the vicinity of Broughton in Furness?
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Clue: there's a 600k audax which goes right past it.
How much of a clue is that? How many onshore wind farms don't have a 600k audax passing by?
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I dunno - but I can only think of one 600k audax in the north of England.
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Somewhere in the vicinity of Broughton in Furness?
That's the closest so far. Head inland.
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Hmmmm...
Tricky one for me, because it's a few years since I've been up there, but they look like the ones which can be seen from the road (somewhere roundabout Grizebeck / Broughton in Furness / Millom) as I used to drive from Lancaster to Sellafield - that's about as accurate as I can be. :(
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I remember something similar overlooking Ulverston....between there and the Old Man.
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Is that somewhere between Whitby and Middlesbrough?
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Hmmmm...
Tricky one for me, because it's a few years since I've been up there, but they look like the ones which can be seen from the road (somewhere roundabout Grizebeck / Broughton in Furness / Millom) as I used to drive from Lancaster to Sellafield - that's about as accurate as I can be. :(
There is a wind farm near Broughton - but this isn't it. Keep trying ;D
Is that somewhere between Whitby and Middlesbrough?
There isn't a wind farm around there (unless I've ridden past it and failed to notice - which is possible :-[ )
Broughton's the closest so far.
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Saltburn?
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Not Saltburn - wrong side of the Pennines.
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Knabs Ridge?
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That'd be the one near Harrogate & Menwith Hill? Still the wrong side of the Pennines ;D
I thought someone would have got this by now. I suppose I underestimated i) how isolated a spot it is and ii) how generic the photo is.
Clue: it's near England's book town.
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Which means it's near Sedbergh. Lambrigg wind farm?
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Which means it's near Sedbergh. Lambrigg wind farm?
Sedbergh, indeed.
Your neck of the woods. No?
You took your time, popping up :P ;D
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Your neck of the woods. No?
Nah, it's a bit too far east for me to know properly and besides that's nearly in Yorkshire :sick: ;)
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Which means it's near Sedbergh. Lambrigg wind farm?
Well done, adamski. Th'art a Cumbria lad, right? I knew I couldn't be the only one to have visited that bit of the country.
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Well as that one has been guessed, I think it's my turn.
I saw a brilliant scene the other day, perfect lighting and a great photographic layout. But I didn't have my camera so you'll just have to guess away.
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Southend?
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Well as that one has been guessed, I think it's my turn.
I saw a brilliant scene the other day, perfect lighting and a great photographic layout. But I didn't have my camera so you'll just have to guess away.
Regent Street Apple Store?
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/3156336513_fda6838156.jpg?v=0)
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Outer west midgeland?
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nick nack, Jaded, you're both wrong.
Oh, and Jaded, once I realised you weren't talking about edible apples on a market stall you made I larf.
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Outer west midgeland?
Further east, I'd have thunk, judging by the shape of that pine tree ...
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Falls of Dochart?
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Falls of Dochart?
That's the one. It's to the right of all this mist...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/3156341617_9e72e4ce8e.jpg?v=0)
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Another
easy hard easy one
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1029/3173177541_bb544d24e3.jpg?v=0)
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Another easy hard easy one
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1029/3173177541_bb544d24e3.jpg?v=0)
Well it would have been easier if you'd stuck the whale's jawbones in ;)
North Berwick Law
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Well it would have been easier if you'd stuck the whale's jawbones in ;)
North Berwick Law
Bugger
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Quickly cropped to remove the boat at the bottom of the picture and if I had more time I'd correct the slight lean but nevermind...
(http://www.greenbank.org/misc/guesswhere.jpg)
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Quickly cropped to remove the boat at the bottom of the picture and if I had more time I'd correct the slight lean but nevermind...
(http://www.greenbank.org/misc/guesswhere.jpg)
Great picture, is it really that coulor?
Given that you've just got back from there, I'd guess the Fitz Roy Mountain Range in Argentina.
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Torres del Paine
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Great picture, is it really that coulor?
Yes. No filters or camera magic applied. When I get the rest of the photos sorted out you'll see some more.
Torres del Paine
Correct.
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Another easyish one.
(http://www.greenbank.org/misc/guesswhere2.jpg)
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Another easyish one.
Iguazu.
It looks like an amazing place and it's a stunning photo.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/1816_square.jpg)
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Is it Pitville Park?
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The pictures for this one will be in your mind. It is a poem. Where was it inscribed? (Yes googling will find it but it is more fun to think and guess.)
I leave tonight from Euston
On the seven thirty train
And from Perth in teh early Morning
I shall see the hills again.
From the top of Ben Macdui
I shall watch the gathering storm
And see the crisp snow lying
at the back of Cairngorm.
I shall see the mist from Brotain
And pass by Larig Ghru
To look on dark Loch Einich
From the heights of Sgoran Dubh.
From the broken Barns of Bynack
I shall see the sunrise gleam
On the forehead of Ben Rhynnes
And Strathspey awake from dreams.
And again in the dark of evening
I shall find once more alone
The dark waters of the Green Loch
And pass beyond Ryvoan
For tonight, I leave from Euston
And leave the world behind
Who has the hills as a lover
Will find them wonderous kind.
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I want to say the Tay Bridge - but that's a different poem.
(And I think the line through the Cairngorms misses out Dundee...)
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I want to say the Tay Bridge - but that's a different poem.
(And I think the line through the Cairngorms misses out Dundee...)
Absolutely. And the inscription allegedly predates the road bridge by about 20-30 years.
It is quite obscure, but I liked the poem.
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In that case, I have no idea. But I liked the poem too - the Gaelic names lend it a very romantic sound.
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Inscribed?
Is it on a cairn?
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Inscribed?
Is it on a cairn?
No, but it iswas on a permanent(ish) object
Though written, allegedly, in pencil.
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I know it's not my turn but I thought I'd posrt this one before I forget about it.
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/rks040472/guess-1.jpg)
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Inscribed?
Is it on a cairn?
No, but it iswas on a permanent(ish) object
Though written, allegedly, in pencil.
In a bothy?
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Inscribed?
Is it on a cairn?
No, but it iswas on a permanent(ish) object
Though written, allegedly, in pencil.
In a bothy?
On the back of a bothy door.
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I know it's not my turn but I thought I'd posrt this one before I forget about it.
Lake District??
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Bowland?
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Nope.
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It's the combination of lumpy & apparently flat, looking (probably) west that's got me a bit stumped...
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A famous craggy edge near a Pennine plateau perhaps?
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Blackstone? Don't think so...
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Looks as bit like the Atlas Mountains to me...
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Nope....none of the above.
There may be a clue if you look at the pic from either a different angle if viewing on a lcd screen or lightening it a bit in your editing software of choice. :thumbsup: I should also point out that I didn't take the shot. :(
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Rob - I thought it was the sea...
Land's End?
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Mars.
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Mars.
Indeed it is.....NASA's photo of the day from a few days ago....taken by one of their rovers.
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bother, too late to catch the first one in ages that I was able to guess >:(
That was taken back in May 2005.
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I'm no judge of how hard or difficult these are, but I reckon this one is reeeaaally easy.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/3182499048_9168fbfdf9.jpg)
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Mars.
Indeed it is.....NASA's photo of the day from a few days ago....taken by one of their rovers.
Crikey - I'll buy a pint for the first person to cycle past that view
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Is that Newcastle Quayside, Deano?
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That's it, clarion - now you need to name the steps...
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Oh you got me there - I just remember taking some photos thereabouts when visiting Side Gallery or the theatre down the street...
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That's it, clarion - now you need to name the steps...
Hmm...
There are more than 39...
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I'm no judge of how hard or difficult these are, but I reckon this one is reeeaaally easy.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/3182499048_9168fbfdf9.jpg)
Oh to be at the top of those on my Smith and Wesson, with the bad guy on his way down 8)
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Oh you got me there - I just remember taking some photos thereabouts when visiting Side Gallery or the theatre down the street...
It's dead close to Side.
They're pretty well known - they featured in Get Carter, and a Kathryn Williams album is named after them...
I'll let it run a bit in case anyone knows, before I tell.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/1816_square.jpg)
Sri Lanka ?Cant remember the name of the place.
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Not Sri Lanka - that's too far south.
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Durbar Marg ??? ???
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It's dead close to Side.
They're pretty well known - they featured in Get Carter, and a Kathryn Williams album is named after them...
I'll let it run a bit in case anyone knows, before I tell.
Dog Leap Stairs
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It's dead close to Side.
They're pretty well known - they featured in Get Carter, and a Kathryn Williams album is named after them...
I'll let it run a bit in case anyone knows, before I tell.
Dog Leap Stairs
Spot on :)
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Gah! I should have known that, but it has been twenty years... ;D
Thanks for putting me out of my misery. If no one had guessed by tomorrow, I was going to PM you, Deano.
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Durbar Marg ??? ???
right country
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It's dead close to Side.
They're pretty well known - they featured in Get Carter, and a Kathryn Williams album is named after them...
I'll let it run a bit in case anyone knows, before I tell.
Dog Leap Stairs
Also get a mention in Dire Straits' Down To The Waterline...
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Right. A difficult one...I hope.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3194740974_838ca59aa5.jpg?v=0)
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It's dead close to Side.
They're pretty well known - they featured in Get Carter, and a Kathryn Williams album is named after them...
I'll let it run a bit in case anyone knows, before I tell.
Dog Leap Stairs
Spot on :)
Not so.
Dog LOUP. Just off Dean St and The Side, running down to mear the Guilhall on the Quaysde near the Swing Bridge.
[thought I'd let someone else have a go!]
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Right. A difficult one...I hope.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3194740974_838ca59aa5.jpg?v=0)
Ireland?
(I think I know where..)
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It's dead close to Side.
They're pretty well known - they featured in Get Carter, and a Kathryn Williams album is named after them...
I'll let it run a bit in case anyone knows, before I tell.
Dog Leap Stairs
Spot on :)
Not so.
Dog LOUP. Just off Dean St and The Side, running down to mear the Guilhall on the Quaysde near the Swing Bridge.
[thought I'd let someone else have a go!]
Howay - no-one calls it that!
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Ireland?
(I think I know where..)
Fraid not Ireland.
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Same location, but this time standing on the bridge looking across it. You might just see the parapets either side.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3338/3196530476_f04558d2f8.jpg?v=0)
A translation of the lower plaque:-
THIS BRIDGE REPAIRED BEYOND THE AGE OF MAN IS REPAIRED BY THE COUNTY IN EIGHTY ONE : 1681 : John Hall Ralph Hake[tts]?
There's a newer bridge, built in 1920, beside it that carries the traffic.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/1816_square.jpg)
Sri Lanka ?Cant remember the name of the place.
Well Im guessing now but having spotted the snow and mountains in the background maybe Nepal somewhere.
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It's dead close to Side.
They're pretty well known - they featured in Get Carter, and a Kathryn Williams album is named after them...
I'll let it run a bit in case anyone knows, before I tell.
Dog Leap Stairs
Spot on :)
Not so.
Dog LOUP. Just off Dean St and The Side, running down to mear the Guilhall on the Quaysde near the Swing Bridge.
[thought I'd let someone else have a go!]
Howay - no-one calls it that!
Haddaway an loss yersel, it's aalwez bin caalled that, ye hoit.
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Is that the bridge at St John's Lock near Lechdale?
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/1816_square.jpg)
Nepal but not durbar Marg..........
Allmost no tourists so my guesses will be Bhaktapur or Patan
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Is that the bridge at St John's Lock near Lechdale?
Further South...I assume you mean Lechlade.
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Is that the bridge at St John's Lock near Lechdale?
Further South...I assume you mean Lechlade.
Yep, sorry - Lechlade.
The only other bridge I can think of with such marker stones is the old bridge near Exeter... Mallison Bridge I think.
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Howay - no-one calls it that!
Haddaway an loss yersel, it's aalwez bin caalled that, ye hoit.
Whisht an haddaway yersel (http://flickr.com/photos/psd/2253211554/) :P
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So they translated it for the visitors, lol
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The only other bridge I can think of with such marker stones is the old bridge near Exeter... Mallison Bridge I think.
It's not that far from Exeter. By-passed by an A road that itself has been bypassed. That should be enough to pin it down to a locality (It's quite visible on Google Earth).
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The only other bridge I can think of with such marker stones is the old bridge near Exeter... Mallison Bridge I think.
It's not that far from Exeter. By-passed by an A road that itself has been bypassed. That should be enough to pin it down to a locality (It's quite visible on Google Earth).
Topsham?
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Topsham?
Not south of Exeter.
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Fenny Bridges?
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Fenny Bridges?
Closer and closer; and it is probably unfairly obscure. Travel westward.
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While we're all pondering Ian's obscrurity, have a guess at this snowy scene.
I'll settle for the name of the country, with bonus points for the mountain range and a gold star for the name of the mountain.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/c300.jpg)
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Peru?
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Peru?
No
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(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/c300.jpg)
I initally thought it might be Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia, but you say "bonus points for the mountain range and a gold star for the name of the mountain" & Kinabalu is a single peak rather, rather than a mountain range so I now think I'm wrong.
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Not Malaysia
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Morocco, Atlas Mountains?
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Not Morocco, but the right continent.
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Hmmmmm. Kilimanjaro? Ruwenzori?
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Hmmmmm. Kilimanjaro? Ruwenzori?
No and no. Both wrong countries, but getting warmer.
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Nepal but not durbar Marg..........
Allmost no tourists so my guesses will be Bhaktapur or Patan
Bhaktapur it is
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Not Morocco, but the right continent.
Those green thingies in the picture look like Aloe khamiesensis or a similar Aloe species. There is some snow so if it is in Africa, it will be quite high up. The highest concentration of Aloes I have seen is in the south eastern part of Southern Africa.
Southern Drakensberg?
I don't see any particular mountain shapes to name a peak or feature....
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Not South Africa.
There are 53 countries in Africa, and it isn't Morocco, Tanzania, Uganda or SA.
Edit: The plants are Giant Lobelia.
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49 to go then.
Righto!
Kenya
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Not Kenya.
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Mozambique.
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Mozambique.
No
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Semien Mountains in Ethiopia?
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Looks a bit like the Ruwenzori Range in Uganda...
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Semien Mountains in Ethiopia?
Correct.
Edit: One of the wettest and coldest places I've visited.
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One of the wettest and coldest places I've visited.
The road surface doesn't look very good, either.
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One of the wettest and coldest places I've visited.
The road surface doesn't look very good, either.
The only wheeled vehicles we saw in 10 days (on the 'road' through the national park) were:
- 2 tourists on MTBs
- 2 locals on a moped
- a BBC wildlife film crew in a couple of trucks
Mules are much more reliable.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3210664074_c08e33ff07.jpg) (http://flickr.com/photos/johnspooner/3210664074/)
This chap was a deaf mute, but could communicate anything he wanted with signs, gestures and facial expressions, as in the photo.
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Right. A difficult one...I hope.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3194740974_838ca59aa5.jpg?v=0)
Wild guess - Clifford Bridge?
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Wild guess - Clifford Bridge?
Nope. I think I made it too difficult. It's an abandoned bridge over one of the tributaries of the Clyst, and it's here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=&ie=UTF8&ll=50.748661,-3.406151&spn=0.000292,0.000805&t=h&z=20).
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Here's a new picture. Maybe not quite as obscure as the previous one?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3241670927_9ecf2979b4.jpg)
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George St, Embra. Northern Lighthouse Board.
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Yes, that's exactly it.
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I used to collect light dues from ships.....
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Another one for TT to guess....
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3314/3244585004_06cfa1376d.jpg)
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Looks a bit like Hen Cloud and the Roaches near Leek.
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There's nowhere near the Roaches as flat as that.
South Africa ?
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Looks a bit like Hen Cloud and the Roaches near Leek.
Nope.
There's nowhere near the Roaches as flat as that.
South Africa?
Closer than the Roaches, but still nope.
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Not Arapiles, is it?
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Another one for TT to guess....
Not Arapiles, is it?
The man doesn't disappoint :thumbsup:
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'm a climber.......
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Try this one
(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7643/img0071fb3.jpg)
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Flensburg near the German / Danish border?
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'm a climber.......
I know. That's why I figured you'd recongise that particular photo.
Flensburg near the German / Danish border?
I'd go with that too.
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'm a climber.......
I know. That's why I figured you'd recongise that particular photo.
Flensburg near the German / Danish border?
I'd go with that too.
Spot on
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Any takers for this?
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/PICT3504.jpg)
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Somewhere in Denmark.
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Somewhere in Denmark.
Yebbut there's a lot of coast in Denmark!
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Yebbut googling for ebbes badebyggeri give a very precise location and map and is cheating innit?
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from my avatar:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/5DIMG_0464.jpg)
any takers?
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Yebbut googling for ebbes badebyggeri give a very precise location and map and is cheating innit?
Note to self - remember to check that the image posted is the correct one. I had meant to post a cropped version with the writing removed! :-[
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Without googling
There are not that many boat builders in Denmark, but a few traditional places , so my guess is
Svendborg or Frederikshavn.
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Without googling
There are not that many boat builders in Denmark, but a few traditional places , so my guess is
Svendborg or Frederikshavn.
No and no, but Svendborg is nearer.
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Without googling
There are not that many boat builders in Denmark, but a few traditional places , so my guess is
Svendborg or Frederikshavn.
No and no, but Svendborg is nearer.
That doesn't help much but I'll guess again ; Fredericia
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Without googling
There are not that many boat builders in Denmark, but a few traditional places , so my guess is
Svendborg or Frederikshavn.
No and no, but Svendborg is nearer.
That doesn't help much but I'll guess again ; Fredericia
Not Fredericia either.
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from my avatar:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/5DIMG_0464.jpg)
any takers?
Pompeii?
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Without googling
There are not that many boat builders in Denmark, but a few traditional places , so my guess is
Svendborg or Frederikshavn.
No and no, but Svendborg is nearer.
That doesn't help much but I'll guess again ; Fredericia
Not Fredericia either.
I've been there. Is on an island between Flensburg, funnily enough, and Rodbyhavn.
Will let someone else claim it
Chris, I've PMed my answer.....
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If it just me who had a small fit of the giggles at the word "badebyggeri"?
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If it just me who had a small fit of the giggles at the word "badebyggeri"?
I go past one on the way to my friends in Sweden.....
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Based on Tourist Tonys information it can only be on Ærø
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Based on Tourist Tonys information it can only be on Ærø
Yes.
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Based on Tourist Tonys information it can only be on Ærø
YOU'RE BARRED!!!!
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Still trying to get the right balance of obscurity v recognisability...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3421/3249508843_4c21bfcc1c.jpg)
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Still trying to get the right balance of obscurity v recognisability...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3421/3249508843_4c21bfcc1c.jpg)
Is it Auntie Cs 'SEEKRIT BUNKER'?
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Based on Tourist Tonys information it can only be on Ærø
YOU'RE BARRED!!!!
:P :P
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Based on Tourist Tonys information it can only be on Ærø
YOU'RE BARRED!!!!
:P :P
The ones with bubbles, that is......
I have my coat
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Is it Auntie Cs 'SEEKRIT BUNKER'?
It looks similar but is quite a long way from there.
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Are they the doors to the old slave jails in Dakar?
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Are they the doors to the old slave jails in Dakar?
Not that far away.
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Is it some tombs in Scotland, maybe near a statue of a dog?
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Is it some tombs in Scotland, maybe near a statue of a dog?
Geographically closer. Nothing to do with stone canines.
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Is it some tombs in Scotland, maybe near a statue of a dog?
Geographically closer. Nothing to do with stone canines.
Lime kilns?
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Lime kilns?
Its last use can be guessed from the rows of small niches that can be seen through the bars. It's a very solid structure and may have had other uses previously.
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Here's another view of it.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3267107498_de946828b7.jpg?v=0)
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Some kind of Doocot?
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Some kind of Doocot?
It is indeed. A very solid one.
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With apologies to Ian H, here's one which I reckon is pretty easy. Well, I would, having been there.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2207/2542312092_27bab1422f.jpg)
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Nantlle?
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Llanberis?? Background not rocky enough though.
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Nantlle?
No.
Llanberis?? Background not rocky enough though.
And no.
Both those are in the wrong country, though Wales is closer.
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It is a Glen, but I'm not sure which one.
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Not Scotland either.
If I was to post the photo I took when I was looking in the other direction, someone would get it straight away.
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Not Scotland either.
If I was to post the photo I took when I was looking in the other direction, someone would get it straight away.
Edge of Exmoor?
..d
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I'd guess Ireland...somewhere.
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Seathwaite?
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Seathwaite?
Oooh, very close. Especially compared to the others. Head east a ways.
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Here's one.(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3272536005_eef70b49c4.jpg?v=0)
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Seathwaite?
Oooh, very close. Especially compared to the others. Head east a ways.
Ah. Place Fell in the background?
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Looking north from watendlath? High Seat in the distance ?
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Seathwaite?
Oooh, very close. Especially compared to the others. Head east a ways.
Ah. Place Fell in the background?
You've got it. Place Fell to the left, Angletarn Pike nearer to the camera.
Here's the view looking in the other direction, which might have made it a bit too easy ;D
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2341/2542367412_3ddf5f3c65.jpg)
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(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC02100.jpg)
Heres a new one, name the town ?
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Richmond?
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Berkley?
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Brighton?
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Poole?
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Dartmouth, Devon.
Looking towards St.Saviours.
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Dartmouth, Devon.
Looking towards St.Saviours.
Well done, Jurek
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Damn! Too late! I got that one before the whole photo had downloaded. :(
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Here's one.(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3272536005_eef70b49c4.jpg?v=0)
Faerieland?
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Here's one.(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3272536005_eef70b49c4.jpg?v=0)
Faerieland?
Lamalash on Arran, looking towards Holy Island?
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>> Lamalash on Arran, looking towards Holy Island?
Spot on. My mate punctured coming down the hill and had a very hard time avoiding a crash on the corner. How we laughed, until the midges came.
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>> Lamalash on Arran, looking towards Holy Island?
Spot on. My mate punctured coming down the hill and had a very hard time avoiding a crash on the corner. How we laughed, until the midges came.
Midges!!! I'd have carried on moving and left him to fix the puncture on his own - I speak from experience having been in a puncture situation on a midge infested moor on more than one occasion
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From one puncture come many...
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my day out today:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/lx3-1000072.jpg)
with a clue in this one:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/lx3-1000074.jpg)
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Frankfurt?
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gah. Too easy ;D
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Well my guess was Sandwich or Ham in Kent ;D
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3285170945_0ec3f3a363.jpg)
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Duxford?
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Not Duxford. Much further north. As far as I know, it's the only commemoration of its kind in the town.
Edit: there is a pub called The Spitfire.
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Not Duxford. Much further north. As far as I know, it's the only commemoration of its kind in the town.
Edit: there is a pub called The Spitfire.
There is one at Turnhouse (Edinburgh airport)
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Not Duxford. Much further north. As far as I know, it's the only commemoration of its kind in the town.
Edit: there is a pub called The Spitfire.
There is one at Turnhouse (Edinburgh airport)
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Google tells me that it (the one at Edinburgh) is a model that used to be outside RAF Turnhouse. The markings are different but when the plane was moved to it's current location the markings were changed. And it wasn't the one in your photo.
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Thornaby. on Tees. Birthplace of Douglas Bader
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Thornaby. on Tees. Birthplace of Douglas Bader
Correct. Though I didn't realise it was Douglas Bader's birthplace.
The Spitfire was put on that roundabout to mark the Thornaby Aerodrome. The fact that Spitfires never flew from there during the war didn't put them off.
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And it was the place for the European Bike Express, too.....
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I had no idea that Bader was a northerner. I thought he was Kenneth More, anyway ;D
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I expect this will be pretty easy.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/3198420753_d946d0058b.jpg)
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Can I throw in another, seeing as it is half-term. Give you lot something to do?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3321/3289003306_a48b7b5210_o.jpg)
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Is that the middle of Rutland water?
Can't remember the name of the church, but it's a museum now, isn't it?
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Adamski -
It looks like the Langdale Pikes in the distance, so I'l guess at Grasmere.
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Is that the middle of Rutland water?
Can't remember the name of the church, but it's a museum now, isn't it?
Pah! I thought I disguised it well! :thumbsup:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3657/3288211683_5380a0c48f_o.jpg)
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It looks like the Langdale Pikes in the distance, so I'l guess at Grasmere.
Bigger hills than that? And more water... perhaps with bonnie banks??
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It looks like the Langdale Pikes in the distance, so I'l guess at Grasmere.
Nope.
Bigger hills than that? And more water... perhaps with bonnie banks??
Bonnie banks?? :-\
*Heads off to google to search for "bonnie banks"...... Comes back*
Nope, not Loch Lomond. Seriously, I've never heard Loch Lomond to be refered to as Bonnie Banks. You learn something every day.
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Slioch over Loch Maree then? The mountain looks too far away.
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*wonders vaguely and in an ill-informed fashion about Loch Ness...*
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*thinks Clarion is less ill-informed about Loch Ness then he'd like us to believe* :D
I had to photoshop Nessie out of the picture to make it more difficult for you to guess
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I'm genuinely surprised. I really couldn't name the peaks in the distance, and I've never been there, but the fact it was long & thin, with the previous clues, pointed me in the right direction. ISTR there's an island in the Loch with a castle on, but maybe it's taken from there?
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There is a castle (Urquhart Castle) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urquhart_Castle), but it's not on an island for the simply reason that there ain't any islands in the loch. The photo is taken from a wee village called Dores (http://www.multimap.com/s/TsClGdx0) that's at the north-eastern end of the loch.
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What & Where ?
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC00388.jpg)
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What & Where ?
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC00388.jpg)
The Queen Mary. Still in LA I think.
Edit: Long Beach California.
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SS Great Britain, Bristol?
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SS Great Britain, Bristol?
Correct.
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SS Great Britain, Bristol?
Correct.
It wasn't all prettily painted when I last saw it.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3304587858_75f36dae0b.jpg?v=0)
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Corsica, summit of Monte Cinto
Is it the same tin box?
Panoramio - Photo of Sommet du Monte Cinto (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5044804)
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Corsica, summit of Monte Cinto
Is it the same tin box?
Panoramio - Photo of Sommet du Monte Cinto (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5044804)
Good question, I didn't notice it. It was extremely windy up there; windy enough to whip the sunglasses off your face.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2945252072_5183992642.jpg)
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Inspired by this (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2177.msg278207#msg278207) message and the response it provoked, here is a doorless unisex facility.
Where is it, and what is its claim to fame?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/k.jpg)
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Well, it's clearly the world's largest cludgie ...
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I'm guessing its claim to fame is that its the remotest public toilet in the world?
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I think i've seen that picture before.. is it the loo with the best view in the world, at everest basecamp?
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I can vouch for the fantastic view, but it's not Everest basecamp. Different continent.
And I doubt if it's the remotest.
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The highest then, up in the Andes?
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The highest then, up in the Andes?
The claim to fame has to do with its height, but wrong continent again.
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The claim to fame has to do with its height, but wrong continent again.
Tanzania? kilimanjaro?
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Right continent. Wrong country.
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Total guess: Danakil Depression, Ethiopia. Africa's lowest karzi?
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No and No. I don't think the glaciers are that big in the Danakil.
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Right continent. Wrong country.
Mt Kenya, then?
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No and No. I don't think the glaciers are that big in the Danakil.
Difficult to tell it's a glacier from this angle. I've seen rocks that look much the same in DETH Valley ;D
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Yes, Mt Kenya. Top Hut aka Austrian Hut in the background, and Lewis Glacier.
The highest khazy in Africa. At 4790m asl, higher than any similar facility on Kili. Or so they say. And the view really is breathtaking (although despite the altitude, breathing too deeply is not recommended in the immediate vicinity).
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I am trying to remember where a particular head is, which has a remarkably long drop. Straight down a cliff.
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I am trying to remember where a particular head is, which has a remarkably long drop. Straight down a cliff.
Skipton Castle has one like that, but it's no longer in use on account of the canal at the bottom of the cliff...
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I am trying to remember where a particular head is, which has a remarkably long drop. Straight down a cliff.
The ones at Barafu Camp (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31068212@N06/3052158137/) on Kili are a bit scary like that.
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guess the hills from todays walk with Mrs Mike:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/lx3-1000207.jpg)
and yes, the weather turned on the walk home:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/lx3-1000229.jpg)
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That looks like a Tarn.
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Easdale Tarn. Isn't it?
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Easdale Tarn. Isn't it?
yup!
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Helm Crag in 2nd picture?
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Helm Crag in 2nd picture?
Indeed it was.
It's a nice scramble up the sort-of-waterfall to get up towards the view over Stickle.
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righto then tarn spotters, how about this one?
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/lx3-1000287.jpg)
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At a wild guess... in the Eastern Fells perhaps?
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Angle Tarn, Patterdale?
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Seconded.
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you're too good... :)
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w-in-w-45.jpg)
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Wintour's Leap, overlooking the Wye?
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It certainly looks like the Wye Valley just north of Chepstow. I'm not clued up enough to know if it's Wintour's Leap or one of the other crags in the area, tho.
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Yup - it is Wintour's Leap. Easily missed as you puff your way out of Chepstow, unless you take a business call.
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A nice view and a curious formation.
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Easily missed as you puff your way out of Chepstow
It can take quite an effort to stop on the way down, too.
And there's almost no sign of the view, from the actual road. A walk of about 2 feet opens thing up a lot.
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(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_CkfTHIBv5V4/Scgmji-sroI/AAAAAAAAAk0/fD-P8kPK2xM/s512/DSC01511.JPG)
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Highgate?
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Pere Lachaise? Looks it form the crowded nature & the hill....
The only graves i could recognise would be Jim Morrison (small with a bust of Jim), Oscar Wilde (outrageous assyrian-style thing), or Isadora Duncan (delightfully understated). Not any of those...
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Looking again, it's likely to be a musician or composer, isn't it?
*stuck*
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Yup, Pere Lachaise is correct, and you are pretty close, it is the grave of a composer, Chopin.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0602.jpg)
OK, so where is this quaint cycle shop?
Hint: It's not Pearsons in Sutton ;D
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Yup - it is Wintour's Leap. Easily missed as you puff your way out of Chepstow, unless you take a business call.
Yes, we saw that from the other side, walking the dog on Sunday. I've seen the Wye bore (less spectacular than the Severn) from there.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/PICT0602.jpg)
OK, so where is this quaint cycle shop?
Hint: It's not Pearsons in Sutton ;D
Is that the one in East Grinstead?
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Yes it is - well done. It really caught my eye when we went there on Sunday. Astonishing looking building, and the shops either side are rather different.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3655/3408095518_c7fc3df577.jpg?v=0)
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Its an NCN route across a wide river in Scotland. Probably a salmon fishing river.
That's about as much as I can get. ;D
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Logierait
Some OS map trawling...
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Its an NCN route across a wide river in Scotland. Probably a salmon fishing river.
Logierait
Some OS map trawling...
That's it - didn't take you long. :thumbsup:
it's on NCN7, crossing the River Tay, between Pitlochry and Aberfeldy.
Here's the story: (shame about the fence post getting in the way :-[)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3409051144_619a71ccf2.jpg?v=0)
Mrs eck and I spent the day yesterday doing the routseheet for the Dunning Done In 200 Audax which goes over here. Lovely route.
EDIT: here it is, if you want to see it: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Dunning-Done-In (http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Dunning-Done-In) ;)
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I must try to get up to that area - must be some lovely rides. Trouble is I'm usually either in the far NW or on a stopover in Edinburgh.
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I must try to get up to that area - must be some lovely rides. Trouble is I'm usually either in the far NW or on a stopover in Edinburgh.
It is very nice round there..
Eck. Do you have any GPS traces for these routes? It would be extremely useful for OpenStreetMap as there are few traces and lots of 'here be dragons' areas on the map in tayside.
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Eck. Do you have any GPS traces for these routes? It would be extremely useful for OpenStreetMap as there are few traces and lots of 'here be dragons' areas on the map in tayside.
I'm sorry, David, I've not ventured into the world of GPS, and I've no idea how traces work. It was as much as I could manage to get the routes on to bikely. :-[
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw-45.jpg)
From the past!
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The thread has gone very quite, so here's one for you to ponder ?
Name of City, please
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC04891.jpg)
Amazing, just like buses, you wait for ages and then 2 arrive at once ;D
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Santiago? (Chile)
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Santiago? (Chile)
No, wrong Continent.
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Santiago? (Chile)
No, wrong Continent.
Brechin?
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Cagliari?
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Cagliari?
I think we have a winner.....
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Jaded's.... I can only suggest Weston super mare, but it doesn't look quite right.
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Well, it is near the coast. But not that one.
it is 'circa 1979/80
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Well, it is near the coast. But not that one.
it is 'circa 1979/80
East Angular?
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You almost certainly cannot see that view now.
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Does it now feature a nuculore power station ?
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Getting warmer. ;D
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Cagliari?
Correct, nicknack !
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw-45.jpg)
From the past!
Minehead ?
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3444877233_e6fe382350.jpg)
A panorama that I couldn't be bothered to crop.
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High Cup Gill?
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Not Minehead, no.
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Is your panorama in The Beacons Deano?
Fan y Big?
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That's a very personal question :o
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High Cup Gill?
High cup nick I think
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High Cup Gill?
High cup nick I think
You're both correct, but the gold star goes to andrew_s, since High Cup Gill is the valley, and the nick is the rocky outcrop at the head of the valley. It's an astonishing place.
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Is that the middle of Rutland water?
Can't remember the name of the church, but it's a museum now, isn't it?
Pah! I thought I disguised it well! :thumbsup:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3657/3288211683_5380a0c48f_o.jpg)
Normanton church ??????? Rutland water ?????
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Name That Campsite.
Or the hills.
Or both.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2534161815_3b4918c8d1_b.jpg)
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Reminds me of one in the Lakes which I can't remember the name of but has a pub just over the road and a dry riverbed which I crashed my mountain bike into on the way back from same.
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Talsarnau, North Wales? Dredging memories of about 35 years ago.
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Reminds me of one in the Lakes which I can't remember the name of but has a pub just over the road and a dry riverbed which I crashed my mountain bike into on the way back from same.
Lakes: check.
Pub: that's a big check.
Comedy mountainbike accidents - well, I did crash into a standing stone nearby after drinking too much in the pub. Details are sketchy...
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Is it the National Trust campsite near the Dungeon Gill ?
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Is it the National Trust campsite near the Dungeon Gill ?
That's the place I couldn't remember the name of...
Honest
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An easy one - can you get it before Tourist Tony?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/3480110420_feaaa2809c.jpg?v=0)
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Pen y Gwryd Hotel
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Damn, just beat us all again
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No one done mine yet! :thumbsup:
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Torness?
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Yes. It was a garlic sandwich camp. :thumbsup:
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Pen y Gwryd Hotel
You didn't dissappoint..
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Is it the National Trust campsite near the Dungeon Gill ?
Nope. North of there. Well, north east.
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(http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/8973/oddsandsods0072kk.jpg)
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(http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/8973/oddsandsods0072kk.jpg)
Summer on snowdon?
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Need the exact spot.....and yes, that IS a mountain bike
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Name That Campsite.
Or the hills.
Or both.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2534161815_3b4918c8d1_b.jpg)
Looks a bit like Gillside near Glenridding but I can't quite figure out whether the hills look right ...
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Need the exact spot.....and yes, that IS a mountain bike
At the point where the miners track ends and there is now a series of steps up to the PyG track.
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Just by the rather dangerous trial levels. Close enough.
And is that Helvellyn in the background in the other one? Doesn't look quite right for that. What it looks a little bit like is the back of Cat Bells near Keswick.
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Polar Bear is pretty close. The campsite is Sykeside, near Brotherswater, and the view is up Dovedale, towards Hart Crag and Dove Crag. High Hartsop Dodd would be just to the left, out of shot.
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Just by the rather dangerous trial levels. Close enough.
I was up there a week ago - we had a look at some of the levels (at, not in).
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Name the river that the bridge straddles and if you're feeling confident name the city, too.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3588/3503181889_ab32bf2f80.jpg)
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and yes, that IS a mountain bike
Do you care to explain why there's a mountain bike being lugged uphill?!
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and yes, that IS a mountain bike
Do you care to explain why there's a mountain bike being lugged uphill?!
To go down the other side on the Llanberis path?
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adamski has stumped you, so here's another one to stump you further.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/3558441679_23cd72c3c8_b.jpg)
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adamski and Jaded have me stumped.
To revive this thread, where is this chap?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/P1020178.jpg)
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Buenos Aires, Falklands memorial
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Yup.
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Ah yes. We stayed for a week in San Telmo and wandered down towards Retiro several times.
It seemed that every time we went past a Islas Malvinas memorial (and there are thousands in and around Argentina) there was always some parade on at the same time. Not a time to advertise being British.
There's a fantastic cafe inside Retiro station, an oasis of calm amongst the craziness outside.
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The monument is broken down into the dead by Province.One of the Provinces shown in the photo is only Argentine because they seized it from Paraguay......like the bits they seized from Chile.
Glass houses?
Argentine passports, rather childishly, have a map of Greater Argentina on the back,with all the usual suspects plus a great chunk of the Antarctic that they were so eminent in exploring...
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It seemed that every time we went past a Islas Malvinas memorial (and there are thousands in and around Argentina) there was always some parade on at the same time. Not a time to advertise being British.
On the main road from Argentina to Chile, on the mountain beside the summit tunnel there is a huge daubed sign saying "Las Islas Malivinas son Argentinas". Nice little reminder just as you leave the country :)
We took the little Chilean-British flags out of the car window for that trip :)
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Mr Spooner's chap is at the Falklands Wa Memorial in Buenos Aires
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It seemed that every time we went past a Islas Malvinas memorial (and there are thousands in and around Argentina) there was always some parade on at the same time. Not a time to advertise being British.
On the main road from Argentina to Chile, on the mountain beside the summit tunnel there is a huge daubed sign saying "Las Islas Malivinas son Argentinas". Nice little reminder just as you leave the country :)
Which crossing was that? We went across between Chile and Argentina at:-
Villa La Angostura to Osorno (and down to Puerto Montt).
San Sebastian (into Argentina down to Ushuaia, back up to San Sebastian and back into Chile).
Santiago / Los Andes -> Mendoza
I'm guessing it was the Santiago/Mendoza one. I saw a cyclist climbing up the switchbacks up from the Santiago side, I was jealous as it would have been a fantastic descent down into Mendoza.
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Santiago / Los Andes -> Mendoza
Si po!
I'm guessing it was the Santiago/Mendoza one. I saw a cyclist climbing up the switchbacks up from the Santiago side, I was jealous as it would have been a fantastic descent down into Mendoza.
Los Caracoles? clicky (http://www.clubedecicloturismo.com.br/viagens/luisrosa/imagens/33.jpg)
Regrettably I wasn't so into my cycling whilst in Chile, so I never took advantage of the Andean climbs :(
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This seemed an appropriate time to ask where this is?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/guess_819.jpg)
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A wild guess: Goose Green.
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Centre spot, the new Wembley?
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Must be true, he has after all never missed one before.
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A wild guess: Goose Green.
right part of the world:
Stanley from Tumbledown, 1984
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_br.jpg)
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Is that the bridge in Get Carter?
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Is it Robert Stephenson's High Level bridge over the Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead? Was that in Get Carter - I wouldn't know.
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It is the High Level bridge used in Get Carter.
I still don't see how Jack Carter (Michael Caine) could have safely jumped off the bridge but that's what happens in the movies.
YouTube - Get Carter (1971) -- "You bloody whore!" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFNc1iVSB_8)
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I thought that were it, but I were too shy to post :(
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Isn't that the Turnbull Building in the background?
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Isn't that the Turnbull Building in the background?
It is but sad to say it has been taken over by undesirables.
BBC Inside Out - Million pound properties (http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series4/million_pound_houses.shtml)
Or you could just rent one for £2000 a month.
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Is it Robert Stephenson's High Level bridge over the Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead? Was that in Get Carter - I wouldn't know.
It is. I were away in the New Forest for a couple of nights, so I missed this one, chizz chizz. I have a couple of almost identical pics from last year; the detail of the cast iron work is amazing, as you can see.
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Since no one has even tried to guess at my last one, here's another.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw-34.jpg)
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Is ^^^^ Chepstow?
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Nope!
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Not easy.
(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_gd.JPG)
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Luddington Road?
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Thirsk?
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Not easy at all for me. Is it a Red Cross tent somewhere seen from the air? Or a distress signal marked out in the Antarctic? ;D
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Thirsk?
Indeed, Thirsk. The scene of my recent pupmed up pecuniary prosperity.
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Here's one starring Mrs Barker:
(http://www.underwater-photography.org/malta7.jpg)
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Here's one starring Mrs Barker:
The Dover ferry?
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Is that the old tug that was sunk in Malta (or somewhere in the Med) so that the tourists could see something from the submarine that does pleasure rides? A friend told me about it a few years ago. I think it was called the Rossi or something like that.
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Is that the old tug that was sunk in Malta (or somewhere in the Med) so that the tourists could see something from the submarine that does pleasure rides? A friend told me about it a few years ago. I think it was called the Rossi or something like that.
10 points sir!
It's the Rozi, sunk off Cirrekawa point in Malta. Originally designed as an attraction for submarine passengers, until the submarine operator stopped running the trips. It soon became a popular dive site.
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Isn't that the Turnbull Building in the background?
It is but sad to say it has been taken over by undesirables.
BBC Inside Out - Million pound properties (http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series4/million_pound_houses.shtml)
Or you could just rent one for £2000 a month.
Could be worse - getting torn down has been the fate of a lot of grand old Newcastle buildings down the years.
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Not easy.
(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_gd.JPG)
One of the buttertubs?
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Not easy.
(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_gd.JPG)
Gordale Scar (http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo66906.htm)
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Gordale scar, it is.
Wasn't too bad going up, wouldn't fancy going down.
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An easy one (probably) -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/PICT4903.jpg)
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I took one look and my head said Helvellyn. Haven't a clue why.
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High Street ?
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Old Man of Coniston.
Damon.
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Looks like top of the Old Man to me too looking north towards Swirl How.
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Looks like top of the Old Man to me too looking north towards Swirl How.
That was my thought too.
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Old man it is. Well done you three.
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You got a good day for it. Most times I've been up there you can't see that far!
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Here's an indoor one for a change. Where's this?
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/guess070609.jpg)
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Looks kind of Orthodox, but I have no idea where. It's rather 'Wow', isn't it?
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Something in me says 'Venice', where the East had much influence.
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Something in me says 'Venice', where the East had much influence.
I can see why you might think that, but it's actually west of the Greenwich meridian, rather than east. That narrows it down to half the world, then. :)
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Would it be in Brighton by any chance?
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Would it be in Brighton by any chance?
No.
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Not sure where it is but I would guess that its of Islamic origin as ther are no picture of saints or other people in it.
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I thought that at first, but I thought I could discern some representative artwork within it.
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You got a good day for it. Most times I've been up there you can't see that far!
I managed to see the Central Fells of the Lakes from a distance of about 50 miles just West of Jct 27 of the M6 on my ride out today.
Damon
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Is nit that big Mosque at the end of Harehills lane . ::-)
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Im not thinking Islam but more Russian Orthodox Church, but that would put it in the east if you dont count the ones in the US and Alaska.
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All the panels seem to be decorated with birds. I'm wondering whether it's just a room in a big stately home, and the religous link is just a distraction.
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All the panels seem to be decorated with birds. I'm wondering whether it's just a room in a big stately home, and the religous link is just a distraction.
You're on the right lines there. Shall I reveal the answer, or can anyone else now enlighten us?
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Is it a tomb/mausoleum?
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Is it a big building with gold bits? ;)
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Here's an indoor one for a change. Where's this?
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/guess070609.jpg)
How did you get into my bedroom? ??? >:(
;D
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How did you get into my bedroom? ??? >:(
;D
I just paid my entrance fee, same as everyone else! ;D
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3610875319_c31cc8d53b.jpg?v=0)
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Here's an indoor one for a change. Where's this?
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/guess070609.jpg)
For anyone who's interested, it's the ceiling of the "Arab Room" at Cardiff Castle. A Victorian interpretation on a Middle Eastern theme. Stunning to look at, anyway.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3610875319_c31cc8d53b.jpg?v=0)
Dublin, famine memorial, Custom House Quay.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3610875319_c31cc8d53b.jpg?v=0)
Dublin, famine memorial, Custom House Quay.
Correct. I'm currently sat in a potato genome sequencing meeting. In Ireland
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Correct. I'm currently sat in a potato genome sequencing meeting. In Ireland
There are a few things I've never considered doing in my life.
That is one of them.
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From another thread
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/To_be_pubised.jpg)
If you know the answer, don't answer. It will only spoil the fun. And cost me money.
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I want my pint.
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I want your pint too.
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I can't believe that I've just spent the last 20 minutes looking for a planning application for change of use to a pub in the hope I'd get a
n address pint. :-[ :-[
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I'm guessing it's nowhere near the place given as your location in your profile. Might be subject to water ingress.
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Is it at Forest Green Rovers FC?
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If we're doing sculpture, how about this?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/monstadog/P1000593.jpg)
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Is it at Forest Green Rovers FC?
Well spotted. I'll buy you a pint up there! ;D
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If we're doing sculpture, how about this?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/monstadog/P1000593.jpg)
Lissett airfield, 158 squadron memorial
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(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f274/johnnyhallyday/Keech/1241022193306.jpg)
The photo doesn't really do it justice, but the statue on the top seemed to overhang quite a bit. She also seemed to be mouthing, "Don't blink" :-\
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If we're doing sculpture, how about this?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/monstadog/P1000593.jpg)
Lissett airfield, 158 squadron memorial
:thumbsup: how did you know that?
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(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f274/johnnyhallyday/Keech/1241022193306.jpg)
The photo doesn't really do it justice, but the statue on the top seemed to overhang quite a bit. She also seemed to be mouthing, "Don't blink" :-\
Koln Domkirke
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Lissett airfield, 158 squadron memorial
:thumbsup: how did you know that?
A bit of googling I expect. I got as far as deciding it was probably a Bomber Command memorial, but didn't look hard enough.
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guilty! But the poppy crosses were a hint.
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Not Koln Domkirke. Probably fair to say that the stone shouldn't be quite that black. Twas ver' impressive all the same.
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Castle/cathedral in Prague?
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Google for 'basalt cathedral'...
45° 46' 43.28" N 3° 5' 5.81" E
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Googling? In Guess the Place? Whatever next - cake mixes at the WI cake stall?
Outraged of Slurrey.
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A bigger boy did it upthread and runned away...
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::-)
Prenez une cathedrale...
The colour is partly due to the basalt, and partly the deposit from the years of Michelin factories that made up the town. The Michelin shop is just out of shot to the right.
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Which means it's Clermont Ferrand cathedral.
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Another interior -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/IMG_0682.jpg)
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Another interior -
Might that be in South Kensington?
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Googling? In Guess the Place? Whatever next - cake mixes at the WI cake stall?
Outraged of Slurrey.
I knew it was either Lincolnshire or South Yorks areas, so just looked at Remembrance Day news reports.
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Which means it's Clermont Ferrand cathedral.
Beat me to it! There is a great gilt statue in the town, of Vercingetorix. Usually surrounded by junkies, unfortunately.
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Another interior -
Might that be in South Kensington?
No, not London.
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(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/temp/G9-1282.jpg)
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(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/temp/G9-1282.jpg)
The top of the building which is in the south eastern corner of Piccadilly Circus / junction of Haymarket - was at one time occupied by the Japanese department store Sogo.
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yup. cool, isnt it? I'd walked past it for ages before I spotted it.
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Which means it's Clermont Ferrand cathedral.
Beat me to it! There is a great gilt statue in the town, of Vercingetorix. Usually surrounded by junkies, unfortunately.
No junkies the days I was there - lots of university types handing out flyers for a strike and demo (quel surprise)
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Another interior -
Might that be in South Kensington?
No, not London.
Leeds?
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Another interior -
Might that be in South Kensington?
No, not London.
Leeds?
It's somewhere between the two.
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Another interior -
Might that be in South Kensington?
No, not London.
Leeds?
It's somewhere between the two.
Oxford Nat Hist museum?
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Oxford Nat Hist museum?
Yes. The uncropped picture has a dinosaur in the bottom of the frame -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/IMG_0682-1.jpg)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/3631858519_a75a3c0d1e_b.jpg)
Damon.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/3631858519_a75a3c0d1e_b.jpg)
Damon.
Mynydd Mawr, Nantlle, on the left?
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Not even the right country, i.e. not Wales.
Closer shot of the hills, sorry it's not straight.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3654/3636009048_5905f0016c_b.jpg)
Damon.
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Damon - That town wouldn't be Moffat would it?
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Strenuous efforts to make it into Catsty Cam or Red Pike aren't working.
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Damon - That town wouldn't be Moffat would it?
Not Moffat. Or Red Pike or Catsy Cam.
Damon.
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On reflection Catseye Cam might just be visible.
Damon.
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Penrith and Helvellyn from the Eden Valley?
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/3631858519_a75a3c0d1e_b.jpg)
Damon.
Cockermouth from the north, with (L>R) Grasmoor, Red Pike (Buttermere), Lorton fells & Burnbank
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I've been certain it's the lakes for ages, but haven't a clue on precise location.
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Cockermouth from the north, with (L>R) Grasmoor, Red Pike (Buttermere), Lorton fells & Burnbank
Close, Grassmoor features, but not in the order you said.
Damon.
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Cockermouth from the north, with (L>R) Grasmoor, Red Pike (Buttermere), Lorton fells & Burnbank
Close, Grassmoor features, but not in the order you said.
Damon.
Well, to be exact, Grasmoor is partly hidden by Whiteside on the L, but the summit's clearly visible. And I still think it's Red Pike & High Stile in the distance looking down the Buttemere valley left of centre.
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Buttermere is the idea that's leading you astray.
Damon.
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Try the next valley round then - looking down along Bassenthwaite from somewhere round Aspatria, Skiddaw in the left, High Seat in the middle and Loweswater Fell on the right?
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Try the next valley round then - looking down along Bassenthwaite from somewhere round Aspatria, Skiddaw in the left, High Seat in the middle and Loweswater Fell on the right?
You got there with a few prompts. It's from the A595 somewhere near Redmain. it's possible to see the view develop as the road runs along the ridge around there on a Roman alignment. Interesting to see the Helvellyn Massif from that angle. Time was about 7pm on Monday.
Damon.
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where is this spire?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/spire.jpg)
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France
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Bayeux?
Quick edit as thinks about what seen by Seine...Normandy from the half-timbering....Rouen?
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TT bites again
Rouen Cathedral (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen_Cathedral), tallest building in the world from 1876 to 1880.
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Wow. That was tough. Missing out the famous tower threw me completely.
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Had to look at some old pics. I have never been in it, just passed by several times riding in Normandy. I thought Bayeux from the ochre-coloured half-timbers, and that looked like a house I know in Bayeux, but tower was all wrong.
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Oxford Nat Hist museum?
Yes. The uncropped picture has a dinosaur in the bottom of the frame -
I took the kids all the way up there to see the wooly mammoth from Walking with Beasts only to find it had been taken away :(
there is still one in Ipswich though...
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/3616660673_be4d083d79.jpg)
what airport?
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what airport?
Benbecula
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correct, too easy?
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correct, too easy?
Windy, you need to get out more, lol.
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correct, too easy?
Windy, you need to get out more, lol.
;D
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[img height=400 width=300]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3333/3653691012_ec58597ea3.jpg[/img]
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I was just thinking Grantchester but then I realised that (a) Grantchester Church looks nothing like that and (b) the clock's five minutes slow.
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[img height=100 width=75]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3333/3653691012_ec58597ea3.jpg[/img]
Hmm.... No one? OK, a clue. There's a Christmasy connection.
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/sIMG_7188.JPG)
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/sIMG_7188.JPG)
somewhere in China but I can see no glass grass
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Got to be some kind of high access public area. A viewing point. Near the sea.
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Is it that deeply scary overlook wossname on the south rim of the Grand Canyon?
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You mean the allegedly overated money spinner?
(Source of the quote above was my tour guide when he took us to the opposite rim of the 'Big Gash').
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/sIMG_7188.JPG)
Clue:
A little bit closer to home, of national importance.
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Only of local importance, but it looks a bit like the Thames Barrier...
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Only of local importance, but it looks a bit like the Thames Barrier...
Hmmm. Don't think so. I was there a couple of weeks ago and don't recall seeing any glass to walk on.
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/sIMG_7188.JPG)
Clue:
A little bit closer to home, of national importance.
Easy if you look on Google images for 'PLEASE WALK ON THE GLASS' -
National Glass Centre, Sunderland. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nigelhomer/3356983861/)
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Google = cheat! :thumbsup: ;)
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/CA1.jpg)
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Could be Warkworth Castle, though I can't help but think that the sea should be in shot.
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Isn't it all a bit vertically squashed?
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/CA1.jpg)
The right shape this time :thumbsup:
Middleham Castle (http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_north/99/middlehamcastle.htm), near Leyburn
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2637/3735648095_04ac51f2f4_o.jpg)
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/CA1.jpg)
The right shape this time :thumbsup:
Middleham Castle (http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_north/99/middlehamcastle.htm), near Leyburn
Well done, Middleham Castle it is. Thought that might have been tricky from that angle.
I assume something went wrong when I resized the image?
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I assume something went wrong when I resized the image?
You got the height and width the wrong way round
[img width=480 height=640]http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/CA1.jpg[/img]
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2637/3735648095_04ac51f2f4_o.jpg)
That's All Saints' church, about 4.8km on 333°T from your house
Others may continue to guess :thumbsup:
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;)
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Others may continue to guess :thumbsup:
I had exactly the same thought. ;D
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Others may continue to guess :thumbsup:
I had exactly the same thought. ;D
& now I'm thinking..
"Who is behind the lens?" while Jaded is doing his Divine Wind Kamikaze routine
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2637/3735648095_04ac51f2f4_o.jpg)
That's All Saints' church, about 4.8km on 333°T from your house
Others may continue to guess :thumbsup:
I used to think that church up on the hill looked very French. I'll be down there again next Sunday (visiting friends on the Bath Road).
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;D
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2614/3740425164_639712bbe9.jpg?v=1248123131)
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Skegness?
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That's All Saints' church, about 4.8km on 333°T from your house
Others may continue to guess :thumbsup:
I used to think that church up on the hill looked very French.
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With the paraglider floating past, St Marie Eglise sprang to mind.
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Skegness?
Where? (Googles) Oh, there. No.
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Skegness?
Where? (Googles) Oh, there. No.
Somewhere round by the Wash?
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Skegness?
Where? (Googles) Oh, there. No.
THat's my usual reaction to Skeggy ;D
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Skegness?
Where? (Googles) Oh, there. No.
Somewhere round by the Wash?
No. Don't be misled by the direction of the sun/beach/mud.
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Cley?
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Braunton Burrows?
Anyway, while we ponder on that:
(http://www.abergavennytourism.co.uk/uploads/accommodation/Court_Farm.jpg)
An easy one?
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I would say so :)
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We have a unique situation - two people (excluding me) know where it is, and many of you have cycled relatively near to it. The Tratters, for example passed about 4 miles from it and David Martin about 1.5 miles.
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It's not in Sussex. That's all I can say!
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It's not in Sussex. That's all I can say!
Probably correct for both.
It is one of the ruined abbeys. I'm presuming not one of the borders ones (Melrose, Kelso, Jedburgh, Dryburgh) so should be Gloucestershireish.
Looks like Cotswold stone.
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Braunton Burrows?
Anyway, while we ponder on that:
(http://www.abergavennytourism.co.uk/uploads/accommodation/Court_Farm.jpg)
An easy one?
Yep its llanthony Priory
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Well done Pumpy. It is.
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2614/3740425164_639712bbe9.jpg?v=1248123131)
(http://www.reb.co.uk/modifiedshore.jpg)
Hmmm. Tricky one, even with some cheating. Somewhere near you? Tay estuary?
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Morecambe Bay ???
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Solway Firth?
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Orford Ness ?
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Seven Estuary?
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There are some pretty high hills in the distance. The sunset makes me think it's east coast.
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Could it be somewhere in the Western Isles, possibly taken from the causeway between Benbecula and South Uist?
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Morecambe Bay ???
Yes.. Just south of Grange over Sands.
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Morecambe Bay ???
Yes.. Just south of Grange over Sands.
A very lucky guess! I was trying to make it be at Jenny Brown's Point, south of Silverdale, opposite Grange. It wouldn't fit.
Forest of Bowland in the background. Must go there again.... Thanks DM!
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Morecambe Bay ???
Yes.. Just south of Grange over Sands.
A very lucky guess! I was trying to make it be at Jenny Brown's Point, south of Silverdale, opposite Grange. It wouldn't fit.
Forest of Bowland in the background. Must go there again.... Thanks DM!
Nope. Forest of Bowland is behind me. This is on the beach by the caravan park at Flookburgh looking NW.
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Hmmm....
(.... continues to attempt to bend the landscape to fit...)
I really Must Go There to sort it out!
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Easy one.. the font is a dead giveaway. But it is a chance to show off a nice picture ;D
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3491/3749824535_3f44607ea1_b.jpg)
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Wow. Unusual view. Salisbury Cathedral.
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Wow. Unusual view. Salisbury Cathedral.
Said it was easy, glad you liked the picture.
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It's one of those photos that really draws you in & makes you look again and again. Shame about the bottom corners, but you couldn't really crop them out without spoiling the symmetry.
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It's one of those photos that really draws you in & makes you look again and again. Shame about the bottom corners, but you couldn't really crop them out without spoiling the symmetry.
I only had a little tripod with me and could barely get enough height to get this picture. I'd like to go back and take it properly.. The font really is quite a feature which I could make more of.
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Exceptional pic opportunity, well taken DM. :)
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I love the 'Infinity Font' :D
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(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/ianrsparrow/DSC05413.jpg)
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Chichester?
:-[
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Salisbury?
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Salisbury Cathedral again, I think.
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Yes, Salisbury Cathedral again !
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(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_1464-1.jpg)
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We're not in Kansas, Dorothy.
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Dunoon ?
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Dunoon ?
Close!
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Dunoon ?
Close!
Dunno
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Hunter's Quay?
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overlooking Strone from Hunters Quay?
EDIT: Bugger beaten to it!!
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(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d68/epa611/MullJune2009015.jpg)
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Mull 04/06/2009
according to properties :thumbsup:
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DOH :-[
;D ;D ;D
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overlooking Strone from Hunters Quay?
EDIT: Bugger beaten to it!!
Yes, Strone from the middle of the mouth of the Holy Loch. I've often stayed in the Hunters Quay Hotel whilst working in Dunoon, and looked out over the mouth of the Holy Loch at the fairy tale castle on the hill side, but today I got to sail from near Rothesay to Sandbank, and took the picture on the way.
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Don't worry, I'm off there in a few weeks.
I was glad to see a sunny picture of it, something I never knew happened there ;D
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I've often stayed in the Hunters Quay Hotel whilst working in Dunoon, and looked out over the mouth of the Holy Loch at the fairy tale castle on the hill side
My first cycling trip there involved me getting lost and heading up to that castle and looking over to Hunters Quay to get a view of my heading.
I'm not a fan of the Dunoon area. Stayed in a shitty b&b, got fleeced in a pub then headed north the next day towards Skye.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3568/3827744130_e89a1c599d_b.jpg)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3568/3827744130_e89a1c599d_b.jpg)
Not the South Tyne, is it? Near Garrigill (sp)?
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That's the right general area, but it's not the Tyne.
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Somewhere in God's Country then,as it was referred to at the weekend ;)
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;D
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(http://www.reb.co.uk/Image010.jpg)
Taken on a little local pootle Malvolio and I went on yesterday.
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Caenarvon?
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Blimey that'd be a heck of a pootle from where we live :o
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Blimey that'd be a heck of a pootle from where we live :o
I thought you were one of them long distance cycling types... ;D
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(http://www.reb.co.uk/Image010.jpg)
Taken on a little local pootle Malvolio and I went on yesterday.
Llandegfedd reservoir?
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Good spot :)
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Malcolm???
I always assumed it was Malcontent. ;D
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Malcolm???
I always assumed it was Malcontent. ;D
I always thought it was Helena Bonham Carter's butler..
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I always assumed it was Malcontent. ;D
Not me mon ami
Malcontent I never am :)
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I always assumed it was Malcontent. ;D
Not me mon ami
Malcontent I never am :)
You're not fooling anyone, Sid.
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That's the right general area, but it's not the Tyne.
Up by Wearheads, Ireshopeburn way then, by the old lead mines.
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That's the right general area, but it's not the Tyne.
Up by Wearheads, Ireshopeburn way then, by the old lead mines.
Still too far north. It's not a major river (and not that easy, really).
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3568/3827744130_e89a1c599d_b.jpg)
The river Sprint? (near Kendal)
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Nope. Getting colder - wrong county. I'll reveal all before too long.
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It's not Ingleborough on the horizon is it?
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It's not Ingleborough on the horizon is it?
That's what I was going by :(
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Not Ingleborough. It's probably Warcop Fell.
The photo was taken here (http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=386500&y=520500&z=120&sv=grains+o'+th'+beck&st=3&tl=Map+of+Grains+o'+th'+Beck,+Durham+&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf), at Grains o' th' Beck.
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiwww.jpg)
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Not Ingleborough. It's probably Warcop Fell.
The photo was taken here (http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=386500&y=520500&z=120&sv=grains+o'+th'+beck&st=3&tl=Map+of+Grains+o'+th'+Beck,+Durham+&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf), at Grains o' th' Beck.
Damn. Was my next suggestion.
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiwww.jpg)
That must be Princes St. in Edinburgh ;D
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That must be Princes St. in Edinburgh ;D
Damn, just about to say that. I'd no idea that's how it looks but I recognize the skip in the background because it's from Dalkeith
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Correct.
Here is the uncropped version of the delights of the main shopping street in Edinburgh. Taken Friday.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiwww-all.jpg)
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Not Ingleborough. It's probably Warcop Fell.
The photo was taken here (http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=386500&y=520500&z=120&sv=grains+o'+th'+beck&st=3&tl=Map+of+Grains+o'+th'+Beck,+Durham+&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf), at Grains o' th' Beck.
Damn. Was my next suggestion.
Sorry, Tony. I was starting to think it was too obscure/northern for people to guess.
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The whole stretch of moors from Alston through Wearheads to Bowes moor and Mickle Fell is pretty much the same. Just a matter of guessing whicj bleak treeless bit of grass it was!
I thought...na, too obscure
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A bit further afield this time
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f130/PaulRide/where.jpg)
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beehive nebula?
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I thought for a moment there was a tenuous link between bees and this place but then I remembered the chap on the golden syrup tin was one of those biblical types, and not the chap I had in mind...
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A little hollow planet. Far, far away....
(http://www.anarchadia.co.uk/uploaded_images/Clangers-album-755057.jpg)
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A distant galaxy. Far, far away....
Damn, it was too easy...
I knew I should have used one of my holiday snaps from Magrathea.
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A bit further afield this time
M4 ?
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The whole stretch of moors from Alston through Wearheads to Bowes moor and Mickle Fell is pretty much the same. Just a matter of guessing whicj bleak treeless bit of grass it was!
I thought...na, too obscure
I quite like the blasted heath aspect of the moors around there. It does make close identification a bit tricky, though - a few years ago, we were tramping across Bowes Moor in fog, and although our navigator was putting up a brave front, it was only when we stumbled across the A66 that we really knew where we were...
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A bit further afield this time
M4 ?
no, this one is about three times further away, a lot higher in our skies and discovered about 30 years earlier than M4
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Not crabby, is it?
Nope. M13?
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M53?
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Well that would make it M5, M13 or M30 if it was discovered before M4 (and hence in the initial list of things not to look at).
List of Messier objects - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Messier_objects)
Take your pick..
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I thought for a moment there was a tenuous link between bees and this place but then I remembered the chap on the golden syrup tin was one of those biblical types, and not the chap I had in mind...
(Judges 14:14)
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no, this one is about three times further away, a lot higher in our skies and discovered about 30 years earlier than M4
That seems to make it M13
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a hint - it's on this planet:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/P1000476.jpg)
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Not crabby, is it?
Nope. M13?
Yep, M13. My first attempt at photographing it through my cheapo little scope, hence the crazy purple fringing round the foreground stars.
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Whilst we wait for someone to get Mikes picture here's an easy one of Mrs Chris, Zoe and Lewis from last weekend -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_0065-1.jpg)
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Mull?
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a hint - it's on this planet:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/P1000476.jpg)
wild stab in the sunshine - how about the Isola Gorgona?
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a hint - it's on this planet:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/P1000476.jpg)
Spinalonga, Crete. Former Venetian fortress and leper colony. Went there in 1995. :)
Andy
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Whilst we wait for someone to get Mikes picture here's an easy one of Mrs Chris, Zoe and Lewis from last weekend -
Nah, you're kidding us! Lewis is flat and boggy ;D
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Spinalonga, Crete. Former Venetian fortress and leper colony. Went there in 1995. :)
Andy
:thumbsup:
was there last week. Lovely.
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:) On our first jaunt in dodgy hired Fiat Panda, late afternoon, we drove into the hills NW of Spinalonga – relying on a map that turned out to be rubbish. So we got lost, and found ourselves on a small mountain dirt roads as it was getting dark...fortunately it eventually turned to tar and we made it back to the main highway just as it had gone dark.
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Mull?
Got it now. Mull - specifically the east end of Glen More above Ardura, looking towards Ben Talaidh ...
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Mull?
Got it now. Mull - specifically the east end of Glen More above Ardura, looking towards Ben Talaidh ...
:thumbsup:
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(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wbXrE06AicE/SqFZQtDtI-I/AAAAAAAAATg/seEmRC3IMAk/s1024/109_0939.JPG)
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Eskdalemuir.
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Eskdalemuir.
Can't be. Too dry, too warm , not enough wind and no-one laying on the floor ;)
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Eskdalemuir.
Can't be. Too dry, too warm , not enough wind and no-one laying on the floor ;)
But I'm sure I recognise the one on the right. He served me soup in 2001.
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Shwedagon pagoda?
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:thumbsup: Very well done!
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/P1030587.jpg)
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Not by Windermere, is it?
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No, a way further south.
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East side of the country, about lincolnshire?
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Nope - westwards of there! ;D
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Looks like a very old tower that used to have a smaller sanctuary, now replaced with a victorian one in stone.
The tower being built substantially of brick would suggest that it is somewhere with no good supplies of local stone.
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Dates back to Offa.
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St Mary's, Kempley?
(roof timbers dendro-dated back to well pre-conquest, and the stone in that area is fairly soft red sandsone)
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Nope. Not that near me!
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Got it - Loxley :thumbsup:, and I have ridden past, on the way to Wellesbourne airfield cafe, which accounts for the nagging sense of recognition.
would the next clue have been the Robin Hood connection?
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Yes, Robin Hood or something to do with a Vulcan!
It is easy to miss though, on that narrow climb out of Loxley.
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Wrong Loxley for Robin Hood, mind. ;)
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG293.jpg)
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Not Suffolk, I'm guessing, despite the water...? ;)
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I'll start the wild guesses with Loch Hourn.
Damon.
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Reminiscent of the Cuillins from Elgol - but it's not.
I'll start the wild guesses with Loch Hourn.
Damon.
Based on the number of places I'm pretty sure it's not, Loch Hourn looks like a very good opening guess to me!!
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Reminiscent of the Cuillins from Elgol - but it's not.
I'll start the wild guesses with Loch Hourn.
Damon.
Based on the number of places I'm pretty sure it's not, Loch Hourn looks like a very good opening guess to me!!
It's the most Fjordic of the Scottish Lochs, but there are similar views of Loch Nevis from just East of Mallaig.
Damon.
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[examines battered OS 1" Sheet 35, "Loch Arkaig". Is again overwhelmed. Stops trying to turn picture into Crummock Water. Then notices it might just still be Rannerdale Knots and Crummock Water. Vast Munros shrink to Lakes size.]
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I'll go for Ullswater then
with Hallin Fell
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I thought Ullswater too. Or Loch Etive.
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It's Wastwater, with Yewbarrow
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With growing confidence...
Unless I'm very much mistaken....
Robinson, Rannerdale Knots, Haystacks in front of Green Gable and Great Gable, High Crag, High Stile, Red Pike with its saddle.
All doing a good imitation of Wastwater and Loch Hourn. Superbly photographed. Depth, space, light, glinting water.
[Abandons plans and sets out for the hills]
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Tonyh has it right, looking south over Crummock Water towards Rannerdale Knotts.
I will have to find something a bit more obscure.
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Try this one
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8763/img0649g.jpg)
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Barcelona?
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Trondheim?
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nope to both
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The 'other' gate at Buda castle?
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Copenhagen?
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There is something very specific and symbolic about the bird with the nail, but I can't remember for the life of me where it relates to. I would suspect mid to east European from Tony's pootle along the Danube.
..d
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Ah yes, that recent excursion might be a clue. It's probably a folk tale of some sort, but I thought that might be a ring in the bird's mouth, which suggests a fairy tale - I plumped for Andersen, but it might be Grimmer than that ;D
Nonetheless, I think you're on the right track.
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The 'other' gate at Buda castle?
Spot on. Now,can you explain the symbolism?
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The 'other' gate at Buda castle?
Spot on. Now,can you explain the symbolism?
I remember a story about a ring given to a crying baby being stolen by a raven, but the details escape me.
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The famous Hungarian king Matthias (various spellings) had the family name Corvin. There's one on Mattyas Templom as well
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Something a little closer to home -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/img_1708.jpg)
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An easy-peasy one while we ponder chris' conundrum.
I fully expect a correct answer by the time I log in tomorrow.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/IMG_0437.jpg)
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out your way; go under it on one of Pam's old rides, Andover /Overton?
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Yes, over the Bourne Valley road?
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Yes, over the Bourne Valley road?
That's right. Just south of the first pub (at St Mary Bourne) on LEE's ride at the weekend.
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Something a little closer to home -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/img_1708.jpg)
Time for a clue:
This place links Jo Whiley and Princess Diana
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That'll be Althorpe then Chris
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That'll be Althorpe then Chris
Not quite!
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(http://img285.imageshack.us/img285/4415/oddsandsods0091oa.jpg)
Just while people think of the church, some light relief
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That'll be Althorpe then Chris
Not quite!
Great Brington, Althorp being behind.
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[That'll be Althorpe then Chris
Not quite!
Great Brington, Althorp being behind.
Yes, the avenue of trees links the Althorpe estate with the church at Great Brington.
Jo Whiley lives (or maybe used to live) at Great Brington and 20 generations of Spencers are buried at Great Brington.
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Just while people think of the church, some light relief
Somewhere on the south coast of france.
Looks too flat for the Cote d'Azur, so somewhere between the Rhone and Perpignan
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Yes, the avenue of trees links the Althorpe estate with the church at Great Brington.
Jo Whiley lives (or maybe used to live) at Great Brington and 20 generations of Spencers are buried at Great Brington.
Interesting that the avenue doesn't seem to line up with Althorp itself, at least on google maps. You'd have thought it would.
Jo Whiley's mum ran the post office, apparently.
20 generations excludes Diana. How far does 20 generations take you back - 500 years?
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Just while people think of the church, some light relief
Somewhere on the south coast of france.
Looks too flat for the Cote d'Azur, so somewhere between the Rhone and Perpignan
Right area....and it is at the top of a very small hillette.
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I'm combining Guess the Place and Gratuitous Cat Pictures for this one.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw-whatever.jpg)
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Looks like a fat cat.......................must be a bank! ;)
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She is a local celebrity. :)
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That's the one who takes a bus ride several miles every day? Plymouth?
On a different note,
Where in the world? - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-competitions/6247109/Where-in-the-world.html)
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OK - the cat lives in (or on the outskirts of) Manchester...
Outside an office block at Manchester Airport. It is very friendly!
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On a different note,
Where in the world? - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-competitions/6247109/Where-in-the-world.html)
Considering there are only two countries that actually border Belize, this shouldn't be too difficult. Using google for 10 seconds with the words Motagua Fault gives me Guatemala.
Also from The Telegraph is this World Quiz (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/5291397/World-quiz-test-your-travel-knowledge.html) - 13 out of 16 for me. Who do I complain to that the answer to question 2 is wrong? Or rather, question 2 is inaccurately phrased, rather than the answer being wrong :demon:.
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Ah, politics.....I got one wrong.
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/3973464691_bc0c9c1d0e.jpg)
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Mount Rainier, as seen from somewhere around here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=46.939012,-121.528702&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=11&sll=46.911813,-121.644745&sspn=0.26502,0.579529&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11)
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My favourite Grade 1 Listed:
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p56/wasnti/CBasCh4.jpg)
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Colston Bassett, se of Nottingham?
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If it is the name of the image file gave it away. ;D
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Just so! Didn't realise a give away - but it must be one of the least visited Gr 1 Ancient Monument in the country and to my mind one of the nicest!
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3959586055_e87fa31578_b.jpg)
Name that village!
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Ballachulish?
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Ballachulish?
I'd agree with that.
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Ballachulish?
I'd agree with that.
I'd add "North" for the main bit. Nice shot of Sgorr Dhearg and the rest of the Horseshoe. Were you up Tom Meadhain?
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Ballachulish?
I'd agree with that.
Yep! We were there over easter.
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Ballachulish?
I'd agree with that.
I'd add "North" for the main bit. Nice shot of Sgorr Dhearg and the rest of the Horseshoe. Were you up Tom Meadhain?
Near there, Leac Mhor. Were heading to Tom Meadhoin but headed down to Ballachulish when it started drizzling.
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Mount Rainier, as seen from somewhere around here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=46.939012,-121.528702&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=11&sll=46.911813,-121.644745&sspn=0.26502,0.579529&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11)
Curses, that didn't take long :thumbsup:
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/CMG_99.jpg)
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Ijmuiden lighthouse?
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Looks like the lighthouse on Dover external breakwater, West end.
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Looks a lot like Roker lighthouse.
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Looks a lot like Roker lighthouse.
Yup. You're right.
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Roker lighthouse but seen through the new piece of art installed on the promenade.
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Roker lighthouse but seen through the new piece of art installed on the promenade.
Funnily enough, intrigued by that,I found this:
Google Images (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HYAdyvqIsSA/SoFJ2ZuNkDI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/wZ1dHGgm1XE/s400/Roker_08-08-09_17.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bryansphotographs.blogspot.com/2009/08/man-photographing-roker-lighthouse.html&usg=__tQTs_aUm0O0ircyV78kiqh8r47I=&h=274&w=400&sz=17&hl=en&start=30&tbnid=KzUPKM_W1sc8DM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Droker%2Blighthouse%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18)
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Could it be...? ;D
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3970917165_844b7f52c4.jpg)
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That's somewhere in Anjou, where Tolkien used to holiday. But I have no idea where.
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That's somewhere in Anjou, where Tolkien used to holiday. But I have no idea where.
You can have half a point... :P
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A bit more difficult.
(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_0451.JPG)
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Heart of darkness (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8302815.stm)?
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Heart of darkness (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8302815.stm)?
It's like, how much more black could it be?
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A bit more difficult.
(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_0451.JPG)
;D ;D
I have rather a lot of similar piccies taken at various locations between John O' Groats & Lands End in May ::-)
I have some truly amazing photo's of chainrings,front mech,downtube,sandals(with feet in 'em)front brake calipers & bars/sti's taken as I zoomed down Cheddar Gorge with one hand on the bars & the other holding the camera & bracketing the exposers:twelve at a time ;D
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2547/4017079091_ff7bcf6128.jpg)
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Françios Mitterrand Library (Bibliotheque nationale de France), Paris...
one corner thereof...
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A bit more difficult.
(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_0451.JPG)
the floor of the new Snowdon summit cafe?
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Françios Mitterrand Library (Bibliotheque nationale de France), Paris...
one corner thereof...
Aye, that was (too!) easy.
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A bit more difficult.
(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_0451.JPG)
the floor of the new Snowdon summit cafe?
Brilliant!
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Whilst I'm waiting for a yea or nay from starkj73, what road is this?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0229.jpg)
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I don't know what road it is andrew but I like the surroundings.For no sensible,logical reason it looks Scotlandish to me.I shall be interested to see what the answer is.
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A bit more difficult.
(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_0451.JPG)
Bamburgh beach that is.
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What, they've tarmacced that gorgeous sand?
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andrew_s, that looks like one of the roads near Silverdale.
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Scotland is right
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Scotland is right
Looks like the main road to Durness..
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Scotland is right
Looks like the main road to Durness..
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:o
<Bones,USS Enterprise>
It's the main road Jim but not as we know it
<Bones,USS Enterprise>
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One of those fools is cycling on the wrong side of the road!
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Looks like the main road to Durness..
Further south than that ;D, but it is the main road
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Looks like the main road to Durness..
Further south than that ;D, but it is the main road
How about the coast road north of Lochinver, near Clashnessie (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=205820&y=930957&z=115&sv=205820,930957&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=599&ax=205820&ay=930957&lm=0)
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How about the coast road north of Lochinver, near Clashnessie (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=205820&y=930957&z=115&sv=205820,930957&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=599&ax=205820&ay=930957&lm=0)
further south than that too.
The answer was originally going to be a A road number, but I checked and it stops being an A road a mile or so back down the road.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0229.jpg)
Took a while, but I knew I'd been there, just couldn't place it, then you gave me a clue -
The answer was originally going to be a A road number, but I checked and it stops being an A road a mile or so back down the road.
Just north of Ardlussa on Jura
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Took a while, but I knew I'd been there, just couldn't place it, then you gave me a clue -
Just north of Ardlussa on Jura
:thumbsup:
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(http://www.peeble.com/spiral640.jpg)
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The Monument?
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Yup. 3200ASA film, 1/40 sec at f/1.9, and a very odd colour cast.
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Lovely photo, and a great staircase.
Unrelated to Butterfly's guess (she got it almost straight away), I was curious enough to Google (with no intention of posting even if I found it), and found some magnificent staircases online. Beautiful.
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Those steps are imbedded in my memory - I came the whole way down on my bottom. I'm not good with stairs. I'd managed about 20 steps when some of the people coming up said 'you're the girl who's scared of stairs - we met your sister at the bottom' ::-). Lovely photo though :).
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Little Miss hatler is doing the Great Fire of London in school this year. So, when half way round our first lap of the London Freewheel, we pointed the Monument out to her, both she and mini-hatler demanded that we climb up. Half a lap, all the way up, all the way down, and then a quick lap and a half. We all had wobbly legs and decided that cycling home wasn't on the cards.
But it is a great staircase !!
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Easy, but I like the pic..
Yes it is an Antony Gormley
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2764/4081670354_4631333c14_b.jpg)
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A bit close to home, David? ;)
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A bit close to home, David? ;)
Indeed. But as I said, I liked the pic.
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David - I'm not sure where it is, but I'll ask my friend Maggie if she knows next time I'm round at her place!
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Maybe easier, maybe harder.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/4090962160_8f262180e6_o.jpg) (http://"http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/4090962160/")
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Only guessing, but that water looks rather "silvery" to me. ???
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Only guessing, but that water looks rather "silvery" to me. ???
You'll have Tay guess again... Nowhere near.
I liked the way the leaves fall in the autumn.
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New England somewhere then.
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Hyde Park?
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Nicknack is closest and yes, it is a park of about that size Jaded.. But not Hyde. It is *much* further south (but not subequatorial)
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Central Park, NY?
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Central Park, NY?
Yes. Turn around and see Paula hurting her way to the finish.
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/4084191536_1d98c8a338.jpg)
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That's a pretty bridge
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Mrs C guesses Deeside. (Nice picture, BTW)
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Mrs C guesses Deeside. (Nice picture, BTW)
Pingu says, 'close, but no banana'
I cycle over it every day to and from work BTW (except when it's all frosty)
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Bridge of Don?
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Bridge of Don?
Correct area, though wrong name....
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But it is the Don, no. That bridge in Seaton Park, as opposed to the "big" bridge of Don (not nearly enough cattle & sheep lorries).
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Yes, it's Brig o'Balgownie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brig_o%27_Balgownie).
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Yes, it's Brig o'Balgownie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brig_o%27_Balgownie).
"It also provided a trade route to the wealthy areas of the north-east of Scotland." Is this referring to your commute then ? :)
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG123.JPG)
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view across Crummock Water towards Mellbreak?
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or a bit further back - Buttermere from Hassness?
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_1226t.jpg)
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If only I was running Hollywood-OS™. I'd be able to blow the picture up big enough to read the signs ???
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Tis in Englandshire, possibly peak district
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_1226t.jpg)
Grosmont?
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG123.JPG)
or a bit further back - Buttermere from Hassness?
Spot on, your prize is in the post.
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Tis in Englandshire, possibly peak district
I have no idea but it has a cafe and trains so we clearly need to visit it :D.
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Tis in Englandshire, possibly peak district
I have no idea but it has a cafe and trains so we clearly need to visit it :D.
:thumbsup:
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If only I was running Hollywood-OS™. I'd be able to blow the picture up big enough to read the signs ???
I believe it could be Fire Exit ;D
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Tis in Englandshire, possibly peak district
Not the Worth valley railway (which was one of my first thoughts)
A bit of assiduous work and I'd agree with Grosmont. Noth York Moors Railway.
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_1226t.jpg)
Grosmont it is.
North Yorkshire Moors Railway :: A steam train adventure through the stunning Yorkshire Moors (http://www.nymr.co.uk/)
Have to find something proper tricky.
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I give this one not very long
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0258.jpg)
I know it's shook, but at least it ensures that you can't read much
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We believe this to be the work of Trains.
Temple Meads ??
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I give this one not very long
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0258.jpg)
I know it's shook, but at least it ensures that you can't read much
Mrs Chris' parents live on Bute and I go there reguarly - Wemyss Bay station / ferry teminal?
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The building looks similar to that at Glasgow Central.
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Mrs Chris' parents live on Bute and I go there reguarly - Wemyss Bay station / ferry teminal?
:thumbsup: There you go - not very long at all
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6.jpg) (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6_b.jpg)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6.jpg) (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6_b.jpg)
Ben Nevis. Winter.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3630484045_a1c97f42de.jpg)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6.jpg) (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6_b.jpg)
helvellyn, quite a clear day?
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6.jpg) (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6_b.jpg)
Ben Nevis. Winter.
Nope, not the Ben. But it was wintery.
helvellyn, quite a clear day?
That's closer than David's guess, but still no cigar.
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I thought Kinder, but I'm probably off the mark, too, then :(
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No. I'm thinking Sacramento.
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helvellyn, quite a clear day?
That's closer than David's guess, but still no cigar.
Glyder Fawr?
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Carnedd Ugain?
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On reflection, no Coniston Old Man?
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I thought Kinder, but I'm probably off the mark, too, then :(
You are off the mark.
Glyder Fawr?
Carnedd Ugain?
It's not Welsh.
On reflection, no Coniston Old Man?
No, not the Old Man.
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helvellyn, quite a clear day?
That's closer than David's guess, but still no cigar.
Glyder Fawr?
No trig point there
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Glyder Fawr?
No trig point there
Is it a trig point? It's not your standard concrete jobby.
(which excludes High Street and Skiddaw)
I'd guess it's somewhere in the Lakes though. We know it's closer to Helvellyn than to Ben Nevis, which excludes the Highlands, not in Wales, and the rocks and background hills are wrong for the Pennines or southern Scotland.
Assuming it is a trig point, and excluding places like ScaFell Pike that don't have a big enough flattish area at the top, and places that look low enough to be mostly grassy, I'll guess High Raise (the one near Sergeant Man, not the one just along from High Street
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3630484045_a1c97f42de.jpg)
That looks a long way west of you Scott. :)
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I'm sure I've been there...can't place it though
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Is it a trig point? It's not your standard concrete jobby.
Yes, it's a trig point.
I'd guess it's somewhere in the Lakes though. We know it's closer to Helvellyn than to Ben Nevis, which excludes the Highlands, not in Wales, and the rocks and background hills are wrong for the Pennines or southern Scotland.
Assuming it is a trig point, and excluding places like ScaFell Pike that don't have a big enough flattish area at the top, and places that look low enough to be mostly grassy, I'll guess High Raise (the one near Sergeant Man, not the one just along from High Street
Right idea, wrong place. Try something higher. (Nor is it the other High Raise.)
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Scafell Pike
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Scafell Pike
Not that high!
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That looks a long way west of you Scott. :)
And a fair bit south as well....about an hour's drive to a national border, in fact.
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Scafell Pike
Not that high!
Gowbarrow?
The only other one I can think of would be Loughrigg
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Right idea, wrong place. Try something higher. (Nor is it the other High Raise.)
Not that many higher trig points to pick from...
Next guess is Crag Hill, north of Newlands, east of Grasmoor
(otherwise I might have to accept I was wrong about High Street being a concrete trig point and try that)
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Fairfield?
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Gowbarrow?
The only other one I can think of would be Loughrigg
Nope and nope.
Fairfield?
Nope.
Next guess is Crag Hill, north of Newlands, east of Grasmoor
Aye, that's the one. This is what it looks like without the snow (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/Crag_Hill_summit_1.JPG).
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6.jpg) (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6_b.jpg)
Crag Hill (Eel Crag).
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6.jpg) (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6_b.jpg)
Loughrigg Fell?
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6.jpg) (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6_b.jpg)
Crag Hill (Eel Crag).
Correct.
It's easy when you've got the answer ;)
Next guess is Crag Hill, north of Newlands, east of Grasmoor
Aye, that's the one. This is what it looks like without the snow (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/Crag_Hill_summit_1.JPG).
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6.jpg) (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4150591032_53f0c7ceb6_b.jpg)
Crag Hill (Eel Crag).
Correct.
It's easy when you've got the answer ;)
Next guess is Crag Hill, north of Newlands, east of Grasmoor
Aye, that's the one. This is what it looks like without the snow (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/Crag_Hill_summit_1.JPG).
I was in that much of a hurry, thinking I had one right, which would be a first. I didn't read the following posts.
Now I feel such a fool.
:P
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I'm changing my tactics on these. I'm going to guess them all after the answer has been given. That way, I can be pretty sure of being right most of the time ;D
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/4158747726_957bf73201_o.jpg)
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The Louvre?
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Probably not Peterlee (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7760771.stm).
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That looks a long way west of you Scott. :)
And a fair bit south as well....about an hour's drive to a national border, in fact.
I'd have said Texas then, somewhere heading down towards Big Bend ?
But TBH it might be New Mexico or even CA. It really is somewhere I've been, I'm sure.
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Probably not Peterlee (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7760771.stm).
"It is an insult to Peterlee"
How could anyone manage to insult Peterlee?
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I'd have said Texas then, somewhere heading down towards Big Bend ?
But TBH it might be New Mexico or even CA. It really is somewhere I've been, I'm sure.
Keep naming western states--there are only so many, so you'll get it eventually. ;)
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Probably not Peterlee (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7760771.stm).
"It is an insult to Peterlee"
How could anyone manage to insult Peterlee?
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Probably not Peterlee (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7760771.stm).
Not Peterlee and not geographically close. Alphabetically close though.
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I'd have said Texas then, somewhere heading down towards Big Bend ?
But TBH it might be New Mexico or even CA. It really is somewhere I've been, I'm sure.
Keep naming western states--there are only so many, so you'll get it eventually. ;)
well, if it's near the border and it's not CA, TX or NM I suppose there's a good chance it's AZ :)
Cacti look wrong for the Sonoran though...
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Not Peterlee and not geographically close. Alphabetically close though.
Pure guess - Peterborough?
It's descriptively close too -
Probably not Peterlee (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7760771.stm).
"It is an insult to Peterlee"
How could anyone manage to insult Peterlee? Peterborough
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Poole?
If I've read the BBC Dorset news website correctly, it being replaced with a Real TreeTM.
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46813000/jpg/_46813918_008334802-1.jpg)
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It is Poole, yes.
It caused a bit of a stir, then it was vandalised last Monday night, so is deemed a bit unsafe. It is being replaced by a real one whilst it is repaired. I'd hazard a guess that the repair isn't completed by 25th Dec...
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£14,000? <boggle> !!
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However, used over several years...
You'd be surprised at how much christmas decorations cost, to lease/buy and to install etc.
I'm not sure what the fuss about the artificiality of it is all about. Artificial trees are often used in in town centres and shopping areas.
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I appreciate the argument for something that might last more than one season. This cone didn't even last a whole season due to vandalism (or was it high wind?).
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I bet the stars in the Christmas lights aren't real ones, either...
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/4164168068_40cfc947b4.jpg)
Clue: it's a topical place.
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Copenhgen?
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Workington?
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Copenhgen?
Wrong side of the North Sea.
Workington?
Wrong side of the country.
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Kingsnorth?
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Must be this then:
Teesside Steelworks for sale (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/8395120.stm)
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Must be this then:
Teesside Steelworks for sale (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/8395120.stm)
Correct. Redcar steelworks, from Seaton Canoe Carew.
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I'd have said Texas then, somewhere heading down towards Big Bend ?
But TBH it might be New Mexico or even CA. It really is somewhere I've been, I'm sure.
Keep naming western states--there are only so many, so you'll get it eventually. ;)
well, if it's near the border and it's not CA, TX or NM I suppose there's a good chance it's AZ :)
Cacti look wrong for the Sonoran though...
Looks familiar to me as well, but I was thinking of UT-12 east of Bryce Canyon, and that clearly en't right.
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Just a random one . . .
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/shedbike/09-11-09059.jpg)
Lest we forget
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Ooooo. That place in France that was turned over by the Nazis in retaliation for something and which was left as it was at the end of the war.
Name escapes me. (Could you tell ?)
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Oradour sur Glane ?
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well, if it's near the border and it's not CA, TX or NM I suppose there's a good chance it's AZ :)
Correct, but...
Cacti look wrong for the Sonoran though...
...incorrect. ;) At the slightly higher elevations of the southern Sonoran, you find huge "stands" ("forests" sounds wrong...) of saguaros.
The picture was taken in the western portion of Saguaro National Park, near Tucson.
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Oradour sur Glane ?
The same. It's also posted in the War Memorial thread.
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The picture was taken in the western portion of Saguaro National Park, near Tucson.
ah, it is a place I've been then :)
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The picture was taken in the western portion of Saguaro National Park, near Tucson.
ah, it is a place I've been then :)
+1.
Bah!
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4168266173_58a5caa4ea_o.jpg)
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well, if it's near the border and it's not CA, TX or NM I suppose there's a good chance it's AZ :)
Correct, but...
Cacti look wrong for the Sonoran though...
...incorrect. ;) At the slightly higher elevations of the southern Sonoran, you find huge "stands" ("forests" sounds wrong...) of saguaros.
The picture was taken in the western portion of Saguaro National Park, near Tucson.
About here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=32.222616,-111.101059&sll=54.033586,-4.042969&sspn=16.172577,36.210938&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16) then.
Yes, I really do have nothing better to do. ::-)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4168266173_58a5caa4ea_o.jpg)
Burleigh House?
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With a different spelling, yes. ;) :thumbsup:
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Burleigh Hows? ;D
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Nope Clarian. ;) ;D
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Burly Whores?
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With a different spelling, yes. ;) :thumbsup:
Yes, I never realised that - it's Burghley isn't it?
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:thumbsup:
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well, if it's near the border and it's not CA, TX or NM I suppose there's a good chance it's AZ :)
Correct, but...
Cacti look wrong for the Sonoran though...
...incorrect. ;) At the slightly higher elevations of the southern Sonoran, you find huge "stands" ("forests" sounds wrong...) of saguaros.
The picture was taken in the western portion of Saguaro National Park, near Tucson.
About here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=32.222616,-111.101059&sll=54.033586,-4.042969&sspn=16.172577,36.210938&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16) then.
Yes, I really do have nothing better to do. ::-)
That's almost creepy! Have you been there, or are you just very, very bored? ;)
You can see the sign here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=32.222616,-111.101059&sll=54.033586,-4.042969&sspn=16.172577,36.210938&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=32.222404,-111.101153&spn=0.008895,0.013797&z=16&layer=c&cbll=32.222501,-111.101105&panoid=fxDRC1qwN_5cLIEeNpM21g&cbp=12,7.05,,0,5).
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Just bored. ;D
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well, if it's near the border and it's not CA, TX or NM I suppose there's a good chance it's AZ :)
Correct, but...
Cacti look wrong for the Sonoran though...
...incorrect. ;) At the slightly higher elevations of the southern Sonoran, you find huge "stands" ("forests" sounds wrong...) of saguaros.
The picture was taken in the western portion of Saguaro National Park, near Tucson.
About here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=32.222616,-111.101059&sll=54.033586,-4.042969&sspn=16.172577,36.210938&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16) then.
Yes, I really do have nothing better to do. ::-)
That's almost creepy! Have you been there, or are you just very, very bored? ;)
You can see the sign here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=32.222616,-111.101059&sll=54.033586,-4.042969&sspn=16.172577,36.210938&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=32.222404,-111.101153&spn=0.008895,0.013797&z=16&layer=c&cbll=32.222501,-111.101105&panoid=fxDRC1qwN_5cLIEeNpM21g&cbp=12,7.05,,0,5).
Scott, you've got an interweb stalker! :o
Mind you, he's a long way away from you ;)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4168266173_58a5caa4ea_o.jpg)
That's the East Wing of Larrington Towers ;)
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Another train one...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/3611063977_81fa1752cc_d.jpg)
And a bonus point for the name of the engine...
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And a bonus point for the name of the engine...
Google cheat:
Dunno where it is, tho.
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Another train one...
...
Minehead, at the end of the West Somerset Railway ?
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Another train one...
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Minehead, at the end of the West Somerset Railway ?
Well done, got it in one ! :thumbsup:
(North Hill a bit of a giveaway ?)
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w-i-w.jpg)
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w-i-w.jpg)
I'll take a stab at Oslo for the nobel peace prize procession.
The architecture and manner of dress certainly matches the right type of north European city.
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Well, I'm guessing somewhere closer to home, Davide.
Um....Copenhagen?
;D
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Edinburgh, Hogmanay procession?
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Mob getting ready to burn down the Stroud Corn Exchange after a piss-poor performance of "Aladdin".
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Edinburgh, Hogmanay procession?
You'll need to be considerably more accurate than that! ;D
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Jesus, it's a toughie. Are the Torchlights anything to do with it?
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OK a clue - they weren't off to burn witches!
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG99.JPG)
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Looks like a couple of traditional Northumberland rowing boats. Beadnell?
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG99.JPG)
Definitely looks like Beadnell just south of Seahouses on the Northumberland coast.
We went there on't tandem a couple of years ago..
This photo was taken just up the road in the village proper...
(http://www.meiring.org.uk/pdm/photos/hangbike2.jpg)
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The boats are called cobles (pronounced with a long o) and funnily enough, my mother's bridesmaid runs the caravan park there! East coast, west-facing harbour on a perfect bay.
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Edinburgh, Hogmanay procession?
You'll need to be considerably more accurate than that! ;D
Standing at the junction of High Street and George IV Bridge looking down the High Street. The main building in shot is the High Court of Justiciary, HBOS HQ is behind the court, Deacon Brodies pub is just out of shot to the left.
Is that accurate enough? ;)
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Edinburgh, Hogmanay procession?
You'll need to be considerably more accurate than that! ;D
Standing at the junction of High Street and George IV Bridge looking down the High Street. The main building in shot is the High Court of Justiciary, HBOS HQ is behind the court, Deacon Brodies pub is just out of shot to the left.
Is that accurate enough? ;)
That'll do. ;D
It's not really the Hogmanay Procession though, being two days before. I deliberately cut the BoS on the Mound out as that would have been far too easy!
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Edinburgh, Hogmanay procession?
You'll need to be considerably more accurate than that! ;D
Standing at the junction of High Street and George IV Bridge looking down the High Street. The main building in shot is the High Court of Justiciary, HBOS HQ is behind the court, Deacon Brodies pub is just out of shot to the left.
Is that accurate enough? ;)
Thank you for saving me a deal of trawling round google earth :thumbsup:
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If I ever get a clear head again I'll post the uncut version! ;D
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG99.JPG)
Beadnell Harbour it is.
My pictures are just too easy.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/DSCF0583.jpg)
a very well known location
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There's a hole somewhere near there
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Lulworth
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Lulworth it is.
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I immediately recognised the path in the distance that leads up, IIRC, to Durdle Door past Steps Hole. It's that odd steep alternative that nailed it for me.
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One from last summer -
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3586472106_6a01e7c26e_d.jpg)
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I know that woman. :thumbsup:
Is it Threave Castle, btw?
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I know that woman. :thumbsup:
Is it Threave Castle, btw?
Too easy ! Yes its Threave Castle. :thumbsup: I'm going to have to choose a harder one next time...
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Actually I don't think this is any harder but I just like the view -
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4260218210_8a6de18d09_d.jpg)
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Looks like Cullen to me.
EDIT: difficult to say as, like Stirling, I have never seen it in the sunshine.
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Cullen it is. :thumbsup:
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This is probably dreadfully obscure, but I can provide clues:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/3553008872_63c9342e76.jpg)
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Actually I don't think this is any harder but I just like the view -
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4260218210_8a6de18d09_d.jpg)
Skinking!!!
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This is probably dreadfully obscure, but I can provide clues:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/3553008872_63c9342e76.jpg)
Not one of the rooms in York museum?
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Now is it that when I look at Deano's photo I hear a little voice saying, "Noi, who wodd live in a hoiss loik this? David, it's over to you."
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Unless it is one of the 'Uts at Ugley....
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That was my thought, but I've been in two (How many are there?) and don't recognise it as either.
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It's not in England, so neither York nor Ugley.
It's not someone's house either!
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Broadmeadows SYHA?
(looks like a YH, so pick one at random)
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Broadmeadows SYHA?
(looks like a YH, so pick one at random)
Aye, you're on the right lines, but it's not part of the YHA (or the SYHA).
I did say it was horribly obscure.
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I think we need more of a clue :)
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Aw. I was going to play the "warmer-colder-hot-BOILING" game and drag it out a bit ;D
It's a mountaineers' hostel in the Highlands.
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Having been provoked into googling, here's another view of the common room
http://www.gerryshostel-achnashellach.co.uk/images/common-room2.jpg (http://www.gerryshostel-achnashellach.co.uk/images/common-room2.jpg)
I've ridden past it, but not stopped. We cycled over the pass and stayed at the SYHA hostel 10 miles away.
edit: img tags -> url
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This is probably dreadfully obscure, but I can provide clues:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/3553008872_63c9342e76.jpg)
with the help of andrew_s's hint , it's Gerry's hostel at Craig (Achnashellach)- I've walked past it several times but never stayed there.
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Capel-y-Fynn Hostel near the Gospel Pass ?
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The image source:
http://www.gerryshostel-achnashellach.co.uk
was the clue! :-)
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The image source ... was the clue! :-)
d'oh - never thought of checking that :-\
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I deliberately don't look at the source, for exactly that reason.
But then, there's a great many I'd never guess anyway :-\
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Official confirmation: it is indeed Gerry's Achnashellach Lodge. Quite an eccentric chap, Gerry, but the lodge was fab. The Nottingham Uni Mountaineering Club were staying there at the same as I wandered through; they'd had the place to themselves for a week and Gerry came over all houseproud when I stayed, insisting that they clear all the empty booze bottles away. I was just glad to stay indoors, especially as there was snow overnight.
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OK chaps and chapesses, the clock's ticking, lets see how many milliseconds it takes someone to tell me where this is...
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4262661427_8642aa9c77_d.jpg)
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Portmadog?
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Oban?
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Lossiemouth?
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Not there yet...
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Banff?
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nope...
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Findochty?
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Mevagissey?
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Findochty?
:thumbsup: Well done, Findochty it is !
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Findochty?
:thumbsup: Well done, Findochty it is !
That's all fine and dandy, but to get the point, you need to know how it's pronounced by the locals..... ;)
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(http://www.stayinwales.co.uk/ctf/picture_gallery/large_images/2157_650r.jpg)
An annual destination for some of us?
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Only since
1989 1990 for me.
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Will you newbies please keep quiet in the cheap seats! :-)
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It is in Wales.
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Probably too close to insider knowledge ;)
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(http://www.stayinwales.co.uk/ctf/picture_gallery/large_images/2157_650r.jpg)
An annual destination for some of us?
good place for a fish supper before the homeward journey?
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Findochty?
:thumbsup: Well done, Findochty it is !
That's all fine and dandy, but to get the point, you need to know how it's pronounced by the locals..... ;)
Me, me! I know! :P
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Findochty?
:thumbsup: Well done, Findochty it is !
That's all fine and dandy, but to get the point, you need to know how it's pronounced by the locals..... ;)
Me, me! I know! :P
Yebbut no-one will understand your accent. ::-)
;D
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(http://www.stayinwales.co.uk/ctf/picture_gallery/large_images/2157_650r.jpg)
An annual destination for some of us?
good place for a fish supper before the homeward journey?
New Quay?
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Llareggub ;)
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Well done Helly - Cei Newydd / New Quay it is!
Llareggub is, of course, also correct! :-)
(http://cairsweb.llgc.org.uk/images/dth/dth00001.jpg)
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good place for a fish supper before the homeward journey?
Not really... its straight up that bloody big hill to Synod Hill!! Sicky burps all the way up for me :sick:
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Findochty?
:thumbsup: Well done, Findochty it is !
That's all fine and dandy, but to get the point, you need to know how it's pronounced by the locals..... ;)
Me, me! I know! :P
Yebbut no-one will understand your accent. ::-)
;D
Ah, but they will if they're fae Finnechty :thumbsup:
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good place for a fish supper before the homeward journey?
Not really... its straight up that bloody big hill to Synod Hill!! Sicky burps all the way up for me :sick:
I just about kept my fishandchips down, but encountered a rider who didn't...
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I had curry with half-and-half last year, to ensure more flavoursome sicky burps!
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Continuing the harbour theme, where's this?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/IMG_0005.jpg)
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Too easy. ;)
Mrs eck's dad, who was a painter and decorator, has told me (many times) how he painted the hotel atop the cliff.
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I thought you would know it.
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Another harbour:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4290825061_d2e01f7c9d_o.jpg)
Pingus, their immediate family and relatives are not eligible to enter this competition. ;)
EDIT: Salvatore, I'll leave yours to give others a chance.
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Port Patrick. Nice cycling country down there, that area needs an Audax !
On that recent snowy satalite photo of UK where the whole country was white, the stranraer peninsula was about the only bit with no snow !
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Another harbour:
Stonehaven?
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Another harbour:
Stonehaven?
You got it, JH.
I can't remember the name of the pub, but ISTR the Pingus being mighty pleased with the selection of beers on offer. :thumbsup:
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Port Patrick. Nice cycling country down there, that area needs an Audax !
Portpatrick it is.
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I'm most disappointed, that was possibly the only entry on this thread that I've ever recognised but seeing it for the first time this morning everyone else has already beaten me to it. :( Oh well...
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Another harbour:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/4001327067_c5361c53eb_o.jpg)
Clue: it's not on the Moray Firth :P
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Clue: it's not on the Moray Firth :P
Are you sure ? ;)
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Clue: it's not on the Moray Firth :P
Are you sure ? ;)
It must be Pittenweem then, eh? :-\
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Bonifacio ?
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Clue: it's not on the Moray Firth :P
Are you sure ? ;)
It must be Pittenweem then, eh? :-\
Looks a bit down market for Fife.
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Bonifacio ?
Nah, this is Bonifacio:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/4009146811_f27bbbf941_b.jpg)
Same island, though :thumbsup:
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Calvi then ?
It's not Bastia I don't think, or Propriano...
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Calvi then ?
:thumbsup:
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OK, a fairly easy one. No Googling, mind...
(http://www.bosphorus.f2s.com/IMGP3207.JPG)
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yacf H.Q.? ;D
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Looks rather New England-y.
*now stuck*
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Looks rather New England-y.
*now stuck*
Right continent, but it's a fair old way from new England. Clue: it's a hotel.
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Can you check out but never leave??
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No, wrong state. It does have a Arts & Entertainment reason for its fame though..
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Is it the Overlook Hotel? :)
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Pretty much, yes. It's the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado - the Overlook was based on this after Mr & Mrs King had a spooky stay there.
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Wow. Really? I was only having a daft guess.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3398/3614485503_b574592311_b.jpg)
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Blorenge, Sugarloaf and Skirrid ? (but I don't think so...)
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No. It's Scott-ish.
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I looked at Deano's photo and thought "Sugarloaf", tho we're told that's incorrect. Scottish, then - somewhere in The Pentlands?
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Eildon Hills from Scott's View?
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Eildons. I was going to post that before I saw the last post, honest.
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So was I.
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And another that I've missed ! :(
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Eildon Hills from Scott's View?
Aye, you're right, as you know. There's a cheesy clue above: it's not just my dodgy typing.
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Another harbour:
Stonehaven?
You got it, JH.
I can't remember the name of the pub, but ISTR the Pingus being mighty pleased with the selection of beers on offer. :thumbsup:
The Marine Hotel :P
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/4016575773_470919d2f2.jpg)
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Versailles?
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Versailles?
No, this side of the Channel
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Doesn't look much like Loch Ness...
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Chatsworth
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Groombridge?
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Just Gewgled it, so I can't guess any more. But it's cool.
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OK, a clue:
There be dragons (and a topical museum ;))
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Water Beast @ Llandrindod Wells (has cycle museum).
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Water Beast @ Llandrindod Wells (has cycle museum).
Right :thumbsup:
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Somewhere else I visit at least once a year
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/IMG_0800.jpg)
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In the vicinity of the Irfon Valley?
Looks like the run in to the Devil's Staircase.
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Spot on. In the sunlight you can see the straight after the first hairpin .
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Ok...here you go...
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wbXrE06AicE/S1rpqIX5-UI/AAAAAAAABHg/ed1IjmblU0Y/s1024/107_0753.JPG)
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Is it your fishing lake?
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Good lord no... we don't allow peasants on our property!
It is a fishing lake though. A bit of close observation and googling may get you the answer...
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Lake Victoria?
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Nope. I refer you back to my previous post for clues.
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I imagine it's possibly the same place (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/139221271_dac4e04f76.jpg) as this chap, then.
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Almost certainly.... got a name yet?
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He's on Inle Lake in Burma
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Another from the archive...
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4262658785_46968c41a1_d.jpg)
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He's on Inle Lake in Burma
Correctamundo
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Looks like Lindisfarne to me.
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Llanthony Priory again?
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Clarion's correct, I think.
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Clarion's correct, I think.
He is - I just Googled!
Easy mistake to make though, what with the pub In Llanthony Priory making for slight unreliability in visual function and memory..
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That arch is pretty memorable.
And I've never been to Llanthony, so I wouldn't have thought of that ;D
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Well done, Lindisfarne it is :thumbsup:
That arch is pretty memorable
I was wondering how you got it so quickly...
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Here's one to keep us going:
(http://thezoo.phys.washington.edu/users/savage/France2005/DSC00328.JPG)
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That looks like a very large chainring. And some slate??
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Vélodrome de Vincennes?
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Fabio Casartelli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col_de_Portet_d%27Aspet) memorial on the Col de Portet d'Aspet?
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Fabio Casartelli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col_de_Portet_d%27Aspet) memorial on the Col de Portet d'Aspet?
Yes indeed.
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We may have had this one before.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/yellbike.jpg)
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Mont Ventoux?
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Much more westwards
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Santiago de Compostela, or that place with the lighthouse a bit further west that I can't remember the name of?
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More Souther!
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Can you do an 8 digit grid ref please ;D
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Cabo San Vicente on the Algarve;
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Martin gets it!
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my go
a clue; it's famous for 2 events
(http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/11731974.jpg)
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Easy for train spotters!
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p56/wasnti/BHillApr4.jpg)
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Barrow Hill
and it was my go ;)
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We may have had this one before.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/yellbike.jpg)
Modern Abstract Art: Sun Shining Out of Arse.
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Barrow Hill
and it was my go ;)
Sorry!
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my go
a clue; it's famous for 2 events
(http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/11731974.jpg)
anyone?
another big clue; it's on the English Channel
think waves
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hmmm... just a guess..
Google Maps (http://maps.google.ch/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=isle+of+wight,+st+catherines+lighthouse&sll=50.692718,-1.31671&sspn=0.58721,1.182404&gl=ch&g=Isle+of+Wight,+Isle+Of+Wight,+UK&ie=UTF8&hq=st+catherines+lighthouse&hnear=Isle+of+Wight,+United+Kingdom&ll=50.575606,-1.297363&spn=0.004429,0.009238&t=h&z=17)
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hmmm... just a guess..
Google Maps (http://maps.google.ch/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=isle+of+wight,+st+catherines+lighthouse&sll=50.692718,-1.31671&sspn=0.58721,1.182404&gl=ch&g=Isle+of+Wight,+Isle+Of+Wight,+UK&ie=UTF8&hq=st+catherines+lighthouse&hnear=Isle+of+Wight,+United+Kingdom&ll=50.575606,-1.297363&spn=0.004429,0.009238&t=h&z=17)
no
it's also on the UK mainland
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oops, thought I had it !! ( before a clever edit I think *L* =
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no you got it wrong even though I thought you had it (St Catherines not St Margarets)
here's another
a clue; in France
(http://www.kamaxx.com/jdlf/img/photos/3929_1.jpg)
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ack !!
*spits in the general direction of france *
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South Foreland.
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South Foreland.
is correct (assuming you hadn't read my rapidly edited post)
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Truth is, I first thought it to be North Foreland - but didn't recall NF having the adjacent building with the black chimneys - so - a bit of a guess...
Happy for someone else to post a question, as it could take a while for me to do so........ :)
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Truth is, I first thought it to be North Foreland - but didn't recall NF having the adjacent building with the black chimneys - so - a bit of a guess...
I'd never heard of North Foreland; I only know SF from poking around air raid shelters in the cliffs around the area
(plus it's also visible on The Crown Audax)
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my go
a clue; it's famous for 2 events
(http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/11731974.jpg)
North Foreland isn't it ?
No idea what the two events are.
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Balls ! Late to the party as ever.
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it's South Foreland
the 2 events (3 if you count first ship to shore radio transmission) are
first electrically lit lighthouse
received the first international radio transmission from Wimereux in France
any offers on the French one?
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any offers on the French one?
Cap gris nez?
EDIT - North Foreland = between Broadstairs and Cliftonville further round the same coastline.
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any offers on the French one?
Cap gris nez?
no; wrong coastline
it's also way out to sea and only accessible on foot when the tide is out; even then you need a boat
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...here's another
a clue; in France
(http://www.kamaxx.com/jdlf/img/photos/3929_1.jpg)
Courdouan, in the mouth of the Gironde?
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JStone is correct;
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How about this one ? (Not in France :))
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4282588268_9c6e0be0e7_d.jpg)
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How about this one ? (Not in France :))
Fidra
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Somewhere good for water skiing, given the amount the sea is sloping. ;)
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it's South Foreland
the 2 events (3 if you count first ship to shore radio transmission) are
first electrically lit lighthouse
received the first international radio transmission from Wimereux in France
any offers on the French one?
I used to picnic regularly with my ex and littl'un by the tearooms there, so deliberately stayed out of it.
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How about this one ? (Not in France :))
Fidra
Fidra it is :thumbsup: Trivia - apparently Robert Louis Stevenson based his map in Treasure Island on the map of Fidra.
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Where's this? Clues: I didn't go far from home to find it, and it's on a long-distance footpath.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/P1000651.jpg)
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Here's one for the queue after Clarion's.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2706/4322579980_a2aeb16d6a.jpg)
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Somerset somewhere, and to narrow it down, not far from Henley, Somerset.
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Somerset somewhere, and to narrow it down, not far from Henley, Somerset.
There's more than one.
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Somerset somewhere, and to narrow it down, not far from Henley, Somerset.
There's more than one.
Then I'll plump for the one on the edge of the Levels.
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Pancho's racing stables?
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I will throw another into the mix...
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0253.jpg)
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Somerset somewhere, and to narrow it down, not far from Henley, Somerset.
There's more than one.
Then I'll plump for the one on the edge of the Levels.
That'll do. Bottom of the hill from High Ham.
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Where's this? Clues: I didn't go far from home to find it, and it's on a long-distance footpath.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/P1000651.jpg)
Any ideas? I would have thought a lot of folk might have walked (or ridden - I believe it's a bridleway at this point) the LDP concerned. A lot of us live within striking distance of it.
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I'll guess the North Downs Way (but even if that's right, I'd have no idea where ).
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That's a start. If I told you that groups of cyclists have zoomed under cover of darkness down a hill a few hundred yards to the west of this spot, would that help?
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Colley Hill ?
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Reigate Hill?
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Isn't it in the grounds of the Royal Alexandra and Albert School?
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Isn't it in the grounds of the Royal Alexandra and Albert School?
that would figure being East of the FNRTTC
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Gatton Park
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Isn't it in the grounds of the Royal Alexandra and Albert School?
Ever so just outside. If no one else had guessed, I'd have given it to you for that. However, it is certainly in
Gatton Park
So, on balance, it has to go to TT, I'm afraid.
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4325295710_9a76c5e44c.jpg)
Damon.
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Looks a little like the view from Pendle Hill
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4325295710_9a76c5e44c.jpg)
Damon.
Is it a view of Lakeland fells from somewhere in the Eden Valley (Cross Fell-ish), with Blencathra on the right hand side of the photo?
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It looks very like the view from the car park of the Hartside Inn
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It's going to need a complete list of all the visible Fells...
Magnificently spacious.
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It looks very like the view from the car park of the Hartside Inn
It's further down the road from Penrith, there are a couple of good viewpoints, it would have been good to do a Panorama but the camera had a max zoom of 4.5 and a UV filter would have helped.
Large version here.
Flickr Photo Download: P1000589 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26102994@N05/4325295710/sizes/l/)
Damon.
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here's an easy one to be going on with:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4325897098_20ea6c6f1e.jpg)
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here's an easy one to be going on with:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4325897098_20ea6c6f1e.jpg)
Looking towards Perth ?
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Wasn't meant to be that easy. :)
Right enough though, looking towards Perth from the Kinnoul Hill road, with the Friarton Bridge carrying the M90 over the Silvery Tay.
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Yay ! The first time I've ever got one of these right without the benefit of someone else having provided the answer already :)
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The Tay, the Tay,
Flows from Dundee to Perth and back
twice every day.
I have a similar photo someplace (minus bike and focus).
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I will throw another into the mix...
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0253.jpg)
No takers?
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The Tayside Transgression was the last time I was over this road. Thats a grand day out.
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I will throw another into the mix...
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0253.jpg)
No takers?
Stab in the dark: An old border between east & west Europe taken on your summer '09 cycling trip?
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I will throw another into the mix...
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0253.jpg)
No takers?
Stab in the dark: An old border between east & west Europe taken on your summer '09 cycling trip?
Totally natural!
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a volcanic dike?
Somewhere in the Auvergne?
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Definitely NOT volcanic. And not in France.
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Definitely NOT volcanic.
It looks very much like some sort of limestone.
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I'm wondering if it's somewhere German-speaking, on the flimsy basis that the first word or the sign begins 'Be-' Betreten? and the second begins wit 'T'. 'Betreten der Treppe auf eigene Gefahr', for example (coveniently ignoring 'ele-' on the third line - 'elektrische'?).
Somewhere in Austria?
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Adamski, look at the groove along the rock for a clue as to what sort of limestone it is. Salvatore, not Austria, no.
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Tis a tufa, right?
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It is. It's sort of a stalagmite.
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Mendips?
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Mendips?
It didn't look broken. ???
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Not the UK
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Not the UK
Somewhere in Hungary? :-\
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Nope
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Thailand? Near the limestone islands of Phang Nga Bay?
or Vietnam?
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Is a German-speaking country. In Europe.
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Is a German-speaking country. In Europe.
Sorry I missed that bit :-[
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Germany?
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Luxembourg ? That big rift thing in the middle of the city ?
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Liechtenstein?
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Switzerland?
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Germany
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Wild guess: Partnach Gorge?
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4329601137_fc5c2dd4ff.jpg)
Another one, slightly snowier than the last.
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Czech Republic ?
Snake
My Library (http://www.yudu.com/library/6690/Snakehips-s-Library)
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Wild guess: Partnach Gorge?
Next to a river......and a long-distance cycleway
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Czech Republic ?
Snake
My Library (http://www.yudu.com/library/6690/Snakehips-s-Library)
Nope.
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Czech Republic ?
Snake
My Library (http://www.yudu.com/library/6690/Snakehips-s-Library)
Nope.
Looks veeeery familiar.....
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Czech Republic ?
Snake
My Library (http://www.yudu.com/library/6690/Snakehips-s-Library)
Nope.
Looks veeeery familiar.....
To what?
..d
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Missed quote tag; was "nope" from you.
Another clue to mine. Southern Germany.
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Missed quote tag; was "nope" from you.
Another clue to mine. Southern Germany.
River ... long distance cycleway ... Southern Germany
Must be the Danube, or the Isar.
Sigmarinen?
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It is the Isar
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I hope this isn't considered cheating, but a bit of googling for Isarradweg suggests it's the Wachsende Felsen near Landau (and that my guess at the sign was correct). It looks like a remarkable bit of geology.
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Usterling,near Landau. It is rather remarkable, with the water running along a groove on the top of the narrow blade of rock so that it is gradually spreading downhill. There are a couple of holes in the rock, and I will see if I can get another pic up.
http://www.wwa-la.bayern.de/wasser_erleben/pic/usterling1.jpg
Google Images (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/119/wachsender-felsen_usterling.jpg&imgrefurl=http://de.academic.ru/dic.nsf/dewiki/1328217&usg=__Hm7__V10q-eLN5BqBa7wapbFw38=&h=1350&w=1800&sz=2036&hl=en&start=16&itbs=1&tbnid=y61aybr210793M:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dusterling%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff)
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Clue.. Not very far from the North Sea Cycle route.
..d
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Sweden?
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Aalborg
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Aalborg
How did I know that you would be the one to get it?
..d
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That's Woollyville....
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Apologies for the gratuitous self shot.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2335/2568615078_60185277b8.jpg)
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Hardraw Force
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Hardraw Force
Correct. Of course.
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Two to keep this rolling. One wild
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0818.jpg)
And one absolutely livid
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0405.jpg)
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Hardraw Force
Correct. Of course.
Dang. One I could actually get, and I missed it ;D
Not a lot of clues in Tony's first, but the second is quite distinctive.
Needless to say, however distinctive it is, I don't know the answer ;D
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Not a lot of clues in Tony's first
The first could be the Long Mynd.
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Exmoor?
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Exmoor?
It is indeed. How about the specific place (very specific indeed....)?
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Only place I've even heard of on Exmoor is Cow Castle, but I can't see anything that looks enough like a fort.
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A place with associations.....
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Doone valley? :-\
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Spot on, the very Southern end.
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Is the other photo taken in Budapest?
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Doone valley? :-\
Bloody hell, how on earth did you get that ? Well done anyway ! :thumbsup:
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Doone valley? :-\
Bloody hell, how on earth did you get that ? Well done anyway ! :thumbsup:
THE DOONES (http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/doones.htm)
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Streetmap - Maps and directions for the whole of Great Britain (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=278500&y=144500&z=0&sv=doone&st=PlaceName&lu=N&tl=StreetMap%20-%20Doone%20Country,%20Devon&ar=y&bi=~&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf)
Zoom out on the link and I was just on the East flank of Badgworthy Hill for that picture. Just by the loop on the river in this shot:
Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=doone+valley&sll=53.566414,-4.042969&sspn=13.199608,39.418945&ie=UTF8&hq=doone+valley&hnear=&ll=51.177614,-3.724483&spn=0.003397,0.009624&t=h&z=17)
Nope, not Budapest, Steve, wrong country.
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Bloody hell, how on earth did you get that ? Well done anyway !
Thanks, but no way I'd have got it without Tony's clue 'associations': 'Lorna Doone' was the first thing that came to mind, knowing that it was Exmoor.
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Here's another shot of the statues
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0403.jpg)
and another
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0408.jpg)
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Hamelin?
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Here's another shot of the statues
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0403.jpg)
He was the chap in Lord of the Rings wasn't he ? :)
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Not Charles Bronson, then?
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Here's another shot of the statues
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0403.jpg)
He was the chap in Lord of the Rings wasn't he ? :)
You know, I thought Sean Bean as well. But (clue) the next statue didn't look anything like Richard Harris.
No, Mike, wrong country again.
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Tulln.
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And Jurek has it. How did you track that one down, Jurek?
Here's the narrataive plaque. The statues are of Attila being presented with his bride,and just along the bank is one of Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris...)
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0406.jpg)
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Well done, Jurek!
This picture quite fascinated me and no amount of searching on Google images seemed to bring it up
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.... his bride, Kriemhild, coming from the direction of Passau.... while the shocked rat looks on, having never seen such a multitude....
Tulln is about 20k from Vienna, for those who didn't know.
And Jurek has it. How did you track that one down, Jurek?
Sheer bl00dy mindedness. There's some very powerful imagery going on in that tableau.
And some google-fu. I spent a looooong time checking out stuff to the east of Istanbul
;)
Happy to let someone else post a pic as I have to go out
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It's a rather well-done set of figures. While I was lining up to take the pic with the fountain, stood there with my camera up, some elephantine woman put her equally obese child in the fountain to splash around while SHE took pictures. As if I wasn't there....
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2776/4376812570_b6bf012a17_b.jpg)
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The viaduct on the Waskerley Way, which by the power of google I think is called Hownsgill?
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Correct! And very quick. It is indeed Hownsgill Viaduct.
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I posted this ages ago (probly in another place) and there was no correct answer:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4325763023_ac073230a0_b.jpg)
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Somewhere Maghreb?
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Le Palais Idéal, Hauterives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Cheval)
somewhat led astray at first by the Arabic graffiti. :)
The 3 figures apparently represent Caesar, Vercingetorix and Archimedes
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Correct! And very quick. It is indeed Hownsgill Viaduct.
Well it is one of the impressive sights of the C2C.
Ok, another one:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2548/3940015193_956ef651c1_b.jpg)
Sorry about the sun spot.
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Le Palais Idéal, Hauterives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Cheval)
somewhat led astray at first by the Arabic graffiti. :)
The 3 figures apparently represent Caesar, Vercingetorix and Archimedes
That's it, well done :thumbsup:
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Le Palais Idéal, Hauterives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Cheval)
somewhat led astray at first by the Arabic graffiti. :)
The 3 figures apparently represent Caesar, Vercingetorix and Archimedes
Two italians and a goth..
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Correct! And very quick. It is indeed Hownsgill Viaduct.
Another one I was too slow to get, buggrit
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Where's this?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/DSCF0820.jpg)
Two italians and a goth..
????
An Italian, a Frenchman and a Greek, surely
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If the Goth qualifies as a Frenchman, then the Greek qualifies as an Italian.....
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Two italians and a goth..
????
An Italian, a Frenchman and a Greek, surely
Archimedes, whilst living in the Greek empire, was a native of and resident in Syracuse, Sicily , part of modern day Italy.
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If the Goth qualifies as a Frenchman, then the Greek qualifies as an Italian.....
What makes you think Vercingetorix was a Goth?
He was a Gaul. The Goths didn't turn up in the area until 350 years later.
Syracuse may be part of Italy now, but it was a Greek city then, populated by Greeks
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Here's a very recognisable stand of trees in the pissing rain:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/P1000684.jpg)
And a bit of the view, if you need it:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/P1000685.jpg)
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If the Goth qualifies as a Frenchman, then the Greek qualifies as an Italian.....
What makes you think Vercingetorix was a Goth?
He was a Gaul. The Goths didn't turn up in the area until 350 years later.
Syracuse may be part of Italy now, but it was a Greek city then, populated by Greeks
I was merely quoting David there.....
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Where's this?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/DSCF0820.jpg)
Haven't a clue but I'll guess Kielder ?
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Here's a very recognisable stand of trees in the pissing rain:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/P1000684.jpg)
And a bit of the view, if you need it:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/P1000685.jpg)
Another wild guess. Exmoor ? Webbers Post ?
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Haven't a clue but I'll guess Kielder ?
further south than that
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Another wild guess. Exmoor ? Webbers Post ?
A fair way east of there. I got there & back in a day's drive, with time for a walk, albeit a short one, given the conditions.
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100 Aker Wood?
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100 Aker Wood?
:thumbsup:
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100 Aker Wood?
:thumbsup:
I would not have guessed from the second photo but if it is indeed Ashdown Forest it's Gills Lap (Galleons Lap in the Pooh books)
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It's not Five Hundred Acre Wood, but it is Ashdown Forest, so it'd be niggling to say no. It's TQ474301. The clump of trees is quite distinctive, and is called Kingstanding Clump on Pillow Mound, which may be an ancient earthwork. It certainly looks like it could be the site of the heffalump chase, where they go round in circles.
Gill's Lap is nearby, but that's not the view, which is across Old Mill towards the back of The Warren.
The ice cream van in the Caption It thread is taken facing the other way in the car park
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gotttit now; took a team photo there at the last Surrey/Sussex Xmas ride
interesting that Disney (who now own or something the Poohsticks bridge site) have created more characters for their version of the strories than Milne and Shephard ever did, when I went there I was expecting to see a bunch of fibreglass cartoon characters on the bridge....
Hundred Acre Wood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Acre_Wood#Places_in_the_Wood)
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I am outraged that Disney have felt it appropriate to add raccoons, skunks and porcupines as residents of Sussex. I recognise that there are very few tigers, bears & kangaroos, either, but Milne put them there, so that's somehow different.
What I most object to is the introduction of heffalumps. Part of the point of the episode with heffalumps & woozles was that they don't exist.
Bloody septics >:(
And I'm not even that fond of the books ;D
Poohsticks bridge is (or at least was until recently) remarkably uncommercialised, but I suspect that's because it's a bit of a walk from Hartfield or even the nearest car park, so very few tourists can be bothered to get there.
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Ok, another one:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2548/3940015193_956ef651c1_b.jpg)
Sorry about the sun spot.
Is that Mardale? I think it's too broad, but... :-\
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Is that Mardale? I think it's too broad, but... :-\
Nope, not the flooded village of Mardale, which I think you're refering to, or any other Mardale for that matter.
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Is that Mardale? I think it's too broad, but... :-\
Nope, not the flooded village of Mardale, which I think you're refering to, or any other Mardale for that matter.
That is the one I meant, behind Haweswater.
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Wasdale?
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Nope, not Wasdale. Head northwards.
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Glen Feshie?
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Nope, not Glen Feshie. The photo is taken from the assent of a Munro, and it's normal to then continue onto an adjacent Munro.
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Glen Clova?
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Yip, that's the one.
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Glen Clova?
Yip, that's the one.
::-)
Oh dear, we live about five miles from here, and ride the road regularly. I didn't recognise it at all. :-[
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Oh dear, we live about five miles from here, and ride the road regularly. I didn't recognise it at all. :-[
I did wonder if you're figure the location. It's taken from the ridge heading up Driesh (http://www.multimap.com/s/hmO8Ljvc), so certainly a different view than one gets by cycling up the glen.
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Glen Clova?
Yip, that's the one.
::-)
Oh dear, we live about five miles from here, and ride the road regularly. I didn't recognise it at all. :-[
+1 (but 25 miles).
Then again, that is a somewhat different view. Last time I went up Dreish was with an iceaxe and a rope..
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Ice axe & rope?
That's EXTREME cycling that is,none of your poncy off-roading ;)
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The scardiest I have been up a hill has been on the plateau before the summit of Mayar. Having waded up the Kilbo (Rivers of Mud) one crisp February, we got onto the plateau to plough head-long into a gale. Not too bad apart from the fact that I couldn't feel my hands, and the wind was picking up ice particles and shot-blasting my legs...and 2 100 kg guys with rucksacks and lifting them a foot off the ground. :-[
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/guess_the_place.jpg)
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Lyme Regis?
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Lyme Regis?
Probably not - the far coastline is wrong and it would have to be a very old photo to not have the beach rebuild/long line of big rocks that are there now.
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Millport
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Millport
A tad warmer than Mr L.
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So that's not Hunterston B in the background????
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TighnaBruaich?
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RJ and PP are in the right country. Wrong coast.
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Montrose?
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Taken 15th October 2006, 15:50 if that's any help. ;D
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If it's not Montrose (I don't think it is) is it Kinghorn?
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Nope. :)
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south queensferry
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Nope. :)
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ok then, let's try Dunbar?
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Having waded up the Kilbo (Rivers of Mud) one crisp February, we got onto the plateau to plough head-long into a gale.
Pretty much an average Glen Clova day ;D
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ok then, let's try Dunbar?
I fear you are getting colder...
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Aha, then it's the Tay, the Tay, the Silvery Tay.
St Andrews? :-\
EDIT: can I change my mind? Tayport. :-[
EDIT 2: or St Andrews. :D
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Nope. ;D
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Nairn ?
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Nope.
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portsoy?
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If it helps this is looking SSW, almost due South. ;D
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Fortrose.
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You are close, but not close enough. ;D
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You are close, but not close enough. ;D
>:(
One last go, then I'm giving up: Invergordon?
Before you said Fortrose was close, I nearly said Broughty Ferrry.
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Fortrose, Nairn, Portsoy.
All close!
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Findhorn?
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Avoch ?
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Findhorn?
Winna!
I thought the due South might confuse. ;D
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/Findhorn.gif)
You can just make out the pier(s) here
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/Findhorn.jpg)
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Well done Cyclops and well done Jaded for setting such a challenge !
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I'm not sure if this one is easy or difficult :-\
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2583688696_22ae0783db_b.jpg)
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I'm not sure if this one is easy or difficult :-\
That looks really easy. I'm just not sure where it is. ;D
EDIT: Loch Trool?
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I believe Eck may be right there. Looking South Westish?
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Loch Trool?
No, right country though
Looking South Westish?
You've got that bit right
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Loch Lochy?
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Loch Loyal
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Mmm, obviously trickier than I thought
Loch Lochy?
Closest so far
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Is it near An Teallach?
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Is it near An Teallach?
It's probably about 100 miles away
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Loch Quoich?
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Loch Tulla from the climb up on to Rannoch Moor
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Loch Tulla from the climb up on to Rannoch Moor
Correct, in fact the last time I passed there I think I was in the company of a certain forum member
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Loch Tulla from the climb up on to Rannoch Moor
Of course! After the little concrete bridge where the road kicks hard left and c-l-i-m-b-s
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Loch Tulla from the climb up on to Rannoch Moor
Correct, in fact the last time I passed there I think I was in the company of a certain forum member
It didn't look quite like that on that day early morning. :)
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4431980974_90d8d0ef23.jpg)
Damon.
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That looks like the view from Hartside Cafe. Or, possibly, from one of the bends further west down the road.
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I was tempted to put it in the Snow Pics thread, but it's a chance for someone to show off by naming the hills.
Damon.
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Sod that!
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I was tempted to put it in the Snow Pics thread, but it's a chance for someone to show off by naming the hills.
Damon.
I have absolutely no idea where that is.
(signed) eck, Snow Roads organiser :-[
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The northern end of the Pennines (ie N of Cross Fell) from somewhere like Penrith beacon hill, or thereabouts?
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Meall a'Bhuachaille, Cairngorm?
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That looks like the view from Hartside Cafe. Or, possibly, from one of the bends further west down the road.
I was tempted to put it in the Snow Pics thread, but it's a chance for someone to show off by naming the hills.
Damon.
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So that would be Helvellyn centre then.....
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4432169728_9d54d30705_b.jpg)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/4432169728_9d54d30705_b.jpg)
Dublin?
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Nope. It's Continental.
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Rome was my other thought.
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Rome was my other thought.
Nope. North of Italy.
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Outside the cathedral in Munich, Bavaria
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Not the cathedral, but close enough. It's Mary's Column in Marienplatz, Munich, with the new Rathaus in the background.
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Not the cathedral, but close enough. It's Mary's Column in Marienplatz, Munich, with the new Rathaus in the background.
Arse. Another one I knew and saw too late.
Just up from the clock and the toy museum, and the bronze boar.
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/where_again.jpg)
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Grand Place, Brussels ?
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Nope, Europe, yes, but not that much Europe!
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That is quite clearly Gotham City...
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Budapest?
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I have a tiny feeling in my stomach that you will all be surprised. ;D
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Stroud
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;D ;D Not that surprised!
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OK - a clue. There appear to be lots of Expat Yorkshiremen here.
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Judging by this forum that would make it London, but it doesn't exactly look like it!
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Copenhagen?
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London is right, but it is a big place, so you have to be a tad more precise. ;D
*Makes a note to be careful in Copenhagen. ;D
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I have no idea. But as for the expat Yorkshiremen, is that Clarion trying to fly home? Like a pigeon. ;)
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I think that might have been put there to keep him away! ;)
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Does Yorkshire have a London embassy?
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If I saw Clarion in this building, I'd buy him tea.
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is it the Ritz?
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Ministry of offence?
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My money's on Mike's answer :thumbsup:
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Street View would appear to agree.
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I'll hazard smithfield market
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is it the Ritz?
Sorry, been out!
Yes it is. An odd sort of bird scarer thing that didn't seem to work, judging from the pigeons you could see up there.
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Aha, yes, I saw one of those weird bird flapping over Smithfield the other weekend, hence my guess. Strangely ineffective as a bird scarer, I agree. Bring back the Harris Hawks.
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Where's this then?
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/G11716.jpg)
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wild guess - Aston Rowant?
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Not Aston Rowant.
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Whitgift
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Whitgift it is. Here (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=481505&Y=422508&A=Y&Z=120).
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It's an oddity, it is actually on a river but as the land around the Ouse is so flat it looks as if it is right in the middle of farmland.
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It's an oddity, it is actually on a river but as the land around the Ouse is so flat it looks as if it is right in the middle of farmland.
That's right. It looked completely out of place.
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That area is great for touring, if somewhat lacking in any "scenic challenges". For those who don't know it, it is very similar to the area around Acaster Malbis on the Velovision pub ride at York. And on the same (ish) river.
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An easy one
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/Image11a.jpg)
Bonus point if you can name the route on the left hand side of the picture
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Helvellyn and Striding Edge.
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Nowhere near.
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Y Lliwedd?
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Na, Lliwedd isn't that green, and a lot steeper.
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I've no idea how green, or otherwise, Lliwedd is because it's always been a strange grey-misty colour when I've
seen glippsed it.
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The immediate thought is Snowdon and the PYG track.
Damon.
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The immediate thought is Snowdon and the PYG track.
Damon.
That was my first thought too but it doesn't look big or pointy enough!
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Not Snowdon.
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Looks reminiscent of Y Garn as well but I don't think it is - definitely Glyder-ish! The temptation to google is almost overwhelming!!
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Too rocky for Y Garn and not a Glyder. The leaning pillar has a good Hard V Diff up it
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Yr Elen?
doesn't look big enough for one of the Carneddau
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Not amphitheatre buttress by any chance, on the Carneddau? Bit of a walk in but a very nice route.
Not sure it is, it being over 15 years since I was last there.
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It's not Tryfan is it ? And Bristly Ridge ?
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Not amphitheatre, but I see your reasoning. Not Carneddau at all, and not in the Glyder (Tryfan, Y Garn, Yr Elen) or Yr Wyddfa ranges. You will kick yoursleves.
HINT:
There is a lake at the bottom of the visible cliff. (NO, it ISN'T Clogwyn Du'r Arddu)
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Stab in the dark: Craig Cwm Silyn, which would make the route Outside Edge Route? Although I'm not sure if that's a VD or HVD.
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All your guesses are too far North
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Not Dartmoor is it? Rock colour wrong for west penwith
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Wrong country
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Hmm. Too far north you say. Cader idris?
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Mae Cadair Idris, yn wir!
Now,what about the rock climb?
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Mae Cadair Idris, yn wir!
Here's a link to the normal view of that face
http://www.snowdoniaguide.com/images/south/_cader_idris.jpg
Now,what about the rock climb?
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another 'weird building' one, looks a bit like a CIA base (probably is):
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_cN6zTbngCvI/S653gxZ34ZI/AAAAAAAAAM4/OlW3FpZpoPg/s800/20100123.JPG)
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Does it normally have a big all-seeing eye just cropped out at the top of the picture?
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Burger King, Pyongyang?
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Mae Cadair Idris, yn wir!
Here's a link to the normal view of that face
http://www.snowdoniaguide.com/images/south/_cader_idris.jpg
Now,what about the rock climb?
Doh! Wrth gwrs! :-)
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Funy one that is.
I am guessing it's a range control or maybe from the way the doors are dug in it's a guard house and entrance to a tunnel/bunker.
Somewhere like Lakenheath maybe.
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Looks like a toilet in an motorway rest area somewhere in the eastern part of Germany to me. Except there aren't any cars, TIRs and homeward bound coaches full of Polish students parked up in front of it.
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Looks like the control station fro a reservoir or landfill methane. Recently built as well.
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At first I thought I'd seen it near Winchester on the Denmead 200 - Intech science centre and planetarium (http://www.intech-uk.com/folders/home/index.cfm)
(http://www.visitwinchester.co.uk/xsdbimgs/photointechexterior.jpg)
but it's obviously somewhere else.
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Looks like the control station fro a reservoir or landfill methane. Recently built as well.
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You could have something here. Reminds me of Bernie's Long Flat One along the Trent. Dunno where though.
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Give up?
It's here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Nottinghamshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.176613,-0.989927&spn=0.000625,0.001206&t=h&z=20)
Spookily, however, the road it's on isn't street-viewable.As to the 'what' it is, David Martin's closest. It's a pumping station.
Or at least that's the official line :o :o ;)Looks like the control station fro a reservoir or landfill methane. Recently built as well.
late 60's according to wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ompton)
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At first I thought I'd seen it near Winchester on the Denmead 200 - Intech science centre and planetarium (http://www.intech-uk.com/folders/home/index.cfm)
(http://www.visitwinchester.co.uk/xsdbimgs/photointechexterior.jpg)
but it's obviously somewhere else.
it's not that big. ;D ;D in my pic my bike's not that far in front of it.
dougal/cows ;)
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Give up?
It's here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Nottinghamshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.176613,-0.989927&spn=0.000625,0.001206&t=h&z=20)
Spookily, however, the road it's on isn't street-viewable.As to the 'what' it is, David Martin's closest. It's a pumping station.
Or at least that's the official line :o :o ;)Looks like the control station fro a reservoir or landfill methane. Recently built as well.
late 60's according to wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ompton)
A pumping station that just happens to have another pill box to the east of it, just on the other side of the dug in bunker shaped thing, there's another one to the south east as well. They cover the roads and the fields.
It's a bunker, you can see the green painted air scrubbing units round the site as well.
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Bernie's Long Flat One certainly went through Ollerton; did it pass that way? Would Salvatore know? Have I totally cracked?
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Are many of those still described as something else? There's a "water storage tank" on Haresfield Beacon near Stroud which everybody knew wasn't that, and now it's referred to quite openly as the district council's (or whoever's it was) fallout shelter. It was built in the late 70s I think.
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Are many of those still described as something else? There's a "water storage tank" on Haresfield Beacon near Stroud which everybody knew wasn't that, and now it's referred to quite openly as the district council's (or whoever's it was) fallout shelter. It was built in the late 70s I think.
Without wanting to sound obvious, that depends on whether they actually are what they're described as ;D
Water pumping station? My arse. There's no water anywhere near it.
I personally feel that this is the exit point for the staff of a large underground control centre. I've no evidential basis to support that assertion but I still feel that I'm probably right.
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Bernie's Long Flat One certainly went through Ollerton; did it pass that way? Would Salvatore know? Have I totally cracked?
if it then went to southwell (or came from there) it probably will have done
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Bernie's Long Flat One certainly went through Ollerton; did it pass that way? Would Salvatore know? Have I totally cracked?
if it then went to southwell (or came from there) it probably will have done
It did go through Southwell. (Both ways; routesheet contained the wonderful 'retrace to Mencap' instruction, covering about 90km IIRC). it must be nearly 15 years since I did that ride...
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Probably an easy one...
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4503785354_635b0e5b90_o.jpg)
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Probably an easy one...
Or probably not..........
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My guess is one of the tors on Dartmoor. One of the more touristy spots. Or Symmonds Yat or a similar sort of place.
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My guess is one of the tors on Dartmoor. One of the more touristy spots. Or Symmonds Yat or a similar sort of place.
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Along those lines, but don't let my geographicaql location mislead you.
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My guess is one of the tors on Dartmoor. One of the more touristy spots. Or Symmonds Yat or a similar sort of place.
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Along those lines, but don't let my geographicaql location mislead you.
I'd guess sandstone as that would be easily soft enough to graffiti.
Other than that, not much of a clue.
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I'd guess sandstone as that would be easily soft enough to graffiti.
I'm told that some of the earlier visitors brought stonemasons with them to carve their names, slogans, and biblical quotations.
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Stonehenge?
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Stonehenge?
Nope. The rock's neither of Welsh origin, nor has it been moved from its original home. David is close with his assessment of its composition.
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Toad Rock?
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I'm have a niggling feeling that I've seen this.
Is it in Yorkshire?
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Well, I thought it might be Brimham Rocks, but someone said sandstone... :(
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Somewhere near Leeds?
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Well, I thought it might be Brimham Rocks, but someone said sandstone... :(
Brimham Rocks are a kind of sandstone.
Though it's not them.
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Somewhere near Leeds?
Could be. ;)
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Is it Cow & Calf?
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Well, I thought it might be Brimham Rocks, but someone said sandstone... :(
Gritstone is a form of sandstone.
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*didn't take Geography* :-[
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*took climbing*
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Is it Cow & Calf?
There we have it. Yes.
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Yup. Is one I stayed out of..... ;D
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Anyone fancy a stab at this one ?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4510991091_8cde3b6738_d.jpg)
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The RSPB place south of Castle Douglas, which I'm pretty sure is Auchencairn.
Edit: Looked at the map. It's around Southwick, not Auchencairn.
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Not quite - but close :)
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The car park at Archwall?
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Caerlaverock?
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A clue - it's not in a reserve
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Arbigland?
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Arbigland is closest so far...
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Carsethorn then?
The angle between Spitsbergen and Criffel looked better, but I'd expected a signpost like that to be somewhere notable. (John Paul Jones' cottage is on the Arbigland estate)
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:thumbsup: Yes, Carsethorn it is, in the car park opposite the Steamboat Inn. I think I've understood the choice of locations on the signpost - Criffel is self explanatory, Svalbard is for the geese, the Liverpool Steam Packet Company built and operated from the jetty, and I presume Newfoundland was the destination of some of the large number of emigrants that sailed from here.
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Here's a different view of one that we've had before -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/IMG_0676.jpg)
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The Globe?
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RHS Wisley
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The Globe?
No, and
RHS Wisley
No
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Looks like a railway station but I haven't a clue which one
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Not the Wemyss bay or whatever it was one from south west scotland?
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Not the Wemyss bay or whatever it was one from south west scotland?
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That's the one.
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"Nellie the elephant packed her trunk..." - but then where did she go?
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9Ae_dGIUcWs/S4rQDZv_QVI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/kGCUzkSQSKo/IMG_2168.JPG)
(seen on 20 Feb)
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I got really bored, so I Googled it, but I'll keep quiet for now.
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I got really bored, so I Googled it, but I'll keep quiet for now.
happy to have helped relieve your boredom ;)
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Hmmmmmmadrid?
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Hmmmmmmadrid?
Correct :thumbsup:
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I got really bored, so I Googled it, but I'll keep quiet for now.
happy to have helped relieve your boredom ;)
I was so bored I tried to find it on Google Streetview ;D
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... I was so bored I tried to find it on Google Streetview ;D
You can see the spectacular vertical garden here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Madrid,+Spain&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.458573,39.331055&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Madrid,+Spain&ll=40.410883,-3.692891&spn=0,0.0012&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=40.410791,-3.692867&panoid=ylZ19CyaKL8ovwgv2CUc0Q&cbp=12,295.03,,0,5.1), but Nellie didn't arrive until after the Google spies had passed
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I have nothing to hand to put up at the moment, so feel free.....
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OK!
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4540679849_e852a458ac_o.jpg)
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Avon Gorge, Bristol - by the Clifton Suspension bridge
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Correct!
Your turn now. ;D
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Correct!
Your turn now. ;D
none handy at the moment - over to somebody else
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OK, how's about this?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4543023478_dec250aa67_t.jpg)
(Cick for the bigger image) (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4543023478_dec250aa67_b.jpg)
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Ibstone, Bucks?
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Nope.
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Cley?
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Sneinton?
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Camberwick Green?
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The Jurek has it. Did you work there, by chance?
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Nope. I am however aware of the science centre there.
Here's one for y'all
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4542649493_d545f9dbc1_o.jpg)
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Basement floor of the 'Hamlet' castle in Helsingfors.
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Nope.
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No one else?
OK.
I'll leave it until tomorrow before I drop a clue or two.
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Westminster Cathedral ?
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Not Westminster Cathedral.
It is in London, and it used to have a railway connection....
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Is it near St Pancras?
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Good call, but other side of the river.
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Basement of the Necropolis Railway Station Waterloo ?
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Beat me to that one. I think that's very plausible. I'd dismissed London Bridge as too prosaic.
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Another good punt from Pat - but not the right one.
1954 was the last time there was any train action here.
You need to go further south to see this.
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1954 was the last time there was any train action here.
Does that make it the other Crystal Palace station
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Would Adrian please step up to the podium to collect his festive jelly baby.
Built by cathedral workers from Italy, the vaulted subway connected Crystal Palace High Level Station with the palace itself, allowing visitors access without having to encounter the traffic on Crystal Palace Parade.
I know of at least two other forum members that have seen this, but I reckon there are hell of a lot more that have gone over the top of it without knowing that it is there. It runs between the yellow lines on the photo, and can be accessed by a staircase which is just over the wall on the left, by the first lamp post you can see.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4545430694_d352437d70_o.jpg)
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Does this make it my go?
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Does this make it my go?
Unless you wish to pass it to another, I think it does.
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(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/AdrianC_No1/Picture001.jpg)
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That church to the right looks Italianate. Big mountains...pines...
Very hard to pin it down though. Could be Corsica, could be the Dolomites, might even be somewhere like Slovenia....
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Verbier ?
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No and no
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I know of at least two other forum members that have seen this, but I reckon there are hell of a lot more that have gone over the top of it without knowing that it is there.
Me for one. TWFKAML lives just down the road.
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One thing I find slightly remarkable about it from a civil engineering point of view, is that it was designed to support a road carrying horse drawn traffic, yet it manages to withstand the much increased weight of the traffic which uses it today.
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I have seen it. Jurek made me. We were on our way back from a perfectly pleasant cycle ride when he pulled over and told me to shimmy over the wall, pick my way down the stairs through the prickly bushes. All in look cleats :rollseyes:
I can report that I got covered in cobwebs and that there woz big spiders down there.
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I know of at least two other forum members that have seen this
I believe I am one of them. It really is a remarkable bit of engineering and bricklaying.
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Aosta?
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Is it the view of Brighton from Ditchling Beacon? ;)
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...or the view of Perth from Kinnoull Hill.
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It isn't scandinavia as you would expect brighter coloured houses.
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More nos
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Briancon?
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Random guess...Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne ?
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Morzine
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Can I draw attention to the mouth of the railway tunnel in the centre foreground?
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Interlaken?
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Chamonix Mont Blanc; Montenvers Railway?
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This is a close up of the railway
(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/AdrianC_No1/Misc/Picture002.jpg)
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No idea. Montenvers is a rack and pinion; I wonder how a train would make it up the apparent gradient in your other pic?
PS I remember listening for trains with-ear-to-track in Africa, not something my parents knew about..., mind you trains weren't exactly IC 125+s ;)
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"HE's BEHIND YOU" :o
;D
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'Something should've told Adrian that this was no place for a quick snooze.'
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Totally random and only because I've heard of it - Simplon?
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This is a bit of a cycling Mecca, especially for roadies early season.
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Sóller
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Sóller
Is the correct answer.
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This might be a tricky one, but I think you'll guess it :
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/pyramid.jpg)
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This might be a tricky one, but I think you'll guess it :
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/pyramid.jpg)
It isn't Denmark!
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The Mhumbu valley, Nepal, on side of Everest.
It's a high altitude research centre.
I do have one or two to post later...still at work after a night shift that went pear-shaped
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The Mhumbu valley, Nepal, on side of Everest.
It's a high altitude research centre.
TT got it in first attempt :thumbsup:
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Sorry, Gus, but was a mountaineer for years....
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95 % of all people who trek to mt. Everest don't know it's there and never visits it.
to bad it's beautiful located 400 meters from the main path.
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I do have one or two to post later...still at work after a night shift that went pear-shaped
Everything OK TT?
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Right, got rid of the complaint. Try this one:
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0961.jpg)
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It would appear to be a Merchant Navy war memorial - WWII?
edit: google suggested the location before I'd actually clicked to search
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Not WWII.....not this one
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Google and a bit of digging shed light on this pretty easily. (there is a rather vague pun in there)
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Google and a bit of digging shed light on this pretty easily. (there is a rather vague pun in there)
Groan.....
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I Gwgled too, cause I was curious, but I had no real idea.
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Here's a clue then.
Pelimum
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Here's a clue then.
Pelimum
Google that and several of the top hits are about Peli's Mum. I kid you not.
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It is the merchant navy memorial for the first world war in Trinity Square, London. Outside Trinity House who manage the lighthouses etc around the coast. Hence the bad pun.
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It is indeed. Behind it is a much bigger one to the dead sailors of WWII. Sobering.
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How about this one ?
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2125/4511632264_d2b55752e9_d.jpg)
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C'mon chaps, somebody must know...
Here's the view from the other side -
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2740/4511004815_5c1d557c36_d.jpg)
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(Scratches head and makes wild guess) Is it the Galloway Sculpture Park?
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(Scratches head and makes wild guess) Is it the Galloway Sculpture Park?
Well, it's in Galloway but I've not heard it called that...
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(Scratches head and makes wild guess) Is it the Galloway Sculpture Park?
Well, it's in Galloway but I've not heard it called that...
(Googles for the place I'm thinking of) - Glenkiln Sculpture Park near Dumfries?
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(Scratches head and makes wild guess) Is it the Galloway Sculpture Park?
Well, it's in Galloway but I've not heard it called that...
(Googles for the place I'm thinking of) - Glenkiln Sculpture Park near Dumfries?
:thumbsup: Yes Glenkiln it is. This one is by Henry Moore.
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I was on the wrong tack, then. I thought it looked more Gill-y.
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Another attempt from me:-
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4589325395_29dfa4b2a5_o.jpg)
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Can I go so far as to say it's a cricket ground?
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Can I go so far as to say it's a cricket ground?
By a river.
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Taunton?
I'm trying to recognise teh dome and chimney.
.d.
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Not in Somerset. The towers might form a clue.
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A wild guess - Bournville ?
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A wild guess - Bournville ?
No...but...along the right lines.
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With that hint, and the chimney, I'll guess at Saltaire.
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With that hint, and the chimney, I'll guess at Saltaire.
Thassit. :)
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:)
Here's another.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4592677729_076055f1be.jpg)
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If heading north are you going towards Melmerby?
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Not a million miles away (assuming we're on about the same Melmerby). Care to be more specific?
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I would if I could! I had a trip round that way a couple of years ago and remember seeing it but not where.
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If you were on a long-distance walk, you would have spotted it.
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(http://i42.tinypic.com/2dhebud.jpg)
I could check on google maps but that's cheating eh?
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Correct ;)
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Which is where, then?
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I was being a little particular there. A moral victory to longers.
It's Dufton, of course, with Dufton Pike behind. A lovely place on the Pennine Way. It has a Youth Hostel and a pub and a campsite, and it's the quietest place I've ever been.
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Where's this, then?
Clues available on request.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/20100429_1634.jpg)
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Dartmoor or Shetland?
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Neither Dartmoor nor Shetland.
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Gospel pass?
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Nope.
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Those look like Exmoor ponies to me. So I shall guess, Exmoor?
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Not Exmoor.
But it is Somewhere in England.
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new forest ponies?
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Not the New Forest, but a neighbouring county (for clarity, it's a county neighbouring the county in which the New Forest is situated).
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Must be Dorset.
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Berkshire ?
Greenham Common ?
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Yup, Greenham Common. Very different from what it would have looked like 25 years ago. I'm not sure if it's the northern taxiway or the main runway. Most of the concrete was re-used as fill in the construction of the A34 Newbury bypass. Most of the area was runway, so without the concrete there are few reminders of what was there before, just the odd fire hydrant, and round the edges a control tower and a group of massive bunkers.
Photographed on my way to the Brevet Cymru.
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West Berks has/had some fantastic heathland and beautiful landscapes, and it's good to see Greenham being restored.
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(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1145/4605821327_8ee8cbdf77.jpg)
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Pen y Fan?
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Pen y Fan?
I would've said likewise. :)
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Pen y Fan?
Not exactly
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Pen y Fan?
Not exactly
Ok, the Pen y Fan ridge, looking towards Corn Dhu?
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Bwlch Duwynt?
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Pen y Fan?
Not exactly
Ok, the Pen y Fan ridge, looking towards Corn Dhu?
That's the one, the bags contain chippings for the path, they looked like snow from a distance.
It was a weekend for things that look like something else. I wonder if anyone can put a location to these.
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1274/4606467684_fe2d1e40c0.jpg)
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You were quick with that, it's on that ridge.
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(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1274/4606467684_fe2d1e40c0.jpg)
Waun Fach area?
[Edit] Now in the wrong order to Exit Stage Left's answer because I initally deleted my guess 'cos I thought I'd got the spelling incorrect :-[
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Pen y Fan?
Not exactly
Ok, the Pen y Fan ridge, looking towards Corn Dhu?
DU........
:demon:
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Ay ay, TT will teach you to mind your Ps and Qs ... ;)
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Or your Dds and Dhs.......
;D
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I was out and about at the weekend and yesterday. Here's 9 pictures and 1 to be going on with. I know the horizon is off.
May Light - a set on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/26102994@N05/sets/72157624133070664/)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4638227071_f79497d8cd.jpg)
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I am pretty sure it is the North York Dales. Less sure if it is Ingleborough.
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I am pretty sure it is the North York Dales. Less sure if it is Ingleborough.
Kind of right, but not in the way you might have thought, that's if you're thinking of the hill in the background.
Meanwhile would anyone like to take a guess at the flowers, especially the little pink jobs.
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I would think the hill in the background is Pen-y-Ghent.
More than likely taken close to the Ribblehead viaduct.
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I would think the hill in the background is Pen-y-Ghent.
More than likely taken close to the Ribblehead viaduct.
Right hill wrong viewpoint.
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Look like early purple orchids
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Yes they are, the little pink jobs around them are Bird's Eye Primrose, the Primrose weren't evident on the other side of the hill where there were plenty of Orchis mascula in habitat like this, with a view of another hill.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4641075591_0f2363ac7d.jpg)
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That looks like Whernside.
(Those foregrounds enhance the hills so well. Feels like being there.
Love the Viaduct one also.)
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This one completes the set, it needed a polarising filter for the best results.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/4641167449_901431945a.jpg)
The best results were shooting East at 7 pm.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3376/4641782094_67783b79b4.jpg)
Those two are not the same hill, just to show how similar they are.
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What's this mountain, and which other famous mountain does it resemble from this angle.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4641799832_025d1b1902.jpg)
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Pillar in Stac Pollaidh mode.
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Pillar in Stac Pollaidh mode.
You've got the second bit right, but not the first.
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Pillar in Stac Pollaidh mode.
You've got the second bit right, but not the first.
A tractor in Stac Pollaidh. ;D
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Bit of a stickler.... I thought it might resemble Liathach. Not as much as Stac Pollaidh though. Might even look a bit like Moel y gest.
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A slightly dodgy panorama makes it clearer.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3390/4642854512_0a110c989d.jpg)
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Pick of Stickle in Langdale?
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This one completes the set, it needed a polarising filter for the best results.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/4641167449_901431945a.jpg)
The best results were shooting East at 7 pm.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3376/4641782094_67783b79b4.jpg)
Those two are not the same hill, just to show how similar they are.
Top one is Ingleboro taken from Chapel le Dale
Bottom one is Penygent taken I suspect from around Selside or possibly Brackenbottom
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Pick of Stickle in Langdale?
It is indeed, I felt the tractor gave it a North West Highlands feel.
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Top one is Ingleboro taken from Chapel le Dale
Bottom one is Penygent taken I suspect from around Selside or possibly Brackenbottom
The top one is of Ingleborough from the National Nature Reserve, here.
Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en-GB&ie=UTF8&ll=54.188438,-2.388491&spn=0.001604,0.003905&t=h&z=18)
The Bottom one is of Penygent from the point in the centre of this.
Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en-GB&ie=UTF8&ll=54.14946,-2.305225&spn=0.001605,0.003905&t=h&z=18)
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A well known bridge to tourists and audaxers in Southern Scotland...
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4673766159_0c9a1aeea5_d.jpg)
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Is that bridge the one beside the New Ken Bridge hotel just outside of New Galloway?
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Is that bridge the one beside the New Ken Bridge hotel just outside of New Galloway?
Indeed it is :thumbsup: If a clue had been required I was going to revise my description to 'well kent' :)
Mrs C and I recently enjoyed a very reasonable evening meal at the hotel, and (on another night) had a good view of a barn owl over the road while driving past.
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Howzabout something cycling related...
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4679493874_ebfaa4f83b_b.jpg)
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Never been in the hotel in Ian H's fotie but I've been in the cafe over the road a few times ;)
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Never been in the hotel in Ian H's fotie but I've been in the cafe over the road a few times ;)
Here's one for Cyclops ;)
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1267/4679568410_398425b306.jpg)
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Howzabout something cycling related...
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4679493874_ebfaa4f83b_b.jpg)
Um, the George Hotel ?
(I've just Googled the rest of the location based on Cyclops' answer)
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Um, the George Hotel ?
Is the correct answer, as far as it goes. I'm impressed at the reticence of those who know.
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Um, the George Hotel ?
Is the correct answer, as far as it goes. I'm impressed at the reticence of those who know.
OK, as nobody else has buzzed in, I'm assuming that the rest of the answer is Haddington ?
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OK, as nobody else has buzzed in, I'm assuming that the rest of the answer is Haddington ?
Yup. So, how many people knew but weren't saying?
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And worrabout this one.
Here's one for Cyclops ;)
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1267/4679568410_398425b306.jpg)
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OK, as nobody else has buzzed in, I'm assuming that the rest of the answer is Haddington ?
Yup. So, how many people knew but weren't saying?
Well I knew because I've probably passed it hundreds of times over the years. It is also just across the road from the Golden Grain cafe which is used as a control on the Tour of East Lothian audax and which I know a lot of forum members have ridden.
Do you want something a bit more specific than "the seaside" for the second one? :P
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Do you want something a bit more specific than "the seaside" for the second one? :P
It's a start...narrows it down a bit.
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And worrabout this one.
Worms Head, Gower?
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I think it's near a hotel and a little museum? And a bit south of a prominent lighthouse.
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Rhosili?
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Rhossili?
SSW from there?
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As a matter of interest, A Certain Gnewspaper recently referred (in the headline) to Rhosili as the best "remote" picnic spot in Britain and being in, er, Devon.....
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As a matter of interest, A Certain Gnewspaper recently referred (in the headline) to Rhosili as the best "remote" picnic spot in Britain and being in, er, Devon.....
I saw that and wept ...
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I think it's near a hotel and a little museum? And a bit south of a prominent lighthouse.
Ooh! You are a tease.
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I think it's near a hotel and a little museum? And a bit south of a prominent lighthouse.
Ooh! You are a tease.
Still no definite answer?
Just "knowing where it is" feels like cheating (could still be wrong...).
Having worked at YHA Elmscott gives an unfair advantage (could STILL be wrong).
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It would seem that tonyh is not wrong (http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/Devon/Hartland_Quay/pictures/1113973)
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It would seem that tonyh is not wrong (http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/Devon/Hartland_Quay/pictures/1113973)
Hartland Quay is the right answer...but who's going to take the credit?
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... Just "knowing where it is" feels like cheating ...
somewhat OT, but I'm intrigued by the idea that 'just knowing' the answer is somehow unfair - not quite playing the game? On a scale of 'fairness', how does it compare with googling? ;)
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Well, Googling involves some effort! As does thoughtful guessing/suggesting.
Hartland has a good feeling of remoteness.
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(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1388/4728675590_f74cd85863_b.jpg)
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One of them potholey things nearish Ingleton/Hawes. Which one I haven't a clue (having only been down a few of them)
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Nope. Open air, and not in Yorkshire.
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My guess is it's in Welsh Wales somewhere. Is it cheating to Google it? :-\
If not my guess is:
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Not Wales either. England.
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Pure guess, but LEL went past High Force on the River Tees (I didn't stop to look tho').
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Not far away at all, chris, but a hell of a lot more water goes over High Force :)
High Force (http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=high+force&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=4oEiTJPwLqL40wTT3pz2BA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDUQsAQwAw)
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Not far away at all, chris, but a hell of a lot more water goes over High Force :)
High Force (http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=high+force&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=4oEiTJPwLqL40wTT3pz2BA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CDUQsAQwAw)
Is there a Low Force?
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There is a Low Force, but the same amount of water goes over Low Force, and it's not Low Force.
You probably have to be local to get it. It's over the road from Low Force, and it's a great place.
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...It's over the road from Low Force, ....
with a whopping great clue like that, it has to be Gibson's Cave (http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1792378)
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Correct. Summerhill Force and Gibson's Cave. It's only an easy clue if you know the place, or if you Google!
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OK, another one to be going on with
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9Ae_dGIUcWs/S42M0EZ6kzI/AAAAAAAAAkM/bb-bkdua3uk/s800/IMG_2265.JPG)
Taken mid-Feb, hence the snowy hills in the background. A two-hour ride from a capital city by stopping train - or about 30 minutes by new high speed line.
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Toledo?
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Those walls and the steep hill remind me of Carcassonne, but the location wouldn't be right.
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Toledo?
Right country, wrong town
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Segovia?
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Segovia?
Correct :thumbsup:
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"Oh, Segovia" ;D
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Sorry for the low res pic, 'tis the best my pda could do at the time...
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1262/4729640673_da62467dbb_b.jpg)
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What? Nobody at all? :-\
OK.
The building is one of an identical pair, the other stands not very far from it.
A short walk away is this. (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1022/4729713677_139755ffb0_b.jpg)
(you can see the back of the building from the first picture to the right of the shot)
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I know where this one is (I think) - a colleague once bored me with his holiday shots.
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Yep, Chris has it.
Part of the Parque das Nações or Park of Nations on what was previously the site of Expo'98 in Lisbon.
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(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1325/4732130971_bb1bd2de46_m.jpg)
Clicky for a larger version (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1325/4732130971_bb1bd2de46_b.jpg)
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Cuillin, Black variant therof
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Not Skye.
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Ben More, Mull?
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Arran - Goat Fell ?
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Arran - Goat Fell ?
Arran - yes.
Goat Fell - no.
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Arran - Goat Fell ?
Arran - yes.
Goat Fell - no.
Cir Mohr?
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Aye, that's the one. Taken looking up Glen Rosa.
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Shock Horror- I got one :D
I'll be cycling round them there parts At the beginning of August :thumbsup:
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/MLNA0060.jpg)
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Gullfoss :D Iceland
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I agree with
Nick Gus.
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Buggrit. Identify one for the first time in Deity Alone knows how long, post one myself and it gets rumbled straight away ;D
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next one
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gus69/660242-lw.jpg)
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It isn't (is it?) the Hogakustleden on the Bottenviken near Ornskoldsvik in Sweden, but it reminds me of it...
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Thingvellir, Iceland (or close too)? it reminds me of the Althing site I visited. The land looked like it was falling away, just liek your image.
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Thingvellir, Iceland it reminds me of the Althing site I visited. The land looked like it was falling away, just liek your image.
:thumbsup: correct
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Bloody hell- I'm on a roll :o
OK, where are Clan Fuzzy standing (name of the feature required).
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/MLNA0175.jpg)
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Would that be Gibraltar?
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It might be. if it IS Gibraltar, what are we negotiating?
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It might be. if it IS Gibraltar, what are we negotiating?
Appearance fees for the photo?
What to have for supper?
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It might be. if it IS Gibraltar, what are we negotiating?
Is it not the paths that link the old defence posts?
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It might be. if it IS Gibraltar, what are we negotiating?
Is it not the paths that link the old defence posts?
There are defence positions dotted along the path. it is called The Med Steps and is a cracking walk/ climb.
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If it is the place I am thinking of, it follows the old Moorish Wall and comes down towards the Casemates on the West side, and towards the Genoese Village on the East.. Still annoyed at missing both Thingvellir and Gullfoss.....I was in a tent!
On the Gullfoss pic, you can see a sort of spit of land coming across from the left side of the picture below the top of the falls. There is an overhang there, and a rough path, that lets you get right out to the edge of the falls. A stunning position, and very noisy, at a place where they fought a long campaign to stop it being dammed for hydropower.
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The Med Steps starts at the back of what used to be Lathbury barracks (overlooking Europa Point) and snakes its way up the rock to O'Haras Battery (the Big Gun emplacement at the Southern end of the Rocks spine). The views are predominantly South and East over the med, icluding a viewpoint overlooking what was the huge water catchment (a tad misty in this image)-
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/72816301.jpg)
The descent is via whatever route you want as there are paths, roads and tracks all over the Western flank of The Rock
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Are there derelict buildings, an ape feeding spot and a huge drop where that second pic is? It's called Hell's Bellows if that is so.
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Not immediatly there but there are derelict gun emplacments and observation points nearby. I dont recall any ape feeding areas on that side of The Rock. All the Ape hangouts I remember were on the East side (overlooking the bay), with the main tourist one being behind and overlooking, the less picturesque facade of The Rock Hotel. The white building in the background between No. 2 Son and I is The Caleta Palace Hotel.
I think the viewpoint of my photo is from the point in the middle of the linked image (the little bright spot in the middle between OHaras Road and the jetty on the right).
here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=gibraltar&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.240319,27.817383&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Gibraltar&ll=36.124851,-5.341812&spn=0.004082,0.010858&t=h&z=17)
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You are well South of where I thought. I just thought it would be an apt spot for Windy to frequent....
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(http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/20937/2697884690101458909S600x600Q85.jpg)
Could be hard - maybe not...
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Cornwall??
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Yes, getting warmer...
It may look like a random hillside but there are some clues... ;)
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Edge of Dartmoor?
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Grimspound/Hound Tor?
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sorry, to be clear, as tonyh posted - it is Cornwall, but where therein? :)
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Cornwall N Coast, looking towards the Camel estuary.
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Cornwall N Coast, looking towards the Camel estuary.
No. Between-ish coasts.
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Slight crop from the same first image...
(http://inlinethumb42.webshots.com/44009/2687153040101458909S600x600Q85.jpg)
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Carn Brea ?
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No... but getting a tad warmer.
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Brown Willy ;)
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Not Bodmin. :)
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Towards Godrevy Lighthouse from... somewhere wild on the Penwith peninsula??
Can't make it fit.
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Towards Godrevy Lighthouse from... somewhere wild on the Penwith peninsula??
Can't make it fit.
Yes... getting there. Photo is looking south, BTW.
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Chysauter?
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Chysauter?
Well done. :) That's of course the coastline around Penzance one can see in the distance. N.coast a similar distance in the other direction.
Interesting place... Chysauster Ancient Village | English Heritage (http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/chysauster-ancient-village/)
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Been there. Couldn't see pictures at work dammit....
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/DS2571.jpg)
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It is a Mersey class lifeboat which would narrow the search down a bit.
..d
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Beadnell?
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Seahouses, Northumberland, with Farne House in the background.
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/DS2571.jpg)
Seahouses, Northumberland, with Farne House in the background.
Seahouses is the right answer. Saw the lifeboat being lifted out the other day.
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Wish I'd seen this yesterday!
Seeing the Seashouses lifeboat go out is fun.
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I wasn't that far out, lol!
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Not very far at all, TT ;).
Here's one from an earlier holibob
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4883060260_2672efe168_b.jpg)
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Brecon and Monmouth Canal, Talybont.
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Gah! :D
I'll bet you're familiar with the corrugated iron scout / outdoor activities centre just across the canal.
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Don't think I am. I've cycled past the bridge a ferw times while staying at Cantref Bunkhouse. V nice it is too. More familiar with the pub in Talybont and the one in Pencelli. Re-hydration is vital on such expeditions, I'm sure you agree.
Anyway, where's this:
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4-9WXGlMFks/TGL0DXD0EAI/AAAAAAAABrs/ifXalFx3Cpo/s720/IMGP0326.JPG)
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Gosh! ::-) Balmoral? (wild guess, never been there myself)
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Brecon and Monmouth Canal, Talybont.
damn, missed that
We go past it most weeks
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Grantchester, presumably?
" Deep meadows yet, for to forget
The lies, and truths, and pain? . . . oh! yet
Stands the Church clock at ten to three?
And is there honey still for tea?"
Literary, me!
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damn, missed that
We go past it most weeks
You weren't allowed to answer ;D.
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Grantchester, presumably?
" Deep meadows yet, for to forget
The lies, and truths, and pain? . . . oh! yet
Stands the Church clock at ten to three?
And is there honey still for tea?"
Literary, me!
Ding! Two points and <mode=robert robinson>this well deserved round of applause</mode>
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Was that the right answer, then?
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Certainly was. We went past there on a tandem club weekend, having taken tea at The Orchard tea rooms.
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How nice! One for the East Midlands Crew, then:
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p56/wasnti/SmCaff2.jpg)
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It looks vaguely like the pub in Stoke Bruerne which has been used as a control on one of Liz Creese's 200s.
But it isn't :(
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It reminds me of a canal trip on the Leeds-Liverpool but I can't think quite where.
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"But it isn't...." a PUB!
Yes, a canal. But while it has "Liverpool" associations, tis not the "Leeds and ...."
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What's the rule on how long before I tell and end?
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A (sort of anagramatic) clue.
Pedal hard, pedal slow,
To the smallest cafe
You shall go.
Eight letters rearrange hard slow
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That would have to be Shardlow then, at the end of the Trent & Mersey canal
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Just so! The cafe in the rear of the Old Salt Mill. One of the smallest I've been in - and shortest opening hours (11-mid-afternoon, Sats and Suns only!).
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How annoying. One I actually knew (having lived in
purgatory Derby). Once you'd said East Midlands, I thought I recognised it. But I didn't post :(
You snooze; you lose, eh? :-\
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Does oncemore mind if I rekindle this thread with a new pic?
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f130/PaulRide/where-1.jpg)
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Crosby beach?
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Crosby beach?
a bit further south, I'm afraid
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Eden Project ;D
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[A little Freddie]
Barcelona! ?
[/A little Freddie]
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[A little Freddie]
Barcelona! ?
[/A little Freddie]
walk south from crosby until you get to barcelona and the weather gets nice and warm, and then walk much much further south until it has really got quite chilly again and there are penguins
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another nudge - here's one in a less advanced state of decay
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f130/PaulRide/hatching.jpg)
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Somewhere on the Californian coast above San Francisco ?
The name eludes me.
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Somewhere on the Californian coast above San Francisco ?
The name eludes me.
No, it's in the southern hemisphere
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If it's got penguins my guess would be Seth Efrika, but I'm not about to narrow it down any further
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oh, no, not SA
head round the other side a bit...
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Cold and penguins could be NZ, Chile, Argentina ot the Antarctic.
Based on probabilities, I'll guess South Island NZ
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Based on probabilities, I'll guess South Island NZ
Aha, now we're getting there. As far as I know, the place in question is the only location for this particular sort of weird rock malteser. But I may be mistaken.
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Oooh then I've been there. I thought it was California but I've def. been to a beach with those things
edit:
found the relevant holiday snap :)
(http://www.bosphorus.f2s.com/IMGP0411.JPG)
I'll not reveal the answer tho'
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They're so weird - I knew they were going to be there but I was still amazed when we walked up from the car park and these things hoved into view. We all had great fun standing on/in them but two sons got stranded on one as the tide came in and chose that moment to have one of their intractable rows. I had to stride out into the surf and lift younger son off the malteser and haul him ashore.
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Are they stromatolites?
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no, just normal young boys.
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no, just normal young boys.
;D
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Pillow lava?
North Otago?
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moeraki boulders
oamaru
south island
new zealand
;D
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The same, or similar, formations are found on beaches between Shields and Roker.....
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Natty Bumpo has it: what a lovely beach it is.
Stromatiltes cropping up here is a funny coincidence - it was only when I visited Kata Tjuta a couple of weeks ago that I first heard of such things. Apparently Lake Amadeus in NT has fossilised stromatolites just like the ones that still live at Shark Bay in WA. Or so said the chap who picked us up after out walk through the valley of the tailwinds.
moeraki boulders
oamaru
south island
new zealand
;D
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so where were me & Mrs Mike having a brew?
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/temp/P1000271-Edit.jpg)
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Langdale?
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heading that way, yes
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so where were me & Mrs Mike having a brew?
On Allen Crags??
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so where were me & Mrs Mike having a brew?
On Allen Crags??
:thumbsup:
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I thought you were going to say "no, nearer Esk Hause", but you might have had to move Pike o'Blisco a bit to the left to make it visible from there. If that IS P. o'B. on the right... Anyway, thanks for the atmospheric picture. Want to be there!
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/fuel_.jpg)
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East Fortune
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another nudge - here's one in a less advanced state of decay
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f130/PaulRide/hatching.jpg)
BTDTGTTS :D
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3458/4002382304_3ea55332e8.jpg)
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East Fortune
Right idea, I'd say.
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Fairford RIAT
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Nope.
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Barra?
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andrew_s and RJ have the right idea, but we need the right place. :)
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I have no idea but I think this is a USAnian aircraft...
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I have an idea and I think you might be wrong ;D
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Kemble?
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Nope, but still on the right lines.
Colour of aeroplane might be relevant ;)
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OK, I'll take a punt that it is a Nimrod at Kinloss
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Nope...
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Is it this helicopter?
Error - Shetland Coastguard Photo Album (http://www.shetlandcoastguard.info/gallery/displayimage.php?album=17&pid=300#top_display_media)
By crikey, that refueling wagon is an old RAF Bedford 3 1/2 tonner.
Haven't seen one since the mid 90s.
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Furl on this aircraft would be pretty critical, and would normally be loaded about 30 mins before takeoff, apparently.
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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?
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Not with that colour. ;)
Not quite as fast.
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Not with that colour. ;)
Not quite as fast.
White, quite fast and in Scotland?
G-BOAA ?
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Getting much warmer. Wrong country now. ;)
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White, and not quite as fast as a Blackbird, sounds like a Concorde.
Not East Fortune, so I'll try Filton?
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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 :-\
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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.
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Keeping on an aeronautical theme, where was the end point of this record breaking journey?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4935239699_675895a658_z.jpg)
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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
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Spot on.
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OK, here's one from UK shores
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9Ae_dGIUcWs/THtzljE7g3I/AAAAAAAAAxM/wGWBUBAV9MI/s640/2010-04-10%2017-48-45%20-%20J.jpg)
Linguists may find a clue in the colour ;)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 :)
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Where is this?
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_1526.jpg)
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No fair! That's like a jigsaw with all blue tiles!
How about this one?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4941965091_e60232f90e.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andygates/4941965091/)
Where am I? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andygates/4941965091/) by andygates (http://www.flickr.com/people/andygates/), on Flickr
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No fair! That's like a jigsaw with all blue tiles!
So start guessing and I'll help you along a bit.
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Looking over Skye.
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Looking over Skye.
Nope
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Looking over Skye.
Nope
Looking from Skye
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Looking at Lewis from somewhere in Sutherland?
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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?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4941965091_e60232f90e.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andygates/4941965091/)
Where am I? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andygates/4941965091/) by andygates (http://www.flickr.com/people/andygates/), on Flickr
Plinkly little seastacky thing off the south coast near Torbay?
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In one. :thumbsup:
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How about this:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Minitar1/Print%20scans/aberystwyth1.jpg)
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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.
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How about this one?
Plinkly little seastacky thing off the south coast near Torbay?
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From AG's flickr site link provided...
This photo also appears in
Paddling round Torbay (Set: 10)
;)
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For fun whilst we are wondering about Clandy's
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wheree.jpg)
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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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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
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If we're going to play at being silly bu99ers, then guess this well known Scottish view point -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_1887.jpg)
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Gleann Ceatach?
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Easy that's Glen Drich on a better day...
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Gleann Ceatach?
No
Easy that's Glen Drich on a better day...
and no!
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I thought it was spelt "dreich" not "drich".
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Looks remarkably like the view from the top of Ben Nevis.
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John o'Groats
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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.
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I thought it was spelt "dreich" not "drich".
It is. :)
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If we're going to play at being silly bu99ers, then guess this well known Scottish view point -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_1887.jpg)
Are you sure that's Scotland? Looks like Derby to me.
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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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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 -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_1888.jpg)
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How about this:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Minitar1/Print%20scans/aberystwyth1.jpg)
A clue: A Uni town.
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Warwick?
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Is that a ground level lighthouse contraption in the background?
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A clue: A Uni town.
Durham ?
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Not Warwick, not Durham, not a lighthouse. ;)
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Dundee?
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Not Dundee.
Another view:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v223/Minitar1/Print%20scans/NoClueHereEither011.jpg)
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St Andrews
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Not St Andrews.
Ok, a national Uni town...
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Aberstrythwyth.
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Aberstrythwyth.
Almost. It was the Bardic Circle in the ruin Aberystwyth castle. The first picture here (http://www.castlewales.com/aberystw.html) shows the rooftops in my picture.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0476.jpg)
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near Dent?
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I don't think it's Dent.
Speyside viaduct?
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Clava, over the river Nairn?
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Clava, over the river Nairn?
That was my first thought. NCN 77.
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I reckon with that single large centre arch it'll be Culloden.
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Turn left and go up the hill from Clava and you are at Culloden.
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Turn left and go up the hill from Clava and you are at Culloden.
So we're talking about the same thing from different locations ? :D
It struck me as being a bit familiar. Recently, like.
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Turn left and go up the hill from Clava and you are at Culloden.
So we're talking about the same thing from different locations ? :D
It struck me as being a bit familiar. Recently, like.
Yes. Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=57.47565,-4.079704&spn=0.017236,0.038581&t=h&z=15) though Clava is nearer (google clava cairns for exact location - it is on the minor road leading SW from leannach farm. Th T-junction is where NCN1 and NCN 77 join
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Ah! Now it all makes sense.
Thanks.
We dropped down that road into the valley and past the cairns as we went towards Leannach Farm.
That's when I would've seen the viaduct. :)
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/4990358975_7a8e9fb9dd.jpg)
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Shot in the dark with Cauldron Snout.
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Obviously too easy. Or easily too obvious.
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG55.JPG)
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Bridge over the Wharfe at Burnsall?
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Is that the Tweed ? Coldstream ? Kelso ?
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Is that the Tweed ? Coldstream ? Kelso ?
Norham?
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Is this the single lane bridge at Crickhowell, Wales?
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Beaten to it by andrew w. It's the Wharfe.
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Beaten to it by andrew w. It's the Wharfe.
Bridge over the Wharfe at Burnsall so it is.
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Here's one to keep you going:
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Guess1.jpg)
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Asciano?
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Asciano?
Right country, but not Asciano.
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I've seen that photo before. Did you post it on the ACF guess the place thread?
Unfortunately my memory doesn't get me past Italy, which we've already got.
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Yes, I remember that photo too. But not the answer.....
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I've seen that photo before. Did you post it on the ACF guess the place thread?
Unfortunately my memory doesn't get me past Italy, which we've already got.
Yes, I think perhaps I did post it on acf, and the fact that you and Tourist Tony think so too, makes it almost certain.
Anyway, a big clue: try reversing a grand piano into a search engine!
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onaip dnarg?
Sorry, the file you requested is not available (http://www.sendspace.com/file/cwt2qa)
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Anyway, a big clue: try reversing a grand piano into a search engine!
Well it looks like Castellucio which comes up on a search for Piano Grande.
The plain is dominated by Monte Vettore and punctuated at its northern end by the remote village of Castelluccio with its crumbling, empty ancient streets, which seem to echo with the ghostly voices of an all but forgotten generation.
The mountains surrounding Castelluccio attract hang gliders, skiers and trekkers, but down in the meadows beneath Monte Vettore and far away from the noise and chaos of city life is where you will find a world of silent mystery and immense beauty.
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Anyway, a big clue: try reversing a grand piano into a search engine!
Well it looks like Castellucio which comes up on a search for Piano Grande.
Castellucio it is! Next, please.
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How about this.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff320/jspooner99/123875083_89e61f110a.jpg)
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The Rhine from Loreley?
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Nope.
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Lookd like the Dordogne from the castle city I can't remember it's name :-[
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape ?
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La Roque Gagéac ?
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Trier?
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No, no, no and no, respectively.
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OK - let's get the linear feature first ;): the Mosel?
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Not the Mosel.
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Rhein?
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Not the Rhein.
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Hmmm, the Neckar?
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No, but you're going in roughly the right direction.
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Last throw: the Main ...
... ?
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Danube?
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No and no.
As to the river, some people can't tell it from their arse.
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Elbe?
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Yup, that's the river.
So what's the town/castle?
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Festung Königstein?
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Königstein it is.
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Yay! OK, pop pickers, try this one:
(http://www.legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/GTP1.jpg)
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Looks north leftpondian to me.
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North Africa for starters?
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North Africa for starters?
If it's south of the US border it's a bit of both.
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Very, very moorish architecture. No idea where it is tho'.
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SE Spain - Almeria region?
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Comrie?
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David Martin is closest so far.
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The Alamo?
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The Alamo?
Go West...
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Tukumkari? New Mexico?
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The Alamo?
I thought that but the Alamo is now in the middle of a city.
It's a Presidio or a Mission somewhere, maybe Arizona.
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The Alamo?
I thought that but the Alamo is now in the middle of a city.
It's a Presidio or a Mission somewhere, maybe Arizona.
Slap bang in the middle of downtown San Antonio, Texas. Nice place, but as you say a fairly big city. It's a very odd juxtaposition.
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It's a Presidio or a Mission somewhere, maybe Arizona.
Not Arizona, and it was originally built as a holiday home :o
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CalNeva?
Where Frank and Dean and Sammy used to hang?
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About three and a half hours drive from Lost Wages...
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/5069165310_7cc265584c_z.jpg)
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That's what I call scree!
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Foinaven? ???
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Foinaven? ???
Yes indeed.
So where is this?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5069165336_f53364ebf2_z.jpg)
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Cemetry near Carbost on the way to Glenbrittle.
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Not precise enough.
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Merkadale cemetery
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Merkadale cemetery
I'm afraid not.
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Merkadale cemetery
I'm afraid not.
I wasn't convinced as the Merkadale one is quite new and this one is much older. And I was very near there on Wednesday..
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A view from fairly close to the cemetery.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4105/5070902189_31f64cb25b_z.jpg)
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That looks like Ben Loyal, which would put the burial ground on the west side of the Kyle of Tongue just next to the bridge ...
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That looks like Ben Loyal, which would put the burial ground on the west side of the Kyle of Tongue just next to the bridge ...
It is indeed, the Melness area to the north of the causeway is interesting with some nice beaches including the sandbar at the head of the Kyle. But where is this?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5069165322_7708d41217_z.jpg)
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Durness?
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Durness?
The hill on the right has already featured on this page.
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Bettyhill?
(guessing blind from the clues as flickr and photobucket are blocked at work)
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Don't think it is Bettyhill.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/5075849726_7484f4e97b_z.jpg)
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dont know but that's lovely. Look forward to someone getting it right so I can plan a trip there!
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If that's the same hill from (yet ;)) a different angle (AND if it's been named in the thread, as opposed to lurking somewhere in the background), I'll go for Foinaven. Not sure quite where that would put the tin house - probably somewhere near Rhiconich.
Otherwise, the shape of it all looks a bit like the the Torridon hills, or even An Teallach from a distance - but the foreground looks wrong.
Heck, it's a long time since I've been up that way and last time, guess what, it was clagged right in ::-)
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Is that the summit of Liathach, right of centre?
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Mamores, Ben Nevis, Aonachs / Grey Corries (L>R) from Black Corries?
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If that's the same hill from (yet ;)) a different angle (AND if it's been named in the thread, as opposed to lurking somewhere in the background), I'll go for Foinaven. Not sure quite where that would put the tin house - probably somewhere near Rhiconich.
Otherwise, the shape of it all looks a bit like the the Torridon hills, or even An Teallach from a distance - but the foreground looks wrong.
Heck, it's a long time since I've been up that way and last time, guess what, it was clagged right in ::-)
It's close to a hill in the background of the Foinaven picture and lies on a road I've only ever ridden down on a 500km Audax.
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Is that the summit of Liathach, right of centre?
It's an extreme telephoto shot from close to the point where I took this,
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5069165342_854f05a0f7_z.jpg)
We'd asked the landlord at the Crask Inn where a good place to go to from Carbisdale would be, after mentioning that I'd been on the Durness Duress 300 with George Berwick, we got sent up a long track to the middle of nowhere. It would be a great hill to access by MTB, as there are other Munros which could be reached from a Bothy.
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Hmmm'kay: how about this?:
The hill in hte background of the Foinaven photo is Ben Hope and your extreme telephoto is looking pretty much due south towards Seana Bhraigh, with Ben Dearg popping its head up over the top. The tiny spot of water in the middle of the picture is part of Loch Shin. The guy at Carbisdale sent you up to Amat and Alladale (beware of the wolf!).
Is this the bothy?:
Chris Townsend Outdoors: Alladale Again: Bothy Closed, PR Machine Ramped Up (http://www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2007/11/alladale-again-bothy-closed-pr-machine.html)
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Hmmm'kay: how about this?:
The hill in hte background of the Foinaven photo is Ben Hope and your extreme telephoto is looking pretty much due south towards Seana Bhraigh, with Ben Dearg popping its head up over the top. The tiny spot of water in the middle of the picture is part of Loch Shin. The guy at Carbisdale sent you up to Amat and Alladale (beware of the wolf!).
Is this the bothy?:
Chris Townsend Outdoors: Alladale Again: Bothy Closed, PR Machine Ramped Up (http://www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2007/11/alladale-again-bothy-closed-pr-machine.html)
You've got all the components there, but the second shot is not from Foinaven, but from one of the hills you mention. And it's not Loch Shin.
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Bad parsing on my part - the tele shot has to be from Ben Hope (otherwise other stuff gets in the way!!)
Loch Meadie??
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Bad parsing on my part - the tele shot has to be from Ben Hope (otherwise other stuff gets in the way!!)
Loch Meadie??
Unless it's from one of the hills in between.
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Hah! Texas Sharpshooter it is then ... ;)
Ben Hee (not a Munro); Ben Klibreck (a Munro) ....
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You did mention where I was earlier.
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More clues in this 7 minute plus video. I put it together for my companions , but there's the odd good shot of North West Scotland. We would have benefited from bikes to access some of the more remote hills. That would be a good subject for a thread. 'Bike accessed walks.'
North West Scotland 2010 on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/15835440)
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Think it may be from Quinag with Ben Hope in the far distance thro the gap looking N-E.
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That looks like Ben Loyal, which would put the burial ground on the west side of the Kyle of Tongue just next to the bridge ...
It is indeed, the Melness area to the north of the causeway is interesting with some nice beaches including the sandbar at the head of the Kyle. But where is this?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5069165322_7708d41217_z.jpg)
Alltnacaillich, near Dun Dornaigil broch (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ben+Hope&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.739664,38.452148&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ben+Hope,+Highland+IV27+4,+United+Kingdom&ll=58.371006,-4.637888&spn=0.000689,0.002347&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=58.37083,-4.637719&panoid=erBPeTCrLZ1I5QsR6T5YBw&cbp=12,2.67,,0,6.44)
The hill behind is Ben Hope.
I should have spoken earlier. I was thinking of Gobernuisgach Lodge from near the beginning, but the slope there is wrong, and I couldn't see anywhere suitable downstream via google earth, and didn't think to try streetview.
When I was there in May, I was probably too busy looking at the broch to turn round.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0342.jpg)
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No idea but it sure looks nice ! :thumbsup:
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Is that the track heading south of the A896 that passes Loch Clair on the way to Coulin Lodge?
Bit of guess as it was very foggy when me and mrs chris camped down there about 20 years ago and it was raining when we left the next morning so we didn't see any scenery.
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A9 north of Inverness?
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A9 north of Inverness?
::-)
Nah, it's the Lochee Road. ;D
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If it wasn't for the backdrop it could be almost any of the country lanes down here in Northamptonshire ;D
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Not Glen Muck. Not Linn of Dee. Not Jocks Road, and not the Larig Ghru. That narrows it down not very much at all.
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It does look rather like the Cairngorms.
Maybe Glen Einich? It has a few fords.
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Somewhere near Stroud? ;D
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Glen Tilt?
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It does look rather like the Cairngorms.
Maybe Glen Einich? It has a few fords.
Glen Einich it is. :thumbsup:, Braeriach on the left.
I did give the ford a go on the way back, but only got half way through.
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We nearly did that route when we were up there recently - what a shame we missed it ! Still, one to add to next year's agenda...
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Who else has been here? Any ideas as to the origin of these things? No not me, the statue parts.
(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/802/56402939.jpg)
(http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2697/26523816.jpg)
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That's a perfect mimic of the statue in the 2nd pic. :thumbsup:
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It's the end-scene from Jack & The Beanstalk
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It's the end-scene from Jack & The Beanstalk
Is that true? I know nothing of that fable.
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/DS2.jpg)
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Not sure but it reminds me of one of the pools on Cader Idris.
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Have a go at this - while thinking about others...
(http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/41076/2332446180101458909S600x600Q85.jpg)
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Is that the Gigha ferry?
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No, but it is a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, as you can probably tell.
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/DS2.jpg)
Stickle Tarn?
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Belay that one. Cwm Lloer?
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No, but it is a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, as you can probably tell.
Somewhere near Arisaig?
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No; but not a million miles away... :)
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My first thought was Morar.
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No, but bit of a clue - not Nth of Skye.
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Looking north up to Mallaig with Skye on the horizon?
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Looking north up to Mallaig with Skye on the horizon?
Exactly..Morar, lol
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Not around Skye.
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Young Zoe said "Is that near the Summer Isles?"
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I did wonder if it was from near Gruinard?
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South of Skye area...
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Have a go at this - while thinking about others...
[img height=200 width=300]http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/41076/2332446180101458909S600x600Q85.jpg[/img]
Taken from the Ardnamurchan Peninsular and looking onto Mull? ???
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Getting closer, but not quite... :)
Bit of a clue; looking NE...
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Somewhere round about Glenuig?
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Getting closer. 'What's the story in...'
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I think people are still mulling over that one..
..d
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Getting closer. 'What's the story in...'
Mullabory?
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Well, the ferry's heading left into the Sound of Mull, so going to Tobermory, Craignure etc. However... I'm not standing on Mull, but another island... :)
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Gets map out... Seil Island ?
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Taken from the west side of Kerrera?
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Getting closer. 'What's the story in...'
Mullabory?
Balamory?
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Taken from the west side of Kerrera?
Yes, that's it. :)
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Taken from the west side of Kerrera?
Yes, that's it. :)
Well done on providing us with quite a tester !
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Belay that one. Cwm Lloer?
I reckon it's Dulyn, across a top or two from there. (Ideal cycling country!)
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Belay that one. Cwm Lloer?
I reckon it's Dulyn, across a top or two from there. (Ideal cycling country!)
I think you could be right. Under Foel Grach.
Ideal? Hmmm....
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/DS2.jpg)
Stickle Tarn?
Correct.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5223895518_03f5909d19_m.jpg) (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5223895518_03f5909d19_b.jpg)
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/DS2.jpg)
Stickle Tarn?
Correct.
Bugger.Should have stickled with my first guess.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5223895518_03f5909d19_m.jpg) (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5223895518_03f5909d19_b.jpg)
Loch Etive
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Loch Etive
Nope.
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Heaven knows ! Loch Fyne ?
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Not Loch Fyne either. If it's any help, you're both right to guess loches on the west coast....
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Loch Ruel?
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Loch Nevis?
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Loch Long?
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It ain't any of those, either.
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Loch Creran
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Loch Shin
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Loch Creran
Further north.
Loch Shin
Ooo, not that far north. (And it's a sea loch.)
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Little Loch Broom
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Little Loch Broom
Still too far north.
The loch in question feeds into another sea loch.
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Upper Loch Torridon? :-\
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Loch Etive?
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Upper Loch Torridon is too far north (and too wide).
Loch Etive is too far south (although it's a lot closer than Upper Loch Torridon).
Edit
A clue: Daylight600
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Loch Leven? Loch Creran? Loch Awe?
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loch Sunart?
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Loch Leven? Loch Creran? Loch Awe?
The first one will do. Taken from here looking west (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lat:56,70543+lon:-5.04266&sll=55.50375,-4.306641&sspn=6.660799,24.499512&ie=UTF8&ll=56.705536,-5.04391&spn=0.001575,0.008025&t=h&z=18).
Proved trickier than I'd expected, tho I should have realised it could have been any number of Scottish lochs.
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Proved trickier than I'd expected
Good one! The hill in the background looked as if it ought to be distinctive somehow.
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The first one will do. Taken from here looking west (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lat:56,70543+lon:-5.04266&sll=55.50375,-4.306641&sspn=6.660799,24.499512&ie=UTF8&ll=56.705536,-5.04391&spn=0.001575,0.008025&t=h&z=18).
Proved trickier than I'd expected, tho I should have realised it could have been any number of Scottish lochs.
I tried to check the view from that campsite using google maps 3D view (location selected after a consideration of OS maps), and decided that it wasn't the right place >:(
I'll obviously have to practice driving google maps more.
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A much easier one, I'm sure.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5264401923_932f247d9d_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/5264401923/)
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Easy to cheat with Google...
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Easy to cheat with Google...
But that would be making a monkey out of people...
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(http://webspace.mypostoffice.co.uk/~alan.starkey/IMG_2393.JPG)
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Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds.
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At least it's not some remote Scottish landscape. ;D
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I can see why they don't want bikes on that path. After all, that gap is scarcely distinguishable for the average Londinium pothole..
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At least it's not some remote Scottish landscape. ;D
Sorry, but here's another one -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_0637.jpg)
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Western Isles. Very nice beach.
..d
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Harris?
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Western Isles.
Which one?
Harris?
No.
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Berneray?
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Berneray?
Well done. Fantastic beach. Four miles of sand and sea with no one on it. In the middle of summer!
Here's another -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_0603.jpg)
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Toe Head on Harris, as seen from Berneray
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Toe Head on Harris, as seen from Berneray
Close, but you're looking in the wrong direction.
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Having investigated, I'm going to stick to my guns.
I can't find anywhere else that is sufficiently high to reach the clouds, doesn't have islands etc in front of it, and can be reached in 1h 20m from Berneray beach
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/toe_head_map.jpg)
I'll wait for the answer with interest
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You're right. I had meant to post this picture of Pabbay -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/acfpics/IMG_0597.jpg)
but posted one of Toe Head. Sorry about that. Both pictures were taken from the same spot about 500m west of where your blue lines meet.
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That would have been easier - it's recognisably the same island as on the beach shot. Having said that, Toe Head is on the beach shot too, just poking round the end of the dunes.
So, which station is this?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0080.jpg)
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Inverness.
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I reckon it's Inverness too.
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I think it's Inverness too :thumbsup:
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An easy one for Christmas.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w_in_w_345.jpg)
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Looks a bit wet for Bethlehem.
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An easy one for Christmas.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w_in_w_345.jpg)
Is that the new edifices around St Paul's?
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Nope. :)
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Nope. :)
Oh, that was my guess as well
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Mercer street?
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It appears to have a Costa. That narrows it down a bit then ;)
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It appears to have a Costa. That narrows it down a bit then ;)
And no visible Starbucks, so that must be behind the camera position.
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Mercer street?
Close, but not yet a cigar
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It appears to have a Costa. That narrows it down a bit then ;)
The only part of that which is correct is the 'Cos'.
Mercer street?
Close, but not yet a cigar
Frighteningly close.
It's Slingsby Place viewed from Long Acre.
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Yes :thumbsup:
GoogleSpy has it nicely munged with building works.
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Googlespy was of little help on this occasion, as was the Costas poisson rouge.
As we're playing the Boxing Day rules today (I just made that up), I nominate Matthew as the person who cannot play this round.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5241/5265953801_ccc61544eb_b.jpg)
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I'd guess at the London sewers, but it's light - Hungerford Bridge outflow?
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Not Hungerford Bridge outflow.
I'm going out for bit, so responses may not be forthcoming for a while.
(That is not a clue :D)
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(That is not a clue :D)
But (as no one seems to be biting) this is - Clarion was correct with the London connection.
Also, there is a golf connection.
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And.... when it was built it was the largest of its kind in the world, and it still is the largest in Europe.
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I know I have been nominated as excluded due to work connections. But I guess it is inside the storage reservoir on Wimbledon Common?
Never been there but have seen images from its construction.
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Reservoir yes. But not on Wimbledon Common.
Sorry.
You were only excluded on Boxing Day as we were playing Boxing Day rules.
Today is another day, when you should (as befits the season) look to the east :D.
The South East.
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OK, Honor Oak?
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OK, Honor Oak?
The seasonal mince pie goes to Adrian - I think that's the second time you've guessed one of mine.
Honor Oak Reservoir, built between 1901 and 1909, at the time the largest brick built reservoir in the world, still the largest in Europe.
The roof was grassed over and now forms part of the 9-hole Aquarius golf course.
Here. (http://tinyurl.com/33dgdkj)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5244/5297073086_ae2da8cb04_b.jpg)
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OK, Honor Oak?
The seasonal mince pie goes to Adrian - I think that's the second time you've guessed one of mine.
That is because I know your interest in all matters subterranean and especially its intersection with SE London.
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I haven't got a photo to hand. If anyone wants to jump in, feel free.
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I haven't got a photo to hand. If anyone wants to jump in, feel free.
OK, seeing as you put it like that, and in the absence of anything else in the last hour.....
I'm unable to find a word meaning the opposite of subterranean, so this could be a two part question....
Where is this?
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5296747519_a46099cb03_b.jpg)
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Is it some kind of opencast mining equipment?
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Is it some kind of opencast mining equipment?
Nope. But rail and water are involved.
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a Red Planet info control on the Milky Way Audax
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a Red Planet info control on the Milky Way Audax
;D There is a touch of HG Wells there.... ;)
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It as container crane, probably on the Thames Estuary but I don't know which one (or even what the options are)
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It is lifting equipment - but not for containers. Nor is it the Thames Estuary. Upstream from there.
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'Tis the lifting bridge over Deptford Creek.
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'Tis the lifting bridge over Deptford Creek.
The same :)
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'Tis the lifting bridge over Deptford Creek.
I've been under there loads of times. I would never have made the connection.
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Viewed otherwise here:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5297375840_3e872186aa_o.jpg)
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Yeah, that's more like it. Does it all actually move still?
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Yeah, that's more like it. Does it all actually move still?
No. I think the rails are now probably continuous over the gaps between the lifting section and terra-firma. But you can see the rudimentary pulley and cable system leading up to the motor room(s) at the top of the gantry.
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Lots of interesting history, that neck of the woods. And if you ride around the back streets around there you can see small sections that have not altered much in a couple of hundred years. All to be flattened and built on soon, no doubt.
Earlier version of that lifting bridge used to be hand-operated (16 hands in fact).
Looking through my photos, I have a mixture of too obvious and totally unidentifiable, so someone else feel free to go next.
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Looking through my photos, I have a mixture of too obvious and totally unidentifiable, so someone else feel free to go next.
To you maybe. Give one a go.
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Ok, I'll use two of my mum's photos:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Chickenhawk66/DSCN0600.jpg)
This ought to help. Bonus point for the story:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/Chickenhawk66/DSCN0448.jpg)
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I take it that the silence is a sign that clues are required?
Island, volcanic in origin.
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I'll have a really really wild guess at the grave.
is it that of the Scottish lass (Flora Macdonald?) who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie flee the conquering sarsenaches?
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No, that's rather grander IIRC.
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Just guessed it from the above.
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That looks a lot like St Helena. Jamestown, to be more specific?
Don't know what the fenced ?grave? is about...
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It's got to be Napoleon, then, hasn't it?
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I think the ship is the RMS St Helena. But that's not guessing the place :facepalm:
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All correct, RMS St Helena in James Bay. Napoleon was exiled on the island from 1815 until his death. He remained in that grave until the FRench managed to get his remains returned for a state funeral.
Only reachable by sea at present, but it looks as if that may change soon when an airport is built. The world gets a little smaller.
pdm up next, by my reckoning.
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I offer this one:
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/gordon1314/GT1.jpg)
There are several clues in the picture. ;)
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Middle east?
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Middle east?
Nope. Look on the far left horizon for a clue.
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A volcano? Iceland?
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A volcano? Iceland?
Yes and no.
Another clue? Its last big eruption was 1980.
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Mount St Helens?
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Mount St Helens?
Yep. :thumbsup: So what's the big river and can you identify the little town?
Clue 2: There's a state line down the middle of the river.
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So what's the big river and can you identify the little town?
There's a state line down the middle of the river.
Swift River
Northwood
Washington / Oregon
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So what's the big river and can you identify the little town?
There's a state line down the middle of the river.
Swift River
Northwood
Washington / Oregon
No, No, Yes!
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In which case the Columbia River - but I'm struggling with the little town :(
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In which case the Columbia River - but I'm struggling with the little town :(
Yes to the Columbia river. You're probably struggling with the little town because I said that the volcano was Mt St Helens. I was wrong, the one in the photo is Mt Hood. Mt St Helens is quite a distance to the north, and I'm an idiot, sorry. :-[
Another clue? The camera is pointing west(ish). Sorry.... :-[
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Is the bridge the one over to Hood River? If it is, the town maybe Bingen
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After a bit of Google Maps browsing - it looks like it is Wishram.
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After a bit of Google Maps browsing - it looks like it is Wishram.
Bang on!!! Do you get a prize? :thumbsup:
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/gordon1314/wishram.jpg)
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He can set the next one ;D
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How about a grainy old photo of a distinctive road junction taken a few years ago from one of my favourite vehicles.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5004/5309547109_d328e16844_z.jpg)
Please note - the white object on the right hand side of the picture is the wing of said vehicle and is not a ground feature.
Google Earth shows that there has been little change since the photo was taken except for a new housing estate and associated shopping complex in the area under the wing.
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A1/A602 Little Wymondley just north of Stevenage?
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That has six roads and a flyover with sliproads.
I know the photo is ropey but it isn't that bad !
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distinctive
So. What's distinctive about it?
BTW, possibly very easy:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1127109/IMAG0223.jpg)
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Is it the A46? Near Coventry.
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Is it the A46? Near Coventry.
Nope - but you are in the right part of the country.
To orientate the photo - the camera was pointing almost due North (and down a bit).
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Markfield??
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Nope.
Assuming you mean the M1/A50 junction - I guess that the road layout is similar if you are looking west but again there are no flyovers or sliproads on 'my' junction and no big hole in the ground.
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5004/5309547109_d328e16844_z.jpg)
OK... concrete dual carriageway with very light traffic.
That round thing in a yard below the roundabout looks like a dome used by councils to store salt.
The curving rail line looks disused.
Could the stuff being grown in rows in the lower right corner be hops?
Hmmm.
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The dual carriageway may well have been lightly used concrete then but it is fairly busy tarmac now.
The dome is indeed in a council highways yard so I guess it is a salt store.
The rail line is indeed disused.
The 'hops' were young trees then and are now a reasonable size ( ~ 10m high).
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A43 Junction of A5 just north of Towcester. Here. (http://tinyurl.com/35fqpkh)
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That's the one.
I have now checked the date and it was taken on 1/5/94. It was taken with 100k to go on my first completed 500k flight and was the last control point. I guess that it was the gliding equivalent of an Audax receipt.
Your go now.
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I've no idea about the reservoir one. Carsington maybe?
I'll offer this one:
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/gordon1314/truck.jpg)
The name of the place was painted on the truck, so I've rubbed it out.
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Is that the gritting lorry for Pancho's drive? ;D
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Is that the gritting lorry for Pancho's drive? ;D
The payload was close to 350 tonnes, IIRC.. all up weight around 600 tonnes.
Would that be enough for his drive?
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Well, it would obviously have to make several runs.
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Sparwood.
British Columbia.
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Sparwood.
British Columbia.
Correct! How did you get that so fast?
The truck is decommissioned and was used in open cast coal mining. It is now parked outside the tourist information office to encourage people to stop.
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Correct! How did you get that so fast?
Terex never made that many 350 tonne dump trucks :D
I'm struggling with my collection of pictures, most of which are pretty obvious....
Have a go at this, I think its pretty easy
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5085/5311762737_2bc39f6ff6_b.jpg)
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That must be the big brother of the church at Upchurch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upchurch)
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That must be the big brother of the church at Upchurch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upchurch)
Same stylee, different church, different location.
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Wot? Nobody?
OK. Clue time:
Until 1973 there were five bells in the tower. One large bell was removed and melted down at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry to make two smaller bells and this gave a ring of six.
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Also, the village which the church is in, almost shares its name with that of a former motor racing circuit....
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Brookland, down Romney Marsh way.
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Brookland, down Romney Marsh way.
St Augustine's Church in Brookland. New Romney.
The New Year's Day Aspirin goes to Tim :thumbsup:
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Hurrah!
So how about this:
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4-9WXGlMFks/TR9iY4zat4I/AAAAAAAACQQ/vMzGpT-EOlA/s512/IMGP4052.JPG)
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Happisburgh Lighthouse? :-\
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Eck beat me to it ;D
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Jings, is it really? Just a guess, I went there once when I lived in Norfolk in the mid 80s.
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Good shot there eck. Apparently the only independently run lighthouse in Great Britain - as featured on Open Country a week or two back.
We camped right by it in the Summer. The campsite was also v. close to a Pubbe, which totally screwed up the ability to serve food. Being told,"no, you can't have anything to eat" at 2115 after waiting an hour was Not Good.
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I'll have to have a look later for a suitably challenging fotie: my New Year steak pie won't cook itself. :)
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a Pubbe, which totally screwed up the ability to serve food. Being told,"no, you can't have anything to eat" at 2115 after waiting an hour was Not Good.
Ah!
You sound so much like a Londonite - expectant of 24/7 catering facilities :P
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Ok, try this:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/3589851500_502749021b_z.jpg?zz=1)
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Dalhousie arch at the entrance to Edzell.
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Dalhousie arch at the entrance to Edzell.
I think I should back out of these challenges ....... :)
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Ok, try this:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/3589851500_502749021b_z.jpg?zz=1)
Should I know this?
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Yes.
There is a similar arch a bit further down the road (from Brechin) at Fettercairn. Would make a lovely photo for the front cover of Arrivee. *lays plans for next year's Snow Roads Audax which passes through boh I think?*
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Yes.
There is a similar arch a bit further down the road (from Brechin) at Fettercairn. Would make a lovely photo for the front cover of Arrivee. *lays plans for next year's Snow Roads Audax which passes through boh I think?*
Snow Roads does not enter Edzell thru the arch, although it does go thru the Fettercairn arch. Deeside Loop goes thru both.
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Apologies for the lack of smilies in my previous post :-[
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Yes.
There is a similar arch a bit further down the road (from Brechin) at Fettercairn. Would make a lovely photo for the front cover of Arrivee. *lays plans for next year's Snow Roads Audax which passes through boh I think?*
Edzell it is, and Noodley is correct, Snow Roads doesn't go through here. But the Potter for Tea does.
David: here's a crap fotie of the arch at Fettercairn form the first running of the Snow Roads in 2008: (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/2617415653_fd1549c814.jpg)
leaders are : Cyclops, innesh, other dave and fin.
I'm sure you can do a better job next year. :-[
Jurek's turn?
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Jurek's turn?
I'm happy to let another have a go - my pic library is wearing thin - but I'm happy to admit that I've enjoyed the last few challenges... :)
Over to a.n.other....
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Okay, can I have a go?
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j10/jdfyfe/IMG_1615.jpg)
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Okay, can I have a go?
Yes but not that one because I have no idea where it is.
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Reminds me of Malham Tarn, but I don't think it is.
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It's not the boathouse on Rudyard Lake is it?
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Yes.
There is a similar arch a bit further down the road (from Brechin) at Fettercairn. Would make a lovely photo for the front cover of Arrivee. *lays plans for next year's Snow Roads Audax which passes through boh I think?*
Edzell it is, and Noodley is correct, Snow Roads doesn't go through here. But the Potter for Tea does.
ooh,ooh I knew that & have been thru' both arches on the same day. :)
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Yes.
There is a similar arch a bit further down the road (from Brechin) at Fettercairn. Would make a lovely photo for the front cover of Arrivee. *lays plans for next year's Snow Roads Audax which passes through boh I think?*
Edzell it is, and Noodley is correct, Snow Roads doesn't go through here. But the Potter for Tea does.
ooh,ooh I knew that & have been thru' both arches on the same day. :)
jogler, yes you probably were, when you were chauffeuring David when he took all the Snow Roads photos last year. But I realised after I posted this that the Potter for Tea didn't go through the arch at Edzell at all, but the Mearns Meander from 2009 did. :facepalm:
Noodley: It's not Loch Hope is it? No, I didn't think so.
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Boathouse at the end of Glen Etive?
GD
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eck is the closest so far
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so I'm correct then ;)
It's not the boathouse on Rudyard Lake is it?
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so I'm correct then ;)
It's not the boathouse on Rudyard Lake is it?
It is correct, it's not.
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Loch Loyal?
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Loch Loyal?
Correct :thumbsup:
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5023004943_334c6dd68a.jpg)
A bonus point if you can tell me what hill I'm standing on
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Yes.
There is a similar arch a bit further down the road (from Brechin) at Fettercairn. Would make a lovely photo for the front cover of Arrivee. *lays plans for next year's Snow Roads Audax which passes through boh I think?*
Edzell it is, and Noodley is correct, Snow Roads doesn't go through here. But the Potter for Tea does.
David: here's a crap fotie of the arch at Fettercairn form the first running of the Snow Roads in 2008: (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/2617415653_fd1549c814.jpg)
leaders are : Cyclops, innesh, other dave and fin.
I'm sure you can do a better job next year. :-[
Jurek's turn?
And me between innesh & otherdave. Innocent days when I lurked off the front :)
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5023004943_334c6dd68a.jpg)
A bonus point if you can tell me what hill I'm standing on
Can I cheat?
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Can I cheat?
I doubt it's on Google Streetview
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Well I seem to have thoroughly bored everyone or else I've fucked up the link to the image and only I can see the picture.
The answer is Loch Long from the summit of Beinn Narnain.
Someone else can have a go now
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Well I seem to have thoroughly bored everyone or else I've fucked up the link to the image and only I can see the picture.
No and no. But I think we were needing a clue :)
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This might be too easy...
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/4961288390_f8f92c496f.jpg)
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Haddington?
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Haddington?
Got it in one :thumbsup:
Your go...
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Haddington?
Got it in one :thumbsup:
Your go...
Oh...er...pass. Nothing prepared.
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ok ,instead of lurking i shall have a go at setting a picture :thumbsup:
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k411/cycleman108/cornwall%20cycle%20camping/cornwall006.jpg)
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Pendennis Castle & it's twin on the other side of the entrance to to the Fal estuary
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oh dear that was to easy for you ::-).
it was taken in aujust from the sea front at st mawes :thumbsup: i will have a look at my albums and see if i can find you a harder one.
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ok try this one ;)
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k411/cycleman108/2009%20-2010%20cycle%20camping%20%20and%20day%20rides/200910025.jpg)
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Hmm. Double-width lock on a narrow canal I've seen before, but not with a guillotine upper gate. Somewhere on the Stratford canal would be my guess.
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Hemmingford lock?
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Ah! Cycleman's photo possibly makes the bottom gates look narrower than they probably are...
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no not a canal but a river navigation . standard 14" chamber :)
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near Houghton Mill?
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right river :thumbsup: wrong lock :)
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Because I have too much time on my hands, I now think this is Eaton Socon lock on the Great Ouse.
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as there is quite a few locks that look similar on the ouse i think i have tortured you all enough .it is st neots lock :thumbsup:
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I would neot have guessed that ;D
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as there is quite a few locks that look similar on the ouse i think i have tortured you all enough .it is st neots lock :thumbsup:
All the photos of St Neots lock I can find have buildings in close proximity ???
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Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=52.213496,-0.282348&spn=0.000952,0.002468&t=h&z=19&lci=com.panoramio.all)
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Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=52.213496,-0.282348&spn=0.000952,0.002468&t=h&z=19&lci=com.panoramio.all)
<pedant>
Which looks closer to Eaton Socon than St Neots proper...
Eaton Socon lock:
(http://gl.wikiloc.com/8819/128612/19737.jpg)
St Neots lock:
(http://www.noproblem.org.uk/np_pics/jul08/065.jpg)
Guillotine gate at the latter is at the downstream end.
</pedant>
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Mr. Larrington, you young scamp. Fancy employing the massed BRANES of a collection of aqua pikeys to help you in your quest.
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opp's you are right :-[. it is eton socon :thumbsup:. i was on the way to milldenhall and met up with friends at st neots c and cc site . pottered up up the path from the camp-site to take the photo :)
most locks on the ouse have guillotine gates at the upstream end whereas on the nene there are at the :) downstream end
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i found another one you can try :)
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k411/cycleman108/065.jpg)
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i found another one you can try :)
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k411/cycleman108/065.jpg)
Hampshire?
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<pedant>
Which looks closer to Eaton Socon than St Neots proper...
yebbut isn't your St Neots lock really Little Paxton lock?
( not that I know anything about boating)
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Herefordshire??
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hampshire :thumbsup:
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<pedant>
Which looks closer to Eaton Socon than St Neots proper...
yebbut isn't your St Neots lock really Little Paxton lock?
( not that I know anything about boating)
The Environment Agency calls it St Neots lock and that's good enough for me :P
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I know it from my Army days but can't for the life of me think where it is. Petersfield way IIRC.
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It's the Test Valley. Club run territory for me when I lived in West Berks. The name of the village will come to me
edit: St Mary Bourne or Hurstbourne Priors, or one of those.
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Don't think St Mary Bourne has a river thing like that.
I know because I've not watched it from a pub. ;D
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keep trying :),tewedric is closest so far ;)
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Froxfield?
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East Meon (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=east+meon&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=East+Meon,+Petersfield,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&ll=50.994485,-1.031815&spn=0.000457,0.001191&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=50.994468,-1.031657&panoid=RjkY6DA3Ku6VMGGXR1HBgw&cbp=12,106.96,,0,-4.51)
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/DSCF0510.jpg)
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East Meon (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=east+meon&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=East+Meon,+Petersfield,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&ll=50.994485,-1.031815&spn=0.000457,0.001191&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=50.994468,-1.031657&panoid=RjkY6DA3Ku6VMGGXR1HBgw&cbp=12,106.96,,0,-4.51)
That's the bugger! There's a great pub there (or used to be at any rate!).
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yes east meon :thumbsup:. photo taken when on the way to portsmouth to catch the ferry to st marlo :)
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East Meon (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=east+meon&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=East+Meon,+Petersfield,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&ll=50.994485,-1.031815&spn=0.000457,0.001191&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=50.994468,-1.031657&panoid=RjkY6DA3Ku6VMGGXR1HBgw&cbp=12,106.96,,0,-4.51)
Gagh! El Supremo's Well Fed 200 went right down there :(
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/DSCF0510.jpg)
Looks uncannily like this place, the name of which escapes me
(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6546/50808793.jpg)
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Actually it's Lyons-la-Forêt. Someone else can post a new one, I don't have any interesting pictures to add.
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OK
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiwiwiw.jpg)
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Actually it's Lyons-la-Forêt.
:thumbsup:
I had hoped it would last longer than that.
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Jaded, is yours Tebay service station?
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Jaded, is yours Tebay service station?
Yes!! ;D
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Clearly I've stopped at Tebay too many times :-[!
This isn't a great picture, but you get the idea. Where is it?
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5359917140_22c906ed78_m.jpg) (http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5081/5359917140_22c906ed78_b.jpg)
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Musée d'Orsay
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Clearly too easy ;D.
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Clearly too easy ;D.
Have another go then.
My picture library is currently so thin that if it was made of ham, you could give it to a vegetarian :D.
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Well I cannot complain too much considering I got Jaded's Tebay picture on the first guess. How's about this one?
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5128/5360424754_7d89b9e60d_m.jpg) (http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5128/5360424754_7d89b9e60d_b.jpg)
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Hama. Syria.
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Damn!
Would you like to show some of your Quorn ham?
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Damn!
Would you like to show some of your Quorn ham?
G'won!
Have anuvver go.
I'm getting into my stride now :P
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:P.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5360886504_4fbdd67922_m.jpg) (http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5360886504_4fbdd67922_b.jpg)
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Rathaus in Vienna?
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The force is strong in Forest Hill. ;)
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Patiently shall I the verdict of adamski await...
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Correct.
I'm going to give up posting things because clearly I cannot challenge you lot at the moment!
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OK, let's see...
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f130/PaulRide/guess.jpg)
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Eltham Palace?
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Slightly further afield, and a bit older than the cupola at Eltham...
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A very long shot. The basilica di superga in Torino (well, just outside)
..d
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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...
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South in an antipodean kind of way?
Queen Vic Building in Sydney?
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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.
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5368896075_b40424680e_b.jpg)
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Burnham on Crouch?
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It is :thumbsup:
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Royal Corinthian ?
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Royal Corinthian ?
Correct.
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Chris gets next dibs. I have nothing available to post where I am.
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Chris gets next dibs. I have nothing available to post where I am.
OK, here's one of mine not taken in Scotand -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/P5030024.jpg)
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York. River Ouse.
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banking doesnt look steep enough for that?
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It was my first thought. No hills for miles.
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I was thinking of the bridge North of the city where the head of the river starts.
That's a race, for non-rowers.
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York. River Ouse.
Nope.
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While we're on the bridge theme, I offer this one:
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/gordon1314/bridge.jpg)
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York. River Ouse.
Nope.
Mersey, somewhere near Jackson's Boat ?
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York. River Ouse.
Nope.
Mersey, somewhere near Jackson's Boat ?
Not there either.
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Pegasus Bridge
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/SteelBridgeOpen1.jpg/800px-SteelBridgeOpen1.jpg)
Steel Bridge, Portland, Oregon
(Gordy's piccy)
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Correct in one!
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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 :)
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Chris gets next dibs. I have nothing available to post where I am.
OK, here's one of mine not taken in Scotand -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/P5030024.jpg)
Time for a clue -
TTs first guess was quite close, but still a long way off ;)
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I wonder if it's a different Ouse - the Bedford one, perhaps near Ely?
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I wonder if it's a different Ouse - the Bedford one, perhaps near Ely?
Right river, wrong city town.
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damn, I've rowed on that. Is it north of Ely?
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Tempsford Bridges?
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underneath the B1514 in Huntingdon (http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.327399,-0.177814&spn=0,0.001191&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=52.327309,-0.177679&panoid=izZq93S2jcAF3MrC5oeMnQ&cbp=12,224.71,,0,8.93)
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underneath the B1514 in Huntingdon (http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.327399,-0.177814&spn=0,0.001191&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=52.327309,-0.177679&panoid=izZq93S2jcAF3MrC5oeMnQ&cbp=12,224.71,,0,8.93)
Spot on :thumbsup:
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And confusingly the start of St Ives Head of the River. *
Like Mike I remember sculling under that bridge.
* Anyone know if Huntingdon HoR uses the same course?
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0581.jpg)
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Give us a clue?
Northern or Southern hemisphere?
???
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Bomb crater on the Western Front? Arras?
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Bomb crater on the Western Front? Arras?
right idea, wrong place
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It is (was) the Western Front then?
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yes, but not at Arras
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Verdun?
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Not there either.
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Somme?
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heading the wrong way
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Chemin des dames
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No, Arras is the closest so far.
I presume people have guessed what it is?
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Well, I thought simonb had it with bomb crater. Does it need to be more specific?
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It's rather bigger than your average bomb crater (about 80m across)
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Messine Ridge? It's a mine crater I would guess.
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that's the place - any idea which one?
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Not without googling. Am I close enough? ;D
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Here's one anyway:
(http://www.reb.co.uk/guesstheplaceyoubuggers.jpg)
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I think that's the castle somewhere between Dunbar and North Berwick.
But I can't remember the name without Googling.
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It's not between Dunbar and North Berwick.
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Unusual view of Chepstow?
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Unusual view of Chepstow?
Indeed. I thought it might fox people for a bit longer than that! :-)
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Unusual view of Chepstow?
Indeed. I thought it might fox people for a bit longer than that! :-)
The hint of scaffolding was a clue.
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Here's one:-
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5220/5402383568_4eac272888.jpg)
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Mullion?
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Not Mullion.
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Lizard?
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Nope.
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The terrace looks Welsh....
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The terrace looks Welsh....
It's not that far from Wales.
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Westward Ho!
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Westward Ho!
Yup. Lovely in mid-Winter.
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I've scoffed on a ride at that very place!
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Next!
(http://www.reb.co.uk/guess2.jpg)
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No idea. Fine photo, very lookable-at!
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Somewhere NW Wales? (complete guess).
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Scapa Flow?
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I think I've been there!
But I don't know where it is. :-\
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5134/5404657910_69c69ab335.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5404657910/)
where am I (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5404657910/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
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Scapa Flow?
No, nor North West Wales.
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David Martin..lah lah land?
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David Martin..lah lah land?
Not quite..
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Portland?
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Nope!
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Forest of Dean? (I believe it contains sculptures, but I've never had time to find them).
Edit: seems unlikely, I was thinking it was Tewdric's one.
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@Tewdric
erm, Farne Islands?
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@Tewdric
erm, Farne Islands?
Getting colder
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View from St Michael's Mount? (another guess).
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[Unconvincing punt]
Loch Bee?
[/Unconvincing punt]
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Both nowhere near. It is in the UK though.
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Fishguard?
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Norfolk?
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Furness?
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Not without googling. Am I close enough? ;D
It was Caterpillar crater, at the northern end of the messines front (about 4 miles from Mesen/Messines village)
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Fishguard?
Yep - Abergwaun it is! :-)
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David Martin..lah lah land?
Not quite..
Jupiter Artland ?
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No and no.
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It's Glenrothes, before they grew into this (http://www.northglencc.org.uk/Beautiful%20Glenrothes%20006.jpg)
:thumbsup:
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It's Glenrothes, before they grew into this (http://www.northglencc.org.uk/Beautiful%20Glenrothes%20006.jpg)
:thumbsup:
:D but no
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Fishguard?
Yep - Abergwaun it is! :-)
I knew I'd been there.
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The ones in glenrothes are either daffs or irises. This one was neither (but is still a national emblem)
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Fishguard?
Yep - Abergwaun it is! :-)
Bugger me I should have known that!
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Try this one -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/PICT1516.jpg)
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The ones in glenrothes are either daffs or irises. This one was neither (but is still a national emblem)
Irises
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tulip with a wartime connection.
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Arnhem?
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Caen
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No and no. OK, end of war connection.
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Prague? That square at the bottom of the castle sort of place?
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Compiegne, where the railway carriage was?
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Right idea, wrong country, and it was a hotel, not a railway carriage.
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Yalta palace, thanks to Michael Palin if its correct.
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No. Compeigne was closer but still the wrong country.
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Try this one -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/PICT1516.jpg)
Chris, some of this (the carving) looks as if it might be restoration (repair, not period), is it?
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Tournai?
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David, is it a stylised thistle and we are looking for a war grave for Scottish soldiers in, say, Holland?
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Part of that was correct. It is not a stylised thistle and not a scottish war grave.
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Part of that was correct. It is not a stylised thistle and not a scottish war grave.
So, Watson, we are talking about Holland and presumably stylised tulip?
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That would be a reasonable deduction. Now work out the end of war connection and you will be very close.
..d
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Ah hold on, not Nijmegen is it?
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Ah hold on, not Nijmegen is it?
No, but it is also a University town.
..d
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Wageningen then.
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Indeed. Where in Wageningen?
..d
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Indeed. Where in Wageningen?
..d
I don't have a clue! I'll guess the university? (I was lucky with the last one, maybe I'm on a roll...)
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It is in the botanic garden on the Wageningense berg
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how about this one
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k411/cycleman108/2011/sandgcats005.jpg)
:)
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I'd put a guess in at Auchen Castle, near moffat.
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no ,it is in england :)
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Try this one -
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/PICT1516.jpg)
Chris, some of this (the carving) looks as if it might be restoration (repair, not period), is it?
I guess it probably is restored, but can't be sure.
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how about this one
(http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k411/cycleman108/2011/sandgcats005.jpg)
:)
I have vague recollections of a building like that in the north midlands, but can't think where.
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I didn't take a turn a while ago, so try this one.
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_1234.jpg)
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Is it in Cumberlan - say Wigton?
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Aarhus, Denmark
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mine is in the south england :)
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Aarhus, Denmark
Which one, David?
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Aarhus, Denmark
Which one, David?
Yours, and it should be Aalborg
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Near Teignmouth ?
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Aarhus, Denmark
Which one, David?
Yours, and it should be Aalborg
Er...correct hemisphere
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Another clue....
It's in Europe.
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Iberia, by the sea. Very hazy. Could it be an Azore?
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Iberian it is, but mainland
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i do not think anyone will get mine so i will tell you . it next to the a3 m25 junction and i took the picture from the old byfleet slip road that is now a cycleway. i think it was connected to the nearby semaphore tower :)
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Iberian it is, but mainland
Gibraltar?
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Yes, on Rodgers Road just South of the Alameda Gardens.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/P1000491.jpg)
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It reminds me in shape of a rock in the Polish Pieniny known as The Pillar of Hercules, but the one in the photo is less large and the vegetation is clearly somewhere hotter and drier. So I have no idea but I do like the photo.
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Somewhere a bit closer to home (porbably):
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5515463895_8bcdf63626.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/5515463895/)
IMG_0190 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/5515463895/) by dean.clementson (http://www.flickr.com/people/30024450@N04/), on Flickr
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Ooh, I think I know this one.
Is it the Cleveland Way footpath, between Saltburn and Skinningrove?
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I knew I should have banned you from playing >:(
It's Huntcliff, you're absolutely correct, with Boulby in the background, Skinningrove is the bay between.
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North York Moors coastal path, somewhere between Saltburn and Ravenscar? I'm glad someone found a use for the Conti 2000 I abandoned there years ago!
Damn - too slow! I think Huntcliff is in the background isn't it? I always hear Kate Bush singing "Huntcliff, oo -oo-oo...."
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North York Moors coastal path, somewhere between Saltburn and Ravenscar? I'm glad someone found a use for the Conti 2000 I abandoned there years ago!
Too slow, Peter :) Also, Saltburn to Ravenscar is a bit vague - that's about 30 miles...
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North York Moors coastal path, somewhere between Saltburn and Ravenscar? I'm glad someone found a use for the Conti 2000 I abandoned there years ago!
Too slow, Peter :) Also, Saltburn to Ravenscar is a bit vague - that's about 30 miles...
It's a mere banana to a true audaxer like you and me!
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I knew I should have banned you from playing >:(
It's Huntcliff, you're absolutely correct, with Boulby in the background, Skinningrove is the bay between.
Sorry
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I knew I should have banned you from playing >:(
It's Huntcliff, you're absolutely correct, with Boulby in the background, Skinningrove is the bay between.
Sorry
Only kidding - a worthy victory :)
North York Moors coastal path, somewhere between Saltburn and Ravenscar? I'm glad someone found a use for the Conti 2000 I abandoned there years ago!
Too slow, Peter :) Also, Saltburn to Ravenscar is a bit vague - that's about 30 miles...
It's a mere banana to a true audaxer like you and me!
Ha. Quite true! Lantern rouge and I were riding back from Whitby to Saltburn and as we passed the sign saying 20-some miles to Saltburn, I commented that I feel I'm within reach of my destination when I'm closer than 25 miles...
Anyway, here's another:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5299/5516081710_494a52f4cb.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/5516081710/)
IMG_0105 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/5516081710/) by dean.clementson (http://www.flickr.com/people/30024450@N04/), on Flickr
MSeries is definitely banned from playing ;)
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Okay, you get extra points if you can name the point where the photo was taken, as well as the name of the place depicted in the photo. Dead easy this one.
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/lindagordinho/fixed/NewLanark010.jpg)
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Robert Owen's House at New Lanark.
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Robert Owen's House at New Lanark.
Yes :)
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Damn - too slow! I think Huntcliff is in the background isn't it? I always hear Kate Bush singing "Huntcliff, oo -oo-oo...."
No - we were on Huntcliff.
Hidden Teesside » Blog Archive » Huntcliff Sculptures (http://www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/2008/03/19/huntcliff-sculptures/)
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Anyway, here's another:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5299/5516081710_494a52f4cb.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/5516081710/)
IMG_0105 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/5516081710/) by dean.clementson (http://www.flickr.com/people/30024450@N04/), on Flickr
MSeries is definitely banned from playing ;)
Knaresborough
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Ah, I see why Deano posted this on Flickr! I took a stab at Knaresborough over there before seeing this thread.
Mal still guessed before me, so it's his go unless we're both wrong.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/P1000491.jpg)
since folk seem to have given up, it's in Spain, "La Cuidad Encantada", near Cuenca
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I think it's Tewdric's go:
Robert Owen's House at New Lanark.
Yes :)
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Here's one for the skiers:
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_5-rtBnqByZk/RjOOUNYj3-I/AAAAAAAAAfo/muIBzOGSzB4/DSC04988.JPG)
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Might be a bit specialist so here's a clue:
The train leads to the top of this ski run:
(http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/small/30060842.jpg)
I want the resort and the train's location in the photo.
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Mine was Knaresborough, as you all knew anyway.
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Skiers one.
La Daille, Val d'Isere. Bottom of the funicular.
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Skiers one.
La Daille, Val d'Isere. Bottom of the funicular.
OK, so it wasn't that hard! Correct.
Bonus point for the piste?
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Wow! A funicular ski-jump!
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Bugger. Can't remember. I spent a season there and all the piste names have long since been forgotten.
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OK. This indistinct enough for you ?
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5517298237_0b4e98c8e7_z.jpg)
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stab in the dark -- Walberswick
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stab in the dark -- Walberswick
Amazing stabbing. Bingo !
Over to you.
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I went to Walberswick in 1973, give or take a year or two.
Which pass?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/on_the_way_down.jpg)
No, the car wasn't there any more.
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Galibier?
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not the Galibier
(photo swapped for one a bit nearer the top if you's like another look)
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Tourmalet?
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Iseran
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Simplon?
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Stelvio?
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Iseran
is the correct answer
This was the first offering, which explains the "No, the car wasn't there any more" comment
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/Spot_the_car.jpg)
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Easy one:
(http://www.urban75.org/photos/wales/images/cardiff-photos-01.jpg)
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Kansas ;D
You don't half get some strange results if you do a Google image search for "Dorothy's Cafe"...
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It's on the UK mainland! :-)
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It's on the UK mainland! :-)
Abergavenny?
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It's on the UK mainland! :-)
Abergavenny?
No, but it is in Wales.
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It's on the UK mainland! :-)
Abergavenny?
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No, but it is in Wales.
I'm sure I've been past it if not in it, and I'm racking my brains
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Aberystwyth.
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Llandovery
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Dim Biciau ?
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You don't half get some strange results if you do a Google image search for "Dorothy's Cafe"...
It was either the first or second hit when I searched, though it was red rather than blue in the associated photo.
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A bit more urban than anywhere suggested so far. I think Andrew is teasing us but, of course, googling means he's eliminated..
They do a wicked chicken curry and chips..
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A bit more urban than anywhere suggested so far. I think Andrew is teasing us but, of course, googling means he's eliminated..
They do a wicked chicken curry and chips..
I'm afraid, on that basis, I'll have to self-eliminate too ;D
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Barry
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Barry
No, but getting warmer..
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Barry
No, but getting warmer..
Robin?
Oh Bugger- sorry. I mistook this for the "Guess The BeeGee" thread......
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Llantwit?
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Llanishen?
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Not too far from the Station, IIRC. Caerdydd. Pretty shitty area with pretentions.
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Canton, then ...
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Tony is very warm but I want the name of the street, or should it be the alley?
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In which case it's gotta be on that filthy alleyway that leads away from the station, at the southern end of St. Mary Street and pretty much opposite the 'Spoons pub The Prince of Wales.
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In which case it's gotta be on that filthy alleyway that leads away from the station, at the southern end of St. Mary Street and pretty much opposite the 'Spoons pub The Prince of Wales.
Go on...
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I cannot remember the name without looking at google maps. Probably because I'd only go down there if I were pi$$ed.
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That's good enough for me! It's Caroline Street, Cardiff, otherwise known as "chip alley".
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It is indeed; I didn't want to use too much local knowledge.
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Here's one
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_uTI4fdcN1rk/TYTST10Gj-I/AAAAAAAAGqE/PEbT9r2wSIQ/s1024/IMG_1286.jpg)
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Holland or Belgium?
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Wrong continent.
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Marrakesh? ???
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Marrakesh? ???
Yes, the main square in Marrakesh. Obviously too easy :)
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Marrakesh? ???
Yes, the main square in Marrakesh. Obviously too easy :)
Clearly considering I've never even been to Marrakesh! However, the minaret made me think of that part of the world; plus there are clearly tourists wondering around in shorts, so not Syria / Iran etc. and also seeing teleboutique in the photo suggested somewhere with a French influence.
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw-5678.jpg)
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Edinburgh Castle?
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It's in Edinburgh looking east from George IV bridge. Parliament House ahead, Signet Library to the left and Advocates' Library to the right. I'm not sure if the grass square in the middle has a name though.
I walked past this spot for 5 years when I was a student.
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Cyclops has it. :)
Simonb was quite close.
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I'm going to jump in with another one, because I am rude. :)
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw-5679.jpg)
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Stonehenge
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Pretty certain we got that one correct (actually it was Mrs B). So:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1127109/CNV00006-1.jpg)
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Yes, correct!
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Institut Nobel (or whatever it is called) in Oslo?
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Institut Nobel (or whatever it is called) in Oslo?
Nope.
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A clue: it's in Moscow.
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Part of the Kremlin complex?
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While we are waiting, try this one-
Who lived there and where is it?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/100_2281.jpg)
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While we are waiting, try this one-
Who lived there and where is it?
Queen Amidala (sp) on the planet Naboo.
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I'll guess Lake Como and Mussolini.
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Aswan?
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A clue: it's in Moscow.
Is it the Lubyanka (sp)?
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Fuzzy
Is that one of the Durrell family villas on Corfu?
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South of France. Ms Bardot.
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Salvatore is closest.
It is South of France. Where in the South though?
Not Bardot.
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Seeing how pink it is, I'm going to say Barbara Cartland. No idea if she even lived in the South of France, but it seems plausible to me...
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Not the Lubyanka, not the Kremlin. Home of an author.
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Picks an author at random...Graham Greene ?
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Not the Lubyanka, not the Kremlin. Home of an author.
Maugham?
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A Russian author.
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Gorki?
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Bulgakov?
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Mayakovsky?
(Ok, just guessing now)
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Gorki?
Bingo!
Sorry. Bit of a difficult one, that.
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Bulgakov?
Bulgakov's is just around the corner (and much, much grimmer).
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Gorki?
Bingo!
Sorry. Bit of a difficult one, that.
Very lucky guess, I'm afraid.
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Bulgakov?
Bulgakov's is just around the corner (and much, much grimmer).
Logical really, as I don't think he was quite as much in favour with the Party ...
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No, they were dog people!
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Mine is nothing to do with Barbara Cartland.
Occupant was English though.
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Fuzzy's pic:
The water looks more like a lake or perhaps even a river than the sea. So it could be... No, sorry, no idea!
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Not the Lubyanka, not the Kremlin. Home of an author.
Maugham?
I realise I'm replying to Simonb, but Fuzzy's picture. Must pay more attention.
To Fuzzy:-
Somerset Maugham's place?
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Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat.
David Niven's house.
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No, they were dog people!
;D
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Jurek gets it :thumbsup:
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5188/5574165638_fd0c1b6572_b.jpg)
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Haworth?
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Haworth?
Nope.
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It isn't Beatrix Potters cottage in the lakes. George Orwell's cottage on Islay?
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It isn't Beatrix Potters cottage in the lakes. George Orwell's cottage on Islay?
You're right. It isn't ;)
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Had we not established this was in Italy? Or am I getting confuzzled?
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I don't think I could even narrow Jurek's down to a continent, but it looks so lovely I'm determined to visit it when someone gets the answer.
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It isn't Beatrix Potters cottage in the lakes. George Orwell's cottage on Islay?
You're right. It isn't ;)
Ambleside?
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Not Ambleside.
It has a railway connection.
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Given that The House With Three Chimneys, from the Railway Children was fictional, is it Rev W Audrey's house? So on the IOM?
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Not Rev. Audrey's house.
When I've stayed there, it was a shortish drive to the beach to fly my kites. There's a castle near the beach. The house has its own railway platform.
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Not Rev. Audrey's house.
When I've stayed there, it was a shortish drive to the beach to fly my kites. There's a castle near the beach. The house has its own railway platform.
Kites plural?
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5259/5575943899_d9a112b740_o.jpg)
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Very nice. How come you never take them to the seaside for an early morning flight?
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One of the Stephenson's houses?
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Given that The House With Three Chimneys, from the Railway Children was fictional, is it Rev W Audrey's house? So on the IOM?
It's not his house in Rodborough, that's for sure!
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Very nice. How come you never take them to the seaside for an early morning flight?
A shoulder injury in 2001 has meant that they've been grounded since then. However, I can't remember the last time said injury gave me grief, so maybe I will take them to the coast - they look better in the air than in their bag.
One of the Stephenson's houses?
Not one of Stephenson's houses.
OK, maybe it's time for a helpful clue.
The BCM 600 passes through the village that is nearest to this house.
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You could develop your dexterity by using a fighter kite instead. All the manoeuvrability on one string ;)
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You could develop your dexterity by using a fighter kite instead. All the manoeuvrability on one string ;)
Dexterity? Trust me when I tell you that in a stiff breeze you are fighting for your life with these. I liked taking them out on the sort of day that people say
"Let's not go out today, its too windy".
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I know. And fighters aren't much good for pulling a buggy. But, although I had big kites in my collection to play with, I much preferred making the fighters dance in the sky. :)
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One of the Stephenson's houses?
Not one of Stephenson's houses.
OK, maybe it's time for a helpful clue.
The BCM 600 passes through the village that is nearest to this house.
Something to do with Ffestiniog?
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It's just got a little warmer in here :)
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It's just got a little warmer in here :)
Trouble is, I don't know much about the Ffestiniog railway. Is it one end of the line? (that might be a stupid question).
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No, it's not one end of the line.
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Then it is somewhere between Llangollen and Fairbourne, near a beach. Bala?
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Not Llangollen, Fairbourne or Bala.
Ian was warmer.
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Plas Y Dduallt - is the house - Campbell's Platform is the station halt!
Boof!
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Bingo!
One of the oldest inhabited houses in Wales, parts of it dating back to the 15th century.
Campbell's platform (so named after Colnel Andrew Campbell who bought the house and restored it in the 1960's, keeping his own locomotive in a siding and operating his own train to Tan-y-Bwlch) is exclusively for the use of residents and visitors of Plas Y Dduallt.
The beach with a nearby castle I alluded to is Harlech, the nearest village Maentwrog - I think BCM passes through both.
I spent three Xmas & New Years in the house back in the late 80's. It's a beautiful, beautiful part of the world.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5292/5576602975_5371c6b801_b.jpg)
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5576612313_c841554c5c_b.jpg)
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Wentworth Woodhouse?
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Alfred's Tower
ETA Stourhead
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Yep - TOO easy! Unlike the hill up to it from the west!
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I don't have a pic.Someone else have a go
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Give me the town name in the valley. Bonus points for the name of the run.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5051/5577283938_07ef79cffc_z.jpg)
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Not Morzine? Aigle Rouge off Chamoissiere ?
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Right on all but one respect.
Town = Morzine
Run = Aigle Rouge
Peak = Pointe de Nyon, not Chamossiere.
Very neat. Over to you.
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It isn't Beatrix Potters cottage in the lakes. George Orwell's cottage on Islay?
George Orwell's house was on Jura (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell#Jura_and_Nineteen_Eighty-Four). I bet you knew that.
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Sweet! Half recognised it but not been there for years.
Staying overseas (and in an area also not so far from skiing, ace for mountainbiking, but people do roadbike there too)...
Name of the river will do, or the valley, or one of the main towns/villages.
Bonus points for naming the movie that was partly filmed a bit further upstream.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_lAyziiIP0Z8/SgYcPquud8I/AAAAAAAADNU/gHdLbHy_mC0/s640/IMG_0150.jpg)
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^^ Soča?
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Yep.
Was that too easy? Wonder how many people know the movie? (Most think it was NZ or Czech).
next...
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Was that too easy?
Clearly! ;D Tho I've no idea about the film.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5577011793_cb35c3a6f4.jpg)
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Yep.
Was that too easy? Wonder how many people know the movie? (Most think it was NZ or Czech).
next...
spooky
Login (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=45771.msg902536#msg902536)
I'd guessed the country, but not narrowed it down
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That is spooky indeed. Not even read that thread, but need to, because I was going to replace my Leon with an Octavia, since my Leon nearly overheated going up those 52 hairpins last July!
Twas indeed Soča river, Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Kaspian filmed just outside Bovec.
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Yep.
Was that too easy? Wonder how many people know the movie? (Most think it was NZ or Czech).
next...
spooky
Login (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=45771.msg902536#msg902536)
I'd guessed the country, but not narrowed it down
I've paddled down there!
Is it taken from the bridge at Kobarid?
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Think it was a hanging bridge near Kobarid, along the path that goes up to Slap Kozjak waterfalls.
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5133/5577011793_cb35c3a6f4.jpg)
Nothing? How about a different view of the same square?
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5177/5592136381_ae019551ba.jpg)
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Chile?
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Nope not Chile. Try another hemisphere ;).
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It looks a bit like a small Central European city, somewhere like Kosice or Lubljana, but it's not those.
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Somewhere in central Portugal.
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Somewhere in central Portugal.
Not central Portugal, but....?
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Coimbra (sp?) ?
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Not Coimbra.
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Bragança
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Not Bragança - you've gone too far.
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Surely is isn't Porto?
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Not Porto. But getting closer. (It's not Vila Nova de Gaia, either. Just in case you thought I may be being pedantic.)
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I'm desperately trying to remember the places we went through. So my final guess is Viseu
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No, not Viseu either.
Geographically the best guess so far was Porto. Bragança was just a bit too much....
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Ah, yes. Are you bragaing about that clue? It was right at the nça.
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So my revised final guess was Braga. ;D
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Yip, Braga. (Sorry, I hadn't noticed the post you made on the 8th.)
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Memorable on our trip for when we saw a lorry tip gracefully, with driver dozing, off the verge it was parked on and down a slope. That was much more memorable than the square. ;D
I'll put one up tomorrow.
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/gtp_5.jpg)
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West of Scotland? I don't know, obviously but it's a great composition, Jaded.
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Glen somewhere or other?
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I believe we are getting closer. ;D
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Hmm. Reminds me a little of the Inverness-Ullapool road, just after Garve/Ben Wyvis and before the road starts rising towards Loch Glascarnoch.
It's been a while, though ...
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Looks more Dumfries/Galloway than west coast. Somewhere near Drumlanrig?
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The hills look quite rounded on top so I'd think maybe the Angus Glens or down the Borders. The hill in the middle reminds me of Tinto but I don't think that's the right answer.
OK, basically I've no idea :-[
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Reminds me of the top end of Glen Lyon.
I've only been there twice and both times I wasn't exactly enjoying the scenery. But I do remember looking up and thinking, "How the *** do we get out of of here?"
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West of Scotland? I don't know, obviously but it's a great composition, Jaded.
I have no idea either, and I think it looks almost like a painting.
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I would suggest Scotland. Probably not the very far north but North west definitely. Somewhere in the Gairloch/Ullapool area?
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Dundonnel?
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dinnaeken?
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Divvent Knaa?
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Divvent Knaa?
Think you'll find that's in the Cheviots, bonny lad, man.
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RJ was reminded right!
The road in the background is the road from Garve to Ullapool. There is a forlorn abandoned house and sheds there, with mature trees, now sitting on a fast 'trunk' road. Every time I pass it I wish to take a photo, but only got the chance the other night as there was no traffic and good light.
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I should have saved this one for halloween..
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5615754657_dfef724771.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5615754657/)
witchcross (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5615754657/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
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About a km out of dunning on the back road to Auchterarder
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Didn't think it would take long...
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/gtp_5.jpg)
Hardly ever look at this thread, would have got it too. Nice one Jaded, I too keep meaning to stop and take a picture of this building but never do
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Just to keep the Scottish pot boiling.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5177/5536456449_7543e9ba43.jpg)
Clue: it's in Scotland
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I'm guessing the odd crop eliminates something which might give it away...
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Hardly ever look at this thread, would have got it too. Nice one Jaded, I too keep meaning to stop and take a picture of this building but never do
I was thinking of banning you from this one but that would have given it away. ;D
PS. Can we stop mooning at the ferry now?
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Oi!
My turn:
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m85/rjevans6/Ice.jpg)
Possibly (or possibly not) in Scotland ...
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It's good to see Eck is working hard in his new role as head of Comrie Tourist Board. Is this part of a pending series? :P
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RJ, is yours Baffin Island as viewed from a transatlantic hairyplane?
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Nope. Different route ...
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Is the white stuff salt? Were you flying across the Gulf?
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No. It's ice ...
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Silly thought...Chesil Beach?
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No. Though (curiously) getting warmer ...
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Blakeney Point?
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Warmer (in terms of distance to the actual location). But only very slightly ...
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Another silly thought, without access to the picture while at work. Afsluitsdijk?
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Iceland, coast to the SE of Vatnajokull?
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Not Greenland, or Iceland. Wrong direction from Chesil and Blakeney ...
(Right sort of distance, though).
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Somewhere near Peenemunde? Or up towards Memel?
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Somewhere near Peenemunde? Or up towards Memel?
Bingo!
Curonian Spit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curonian_Spit)
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(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_TMFZ2kvWAAs/TazvYyTfD4I/AAAAAAAAAKI/VrAPj1L_4sw/s800/IMG_0179.JPG)
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Is there a billabong in the valley below??
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Is there a billabong in the valley below??
Trees don't look Aussie
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RJ: It wouldn't go by that name.
TT: you're right, they don't.
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Zion ?
Looks like slickrock...
Looks like Utah/Arizona...
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Could be Devon sandstone...?
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That's because it is slickrock. Not Zion, but you're very close.
This is a very well travelled group!
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Could be Devon sandstone...?
But it's not. Mal Volio is quite close.
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Moab?
Only slickrock I've heard of - from an article in Singletrack IIRC
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Moab?
Only slickrock I've heard of - from an article in Singletrack IIRC
Moab is right, the Porcupine Rim Trail. I stopped off on my way home from Joshua Tree and rode the Porcupine Rim trail, as well as going through Arches National Park.
Slickrock is all over Utah, and probably a few other places- hard sandstone that a metal-shod horse can't get traction on, but a mountain biker can have a great time on.
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How about this one ?
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5649071408_51cc09b7e9_z.jpg)
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Farfar?
Guide-dogs for the blind training centre?
Not convinced by the brickwork thought. Doesn't look Angusian.
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While you're thinking, this might be easy...
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5650707069_7cebeacb80_m.jpg)
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Farfar?
Guide-dogs for the blind training centre?
Not convinced by the brickwork thought. Doesn't look Angusian.
You're on the right lines but correct in thinking it doesn't look Angusian. Here's another clue, it stands in front of a very large small building...
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5022/5649072504_e795f8fa69_z.jpg)
(At that speed I'm glad it isn't a guide dog ;) )
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A wild guess. Is it at Bush?
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The beach in Cornwall with the telegraph cable end.
Just round from the Minack theatre
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The beach in Cornwall with the telegraph cable end.
Porthcurno. Wondered if it was that.
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The beach in Cornwall with the telegraph cable end.
Just round from the Minack theatre
Not Cornwall.
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Cape of Good Hope then.
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Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons?
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Cape of Good Hope then.
Cape of Shoreham...
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How about this one ?
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5649071408_51cc09b7e9_z.jpg)
It is UK. It is flat. It is a town where the bus stops are green. Bricks (not the plinth, the walls in the background) look fens-like. I would guess Cambridge or environs.
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Cape of Good Hope then.
Cape of Shoreham...
Is there one? But, no. Think tidal.
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How about this one ?
It is UK. It is flat. It is a town where the bus stops are green. Bricks (not the plinth, the walls in the background) look fens-like. I would guess Cambridge or environs.
Or Midlothian ... ;)
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A wild guess. Is it at Bush?
;)
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A wild guess. Is it at Bush?
;)
You must have your ear to the ground.
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5658419746_4168f76464_z.jpg)
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Kirkstone, isn't it? (N side)
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Kirkstone, isn't it? (N side)
It is indeed, which might make this easier.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5657891321_7a76e2dac5_z.jpg)
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Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons?
Half a point for that :)
As those who are 'guessing' at Bush know doubt know, it's at the very large Small Animal Hospital (sadly now renamed as Hospital for Small Animals, a shame, I always got a chuckle from the old sign) at the Dick Vet School just outside Embra. I've been admiring the 'conventional' view of the statue you get from the road for some months, it wasn't until we stopped for me to get the photo that I realised it had the skeletal other side. I trust that it's anatomically correct...
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The Dick Vet was way better when it was in town. It meant there was a pub nearby full of vet students.
Cue lots of stories about vets in pubs.
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If that's the tarn below Seat Sandal, you've gone to a lot of trouble moving Gable and the Scafells to somewhere in the region of Penrith.
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Rossett Pike, near Angle Tarn?
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Kirkstone, isn't it? (N side)
That would have been mine if I had got in quicker! Arse. Why wasn't it raining?
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While you're thinking, this might be easy...
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5650707069_7cebeacb80_m.jpg)
Need more clues?
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While you're thinking, this might be easy...
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5650707069_7cebeacb80_m.jpg)
Need more clues?
Is that that little shack on the cliffs in Cornwall where the original transatlantic cable came ashore?
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Need more clues?
Probably, but maybe we're not quite making the fullest use of what we already have.
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While you're thinking, this might be easy...
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5650707069_7cebeacb80_m.jpg)
Need more clues?
Is that that little shack on the cliffs in Cornwall where the original transatlantic cable came ashore?
Further clues are above: tidal, not Cornwall. There's something by Lutyens nearby.
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Castle Drogo connection perchance?
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Castle Drogo connection perchance?
Well...sort of, but nowhere near there.
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That's the only Lutyens building I know! :-)
North Devon? Was the clifftop location and transatlantic cable warm?
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(Googles. Admires area, grateful for reason to look at map of it. Withdraws.)
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Not the Southwest.
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If that's the tarn below Seat Sandal, you've gone to a lot of trouble moving Gable and the Scafells to somewhere in the region of Penrith.
You're sort of on the right track. What's the Tarn called and where am I standing?
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(Googles. Admires area, grateful for reason to look at map of it. Withdraws.)
However, admired wrong area (Mothecombe). Nice though, and tidal, and Lutyens.
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If that's the tarn below Seat Sandal, you've gone to a lot of trouble moving Gable and the Scafells to somewhere in the region of Penrith.
You're sort of on the right track. What's the Tarn called and where am I standing?
(Rearranges mental hills strenuously, swapping Fairfield and Seat Sandal back into possibly correct positions....)
Grisedale Tarn, and you are at Deepdale Hause.
If that's wrong, I'm even more confused.
If it's right, please can someone else post the next one, I can't at the moment.
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While you're thinking, this might be easy...
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5650707069_7cebeacb80_m.jpg)
Need more clues?
Is that that little shack on the cliffs in Cornwall where the original transatlantic cable came ashore?
Further clues are above: tidal, not Cornwall. There's something by Lutyens nearby.
Holy Island / Lindisfarne ?
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I stayed out of that one because I know the area.
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If that's the tarn below Seat Sandal, you've gone to a lot of trouble moving Gable and the Scafells to somewhere in the region of Penrith.
You're sort of on the right track. What's the Tarn called and where am I standing?
(Rearranges mental hills strenuously, swapping Fairfield and Seat Sandal back into possibly correct positions....)
Grisedale Tarn, and you are at Deepdale Hause.
If that's wrong, I'm even more confused.
If it's right, please can someone else post the next one, I can't at the moment.
That is indeed correct, that was on Sunday, as we came off St Sunday Crag and on to Fairfield while doing the Deepdale Horseshoe. Exceptional weather, although Saturday was a bit misty over 2,000 feet.
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Not the Southwest.
Valentia island?
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Charterhall gets it.
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Charterhall gets it.
Yay ! I didn't have a clue until you said tidal and Lutyens.
How about this one ?
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5087556560_ec7ccb34d1_z.jpg)
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Were it not for that gert big hill in the background I'd say it was where I had my second visit from She Who Must Not Be Named on the 2007 Chiltern-Cotswold.
But it isn't, obv.
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Near Fortingall, taken on a sunny Tayside Transgression?
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Near Fortingall, taken on a sunny Tayside Transgression?
Where it is always Dull in bright sunshine..
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Near Fortingall, taken on a sunny Tayside Transgression?
Can't be. Your gilet's not lying in the middle of the road ;)
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Near Fortingall, taken on a sunny Tayside Transgression?
Can't be. Your gilet's not lying in the middle of the road ;)
:facepalm: ;D
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Nowhere close so far. Here's a clue - it's not a public road. And lots of audaxers will have passed by it.
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It looks like the Lake District again?
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Castle Howard?
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I know I haven't guessed any locations for ages, but I don't think anyone ever identified my snap of Lake Garda near the start of this thread, so I think I must be due another go. I've got a special one, but I reckon it's quite an obvious location:
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5062/5666325274_0da9b98496.jpg)
;D
Clue 1:
It was taken at about 9:30 at night.
Clue 2:
It was taken out of a car window at about 45mph
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Stone Henge?
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Stone Henge?
Yup!
Oddy recognisable for something taken in the dark using a macro lens at a distance of a mile, isn't it? ;D
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Here's a really easy one. Firm jugs :thumbsup:
(http://www.peeble.com/lon640.jpg)
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Stone Henge?
Yup!
Oddy recognisable for something taken in the dark using a macro lens at a distance of a mile, isn't it? ;D
I remember when I was building it thinking, "Let's put up something that people will instantly recognise!"
Those old people knew stuff, didn't they? Unfortunately, I don't know how to put a pic in a post (there must be a song there) so I'll have to ask someone else to do the next one. In any case, I'm pretty overwhelmed at having finally opined correctly that I shall have to have a lie down!
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(http://www.oakden.org/mark/bike/yacf/diywaytolel/diywaytolel_elevation.png)
(specifically the bit from ~275 to ~375) ;)
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;D
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Charterhall: Scafell from Eskdale?
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Here's a really easy one. Firm jugs :thumbsup:
(http://www.peeble.com/lon640.jpg)
That'll be that Albert's memorial then
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Charterhall: Scafell from Eskdale?
Nope. It's in Scotland, and connects two villages half a mile and several centuries apart.
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What is the scale on the axes?
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What is the scale on the axes?
Flapjacks on the side, socks along the bottom.
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What is the scale on the axes?
Flapjacks on the side, socks along the bottom.
What are you - psychic?!
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(http://www.oakden.eclipse.co.uk/mark/bike/yacf/diywaytolel/diywaytolel_elevation.png)
(specifically the bit from ~275 to ~375) ;)
IoW Randonnee.....
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Solway firth? Can't think of anywhere else that is that flat for that long..
Except maybe Harris.
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Charterhall: Scafell from Eskdale?
Nope. It's in Scotland, and connects two villages half a mile and several centuries apart.
Here's a big clue. It's not far from here -
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/4041630147_082f0c7fd4.jpg)
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Solway firth? Can't think of anywhere else that is that flat for that long..
Except maybe Harris.
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It's the Fens of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. The really flat part is from about 40km south of Market Rasen through to just past St. Ives.
Apart from the spike at the start, it's a section of the Southbound LEL route (at least the DIY-way version).
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Charterhall: Looking towards the Highland Folk Museum at Newtonmore on a track running parallel with the A86.
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Charterhall: Looking towards the Highland Folk Museum at Newtonmore on a track running parallel with the A86.
Yes, got there in the end :thumbsup:
In fact the road in the picture is part of the Museum. It's well worth a visit. And it's free :thumbsup:
A few more photies of the same...
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5086957965_f416fafcf9_m.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5086952637_56c09288fb_m.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5087551570_f1029c5ac9_m.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2448/4042382188_d7e70ebb45_m.jpg)
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Seriously crap phone pictures - but where was I this week??
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m85/rjevans6/Houses.jpg)
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m85/rjevans6/Statue.jpg)
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Seriously crap phone pictures - but where was I this week??
Phones4U getting a decent phone? :demon:
;D
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Seriously crap phone pictures - but where was I this week??
Phones4U getting a decent phone? :demon:
;D
No O:-)
Forgot the camera. Anyway - it's more fun like this ...
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Somewhere Nordic ! Trondheim ?
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Somewhere Nordic ! Trondheim ?
Bang on the money. Trondheim it is.
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And where was I with this cracking contraption?
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5700981342_5c05f759f9.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5700981342/)
brooks - cracking contraption (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5700981342/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
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@ David.
I seen something like this in a museum or a education centre I think.
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Some seedy dungeon in Soho?
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Discovery Centre, Dundee??
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en route LE2JoG ;D
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Not the Discovery Centre (by which I presume you mean the Sensation Science Centre rather than the RRS Discovery, neither of which is the location)
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en route LE2JoG ;D
No.
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Guantanamo?
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Science Museum?
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Not the Discovery Centre (by which I presume you mean the Sensation Science Centre rather than the RRS Discovery, neither of which is the location)
I meant the latter (but omitted the off-colour comment that Scott should've used that contraption instead of ponies).
Wrong on all counts then ...
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Science Museum?
That is a bit vague.. There are many science museums.
..d
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The museum on Chambers Street.
Scottish mumble Museum
(goes off to find the name)
National Museum of Scotland
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MOSI
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Glasgow Science Centre
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Eureka
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Glasgow Science Centre
Yes.. It is attatched to another set of pedals with a skeleton on..
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2269/2467546517_ffdf81976a_d.jpg)
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Edinburgh castle?
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Definitely not Edinburgh. Possibly the Duke of Buccleuch's pad ...
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Cyclops: Culzean Castle
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Cyclops: Culzean Castle
Correct
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What mountain is this ?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/5710991740_957894e98b_z.jpg)
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Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, Ireland ??
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That looks like Greece to me so, Olympus?
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no to both.
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Elbrus?
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Etna?
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Ararat
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no to the last three.
The mountain is volcanic (active) and is normally seen pictured from its other (South) side.
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Vesuvius
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Mount Teide ?
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Mount Teide ?
Charterhall is correct and collects the points.
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Care to try this? (I'm hoping I haven't posted it before)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/3007982507_38877352c7.jpg)
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Care to try this? (I'm hoping I haven't posted it before)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/3007982507_38877352c7.jpg)
Ottery St. Mary?
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Stonehaven - Fireballs Ceremony ?
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Ottery St. Mary?
Simon gets it.
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Quite an easy one, I reckon. Lanterne rouge is not allowed to play.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/5714015227_d2691a381f.jpg)
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Quite an easy one, I reckon. Lanterne rouge is not allowed to play.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/5714015227_d2691a381f.jpg)
Sleights harbour?
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Nope. Are you sure you mean Sleights?
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Nope. Are you sure you mean Sleights?
No.
I could mean Robin Hood's Bay, although it's that long since I've been up that way I'm probably off the money there too.
That being the case, I'll go with "somewhere in the general vicinity of Whitby" ;)
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Not Robin Hood's Bay. It does look a bit like Robin Hood's Bay, though ;)
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Sleights doesn’t have a harbor its about 5 miles inland :)
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Sleights doesn’t have a harbor its about 5 miles inland :)
That's the clue I was hinting at...
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Is it Staithes?
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Staithes it is :thumbsup:
(I was wondering if interzen had transposed the two names)
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Staithes it is :thumbsup:
(I was wondering if interzen had transposed the two names)
Probably - I knew it began with an S.
Still, I was half-right in that it was somewhere in the general vicinity of Whitby :)
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This one is probably pretty easy.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2388/5779903401_fbf5920de2.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5779903401/)
Night (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5779903401/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
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Well, if it's from your good self, I'll wager it's somewhere in Scotch land, in the middle of the day.
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Well, if it's from your good self, I'll wager it's somewhere in Scotch land, in the middle of the day.
I think it might be somewhere in Scotchland late at night. Orkney or Shetland, perhaps? :-\
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I will add that this *is* the main road and I was not living in Scotland when this picture was taken. (I'm scanning in some old slides)
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Well, I'm stumped then.
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There may be some misdirection in my statements above (which are absolutely true).
This was nearby
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/5780029767_f841dc4f41.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5780029767/)
slide015t (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5780029767/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
but you can't get so up close and personal now.
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Well, if it's from your good self, I'll wager it's somewhere in Scotch land, in the middle of the day.
It was indeed close to the middle of the day as it was mid December. Well, about 3.30-4pm
I did google the coffee shop name before posting and couldn't find it, even with the town name.
..d
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There may be some misdirection in my statements above (which are absolutely true).
This was nearby
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/5780029767_f841dc4f41.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5780029767/)
slide015t (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5780029767/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
but you can't get so up close and personal now.
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Is that because… "She's your wife now Dave" (Royston Vasey devotees will get it)
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There may be some misdirection in my statements above (which are absolutely true).
but you can't get so up close and personal now.
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Is that because… "She's your wife now Dave" (Royston Vasey devotees will get it)
This was on our honeymoon..
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Norway?
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Norway?
Not Norway. Nearly a year before I moved there.
Eck is closest so far.
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Balamory?
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No (and the photo predates the TV series)
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;)
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And it doesn't have a womble named after it either..
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It probably isn't Trumpton either?
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No. Sadly not. Nor is it Camberwick Green
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Stromness?
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Stromness?
Indeed. The road was widened to allow motor traffic in IIRC 1984. We were there in 1994 and the other picture is at Skara Brae. I don't think you can walk in the rooms of the settlement now.
Just out of interest, where is this?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/5780389133_094ea9b8c4.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5780389133/)
slide021 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5780389133/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
I think it may be Rannoch Moor looking towards Glencoe. It is clearly mid December as there is very little traffic and no midges.
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Whoa! Wait-a-goddamn-minute! You're playing by yourself!
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Whoa! Wait-a-goddamn-minute! You're playing by yourself!
I don't klnow for sure where it is - it is from the box of slides taken on our honeymoon in 1994. Could be almost anywhere in Scotland.
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Could be almost anywhere in Scotland.
It definitely isn't Glasgow.
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Just out of interest, where is this?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/5780389133_094ea9b8c4.jpg)
I think it may be Rannoch Moor looking towards Glencoe.
I agree - near Kingshouse Hotel.
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It looks like one of those places that elicit:
"Admit it, we're lost!! I don't believe it! You have no idea where we are! This honeymoon is completely ruined. We're miles from anywhere! My stilleto's broken! My mother was right! I hate you! I want to go hommmmmmmmmme!!!!!!!"
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… and your new bride says "Well don't snap at me!"
Ha, Ha.
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I think it may be Rannoch Moor looking towards Glencoe. It is clearly mid December as there is very little traffic and no midges.
It is indeed Rannoch Moor. Here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=firefox-a&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=56.624132,-4.777679&spn=0.175084,0.528374&z=12&layer=c&cbll=56.629168,-4.775932&panoid=APeDHhvvcq1OeqEgKIT6vA&cbp=12,315,,0,0) by the looks of it.
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I remember a smudgy B&W photo just like that in Cycling World, accompanying a ride report by the brilliant Albert Winstanley (a Clarion member, btw). But I couldn't remember which part of his tour it illustrated, though I well remember that one episode was entitled 'By Tummel And Loch Rannoch', in the manner of the song.
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It looks horribly familiar from several Daylight 600s ("Oh God! A hundred kms of headwind.")
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It looks horribly familiar from several Daylight 600s ("Oh God! A hundred kms of headwind.")
+1
Only did The Daylight once but had to pedal downhill from Rannoch Moor Summit.
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I wouldmightshould have known that, but can't see pics at work.
EDIT: can see it now at home. Yes, knew it.....mutter
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/5791811922_6bbbec5049.jpg)
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That's it? :o
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Is it the centre of the world?
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Hhhhmmmm, good one. Interesting. Now where have I seen that particular piece of tussocky grass before? Now, this has to be in a field somewhere methinks. Am I on the right lines?
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Not sure its in a field. Looks more like heathland to me. Warmer?
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Looks like a lump of stone with a circular groove carved in it, base trig point?
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Looks like a discarded piece of a brass ring embedded in concrete.
What do you do with rubbish?
That's right. You throw it away!
It's dusty bin!!
Is it dusty bin's birthplace?
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Looks like a discarded piece of a brass ring embedded in concrete.
Is that concrete ? Do I need a new screen.
Is it a very famous well with the top of a bucket just showing ?
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Got it.
It's the memorial first 'footing' for the Harry Potter School of Wizardry on Dartmoor.
Harry has donated his first national health glasses. Now he's wearing contacts he doesn't need them anymore.
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Is it Duncroisk, or somewhere similar? Cup and ring mark?
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That is a trig point. The question is where.
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Rosebery Topping?
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That is a trig point. The question is where.
Perhaps it's Friday, but I'm fast drawing to the conclusion: "Who cares?"
Stop it bad boy, stop it! No one will play with you if you carry on!
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Not Duncroisk or anywhere that's been mentioned yet ;)
The place it marks (the "C") no longer exists, if that's any help.
If I showed you the rest, it would be far too easy.
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Somewhere on tut North Yorkshire Moors?
(We have to start somewhere!)
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Definitely not Yorkshire.
It's (part of) a well-known monument at a well-known location, marking three places. Two of those places no longer exist, and the other place isn;t there anymore.
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That'll be the Three Shires stone in Cumbria then. Borders of Lancs, Cumberland and Westmorland.
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Well done, Tony. Three Shires Stone it is, at the top of Wrynose Pass.
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Ah. Clever one, Deano.
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So…
I wasn't even close then. >:(
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It was a good one for Friday, I reckon ;)
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So…
I wasn't even close then. >:(
About 400 miles away. ;D
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Not so much where is it as where the photographer was standing.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/5793267099_5e31b87147.jpg)
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Not so much where is it as where the photographer was standing.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/5793267099_5e31b87147.jpg)
Ventoux?
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So was I right then?
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Not so much where is it as where the photographer was standing.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/5793267099_5e31b87147.jpg)
Ventoux?
Wrong country, right continent
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The Eagles Nest Bertesgarden Germany
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The Eagles Nest Bertesgarden Germany
Nope. I should modify the clue: the photographer and the landscape are in two different countries.
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San Marino?
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Or Andorra?
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San Marino?
Obviously that was one clue too many. Correct.
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2528/5793262993_c1a06b64c7.jpg)
So where is this memorial?
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atop Cairn o' Mount?
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It is indeed
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I don't have a pic. ready so perhaps someone else could do the honours please.
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w_i_w_4567.jpg)
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I don't know where that is but the porch strikes me as a p.d.g audax kip shelter
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<Texas sharpshooter>
The Cotswolds
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blarney stone? (never been there, just imagine that's what it looks like!)
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Cotswolds - no
Blarney Stone - lots of no
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blarney stone? (never been there, just imagine that's what it looks like!)
edit - although I'm an idiot, I'm not sure which photo I was replying to, but it wasnt Jadeds...
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Mendips?
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Nope, a fair way from the Mendips.
mike: I quite liked the thought that the blarney stone is housed in a small stone bungalow ;D
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Jaded, that's a heck of a porch for such a small building and it's single storey, so is there lots of weather available?
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Scottish east coast somewhere between Dundee and Aberdeen?
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Robert Burns gaff?
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Much souther!!!
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Is it Cornwall?
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No - that's limestone.
<Texas sharpshooter>
The Cotswolds
Vale of York?
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Lots of lovely wild guesses!!!
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Lots of lovely wild guesses!!!
Texas sharpshooter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy)
It *is* limestone, isn't it??
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I'm not sure - I could tell you where it is and you could check? ;D
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Alright ;)
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It's not as far south as Cornwall, but it is a long way south.
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And east if it's not near the Medips
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It looks to be part of a large estate. I have a niggling feeling I've been past it but brain refuses to divulge details.
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I've only been past it once, but my first thought was "This will make a good g-t-p photo!"
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Somewhere in Wiltshire?
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It is near here
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w_i_w_4567b.jpg)
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Is it near Hayling Island?
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If I knew where Hayling Island was I could answer that!
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Waaaaaaaaaaay down south opposite the Isle of Wight.
<correction> North of the Isle of Wight that is … before some smart alec steps forth!
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Riggers, you are closer than you might think, certainly closer than the Blarney Stone ;D
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The Witterings?
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I thought your posts were much more to the point than that! ;D
No, not the witterings.
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It's on the IoW isn't it?
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Yarmouth?
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As it has gone on two pages, yes. :thumbsup:
So, where? (not Yarmouth)
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Well, I'm cheating and looking on Google Earth, but that's still no bloody help! >:(
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Well, I thought it was the Medina, then I thought it was Bembridge Harbour.
I'm sure I've walked along that track and I'm equally sure I've seen that bloody house.
Somewhere.
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nicknack is nearly on fire.
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I think it's Bembridge Harbour - walking towards the Duver.
I'll get the house in a bit.
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This'll be it then. (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Duver+Road&aq=0&sll=50.701367,-1.100959&sspn=0.002212,0.006469&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Duver+Rd,+St+Helens,+Ryde,+Hampshire+PO33+1XY,+United+Kingdom&ll=50.70131,-1.101143&spn=0.008535,0.017703&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=50.701409,-1.100805&panoid=h5f37-IRLyU590-r3k1c5A&cbp=12,195.51,,0,3.6)
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You can have one of mine now then.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/pic.jpg)
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This'll be it then. (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Duver+Road&aq=0&sll=50.701367,-1.100959&sspn=0.002212,0.006469&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Duver+Rd,+St+Helens,+Ryde,+Hampshire+PO33+1XY,+United+Kingdom&ll=50.70131,-1.101143&spn=0.008535,0.017703&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=50.701409,-1.100805&panoid=h5f37-IRLyU590-r3k1c5A&cbp=12,195.51,,0,3.6)
Bloody hell. How in all that's holy is anyone able to 'guess' where it was. It'd be like me saying "look at my mate's house. D'ya know where it is?" Jaders? You deserve to be shot. Where's that bloody shotgun!!!?
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It is no different to some blodge of stone or a shapely lilt of hills in the distance!
Riggers, you need to get out more - pedal across to the IoW to see if you can spot my next one. ;D
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Right, I'm gonna pen a new signature.
I have been to the Isle of Wight, actually, but that was about 6 years ago. fantastic weather in September. Glorious in fact.
But we're getting away from Knackers's new posting!
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Scotland.
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Right, I'm gonna pen a new signature.
I have been to the Isle of Wight, actually, but that was about 6 years ago. fantastic weather in September. Glorious in fact.
But we're getting away from Knackers's new posting!
Query: Is it Knackers? Surely it should be Knickers?
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Nah, he's gonna be Knackers.
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That's fine. You are, after all, the arbiter. I just wanted to be sure you'd considered the possibility. I thought I ought to air my knickers.
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Damn you. The possible retorts are endless!!! Which one? Hard to choose!
My choice is still Scotland bytheway.
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Knackers/knickers - who cares?
Anyway, not Scotland.
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A reservoir somewhere in the south Pennines?
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Ah, we're getting closer now.
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Ponden or Widdop?
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The latter.
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The latter.
Yes! I usually see it through a red mist: it's on a lot of the hilly perms up here in Bronte-shire.
I haven't got the ability to put pictures on the site yet, so if someone else would like to jump in.....
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OK. Here's an easy one I prepared earlier.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/w_i_w_4568.jpg)
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A brewery somewhere in Germany.
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Not Germany.
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Strasbourg?
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Is it in that London?
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Nope and nope!
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Mis-matched plant holders? That's not Germany.
Is it Newcastle-upon-Tyne-on-the-Line Land?
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It's got to be Flowers Brewery. ::-)
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Nice. :thumbsup:
And I mean in a congratulatory sense, not the 'place'.
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None of the above. :)
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Shepton Mallett?
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<shakes head>
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Reading? (As in the place, before you start....)
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nope.
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nope.
There's no need to go on and on about it; just say, "no"!
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Bass Brewery at Burton upon Trent?
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jogler gets the prize!
It is here (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=safari&rls=en&q=burton+on+trent&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x4879f85f88608b8b:0x23e87ea274e82263,Burton+upon+Trent&gl=uk&ei=veAATsezNJKWhQeC65inDQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ8gEwAA).
I walked past it last week and thought "that would make a good guess the place photo".
That link didn't work. It was supposed to be GoogleSpy
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I've passed it innumerable times over the years 'cause it's local-ish.
My NVQ in IT-Philistine prevents me from posting a pic.. so someone else needs to propigate the thread please.
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I walked past it last week and thought "that would make a good guess the place photo".
next time you're that close to Uttoxeter we could get together again but there's nothing to compete with the thunderbox cake-stop herebouts.But we do have Marj-cake :thumbsup:
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Bass Brewery at Burton upon Trent?
actually.I think it's "Coors" now.
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Yes, I think it is. And where thousands of men used to work making barrels or cans or beer, now there are a few dozen.
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/5859046319_a99a6417d9_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/5859046319/)
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No idea. But I want to go there....
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Somewhere in the Lake District?
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On the Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else) thread?
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I've seen 'that' thread too, but it still doesn't give a clue as to where it is.
I'm plumping for North Wales.
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Somewhere in the Lake District?
Yes. I might have said before, te bridges of Cumbria do define the area at least as much as the fells and passes.
Now, which bridge, or where?
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One of the bridges on the footpath to Aira Force?
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Aye, the one below the fall.
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Lucky guess! Okay, how about this one?
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/lindagordinho/Visit%20to%20John/SANY0037.jpg)
Dead easy.
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[attempts to zoom in on village sign]
(http://www.aukadia.net/pix/fragment.jpg)
Nope, doesn't help. Looks southern French to me, maybe around the Monts Noir sort of area?
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Getting warm. Have you read French Revolutions by Tim Moore?
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I've been there; can't remember the name. Perigord somewhere ?
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Haute Garonne. That's my last clue.
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Ha, I'd forgotten about the signpost! ;D
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I googled the above book and got directed to chicklitforums.com :facepalm:
So - Pyreneen Stage town. Has it got 'Luchon' in the name.
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Is it connected with the Cathars?
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Shall I just tell you? Not a million miles from Luchon.
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Luchon?!
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BEEEEP!!! Time's up.
St Bertrand de Comminges.
frankly frankie was nearest so s/he can go next.
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Maybe I get another go then.
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/lindagordinho/Visit%20to%20John/Springbreak2010.jpg)
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Akroydon?
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Akroydon?
I had to google that.
No. Much, much, much older than that.
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Close?
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Close?
Yes, to a number of places ;)
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English, I'd say. Probably SWish: Wiltshire, Dorset or Somerset.
I'd say vaguely ecclesiastical, also.
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It looks like an estate village somewhere.
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Getting close. :)
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I bet Feline gets this one.
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Vicar's Close.
Wells.
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Bingo!
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That means I'll have to rummage in what passes for my branes, today.
In the meantime, if someone has an image they'd like to jump in with, then please do.
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OK, chosen in a hurry - so probably really easy...
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5905403322_ca71a05380_b.jpg)
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Thames barrier?
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Correct! :thumbsup:
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Correct! :thumbsup:
:thumbsup:
no (suitable) images to hand for the next few hours - anyone else feel free to jump in
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What about this then:
(http://pictures.pcolbeck.fastmail.fm/where.jpg)
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If there's a Ferrari in the drive then it's my gardener's house ;D
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No :)
Here's a clue. Almost opposite it is this petanque court.
(http://pictures.pcolbeck.fastmail.fm/petang.jpg)
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Nice bush...
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No guesses at all ?
Another clue then. It's near this vineyard.
(http://pictures.pcolbeck.fastmail.fm/vineyard.jpg)
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/storm_troop.jpg)
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Endor?
Dagobah?
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Endor?
Dagobah?
:) but no ...
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No one having a guess ? OK lets make it easier. Despite all the clues so far it isn't in France it's in the UK.
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Groombridge?
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Miles out. Wrong county even.
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Different county? I'll try Sharpham, then. But my knowledge of British vineyards reaches its limit.
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Wrong again.
The house in the first picture is on a corner and right next to a National Cycle Route sign by the way.
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Trying to think of the name: Chapel or Chapel House?
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Sorry wrong.
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Is the the vineyard near Linton? Chilford Hall?
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No but you got half of the name right. It's "something" Hall :)
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Getting bored now. It's on National Cycle Route 167. Should be a big enough clue as there can't be more than one place on it with a vineyard and a petangue court.
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from the parish website:
(http://westow.org/images/181.jpg)
I must say that NCN 167 isn't simple to track down. Sustrans don't seem to know about it, or at least admit to doing so. The overview on the order page for the relevant paper map calls it route 166.
The only other Something Hall on the route isn't on a corner.
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I've a suspicion that this won't last long.
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0783.jpg)
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I've a suspicion that this won't last long.
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0783.jpg)
Looks pretty well-built to me.
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from the parish website:
(http://westow.org/images/181.jpg)
I must say that NCN 167 isn't simple to track down. Sustrans don't seem to know about it, or at least admit to doing so. The overview on the order page for the relevant paper map calls it route 166.
The only other Something Hall on the route isn't on a corner.
Correct Westow Hall in Westow. It's near the most northerly vineyard in the UK Ryedale Vineyard and opposite a petanque court. I thought the boules was a hang over from WWII (I know quite a lot of Free French and Canadians were stationed locally) but apparently not. An old guy in the pub said it was a tennis court until the early 80s.
I'm surprised one of the York mob didn't get this one as it;s 15 miles from York and we get lots of cyclists through the village.
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...northerly vineyard in the UK Ryedale Vineyard...
Yorkshire wine! The mind boggles.
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Well, explain "Yorkshire tea" then!
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Well, explain "Yorkshire tea" then!
It's tea you can see through
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...northerly vineyard in the UK Ryedale Vineyard...
Yorkshire wine! The mind boggles.
Wait until you see the produce of the vineyard that's just been planted in Fife.
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...northerly vineyard in the UK Ryedale Vineyard...
Yorkshire wine! The mind boggles.
Wait until you see the produce of the vineyard that's just been planted in Fife.
Seeing's okay. It's the tasting I'd worry about.
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I've a suspicion that this won't last long.
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0783.jpg)
Tony and Pat looking over the railings
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0786.jpg)
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/bridge_23.jpg)
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Is it the bridge near Aysgarth falls?
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No, not really warm even. Sorry.
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It's not the bridge at the top of the Reekie Linn is it?
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Dulsie Bridge?
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As the regional DIY organiser for Scotland, I feel I must declare myself ineligible for this. :-X ;)
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:thumbsup:
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No correct guesses so far.
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There si a picture on your DIY report that indicates it is near Lairg so a bit og google fu gives http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=57.967991,-4.729829&spn=0.021965,0.056777&z=15&layer=c&cbll=57.967946,-4.730083&panoid=u26Qez2s7SJu_5-Kh2JY2Q&cbp=12,298.23,,0,2.31
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Google is cheating!
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Google is cheating!
No no, David Martin is cheating. Google is merely a pawn.
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Actually, reading the ride reports was cheating where you posted another image of the bridge with it's approximate location. It was then the first place I looked on the map.
Here is one for you..
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6136/5984489333_8cec2c4927.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5984489333/)
IMG_1556 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/5984489333/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
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Arthur's Seat? (DM's pic)
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Carnoustie
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I should post a close up of the plaque.
'In memory of Brian Dutton who enjoyed boating on this canal'
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I should post a close up of the plaque.
'In memory of Brian Dutton who enjoyed boating on this canal'
I initially thought as it was flat you were on a disused railway. If we're talking canals I'll go for the Union Canal as it's closest to Dundee (I have paddled a fair length of the Union Canal but can't remember any specific benches :-\). I suspect maybe near the Falkirk Wheel?
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It is a canal but you can't get there (easily) from the Union canal. It is not in Scotland.
As a clue it is a cruiseway though it hasn't always been one.
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It is a canal but you can't get there (easily) from the Union canal. It is not in Scotland.
As a clue it is a cruiseway though it hasn't always been one.
That suggests the K & A to me but I can't be more specific.
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Is it between Limpley Stoke and Avoncliffe?
EDIT - Moved from the Bradford on Avon tea gardens?
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It suggests correctly.
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Should be easy, where did I go on tuesday?
(http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/281272_10150278437157080_512382079_7702958_4631085_n.jpg)
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Falmouth.
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Nope!
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Right coast?
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Its not Devon or Cornwall
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Is it between Limpley Stoke and Avoncliffe?
EDIT - Moved from the Bradford on Avon tea gardens?
No. Bradford on Avon would be closer but still not close enough.
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OK ...I have not put one in for a while, so:
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/034.jpg)
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What a boar!
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Wild? He was psitively livid!
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it looks like a copy of the bronze in the Mercato Nuevo in Florence. So is it outside the big villa i cant remember the name of on the other side of the river?
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I know the Florentine beast you mean. Which river?
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:-[ I thought it was at Chatsworth
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:-[ I thought it was at Chatsworth
Nope.
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the big one in florence... Mrs Mike she say, is it outside palazzo pitti?
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At least I'm not going mad - there's a copy at Chatsworth (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jedi58/4808696578/) (not my photo).
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I know the two places well, and it is neither. But it is across the sea.
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Venice?
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Rome?
Frere
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Most definitely NOT Italian.
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Austria?
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Nope. Closer.
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Paris ?
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Is it between Limpley Stoke and Avoncliffe?
EDIT - Moved from the Bradford on Avon tea gardens?
No. Bradford on Avon would be closer but still not close enough.
By a lock where the towpath changes sides..
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Most definitely NOT Italian.
München
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It definitely has the look of a late 19thC northern European city building. But florentine Boars are so everywhaer dahling that you can't use them as a clue..
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Haven't participated here yet - do you have to guess correctly before you can post an image - or just dive in?
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Haven't participated here yet - do you have to guess correctly before you can post an image - or just dive in?
That's the idea yes! :)
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Google is not allowed though. ;)
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Most definitely NOT Italian.
München
Nope, but I know the boar you had in mind. Is it time for a clue yet?
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OK, a clue: the second most expensive ferry crossing in the world, mile for mile.
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So its not the IOW, then ;)
I'm re-tuning my scanner to the lowlands....... I think
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The IOW is not the most expensive, mile for mile.
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The most expensive I took was from Bygdoey to Store Herben. It worked out at abut 400 GBP per mile.
It was about 50m.
..d
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It is alleged that the most expensive, per mile, is the Grotspot-Pompey crossing.
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Hmmm, one of those Swiss lakes ....
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Osborne House, errr.... IOW
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Absolutely, Jurek!
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(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6072849348_81e4972626_o.jpg)
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Is that a row of TARDISes in the background? If so it's probably in Cardiff :P
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Not TARDISes. Not Cardiff.
It's akshully a TARDIS like corridor ;)
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OK, I thought I'd give it 100 views or 24hrs (whichever came first) - 100 views wins and only Mr.L has taken the bait.
Time, maybe, to move away a little...
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6084/6075652097_ff3f985d6c_o.jpg)
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Looks londiniumish, whitehall/horseguards?
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Looks londiniumish, whitehall/horseguards?
The londiniumish bit is spot-on.
The rest of it, not so much.
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Just wondering from the sculpture: is there a dramatic or possibly a psychiatric medecine connection? (I am not from londinium but am occasionally dramatic and usually a bit psychiatric.)
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Just wondering from the sculpture: is there a dramatic or possibly a psychiatric medecine connection?
I'm not aware of either connection with the artist or their work.
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Then somewhere in the Imperial/Kensington complex. V&A London (as opposed to the V&A Dundee which currently is just a drawing on paper)
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Then somewhere in the Imperial/Kensington complex.
Not there.
But it is connected, albeit tenuously.
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Is that the same sculpture that was sitting in front of the main entrance to the British Museum? It's hard to tell, given the number of largely identical works that this chap has churned out. Mrs R's former workplace hosted a show of his stuff once. I was roped in to fill a place at a dinner (at which Rocco Forte rightly complained about the rawness of the sea bass fillets) and found myself sitting between him and the Italian ambassador. There. I've blown all my namedrops in one post!
Might this be a place in greenwich?
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Is that the same sculpture that was sitting in front of the main entrance to the British Museum?
It is, and was removed from there in 2003 (or thereabouts).
Might this be a place in greenwich?
This is not a place in Greenwich.
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Krakow? That's not in Londinium though.
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Krakow?
Nope - you're giving too much weight to my avatar :P
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It's not quite right for BMA House but feels very Bloomsbury. (NB note Google Maps names Southampton Row 'Northampton Row'.)
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... I was roped in to fill a place at a dinner (at which Rocco Forte rightly complained about the rawness of the sea bass fillets) and found myself sitting between him and the Italian ambassador. There. I've blown all my namedrops in one post!
;D
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It's not quite right for BMA House but feels very Bloomsbury. (NB note Google Maps names Southampton Row 'Northampton Row'.)
I can see why you might link it visually to BMA House - but it's not that.
Nor is it Bloomsbury.
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is it just off Piccadilly?
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is it just off Piccadilly?
It's way, way off Piccadilly - so no ;)
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Somerset House?
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Somerset House?
Not Somerset House.
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Clue time.
The building is large. At one time accommodating 7000 workers.
It has changed use at least twice since it was built. At one time it was home to a film and TV production company.
Elton John has a property next door.
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SE18?
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SE18?
Not SE18.
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Wellcome?
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Wellcome?
You are :).
But it's not.
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Royal Naval College ?
Was a hospital, then a naval college, now a seat of learning.
??
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Royal Naval College ?
Was a hospital, then a naval college, now a seat of learning.
??
Not the Royal Naval College.
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Blythe House
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PO Savings Bank, as was?
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Blythe House
Blythe House indeed!!!
23 Blythe Road
London
W14 0QX
Formerly the headquarters of The Post Office Savings Bank, during which time 7000 people worked there in gender segregated offices.
Euston Films occupied it in the 80’s churning out (amongst others) The Avengers, with Joanna Lumley and Minder.
Elton John’s Aids Foundation is housed in a purpose converted building next door which has in part a glass roof over a bathroom.
The sculpture by German born Polish Sculptor Igor Mitoraj, is called Luci Di Nara, and was indeed exhibited outside the British Museum in 2002.
Blythe House is currently used for storage of the nations treasures by The British Museum, The V&A and The Science Museum.
Trivia time: My claim to fame is having at one time worked on the premises, my workshop being housed in what was Arthur Daley’s lock-up. We had Arthur’s portrait hanging in the office as a sort of tribute.
We were unanimously agreed that none of us relished the thought of seeing either Elton or David Furnish in the buff as our second floor windows overlooked their glass roof.
(http://tinyurl.com/3hqayzo)
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Jurek, surely that thought would be trumped by the thought of seeing them together...etc?
'Gender separated offices'
Sniggers...
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Jurek, surely that thought would be trumped by the thought of seeing them together...etc?
'Gender separated offices'
Sniggers...
You've said that which I meant. :).
I think.
These, by the way, weren't small offices. They were huge rooms accommodating hundreds of clerks sitting in row upon row of desks.
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6079811133_32e577c6cd_o.jpg)
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Jurek, surely that thought would be trumped by the thought of seeing them together...etc?
'Gender separated offices'
Sniggers...
"Did the earth move?" Phnaaarrr ;)
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I don't know if Jurek's workshop was ancient enough to be gender-separated. ???
Anyways, here's somewhere else
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6067/6080860678_985cb6da0f_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62297839@N05/6080860678/)
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Don't know it but it's beautiful. It's got posh choirboys, so is it a public school chapel - say Westminster?
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No, not part of a school. But I can assure you that the choirboys are in the maintained sector...
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Looks high church C of E to me. That narrows it down not a lot.
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I don't know how high it ranks on the C of E scale of highness but it's certainly most peculiar.
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is it a chapel attached to a palace / stately home? Doesnt look like a regular church.
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well, sort of
but the thing it was attached to is no longer there
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Intrigued. Royal connections?
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yes, there could be...
they sing a unique variant of the national anthem at their services
they host the annual carol service of the guild of the 19 lubricators (try googling that!)
I is not jokin you
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A chapel in the royal dockyard at Portsmouth (if there is such a thing) ?
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A chapel in the royal dockyard at Portsmouth (if there is such a thing) ?
Nope, not in Portsmouth.
Who remembers that awful song by Musical Youth? I'm reminded of that song, for some reason...
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Not in Lancaster, surely? As in "Pass the duchy..."?
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That is indeed the song I had in mind. You're getting closer in a sense but, alas, not in a geographical sense.
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Connection to John Of Gaunt?
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I do believe you have it, Peter!
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Ok, but apart from maybe St Mary de Castro in Leicestershire, I don't know other stuff without google, so I'll leave it to see if anyone else picks it up!
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Duchy ? Cornwall ?
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The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster. They sing a different version of the National Anthem there due to their connection with Sir Arthur Sullivan. I have not been there (though my next-door neighbour was Chaplain there for many years). I thought it was only a tiny chapel though.
[Edit] There was a Savoy Palace...
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Quick now Helen, before Jurek declares his hand!
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Quick now Helen, before Jurek declares his hand!
I've been sitting on both of my hands since this morning. As well you know. ;D ;D ;D
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Jurek can have it! I have no photos with which to play and only knew a string of facts about the place cos David went to Choral Evensong there (broadcast on Radio 3) earlier in the year. David is active(ish) in the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society.
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(Son #2 sang in that service)
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(Son #2 sang in that service)
[Veering OT.] Shame they could not sing all that was on the Order of Service; I was really looking forward to 'Onward Christian Soldiers'!
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Jurek can have it!
I feel at an unfair advantage as I recalled PaulR telling me his youngest sang at the Savoy Chapel.....
I may have to get at least elbow deep into the Album of Cunning Photographs to come up with something suitable though.
If anyone wants to post a pic, then please do.
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(Son #2 sang in that service)
[Veering OT.] Shame they could not sing all that was on the Order of Service; I was really looking forward to 'Onward Christian Soldiers'!
Yes, Son#2 said it was bit odd the way it was all stopped when the broadcast slot came to an end. Would they have done that to the royle wedding? Hmmm?
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(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6082496317_d1239250af.jpg)
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(Son #2 sang in that service)
[Veering OT.] Shame they could not sing all that was on the Order of Service; I was really looking forward to 'Onward Christian Soldiers'!
Yes, Son#2 said it was bit odd the way it was all stopped when the broadcast slot came to an end. Would they have done that to the royle wedding? Hmmm?
No. IIRC the preacher threw in something off the Order, throwing all else out of kilter. Broadcasters do have schedules and timetables to stick to though.
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(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6082496317_d1239250af.jpg)
Looks very like the Bay of Isles off Esperance, but I don't think so. Looks chillier.
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Looks a bit like Lundy IIRC.
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Lundy is certainly closer than the Bay of Isles.
And apologies for the delay in replying, I've been away for a week.
I'm always absolutely astounded at how quickly these photos are identified, so I thought I would pop this one up on the grounds that no-one would be able to identify it from amongst all the other thousands of islets on this planet.
I'll drop a hint tomorrow.
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Sully, or one of the Holms?
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I was going to say Steep Holme, but then I was wondering whether it wasn't one of the islands further west, off the Welsh coast.
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I was going to say Steep Holme, but then I was wondering whether it wasn't one of the islands further west, off the Welsh coast.
Skomer!
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I was going to say Steep Holme, but then I was wondering whether it wasn't one of the islands further west, off the Welsh coast.
Skomer!
That's the one. Couldn't recall the name.
[edit] still waiting for confirmation that it's correct.
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(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/42/85158092_f91a9611d1.jpg)
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Mallorca
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Mallorca
Nope. Want a clue?
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Nope. Want a clue?
No, way too soon for that. Steph has not yet spoken
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Corsica ?
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Couls be lower part of Ventoux, near Malaucene
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I was going to say Steep Holme, but then I was wondering whether it wasn't one of the islands further west, off the Welsh coast.
Skomer!
That's the one. Couldn't recall the name.
[edit] still waiting for confirmation that it's correct.
And I was sure it was one of the little islands off the Padstow estuary. If it's Skomer, I don't have to work out which one it isn't.
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Couls be lower part of Ventoux, near Malaucene
:thumbsup: Quite right! *applause*
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It's the bit through the woods on the way up that's quite pleasant, until you get out into what was on my ride a windless and bloody hot desert, and on others' trips a windy and nasty freezer.
If I also have Skomer correct, which I'm rasonably sure I have, it's because of the prod from Ian. It is, after all, local to my origins. Ian can have the point there. I will stick something up once I've used my new scanner to select some odd bit or other.
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I was going to say Steep Holme, but then I was wondering whether it wasn't one of the islands further west, off the Welsh coast.
Skomer!
That's the one. Couldn't recall the name.
[edit] still waiting for confirmation that it's correct.
And I was sure it was one of the little islands off the Padstow estuary. If it's Skomer, I don't have to work out which one it isn't.
Bingo !! Bonus points for getting the name right.
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Bingo !! Bonus points for getting the name right.
Aha! Newland?
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...If I also have Skomer correct, which I'm rasonably sure I have, it's because of the prod from Ian...
Whoops! Sorry about that prod.
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Has anyone got any idea about Bomber's pic on #4217? It's still bugging me.
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19th century fort now fitted out with visitor suites you can rent...
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Bingo !! Bonus points for getting the name right.
Aha! Newland?
Nope. The other one.
Tell me, do you live there or are you just a frequent visitor ? There have to be a million islets around the world that look like this one.
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Puffin Island, then.
Here's a different one
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/Sunset.jpg)
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The Iron Gate
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Wrong river entirely.
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Nope. The other one.
Gulland Rock?
I've spent quite a lot of time, on and off, working at YHA Tintagel. So I do know the area a bit, and those little islands look special. (Not been out to them though. Have you?)
(I haven't got a picture to post at the moment, so somebody please do.)
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Here's a different one
Grenoble
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Here's a different one
Grenoble
Spot on! For interest only, where did I take the picture from? And what is the Frank Sinatra connection?
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Nope. The other one.
Gulland Rock?
I've spent quite a lot of time, on and off, working at YHA Tintagel. So I do know the area a bit, and those little islands look special. (Not been out to them though. Have you?)
(I haven't got a picture to post at the moment, so somebody please do.)
Yup, Gulland it is. And no, I've only walked on the mainland coastline there. It would be fun to get on a boat and take a closer look at these islands.
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Spot on! For interest only, where did I take the picture from? And what is the Frank Sinatra connection?
<googles>
The Bastille cable car, bubbles
This one is still outstanding
http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=122.msg1002232#msg1002232
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Spot on! For interest only, where did I take the picture from? And what is the Frank Sinatra connection?
<googles>
The Bastille cable car, bubbles
This one is still outstanding
http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=122.msg1002232#msg1002232
The very place. Just coming down to what I call Frank Sinatra Square, Place Hubert Dubedout, named after a man whose parents clearly had a sense of humour.
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Spot on! For interest only, where did I take the picture from? And what is the Frank Sinatra connection?
<googles>
The Bastille cable car, bubbles
This one is still outstanding
http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=122.msg1002232#msg1002232
The very place. Just coming down to what I call Frank Sinatra Square, Place Hubert Dubedout, named after a man whose parents clearly had a sense of humour.
... and named his brother Shoubi ;)
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While folk are still trying to work out the outstanding stonework one, here's another simple one.
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/Scan.jpg)
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Canal St Manchester? Oh no, hold on. That's a straight couple. Never mind.
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IK will give you a clue: it isn't in England. I remember a busker there, who had clearly 'learnt' his songs by listening to recordings, and who just as clearly spoke no English whatsoever. My friend wanted to pay him to go away...
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Not Birmingham, then? ;)
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No. The water is actually blue.
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Annecy
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Annecy
Yup, a nice easy one to keep the thread ticking over. The water is blue even when you are swimming in it.
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The water is blue even when you are swimming in it.
Copper sulphate?
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IK will give you a clue: it isn't in England. I remember a busker there, who had clearly 'learnt' his songs by listening to recordings, and who just as clearly spoke no English whatsoever. My friend wanted to pay him to go away...
He did - he's in Hebden Bridge at the moment.
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The water is blue even when you are swimming in it.
Copper sulphate?
I think it is just suspended limestone, but it is gorgeous.
http://www.vacances-lac.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lac-annecy.jpg
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Toulouse?
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Toulouse?
Which one was that in reply to?
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I'm rubbish at these, so here's one closer to home.
(http://www.peeble.com/guess1.jpg)
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That's White Wells on Ilkley Moor, isn't it?
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That's White Wells on Ilkley Moor, isn't it?
Is that the cafe where they fly the flag?
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That's White Wells on Ilkley Moor, isn't it?
It is. And I went up there last Thursday baht'at, which I thought was terribly daring.
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Tha's gan' ter catch thy deth o' cowd!
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Beware the worms. Or is it too late by then?
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The song is about inevitability. So it's already too late ;)
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... before it's even begun. Reassuring, if somewhat Calvinisitic ;)
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Well, my turn apparently, so where's this?
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Guesstheplace01.jpg)
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Has anyone got any idea about Bomber's pic on #4217? It's still bugging me.
No one?
It's Fort Clonque (http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/BuildingDetails/Overview/68/Fort_Clonque) on (or just off) Alderney.
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Blimey. I didn't get it, and I've stayed there for goodness sakes!!!!
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Blimey. I didn't get it, and I've stayed there for goodness sakes!!!!
/Rowley Birkin QC
But I was very, very drunk.
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Well, my turn apparently, so where's this?
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Guesstheplace01.jpg)
Nobody interested - does this help?
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/flingelbunt/Guesstheplace02.jpg)
It's a place that has been featured in a BBC TV series in recent weeks. If nobody guesses it this evening, you'll have to wait until Friday for further information, as my PC is going to be out of action Monday to Thursday.
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Roundstone, Connemara?
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Correct! As featured on "Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape".
We were there in 2008, and we stayed in the adjacent cottage to the one that Monty Halls had, on the island of Inishnee. He did well to have a Landrover - in the week that we were there, I never managed to get from Inishnee to Roundstone or vice-versa without scraping the bottom of my car at some point on the rough track between the two.
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Thanks - massive clue helped. How about this one?
(http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/jcm56/001.jpg)
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Norfolk Broads - Cley next the sea?
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Norfolk Broads - Yes
Cley - No
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Horsey Wind pump, near Hickling Broad, where I raced lasers a lifetime ago...
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Horsey Wind pump - yes
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(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/temp/L10012601.jpg)
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Hhhmmmmm, let me think … New Zealand.
Havin' the points!
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Nul.
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West coast o' Ca… na… da!
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Looks a lot like somewhere around the Salish Sea!
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nope and nope. It's an inland island, named after a monarch (but not of that country)
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(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6083/6072849348_81e4972626_o.jpg)
I was reminded of this thread when I went to see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy last weekend - the blue corridor (and a lot of other parts of this property) featured prominently.
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Is it in Canadadana?
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Is there a Victoria Island in Vancouver?
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There is one nearby
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nope, not Vancouver. You could cycle to it from [mainland] Vancouver though.
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... if your name's Beaumont, maybe.
Somewhere in Chile, perhaps?
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From Cerro Campanario, looking over Lake Nahuel Huapi, near San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
[edit] the island seems to be Isla Victoria
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From Cerro Campanario, looking over Lake Nahuel Huapi, near San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
[edit] the island seems to be Isla Victoria
:thumbsup:
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nope, not Vancouver. You could cycle to it from [mainland] Vancouver though.
It does look uncannily similar to some of the views over Harrison lake in BC;
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y251/ailienated/IMG_1707.jpg)
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I'm with Bomber on this. You're completely wrong Mike, and Bomber wins!!!
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you're probably right Riggers, thanks for clarifying.. ::-)
here's the map bit, with presumably all the wrong labels on it:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/temp/L1001260.jpg)
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Precisely Mike. This conspiracy has to stop! :thumbsup:
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Lake Narwhal eh?
<scratches chin>
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Here's a really hard one.
(http://www.peeble.com/bars.jpg)
Clue: Nelson
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Nelson's Tower in Embra?
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Nope. Closer to you.
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Chepstow Castle ??
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No. And no Googling.
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After the Chepstow guess, I just did.... and withdrew of course!
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Lady Hamilton is linked to the Kymin at Monmouth, but I think you were quite a way west of there :)
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West of Monmouth?
Pembrokeshire?
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kidwelly?
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There is the Nelson Museum in Monmouth of course, but I don't recall it looking anyhting like that! :-)
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Goodrich Castle?
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Need more clues!
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I don't know the South-East that well, but I don't think it's Monmouth castle. IIRC, that's in a bit less intact state. I am going to take a guess...somewhere near Llangattock?
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My guess is that it's a bit further West than that. I'm thinking cheese...
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My guess is that it's a bit further West than that. I'm thinking cheese...
Careful!
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Well, Caerffili would fit.
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Bugger! I thought Caerphilly Castle when I first saw it but couldn't think of a Nelson connection!
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Bugger! I thought Caerphilly Castle when I first saw it but couldn't think of a Nelson connection!
You can get Caerphilly in the Spar in Nelson.
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Yeah, there is a village called Nelson near there.
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Anyone said what a nice picture it is?
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Yeah, there is a village called Nelson near there.
Doh!
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OK, another clue. It's owned by the National Trust, although it probably has the smallest car park and narrowest access road of any NT property; it doesn't even have its own entry in the guidebook, 'cos I don't think they want too many people finding it.
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Daft thought: not Manorbier?
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Paxton's tower.
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Paxton's Tower in Carmarthenshire, close to the Botanical Gardens? (Been to the former, thought of going to the latter but ran out of time!)
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Lag :-)
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Yes. It's a bit derelict but you can still go up to the first floor.
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I've never been there, but when I was a child back in the 60s there would be the obligatory visit to my father's Aunty Lil in Llandebie and then we'd take her out for a drive round her old haunts. Paxton's tower has stuck in my mind from interminable afternoons.
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How about this?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/3102818599_231e4b8794_z.jpg?zz=1) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwpd/3102818599/)
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It reminds me of somewhere in Firenza/ Florence.
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I was thinking further east. Istanbul?
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Both on the right sort of track, but not geographically.
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Chioggia?
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wheres's that?
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Right at the mouth of the Venice lagoon, southern end. Rode round that area a few times.
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It's quite a bit further west.
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South Kensington?
(I know it's not, but that was what I thought of first!)
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a little bit further west than that
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We I give up!
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a little bit further west than that
Newport ?
;D
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Not Newport - no transporter bridge. I thought this was going to be easy.
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It has to be Swindon.
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the other one that occurred to me was Westminster Cathedral, but that's not west of Imperial, I think
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the other one that occurred to me was Westminster Cathedral, but that's not west of Imperial, I think
Apologies - my sense of direction has failed me again :-[ it is Westminster Cathedral.
There are a couple of days in the year where the sunset lines up with the hole in the tower as viewed from work in Victoria Street.
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Oh goody. I won't have a chance to post another until a bit later this evening so if anyone wants to take the next turn, feel free!
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Marrakesh?
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Marrakesh?
Is this a sort of inverse question, where we have to supply a photo? ;D
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........ so if anyone wants to take the next turn, feel free!
Of course - Westminster Cathedral!!!!
Gah!
I've been to every mosque in the south of England this afternoon.
While Peewit thumbs through his photo album, amuse yourselves with this:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6309663376_4b78ef3cd6_b.jpg)
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West Mersea ?
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Nope.
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Grays?
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Grays?
You saucy sailor! ;D
Grays, indeed.
Lightship No. 38 (the second oldest in Europe) built in 1860.
Moored at that location for the last 60 / 70 years when Thurrock Yacht Club acquired her to use as their clubhouse.
She fell into disrepair (and subsequent vandalism) once a new clubhouse was acquired in the 70's.
Once bearing the words 'GULL' and 'BRAKE' along her midships - testimony to when she was stationed for duty at the aforementioned locations on Goodwin Sands way back in the 1930's.
Shame to see a ship like this trashed.
The photo I posted is pre-2009, since which time the mast and lantern have been removed.
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Thanks for the intriguing maritime interlude. Time to head south now.
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6108/6313141084_642580747d_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62297839@N05/6313141084/)
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Dover Castle?
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Quite a bit further south, and older.
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The Pont du Gard (?)
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Yep, that's the one!
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A sad update for fans of the sewer-powered lamp in Carting Lane, London: this is how it looked this morning.
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6225/6318380115_b415898b11_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62297839@N05/6318380115/)
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Sewer-powered lamp fans everywhere will doubtless be mortified :(.
Good shot of a pigeon doing a Messerschmidt-style swoop though :thumbsup: .
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Not obvious ...
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m85/rjevans6/IMG_0053.jpg)
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Is it on the descent to the Kyle of Durness from the south?
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Looking north to the Piper's Grave from just past Blackhopebyres Farm
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Cyclops has it ...
(clearly too obvious ;))
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(clearly too obvious ;))
I have been riding up and down there for 30 years (not non-stop :P), although the blue sky confused me.
Try this one:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6125/5922337318_2686f827fa.jpg)
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Outer Hebrides.
Thank you. I'll accept my points in Postal order form. The usual address… 123 Bonkers, Brighton BN2 6PQ
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Outer Hebrides.
Nope
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The Summer Isles?
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Inner Hebrides - Canna, Rum & Eigg (L > R), taken from somewhere near Morar?
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You're both right. The shot was taken out the kitchen window of the holiday home I rented in Fascadale this summer. From left to right it's Muck, Eigg with Rum directly behind it and on the far right Skye off in the distance. You can't see Canna as it's hidden behind Rum.
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May prove a bit easy, but all I've got to hand at the moment - grabbed from a train earlier this year:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hchJCKC-sJo/TlvcEnBHksI/AAAAAAAAFQI/cmmtKD8Ybe0/s800/IMG_6461.JPG)
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Is it Vienna?
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Is it Vienna?
No, not Vienna
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Prague was my first thought but I now think Paris.
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Hollandland?
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Pareeee?
(edit: beaten by Tewdric?)
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It could be La Defense in Paris, but it's an unusual viewpoint and the tallest tower wasn't there the last time that I was.
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As Tewdric' and peterh guessed right am I a right saddo if I know you're on Pont ferroviaire d'Asnieres?
That's a rhetorical question :P
Although strictly speaking you're outside the BP so its Clichy not Paris
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Tewdric has it - looking upstream along the Seine towards La Défense, on the way home after PBP
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Damn. It wasn't Swindon.
I'm rather glad that work prevented me from suggesting that now.
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Something a bit more summery:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6323101869_17730e9ca7_z.jpg)
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OK, so we are looking for somewhere that has a horizon that defies gravity! ;)
Is it The Electric Brae?
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..or a distracted photographer! :-)
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;D
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That's way too hard - it could be anywhere with badly-dressed tourists.
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That's way too hard - it could be anywhere with badly-dressed tourists.
It's a very famous Atlantic surf beach .
The colour of the pebbles and rocks is a clue! :-)
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Fistral Beach, Newquay ?
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A lot further south.
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Lanzarote?
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Yep! Can you name the beach? You have it though.
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Is it Famara beach? Along from Club La Santa? If it is, the pull on that water is something terrific! I seemed to spend my time there cycling, enjoyed (really?) cycling up to the weather(listening?) station way up on top the mountain.
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That's the one. Highly recommended btw! :)
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Lots of sharks frequent that bay apparently!
On one ride I saw about 100 camels all in a line plodding along.
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Club La Santa? One of our club memebrs is out there as a cycling tour guide. Takes clients off on nice rides around the island.
Here he is making sure some of his clients don't get dropped (he is the one at the back in the club La Santa shirt..)
(http://cdn3.media.cyclingnews.futurecdn.net/2009/12/15/2/columbia_htc_bob_foy_027_600.jpg)Clicky (http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/columbia-htcs-spanish-training-camp/98739)
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Yep! Can you name the beach? You have it though.
No. I couldn't possibly - I've never been there - but, as you say, the colour of the rocks is a big clue.
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Thoroughly weird island Dr David. Very much like a moonscape or off-worldly.
I've never before experienced total silence out in the open air before (nor since) when out cycling one afternoon with my youngest. We'd stopped on a road: no traffic or plane noise, nor birds, wind. Nothing. Not – a – thing! Extremely bizarre sensation, and I still remember it even though it must be a good ten years or so ago.
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Difficult? This is my current desktop.
(http://www.peeble.com/ds.jpg)
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Nice.
Very Ansel Adams.
No idea where it is, thobut.
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Stourhead ?
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Bastard! ;D Got it in two. Rollei infrared film.
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Bastard! ;D Got it in two. Rollei infrared film.
We could have done "Guess the filmstock" as a separate game.
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That's a cool shot. I've never been to Stourhead but listened to the head gardener (?) on R4 the other day and clocked that it is in your neck of the woods.
Anyhow, random mountain shot. Points awarded for mountain in the middle of the shot and the vantage point.
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6326334383_383cda564d_z.jpg)
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Is it The Eiger from the south?
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Nope.
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Is it Mont Blanc from the southeast?
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Nope, but you're getting closer.
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Rear view of Bellevarde, Espace Killy?
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Nope. That's getting a bit colder.
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La Meije, near Ailefroide?
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No. (And I've never even heard of either of those places.)
I'm off to bed now and if it hasn't been got by tomorrow morning I'll drop a clue or two.
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The Jungfrau taken from the Schilthorn side?
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Box Hill in winter?
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Mont Fort, Verbier?
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No. (And I've never even heard of either of those places.)
I'm off to bed now and if it hasn't been got by tomorrow morning I'll drop a clue or two.
You say it as if you're proud of it! :) In the French Alps, south-east of Grenoble, near Les Ecrins.
Hope you slept well.
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Bellecote ?
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No. (And I've never even heard of either of those places.)
I'm off to bed now and if it hasn't been got by tomorrow morning I'll drop a clue or two.
I did, thank you.
You say it as if you're proud of it! :) In the French Alps, south-east of Grenoble, near Les Ecrins.
Hope you slept well.
I did, thank you.
Not proud at all, a little disappointed that I hadn't heard of them, given that I worked in the Alps for three seasons.
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Mont Fort, Verbier?
Bingo !
andrew_s has it. Would you like to suggest where I was standing to take the photo ?
The cabin is the top of the cable car. Directly underneath it is the black, and off to the right is the (laughingly categorised) red. At least it was when I was there. I understand now that the red is a black and the black is a 'high mountain tour'.
The story was that TéléVerbier categorised the lesser of the two runs as red to encourage people to buy the Mont Fort extension for their lift pass. The problem with the red was that to get to it it was necessary to undertake the walk of death on a severely rutted and icy track, to then be faced with one of the more horrific entries to a marked run in the Alps (and certainly so for a 'red' run). Once there, there really was no turning back. I saw two people fall to their deaths there in the course of two seasons.
The black on the other hand had the distinct advantage of not requiring any perilous walk, you simply exited the cable car, turned left instead of right, clicked your skis on and set off. This was always a heart stopping moment. The face is convex at this point, so you couldn't see beyond about four (massive) moguls down. If you didn't make that first turn (and there was only one place to make that turn) it was a very long and very bumpy way down. Never before or since has the word 'commitment' had such relevance to me.
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:o I am grateful for this reminder of why I have never done downhill skiing!
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/gtp_345.jpg)
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Barcelona.
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Nope - that would be silly! ;D
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Rotterdam or Haarlem?
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Neither.
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Prague
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Vienna
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Let me know when you want a clue. ;D
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Edinburgh.
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An Bus Shelter on an exotic Audax?
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Edinburgh.
Specifically, the view from inside the coffee booth in St Andrew Square ...
Well spotted (or guessed)
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Yes. Good spot. ;D
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/093.jpg)
Just to keep it ticking along...
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Oi, ahem, oi!
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m85/rjevans6/P1240070.jpg)
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Lol, had a few 'free goes' saved from earlier spots. My excuse for queue jumping is...boredom*! ;D
*Not with the thread or forum, naturally
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Oi, ahem, oi!
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m85/rjevans6/P1240070.jpg)
Cwmyoy ?
Church looks about right, though the mountain may be too big :)
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That crag above the church looks right, too. And the windingness of the valley.
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Definitely Cwmyoy! The leaning church tower is the big giveaway.
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Cwmyoy it is (from the Gaer). Too easy ;)
(Hatterall Hill in the background - the Tump is just out of shot left)
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Edinburgh.
Specifically, the view from inside the coffee booth in St Andrew Square ...
Well spotted (or guessed)
Lucky guess - I thought they were tramlines when I glanced at it...
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Edinburgh.
Specifically, the view from inside the coffee booth in St Andrew Square ...
Well spotted (or guessed)
Lucky guess - I thought they were tramlines when I glanced at it...
But, nevertheless, the thread's first correct answer posted from Iran!
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OK, here's one. Apologies for rubbish photo, I took it some years ago on a phone of its time
(http://www.bosphorus.f2s.com/dragon.jpg)
No Googling, now.
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Hmm, looks familiar but I don't know. So I'm going to say it's the Wawel dragon in Krakow, because that's the only dragon that springs to mind, but I don't think that's really what it is. Traffic lights look all wrong, for a start!
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Nope.
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Traffic lights look European with a guess that that is a priority route sign on the top.
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Ljubljana?
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Ljubljana?
Dim gwgwl? 'Ti'n siwr? ;-)
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Ljubljana?
yep
The Dragon Bridge in that fine city.
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balls. I knew I recognised it from somewhere....
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Edinburgh.
Specifically, the view from inside the coffee booth in St Andrew Square ...
Well spotted (or guessed)
Lucky guess - I thought they were tramlines when I glanced at it...
The overhead cables aren't up yet. I'm just waiting for the sh!tstorm of horror when they finally get round to stringing the cables between the pylons along Princes St ::-)
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Ljubljana?
Dim gwgwl? 'Ti'n siwr? ;-)
Dwi'n siwr.
I was planning a tour round that area a few years back, and as is my wont bought a shedload of books. The Dragon Bridge was something I wanted to see, as well as Lake Bled, as I have a thing about silly river beasts and monsters. There is now a daft statue in Gateshead near the site of the Trinity car park, and there is a truly silly one at Tarascon. Same logic as the afanc of the Conwy.
Here's a link to the Tarasque, which I found rather hilarious:
http://www.fotothing.com/Stephalsa/photo/9e5196c17e2bedcd113bb9dbcd89db9d/
And the Gateshead one:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J0DZ4NK5Z-A/R6-FNfgvYUI/AAAAAAAADw4/utMfJb8M5kg/s400/IMG_1897.jpg
EDIT: The silliest ones I remember are of Kaiser Bill in Koln. That moustache...
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OK - to keep the thread going.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/gtp_346.jpg)
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Long shot - Turin?
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From the cars, I'd guess at the US, but after that I'm struggling. New York ?
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from the row of redbrick houses at the top - boston? (US, not Lincs)
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If it was the US then Boston would have been my thoughts rather than NY though it could be Eastwards of central NY through Queens etc.
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from the row of redbrick houses at the top - boston? (US, not Lincs)
Getting there. Right city. I need detail ;D
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from the row of redbrick houses at the top - boston? (US, not Lincs)
Getting there. Right city. I need detail ;D
the western end of newbury street (from the prudential centre plaza??) [yes, i've used google maps]
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From the Prudential will do it. It is mainly Boyleston St, I think.
The hole is actually the new Apple store. I was there a year too early. ;D
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/093.jpg)
Just to keep it ticking along...
No takers?
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It's in Wales?
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Yup
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There's a river in a gorge between the tower and those trees??
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I'm fairly sure it's not any of the local ones to here, so can we eliminate Chepstow, Caldicot, Usk, Raglan, Abergavenny and Caerphilly?
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I'm also fairly sure it's not Whitecastle or Skenfrith either
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Cmon Steph fess up there are a lot of castles in Wales..... :thumbsup:
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Who said it was a 'real' castle?
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Is it the walled garden at Dunraven House near St Brides?
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And he has it!
A couple of other shots:
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/099.jpg)
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/100.jpg)
And the cliffs nearby:
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/090.jpg)
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And the cliffs nearby:
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/cliffs.jpg)
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I knew I knew it from somewhere!
Anyway, Mike's go..
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East Anglian:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/temp/IMG_0576.jpg)
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Sandringham?
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Houghton Hall?
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nope and nope
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Looks a bit like Holkham Hall to me.
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nope.
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Mike, we did a ACF ride once that stopped in your garden for cakes. There was a gert big house near the end of the ride. Is it that one?
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audley end house? nope.
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audley end house? nope.
That's the one, it was getting dark when we rode past it, so I did not get to see it. I think one of the 'hut' rides goes past it too, but it was dark and 'issing down with rain when I got to that bit..
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I thought it looked a bit like Audley End but the gardens slope the wrong way.
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Blickling Hall.
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nope
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Meh!
;)
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clues tomorrow night, if it's still a mystery... ;)
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Ickworth House?
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no, but I think that's the nearest so far.
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Kentwell hall?
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Hatfield House?
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Wimpole Hall?
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Is it Culworth Hall/School? I think that's what it's called - between Mildenhall and BSE.
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Is it Culworth Hall/School? I think that's what it's called - between Mildenhall and BSE.
Culford school - it is, isn't it!
Sh*t - I should have known that one. >:(
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Yup! Chris gets it!
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OK, where is this eight <insert suitable unit of measure here> from?
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/chris415700/CRW_1708.jpg)
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Wild guess, Lundy ?
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Puffin Island
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No and no
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Scotland somewhere.. Or Hay on Wye..
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Yay and nay.
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Oban?
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Closest yet, but still a couple of days riding away.
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8 ??? to the Mull of Galloway?
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No
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Handa?
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No, but we went there a few days before.
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Clue time - it is eight miles from a tea room and a lighthouse and four miles back to the nearest propper road.
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Not Cape Wrath or that area?
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It's the
road track to Cape Wrath. It has painted mile stones at each mile, but this is the only one that has more than just a number. If you don't want to ride / walk to the cape then there is a minibus service. The road is very rough and the passengers in the minibuses looked very green :sick:
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It was the clue about distance to a 'proper' road that gave it to me!
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I confess to never having heard of Cape Wrath, so I googled it.
It's neither the most northerly nor the most westerly part of the UK. It isn't NW of anywhere significant that I can see on the map. Yet the tourist website states with confidence that it is the most north westerly point of the UK mainland. How does that work then?
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draw a line from NE to SW. Move it NW. The lastish point on the mainland it touches is Cape Wrath. Hence the most North Westerley.
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/013.jpg)
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draw a line from NE to SW. Move it NW. The lastish point on the mainland it touches is Cape Wrath. Hence the most North Westerley.
I can't see it. The bottom of these three lines passes fairly centrally through Carlisle so I would think that to be a good candidate, the middle line passes through a clear NW point and looks intuitively nice to me so why not that one, and the top line is the one that follows your criterion to its most northerly conclusion so why not that one? In fact a fourth line through Ireland looks possible also. Or am I overthinking it and they chose Cape Wrath for aesthetic reasons?
(http://gyazo.com/c5ada9038b5f0d1cd129bcf98660c16e.png)
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I'm guessing here, but if you took a ruler and aligned it SW > NE, then placed it to the NW of the mainland mass of GB, then sld it across the map in a SE direction, would Cape Wrath be the first bit of the mainland you get to ?
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It is important.
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Plum, I'm inclined to agree with your instinct, if not your reasoning! What they actually mean is that Cape Wrath is at the top left-hand corner of the British mainland; but that doesn't have quite such an "official" ring as "most north-westerly point". Explorers and geographers like things that are easy to put on badges and so do tourist boards!
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How about if you draw a line from the most northerly point (Dunnet Head) to the most westerly point (Ardnamurchan Point) and then find the point of the mainland that furthest from the line you've just drawn perpendicularwise in a northwesterly direction?
That's Cape Wrath. I rode the 11 or so miles there from the ferry and enjoyed the ride so much that I got the minibus back.
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draw a line from NE to SW. Move it NW. The lastish point on the mainland it touches is Cape Wrath. Hence the most North Westerley.
(http://gyazo.com/c5ada9038b5f0d1cd129bcf98660c16e.png)
Spot the deliberate error?
Those lines are NW to SE, ie perpendicular to what they should be.
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haha I r utter plank. Thanks hatler and David for making sense of it for me :)
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draw a line from NE to SW. Move it NW. The lastish point on the mainland it touches is Cape Wrath. Hence the most North Westerley.
(http://gyazo.com/c5ada9038b5f0d1cd129bcf98660c16e.png)
Spot the deliberate error?
Those lines are NW to SE, ie perpendicular to what they should be.
And the lines are inclined at 45' to the page, but true North on that page is not aligned with the edge of the page.
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That's Cape Wrath. I rode the 11 or so miles there from the ferry and enjoyed the ride so much that I got the minibus back.
Really? I thought it was a cracking ride.
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That's Cape Wrath. I rode the 11 or so miles there from the ferry and enjoyed the ride so much that I got the minibus back.
Really? I thought it was a cracking ride.
The drawback for me was having to spend a lot more time looking at the treacherous road surface than the scenery, combined with the need to be back in Durness in time to catch the minibus to Dingwall. I would have ridden back other than the time factor.
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/013.jpg)
That has a familiar feel to it, but I can't place it. Is it in the Cotswolds?
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/013.jpg)
Ripley?
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The parking doesn't look quite right but is it Coombe abbey near Coventry?
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All wrong so far, but there is a very clear link to cycling.
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/547.jpg)
Here is the inside of the religious building whose outside wall is on the right edge of the picture
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Chatsworth?
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Quite a distance from there. Cycling associations are beyond the bridge in the first picture.
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It's not Drumlanrig is it?
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Nope.
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Anywhere near Bradford-on-Avon?
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Long way away from any Avon.
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Hazlewood Castle?
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Jurek has it. Here's the reverse angle.
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/534.jpg)
Cycling connection? Simple. Go in the direction I was facing at the bridge photo and you are in York in a very few miles.
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6574143103_10387e5b79_b.jpg)
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That looks very like the restaurant at the top of the Stubai cable car in Austria.
Edit: just googled to check my guess, and my twenty-year-old memory is well off.
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It's not that.
EDIT: But this organisation does tolerate 20 year memory lapses ;)
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Nobody? :o ???
24 hrs more, and then the clues'll be forthcoming.
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I've no idea, looks like something from a Bond film - probably with Roger Moore though. :-\
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OK. Here's an earlier photo, as well as being one which is seasonally different.
You'll notice that the uppermost disc has a floor and a balcony.
This collapsed under the weight of snow in 2009.
The circular building to the right is a chapel.
The blue nylon rope between sticks (in the original picture) denotes the border between two countries.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6574143295_35636ba661_b.jpg)
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I've no idea, looks like something from a Bond film - probably with Roger Moore though. :-\
My first thought was Piz Gloria, as featured in one of the Bond films, but I'm pretty sure it isn't.
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Not Piz Gloria.
But when I first saw this as a kid, I had the same Bond/Science fiction film imagery go through my head :).
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Might this be in the Tatras?
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No. But unlike the picture above, you are getting warmer, and closer, RJ.
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My lack of knowledge of central European mountain ranges has just led me to Wiki-cheat ;)
EDIT: the page cites Norman Davies' Microcosm ...
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Is it cheating to ask if the chapel is a later addition?
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There's been a chapel on that site since 1665.
SMERSH's HQ was built in the early 70's.
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Pure guess: high point on border between Czech and Slovak republics?
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Pure guess: high point on border between Czech and Slovak republics?
One of those countries is correct. The other isn't.
The first part of your guess is also correct.
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Czech Polish then
EDIY: I don't remember Czech=Slovak as being mountainous, and you said it wasn't Tatry...
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Czech - Polish is correct. :thumbsup:
Care to have a stab at the peak?
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Bingo !! Bonus points for getting the name right.
Aha! Newland?
That was wrong, way back in September. But Newland made an appearance in "The Eagle has Landed" on TV last night.
(I had to watch it. Because I've got a bad cold.)
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Czech - Polish is correct. :thumbsup:
Care to have a stab at the peak?
Not without a map. That particular corner is off my tracks. I am assuming, from where it must be, that it is ex-Germany, so somewhere in the Sudetenland area, as was till 1945?
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Not necessarily German till 45 - hell, Poland invaded Czechoslovakia - the Czech part - in 1938! Thinking now...
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Krościenko?
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Krościenko?
No.
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Racks brains... I know I've seen a photo of it taken by Mrs Cudzo's brother, but he's not here to ask.
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Found it on wikipedicheat.....
Sněžka.
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Sněžka.
Gesundheit..
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further west than I thought then.
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Sněžka.
Gesundheit..
:)
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Found it on wikipedicheat.....
Sněžka.
Śnieżka is correct.
At 1602 metres the highest point between Poland and the Czech Republic.
Like so (http://tinyurl.com/7m8huv5).
Wikiwhatsit has it's construction as 1974.
Interesting.... given that I was there, and saw it in 1972...
Over to you Stu
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Will have a burrow around my (mostly on oldfangled 'film' things) photo collection and/or online & see what I can find....
Edit: And here you go.....
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6622931019_e36359d9e9_z.jpg)
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Found it on wikipedicheat.....
Sněžka.
Śnieżka is correct.
At 1602 metres the highest point between Poland and the Czech Republic.
Like so (http://tinyurl.com/7m8huv5).
Wikiwhatsit has it's construction as 1974.
Interesting.... given that I was there, and saw it in 1972...
Over to you Stu
[Decided to be good] ;D
Cudz, ALL of that area that is now Poland was German till the Russians took the East half of Poland in 1939, and moved the Western border a lot further West in 1945.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesia
And...Slovakia invaded Poland in 1939 following the Munich Agreement giving bits of it to Poland the year before. Very odd times, nowhere near as black and white as the 'Holy Motherland' types like to pretend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_invasion_of_Poland_(1939)
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I have to admit I didn't know about any Slovak invasion of Poland. And having followed your wiki link, I still don't!
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"The Slovak invasion of Poland occurred during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939. The recently-created Slovak Republic joined the attack, and the Slovak field army (Field Army Bernolák) contributed over 50,000 soldiers in three divisions. As the main body of the Polish forces were engaged with the German armies farther north of the southern border, the Slovak invasion met only weak resistance and suffered minimal losses."
Quote from the link.
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I get
Slovak invasion of Poland (1939
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Following a link from that gets me to a page of quotes from other sites, the first one of which says
NOTOC_The Slovak invasion of Poland occurred during Nazi Germany 's invasion of Poland in 1939. The recently-created Slovak Republic ...
8 KB (1,125 words) - 17:49, 13 December 2011
Edit: I think you meant to link to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovak_invasion_of_Poland_(1939)
which curiously has the same title that Wikipedia claimed does not exist. Something odd with the wiki links.
2nd Edit: Here's the region I was referring to earlier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaolzie
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My lack of knowledge of central European mountain ranges has just led me to Wiki-cheat ;)
EDIT: the page cites Norman Davies' Microcosm ...
Found it on wikipedicheat.....
Sněžka.
I forebore ;)
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Am I allowed to submit a picture if I don't know the answer?
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/gordon1314/harbour.jpg)
It's a ferry crossing in Eire or Northern Ireland. Which one?
::-)
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^ Greencastle ?
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Kilrush, perhaps? (near the mouth of the Shannon)
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Kilrush, perhaps? (near the mouth of the Shannon)
I crossed the Shannon in pouring rain, IIRC, so I don't thing it is that one. I've googled various places, looking for the tower on the horizon, but so far without luck.
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Portaferry, across the mouth of the Strangford Lough
In Panoramio:
(http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6300735.jpg)
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6300735
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What's this, and where is it?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0521.jpg)
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0517.jpg)
Googling is allowed
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An above ground "catacomb" for the storage of bones or ashes, in Asia, mayhap? (not googled!)
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Portaferry, across the mouth of the Strangford Lough
In Panoramio:
(http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/6300735.jpg)
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6300735
Spot on! Thank you.
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Just had a second thought after a closer look at the background, I'm wondering whether or not it is a buddhist temple in Scotland!
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Bee hives?
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Googling is allowed
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It is a bee hive and it used to be in what was the back garden of my house, made by the stone mason that built and owned my house. (Which used to be called Hive House, and I think andrew_s has had a shower a few meters from where the thing used to stand, and probably doesn't know that!)
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I knew it used to be in Nailsworth, but not any more precisely than 'Paul Tuffley's house', Paul Tuffley being the bloke who built it.
Where is it now?
The bee hives are the straw baskets in the alcoves (skeps).
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Chris got the location, it is at the College in Hartpury.
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It's at the church rather than the college
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Ah, that explains why I've never found it. ;D
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Anyone know this historic site ?
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6613361341_ccc9bdc339_z.jpg)
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Is it a secret?
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It's Alex Salmond's bunker, for when he declares war on England.
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A clue, its on the edge of MOD land
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Is it overlooking Sailsbury Plain?
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Nope, and nor is it in Fife (David)
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Otterburn?
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Closer to home than that.
By the way, the concrete is a later addition.
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Penicuik / Rullion Green??
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Penicuik / Rullion Green??
Very close. But somewhat older than Rullion Green.
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Oh I give up! I'm away out anyway, to help marshal at our club's winter duathlon. I may be gone some time. :D
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That looks very familiar....I will have to have a wee think.
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Castlelaw?
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Castlelaw?
Correct :thumbsup:
Believe it or not, the concrete roof covers a 2000 year old earth house. It's quite a shock to enter through such Cold War entrance and find yourself in a passageway that Romans would have known. Pictures and further details here http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/penicuik/castlelaw/index.html
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(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4030/5131527585_73262c7b1e.jpg)
What are the hills in the distance? Bonus point if you can figure out what hill I'm on the top of.
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^^ Paps of Jura? Tho I've no idea what hill you were on at the time.
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Castlelaw?
Correct :thumbsup:
Believe it or not, the concrete roof covers a 2000 year old earth house. It's quite a shock to enter through such Cold War entrance and find yourself in a passageway that Romans would have known. Pictures and further details here http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/penicuik/castlelaw/index.html
It reminds me of a neolithic burial chamber inside.
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Cyclops, it's not the Lomonds, is it?
No, didn't think so.
Carry on. :-[
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Looks like someone's plonked the Malverns somewhere in Scotland.
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Cyclops, it's not the Lomonds, is it?
No, didn't think so.
Carry on. :-[
There is a big aerial which would put the pic taken from the south - and somehow West Lomond would have gained a twin..
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It looks like Arthur's Seat / Salisbury Crags in the distance? For them to be that way around, it would have to be from somewhere to the north/west of there?
I was going to suggest the Lomonds, maybe not. Maybe in the Ochils?
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The "radar ride" hill near wanlockhead.
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We're getting close. The hills are about 25 miles from where I'm taking the photo and I'm facing almost due East.
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Well I'm wrong then. If you were 35 miles West of where I was thinking you'd be swimming.
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Looks like the Eildons. Dunno where you'd be standing - somewhere near the Minch moor road?
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Looks like the Eildons. Dunno where you'd be standing - somewhere near the Minch moor road?
I thought you might get it as you posted the view from the other side. I was standing on White Coomb.
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Looks like the Eildons. Dunno where you'd be standing - somewhere near the Minch moor road?
I thought you might get it as you posted the view from the other side. I was standing on White Coomb.
Knew it! Was trying to think of the name of those hills, passed them many a time. What exactly is the 'bunker'?
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What exactly is the 'bunker'?
Its a 2000 year old stone built chamber set into the even older hill fort.
the earth house or souterrain found dug into the ditch between the outer ramparts during excavations in 1933 and 1952. This has since been given a concrete roof, complete with windows, and it takes a little effort to realise that initially it was a fully underground passageway, like the Culsh Earth House. 20m long, its function seems to have been to provide a cool and dry storage area for agricultural produce. The theory that these structures, which were quite common across the more cultivated parts of Scotland, were actually intended to store grain being traded to the Roman army is supported by the finding of a Roman Brooch and pottery during the excavation of the earth house here
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Anyone know this one ?
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6168/6249012081_eff13844d8_z.jpg)
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Anyone know this one ?
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6168/6249012081_eff13844d8_z.jpg)
It's in the same place as this very agreeable eatery
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6214/6249010923_ff215d5271.jpg)
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Palnackie Port?
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In Scotland... Lairg?
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Googles. Nowhere near Lairg but close to my first suspicions.
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Palnackie Port?
Home of The World Flounder-Tramping Championship IIRC. :thumbsup:
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Palnackie Port?
Well done Cyclops, another winner :thumbsup:
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Palnackie Port?
Well done Cyclops, another winner :thumbsup:
It was actually the Galloway News hoarding that gave it away - a friend of mine was a manager in the creamery
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(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3068/2543491642_c8af677d6e.jpg)
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I like it ! But I've no idea where it is.
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I'd guess it is in france..
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The colours remind me of this, which stands outside a museum in Bordeaux.
(http://gyazo.com/be9f9a63e0c2ca5516e24f87767e18ef.png)
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Apart from working out it's France you seem a bit stuck. A clue: it's in Paris and it's functional (in fact it's probably used daily by several thousand people)
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Metro station entrance? I can't imagine which one though.
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Pissoir? ;D
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The Louvre?
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It is a metro station entrance, very close to here:
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3282/2543473444_43ec67442a.jpg)
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I know I have been there.....so my other guess have to be the Tuilleries Metro stn
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Well, not knowing whether my last guess what actually correct, I though I would resurrect this thread with the attached.
Where is the photo taken FROM?
(http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/jcm56/P1000105.jpg)
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Salt's Mill at Saltaire, perhaps the Hockney Gallery.
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Far too easy - you have it in one!
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I thought I would resurrect this thread
Thanks!
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Ok, hope it's ok to jump in with another easy one.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6661903709_4029281cf1.jpg)
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It must be in Bristol.
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Cabot tower?
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Looks like Cotswold stone. The only part of the Cotswolds that is 103 miles from London is the south west bit. Pure guess, Chippenham?
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I've seen that on an audax. Just can't recall where, though it's obv. somewhere in Glos/Wilts.
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I'm sure I've seen it too. Thinking about it, Bristol is too far west - it's going to be 10 miles or so to the east.
Bath maybe?
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I've seen that on an audax. Just can't recall where, though it's obv. somewhere in Glos/Wilts.
The Cheltenham Flyer goes south of Swindon and proceeds in a westerly direction for some miles before heading back in a north easterly direction sowehere near Castle Combe. Could it be there?
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Could be :)
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Not wishing to be a spoiler, but entering the text into Our Favourite Search Engine gives the answer amazingly quickly...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48028479@N00/2140975616/
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If I were a crow flying from Hyde Park corner, I'd narrow my search down to somewhere along the red line:
(http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~jwo/acf/fromHydePark.jpg)
Was the sign put back in the right place after being removed?
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I cheated by using bikehike to plot a route along the A4 from HPC and came to the same answer as Feanor. Unlike Feanor I didn't dare tell anyone.
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I cheated by using bikehike to plot a route along the A4 from HPC and came to the same answer as Feanor. Unlike Feanor I didn't dare tell anyone.
I rode past that sign on my E2E the day after you & I stopped at the Thunder Box cafe
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That's done for that one then.
Anyway, it was Exit Stage Left's go.....
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Yes, it's on Marshfield High St, which apparently is the longest High Street in England. Along with several other claimants, obviously. Whether the 103 miles is measured as the crow flies or along the A420 and A4, I'm not sure - the first is a bit pointless, but the second I would have though would give a higher figure.
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I knew it looked sort of familiar, but not quite what I remembered, so had a root around and found this, taken on my way home from The Brevet Cymru. It's somewhere near Acton Turville.
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5270/5686046261_d9f46f6b7d_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner/5686046261/)
Here it is (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=acton+turville&ll=51.51323,-2.241468&spn=0.042038,0.111494&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&channel=np&hnear=Acton+Turville,+South+Gloucestershire,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=m&z=14&layer=c&cbll=51.513141,-2.241333&panoid=Objb4Aw_9Tyd9EAx84I8jg&cbp=12,208.96,,0,22.79)
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That's great, I shall have a ride out to look at that next week. :thumbsup:
I see yours is marked on the OS map as a milestone at a place called Horsedown. The one in Marshfield isn't, presumably because it's in a built up area.
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This one shouldn't be too difficult, it's got a link to a story in POBI.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6801316977_a5a6d6afbd_z.jpg)
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Fred Goodwin's garden?
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My guess would be Hester's arboretum :)
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I've only heard of two arboreta; Heseltine's and Hester's. Curious
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I've worked at an arboretum: Westonbirt. But I don't think it's that.
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I've worked at an arboretum: Westonbirt. But I don't think it's that.
See how close that is to Hestonbirt? Spooky
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I've worked at an arboretum: Westonbirt. But I don't think it's that.
You're wrong there, because it is Westonbirt, and that's a Wollemi Pine, Hester bought one early on, you can get them for about £50 now.
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I've worked at an arboretum: Westonbirt. But I don't think it's that.
See how close that is to Hestonbirt? Spooky
Spooky yurgh! You're making me feel bad about that job now!
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I've worked at an arboretum: Westonbirt. But I don't think it's that.
You're wrong there, because it is Westonbirt, and that's a Wollemi Pine, Hester bought one early on, you can get them for about £50 now.
Oooh, is there a special prize for being right while being wrong? :D
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Oooh, is there a special prize for being right while being wrong? :D
Yes! You get free admission to Psychics Anonymous! (As if you didn't already know)
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I've worked at an arboretum: Westonbirt. But I don't think it's that.
You're wrong there, because it is Westonbirt, and that's a Wollemi Pine, Hester bought one early on, you can get them for about £50 now.
Oooh, is there a special prize for being right while being wrong? :D
You get to look at some Acer leaves at Westonbirt,
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/acer.jpg)
and a lit up tree there.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/lit_up.jpg)
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Ace!
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Time for another from the archive...
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6050/6248917007_69fdabbe21_z.jpg)
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The steam railway in the lake district - runs up to the base of windermere. This is the platform at the other end.
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I think it's Haverthwaite, David.
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No, it's not that one
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Doesn't look like the Bo'ness and Kinneil railway either - right type of bridge but the wrong place.
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How about this one?
(http://www.ewingh.com/eje/pics/divers/PanoChaletReynard_PS300ht.jpg)
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Ballon D'Alsace? :)
Reminds me of Ventoux, tho
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Is the platform the one used in The Railway Children ? North York Moors Railway ?
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Railway Children was filmed on the Keighley & Worth Valley, with Haworth masquerading as Oakworth for the duration.
But I don't believe it's there. There aren't many clues, but there seems to be a big building in the background. I think that rules out the Bluebell and the Severn Valley, too.
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Broomhill (glenbogle)?
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Broomhill (glenbogle)?
Very close !
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there seems to be a big building in the background.
That is a flying saucer.
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there seems to be a big building in the background.
That is a flying saucer.
Or it could be just the steam obscuring the skyline hills.
The area became very famous in 1954.
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Well, I, for one, welcome our new trainspotting overlords.
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Boat of Garten. 1954 is when the ospreys came back.
ETA: I thought you meant 1945 and Carnforth at first, but 1954 stuck in my mind, and then I remembered the ospreys and looked at the map...
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Ah.. the dislocated loco distracted me so I thought it was the end of the line.
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Time for another from the archive...
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6050/6248917007_69fdabbe21_z.jpg)
Pickering or Grosmont Station?
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Boat of Garten. 1954 is when the ospreys came back.
ETA: I thought you meant 1945 and Carnforth at first, but 1954 stuck in my mind, and then I remembered the ospreys and looked at the map...
And we have a winner :thumbsup:
The line runs from Aviemore to Broomhill (aka Glenbogle) and very pleasant it is too. There's only one stop en route, Boat of Garten. I believe so named because of the ferry that used to provide a crossing of the Spey.
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I went to the Cairngorms as part of a tour with my late gf in 1993, and we tramped all over and not a single osprey. Then, as part of a long story, I ended up sitting in a curry house watching an osprey through bonoculars from my seat.
:thumbsup:
I shall ponder a new challenge, if someone else fancies a pick-up-and-run.
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I've been at and near the Boat of Garten many, many times, over many, many years.
Usually several times a year.
I've never been to the official osprey viewing-place.
In all the years I've been around there, I've only seen ospreys twice.
Once, one standing on the top of a tall tree tree beside the road.
And the other, holding a fish as it swooped up from the river, at the roundabout at the south of Aviemore, where the road to the Cairngorm mountain heads off.
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We walked down Aviemore high st and I saw a 'buzzard' off over the trees, which then went into a hover...I ran back to her car, grabbed my bins, and it was gone. So we continued on to the Indian, and I ended up sat facing the window...and it came back. Lovely moments passing the binoculars round the waiters so they could all get a look. Magic!
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/065.jpg)
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Is that Antwerp ? Or another port in Belgium ?
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Palma?
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Is that Antwerp ? Or another port in Belgium ?
Stripes are in the wrong direction ;)
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I was looking at the ship. There's one like that in Antwerp.
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Ship?
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Not giving any clues for this one.
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The boat looks like it might be the Christiaan Raditch (sp?) but that goes everywhere!
On second thoughts, it's too small for the Christian Radich, I think.
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The Solent? Gosport, maybe?
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The boat looks like it might be the Christiaan Raditch (sp?) but that goes everywhere!
On second thoughts, it's too small for the Christian Radich, I think.
Not that.
Tried it ;).
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The boat looks like it might be the Christiaan Raditch (sp?) but that goes everywhere!
On second thoughts, it's too small for the Christian Radich, I think.
The Christian Radich is very similar in the bow detail, but the Christian Radich is ship rigged (and has 5 yards on the foremast).
The vessel in Steph's photo appears to be barquentine rigged, which would lead me to the Mercator on Oostende
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Oostende ! That's where I meant.
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Newhaven.
But on a good day.
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Plymouth.
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Oostende ! That's where I meant.
Hatler has it. Taken on a ride from Calais up the coast into Holland.
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But it was andrew_s who got the Oostende bit and the name of the ship.
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But it was andrew_s who got the Oostende bit and the name of the ship.
Sorry, you are absolutely correct! Andrew s it is then.
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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2CLoQBx1st4/T0aNe1ynXmI/AAAAAAAAB4s/jHN1ay8HST4/s1024/105_0513.JPG?gl=GB)
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Chernobyl
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Pripyat ? Or is it Slough ?
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Pripyat ? Or is it Slough ?
;D
Wrong country, but there is a connection. If I had gone there 6 years earlier I would probably have been shot.
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Was that when you were still gay? ;D
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Kaliningrad?
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Nope. About 705k away. Not Russia, but it was definitely a Russian enclave. Didn't appear on the map until the early 90's ;)
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'Enclave' is ambiguous. Don't know, 705km could put it in Estonia or western Poland or maybe Berlin even - but I reckon the distance is a typo and it's actually Woodchester Mansion after Stroud District Council's putsch!
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Enclave is ambiguous, but it was in total control of the Russians until 1994. They left a year later and the clean up is still ongoing.
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1994 indicates one of the old Soviet Republics. Clean up... Kazakhstan where they tested nuclear weapons? But you've bought a Magicshine and you wouldn't need that if you were glowing in the dark!
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Is it near a port/the sea?
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Yes
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Now I have to engage brain cells. I've read about this place...
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Nagorno-Karabakh (sp?) is an enclave, I believe, which was a bit risky a few years back.
Don't know if it's a port or not.
Kaliningrad is an exclave of Russia, and is a port.
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Nagorno-Karabakh is in the Caucasus!
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Probably completely landlocked, then.
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It looks like a filmset for the ministry of truth.. There is really something quite distinctive about Soviet era architecture that has a touch of the Dementors about it, the way it sucks anything joyful and happy out of your life.
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I agree up to a point. It's especially true of the buildings from the 70s and 80s but some of the earlier designs I find quite joyous, for instance the Moscow metro or Warsaw's Palace of Culture:
[img]http://www.msw-pttk.org.pl/galeria/obiekty/warszawa_pkin4.jpg[img]
I also recall the hq of some scientific organisation in Kiev in '88 as being very impressive modern architecture.
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Getting back to the Flatus' photo, presumably it's on the Baltic?
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Gadzhiyevo
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Yagelnaya Guba
(I googled it having read Jaded's answer - never heard of it before - obviously, cos it's secret! No?)
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Stop sneezing you two!!
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No to everything except the Baltic.
It is of course a Soviet era building.
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Zemaitija, also called Samogitia, near Plunge in Lithuania.
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Nope.
A clue: 10 miles away is the site of a Nazi death camp
(now a tesco metro)
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Well I think a place called Samogitia near Plunge is worth an honourable mention anyway!
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Well I think a place called Samogitia near Plunge is worth an honourable mention anyway!
And I just offer up Oostende....
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Here it is in its heyday, the largest establishment of it's kind in the Soviet Union....
(http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/9030/pentagon2ps0.jpg)
It was demolished a few years ago apparently, but the frontal view gives no clue as to its enormous size. When I wandered round it there was still soviet furniture in all the offices. This was the headquarters building, but the real legacy lies about 3 miles south in a forest...
(http://www.wmsym.org/archives/1998/html/sess27/27-14/f1.jpg)
When locals finally went in, after the Soviet pull out, they found rooms where the Russians had literally thrown in radioactive material and shut the door.
Of course, it is no coincidence that it is by the Baltic.
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Plokstine nuclear missile launch site, Lithuania. It is in Zematija National Park.
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Wrong country.
Besides, do you really think a missile launch site would be that conspicuous. I've given you some massive clues.
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Well, you can't really hide the buildings but your photo doesn't look like a missile site, so it's perfect camouflage!
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I am guessing here, based entirely on a map and the Russian occupation of East Prussia: near Gdansk?
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Kaliningrad.
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I already guessed that :(
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So you did! :)
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Another clue required?
Shouldn't be. You've had enough to throw it up on the first page of google ;)
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Googling = cheating. :P
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Well google tells me the main Soviet Baltic naval base was at Liepaja Karosta, which is in Lativa. Is that it?
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Salaspils? Latvia
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Paldiski, Estonia - Soviet nuclear submarine training facility.
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Paldiski, Estonia - Soviet nuclear submarine training facility.
[googles]
I think we have a winner.
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They've got quite a journey to get to the North Sea from there.
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Paldiski, Estonia - Soviet nuclear submarine training facility.
Winner :thumbsup:
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Here's an equally obscure one! :-)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7200/6795803490_b1911f9b71_z.jpg)
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Kaliningrad?
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;D
No!
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mediterrenean?
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Looks more like Texas to me.
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Here's an equally obscure one! :-)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7200/6795803490_b1911f9b71_z.jpg)
Is this part of your collection of stolen signs?
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Kaliningrad?
Три Иль-Квартир Сан Мартин, Цитадель, Виктория, Гозо :thumbsup:
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Andrew, I'm struggling to do this without googling and my cyrillic is a bit sketchy; I think I can make out "quarter San Martin, citadel, Victoria, Gozo". So, Malta then?
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Kaliningrad?
Три Иль-Квартир Сан Мартин, Цитадель, Виктория, Гозо :thumbsup:
Got it!
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Yup. Four of us went there a few years ago, with bikes. Not to Gozo, not with the bikes; just a bus and ferry ride. Gorgeous place.
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So nowhere near Bar! (http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Bar,_Russia)
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Andrew, I'm struggling to do this without googling and my cyrillic is a bit sketchy; I think I can make out "quarter San Martin, citadel, Victoria, Gozo". So, Malta then?
That's a better job than google translate makes :thumbsup:
Triq Il-Kwartier San Martin, Citadel, Victoria, Gozo
Somewhere fairly English-speaking, slightly touristy, small, formerly Spanish US or Mediterranean (from what can be seen of the architecture). Discount the US from the style of signage, and that meaves Malta or Gib. Checking a few images to get a handle on the building stone gets you to Malta, then look for museums.
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That's all fine and dandy, but there's a sign just like that in Kaliningrad.
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It was the stone that gave me the mediterrenean idea - it is very Gozoesque.
And google is unsurprising.
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Andrew, I'm struggling to do this without googling and my cyrillic is a bit sketchy; I think I can make out "quarter San Martin, citadel, Victoria, Gozo". So, Malta then?
That's a better job than google translate makes :thumbsup:
Triq Il-Kwartier San Martin, Citadel, Victoria, Gozo
Somewhere fairly English-speaking, slightly touristy, small, formerly Spanish US or Mediterranean (from what can be seen of the architecture). Discount the US from the style of signage, and that meaves Malta or Gib. Checking a few images to get a handle on the building stone gets you to Malta, then look for museums.
Thanks Andrew, I'm pretty pleased with myself!
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Well, in the interim, here is a quick and easy one...
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-751ZKbTBe6o/T0_lrEB-E_I/AAAAAAAAB7w/0r88w8if7s4/s1024/IMG_2055.JPG)
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Swindon?
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that's wishful thinking
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Is the building in the middle a deliberately unrebuilt "war-memorial", say Hiroshima?
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It's Didcot on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
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Yep. Its the 'Bomb Dome', made famous by this photo:
(http://buzzinn.net/img/misc/hiroshima-and-detroit-then-and-now/hiroshima-then10.jpg)
Standing by it now, with a memory of the post-bomb aerial photo, and looking around at the now rebuilt city, it's pretty sobering. Smack bang in the middle of a modern city, it is incredibly eerie
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GNkkBXwHjzM/T0_s4mu5Y0I/AAAAAAAAB8Q/CMQCretx6v0/s1024/IMG_2047.JPG)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-REuQT6O7aIc/T0_s-6Hh1JI/AAAAAAAAB8Y/EcJZmEOjSeg/s1024/CRW_2040.CRW.jpg)
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HF, you're right. Anything I could post would look pretty prosaic after those amazingly poignant pictures. Anyone else care to dip in while I have a look for one?
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This shouldn't be too difficult!
(http://www.zen177395.zen.co.uk/DSCF1653.JPG)
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It's that old bridge next to a railway viaduct somewhere in the North of England, and I can't remember where.
Google reminds me.
..d
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Yep. Its the 'Bomb Dome', made famous by this photo:
Standing by it now, with a memory of the post-bomb aerial photo, and looking around at the now rebuilt city, it's pretty sobering. Smack bang in the middle of a modern city, it is incredibly eerie
Coventry does similar. Not quite on the same scale though.
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Warkworth Castle?
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Not Warkworth, Linda. David has the right idea.
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The viaduct in Dentdale - The Denthead viaduct?
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That's it, Steve - thought it might take a northern boy!
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Lovely little lane - one of my favourites. The climb immediately afterwards isn't though ;)
Here is the next one.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6946077245_0e227f2602.jpg)
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Spain.
This is too easy!
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Eeerrrr - no. ;)
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It looks remarkably like the little church at the junction in Strath Naver whose name I cannot remember.
This one here:
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2593/3667398179_c8dffc2689.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/3667398179/)
DSC00512 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/3667398179/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
But it obviously isn't that one.
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The photo was not taken in the UK. :)
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Is it Longwood House, St Helena (where Napoleon was exiled)?
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Nope, but you are heading in the right direction.
Coincidentally I was going to post a photo of a view of the Med from the villa on Elba that Napoleon was exiled to, but chose this one instead.
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It looks South African - Rorke's Drift?
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Correct Peter :thumbsup:
Back to you...
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It looks remarkably like the little church at the junction in Strath Naver whose name I cannot remember.
This one here:
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2593/3667398179_c8dffc2689.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/3667398179/)
DSC00512 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/3667398179/) by davidmamartin (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidmam/), on Flickr
But it obviously isn't that one.
BTDTGTTS
actually stood in the phone box adjacent,scoffing a malt loaf & drinking Lucozade whilst it perssisted with rain thereabouts.
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OK, Steve. Blimey, two in a row and a bonus mark!
Haven't got anything instantly available, so if anyone would like to chip in? (Might find one tonight.)
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here's an easy one till Peter gets home:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/temp/IMG_w0138.jpg)
(apologies for my ugly mug)
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A guess, from the muppet on our left: Washington, or more probably NYC.
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yep, one of them.
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Metropolitan Opera House - Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker?
Or Macey's?
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yep, one of them.
DC.
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yep, one of them.
DC.
yep. This was only supposed to be a temporary one while Peter got home, so i'll give it - it's the Old Ebbit Grill, 100 yds from the white house in DC.
Peter - back to you!
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I shall wait!
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Sorry, everyone, I've been out getting wet all day! Try this:-
(http://www.zen177395.zen.co.uk/2011_08034thAug0226b.JPG)
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Scotland or Cornwall?
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Glasson Dock.
I haven't got one to hand and am going out so if anyone wants to have a go in the meantime, feel free?
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OK
Try this. Bit small...
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/Pictureone.jpg)
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Struggling to see it. Is that statue on the way round the bay from Swansea to Mumbles?
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Glasson Dock.
I haven't got one to hand and am going out so if anyone wants to have a go in the meantime, feel free?
Spot on!
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/picturetwo.jpg)
Hopefully this is a bigger view
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That's a very Hapsburg-looking beast ...
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Got it! Top end of Lake Geneva!
If you look a little closer at the chap circled in red, it's a dead giveaway: Hitler's on holiday in Springtime.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/Riggers_1956/Hitler.jpg)
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Nope. Not Lake Geneva at all.
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Somewhere in Ghent
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No. Clue: Hitler wasn't far off.
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Vienna?
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That means nothing to me.
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aaah
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That means nothing to me.
Oh come on!
We walked in the cold air, freezing breath on a window pane. lying and waiting. A man in the dark in a picture frame, so misty and soulful. A voice reaching out in a piercing cry, it stays with you!
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Wansee
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Wansee
Close!
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Twosies, then ;)
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Potsdam?
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No, think earlier Hitler....in a way. There are many much better associations, and it is a lovely place.
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Linz?
Park with lake there?
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doesnt look like Munich?
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doesnt look like Munich?
Been to the park with the lake by Linz. It was raining.
A clue. Rapid link to Munich.
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Nuremberg?
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No. Think putsch.
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Landsberg am lech
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Nope. Big clue. Munich. Rapid transit.
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Bilderberg
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Nope. See my ckue. Think literally. It is a lake.
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The Hitler Rapid Transport Lake
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Lindau on the Bodensee? We used to camp there on the way to Austria on holiday.
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I love Lindau, and I was tempted to post a picture of the lion at the harbour entrance; but the lover I went with died of cancer a few years ago, and her pictures are, well, still too personal for me. I will repeat my clue. Look at a map of Munich. Think public transport. Think German for 'fast'.
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Der Oberfurherschnellbahnsee auf Hitler
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Lost me on the clues, but I'm going to guess it's on the Starnberger See, possibly in Starnberg
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Hitler schnells seeschnells on the see schnore.
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Der Oberfurherschnellbahnsee auf Hitler
Gesundheit!
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Lost me on the clues, but I'm going to guess it's on the Starnberger See, possibly in Starnberg
Clues: the local rapid transit system, the S-Bahn (schnell...) takes you out to the lovely place. Spot on McShroom.
http://www.everyday-feng-shui.de/feng-shui-news/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/starnberger-see.jpg
Googimaged and that site came up. How odd...
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Ah right, might be useful for me to look up the train acronyms instead of just assuming what letters mean. I'd sort of got the rail idea but couldn't work out where schnell came in.
Right here's the next one :)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UooV5WjVqCM/T12zO75uZyI/AAAAAAAAA2w/JnsATZDOzRc/s512/Photo0076.jpg)
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Dunno. Somewhere in Scotland.
Is that a naive MacBanksy?
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Should I tell you that an ex comes from just outside Whitehaven? Cause she does...
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Ease up on the medication Steph.
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Not the fife coast as the older houses there are more of a dutch style (stepped gables etc). Stone built houses, slate roof. Cumbrian coast would be a good guess.
..d
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Not Scotland, Cumbria yes
The clues are in the murel - and I doubt this is going to last very long then Steph
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Steph has it
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Yep - Just around the corner from the Tivoli guest house for those of you who have done C2C.
Anyone know what it's about?
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Is it to do with an American invasion?
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1732 is GW's birth date. He had relatives from there.
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I think you both have parts of it (to be honest I hadn't thought about both parts).
George Washington was born in 1732, and his grandmother did live in Whitehaven.
Longers is right about the battle as well though. It's to do with the first ever attack by the American Navy on the port of Whitehaven during the American war of Independence.
The plan was to set the ships in the harbour on fire (Whitehaven was a major coal port at the time) but the attack was a failure as they never managed to get the ships lit. The Americans blame the weather, and the British blame it on the sailors heading straight for the pub instead. We get a visit from the US Navy once a year so they can comemmorate their birth.
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That is why the gun is there, as they first put agents ashore to spike the guns (or the agents may already have been ashore).
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Steph has it
My other half at the time was a Lakes lass, and her parents lived up at Boot. They were well into middle age when they had her, and they were truly from another age. Whitehaven, of all places, was what her mother saw as teh Big City. That woman's idea of exciting cuisine was jelly made with the addition of a tin of fruit cocktail...
Her father, on the other hand, had worked for the fledgling atomic industry, and had been a very keen cycle tourist. He left my lover a set of maps of Switzerland, produced at the time of Il Duce, where all Italian territory was left blank because of the fascists' paranoia. This left one map with a few square inches of colour adjoining a sea of blank, white paper.
He tried to go to Yugoslavia once, and after a long descent to the border found he needed a visa, which he couldn't apply for in the UK due to his work. That long descent meant, on refussal, a bloody long slog back up.
That is one of the joys of this site: a bit of fun brings back memories that are priceless.
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they were truly from another age. Whitehaven, of all places, was what her mother saw as teh Big City. That woman's idea of exciting cuisine was jelly made with the addition of a tin of fruit cocktail...
Oi! My mother resembles that remark! I remember making a special trip into Whitehaven with her, before I took my driving test, so that I could experience the traffic light.
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She'd be shocked, we have a traffic light in Egremont now!
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You boys know the 'William IV', previously 'The King of Prussia', and its whiskies, at Eskdale Green?
Anyone guess what year the name changed?
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You boys know the 'William IV', previously 'The King of Prussia', and its whiskies, at Eskdale Green?
Anyone guess what year the name changed?
Isn't it the George IV? (big white one with black window frames)
I'd imagine 1914 for the date
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George, yes. Racked bottles around all the walls, and 1914 it was! Too long since my last visit.
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George, yes. Racked bottles around all the walls, and 1914 it was! Too long since my last visit.
I should say so, if it was 1914!
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If someone else has one while I trawl old pics...
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6836410402_485d58d617_m.jpg) (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6836410402_485d58d617_b.jpg)
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Wellington NZ ?
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I think it's Mediterranean so I'm going to guess Sicily
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Not sure. That plant looks like an agave.
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Hvar harbour
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And in the meantime, whilst we wait for Adam to confirm here's an easy one...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dLFIrJtT3l8/T2D-Qt_gG0I/AAAAAAAAB8w/y18U2YbjtNA/s800/sleepingbuddah.jpg)
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Hvar Town. Correct.
Wat Pho?
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Nope. You don't know your SEA Written languages...
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Shisha lounge of your local?
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Kandy?
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Bangkok?
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Nope. The starting point is the language. A giveaway clue, there are 8000 Buddah statues in that cave.
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Is it Yangon, or somewhere else in Burma, like Mandalay?
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Right country, but you need the exact location. Should be easy...
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Shwedagon Hill Temple?
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No. There are enough clues already to get this, but I'll give you another one. There is a really garish ornate lift up to the cave entrance.
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HF, you are SO severe! I've already exhausted my knowledge of peaceful Burma.
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Google "Burma 800 buddah statues cave" ::-)
;D
Edit: Fuck it, I'll do it for you (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindaya_Caves)
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You nearly put me off, there, till I remembered Fuckit is in Thailand!
I'm surprised at you stooping so low as to google, but I'll hazard a guess at Pindaya Cave. ;)
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Correct! Your go...
It's in Shan State which is pretty fascinating in so far as it isn't really under the control of the Tatmadaw, it's own rebel army runs the show. Very strange area, not least because of the gem industry and the Opium trade being focussed around here.
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Interesting stuff! I like to think that there's somewhere those bastards haven't spread their slave-driving tentacles.
I'll have a look for one but it won't be as exotic!
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Here we are:-
(http://www.zen177395.zen.co.uk//DSCF2573.JPG)
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Pendragon Castle near Kirkby Stephen?
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Yes! Thought it might not last long!
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Continuing the castle theme....
(http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/jcm56/P1000733.jpg)
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Carmarthen?
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Not Carmarthen
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Warkworth
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Not Warkworth
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Bamburgh?
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Bamburgh?
Getting closer
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Etal?
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Etal - not that either
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Tynemouth Priory viewed through the portcullis of Tynemouth Castle.
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Jurek has it
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Jurek has it
Er...'Bamburgh--getting closer'
Not from Warkworth you aren't It's a hell of a lot closer to Tynemouth!
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Apologies Steph - actually I hadn't a clue where Warkworth was but knew Bamburgh
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I'm happy for anyone to come up with the next conundrum in abeyance of my having anything appropriate close to hand....
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/Scan5.jpg)
I am due a go...
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/Scan5.jpg)
I am due a go...
What is it with you and wild pigs? ;)
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A girl needs a hobby....
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Is it time for clues yet?
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random guess:
Beechenhurst?
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Nope. The subject itself is a collection of clues.
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Isn't there a hill called The Hog's Back, in Surrey or somewhere south?
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Schweinfurt.
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/Scan5.jpg)
I am due a go...
What is it with you and wild pigs? ;)
Such a boar! ;D
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Pigges* Marsh, Tooting?
* Now called Figges, following Edwardian gentrification, but we know... ;)
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Piggy place names include:
Auchtermuchty
Toller Porcorum
Swindon
Kingswinford
and many, many more...
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That is exactly the clue, pigginess. And what it is made from.
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Boar-ham-in Wood
Borehamwood?
;D
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Not Blue Boar Services, then? ;D
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Nope, not the Watford Gap.
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There's a Hog Wood near Kemsing. I saw it on the map, after Jurek told me about Knatts Valley.
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And, now I think of it, there was A Boarshead Wood near Crowborough.
I'm guessing that both of those are probably wrong, though. :(
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They are, I'm afraid. But people have the idea. I googled to see if there were any other pics of my latest piggy, and it would appear that before I met him he had another ear and an intact bottom jaw. I am sure that made someone happy...
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I'm sure reg would be apply with an intact bottom.
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Wildboarclough, though I doubt there's suitable vegetation there.
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Nope.
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MFnhhmrZ6HA/T3IY4ij_zXI/AAAAAAAAB9I/6HPExGvr0RA/s1024/IMG_2802.JPG)
Here's one to think about whilst solving Steph's
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Eberstein
(it looks like an Eber, but doesn't look as if it's made from Stein).
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Close....
... in so far as it is on the same planet ;)
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(ignoring HF)
Eberswalde
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Wildboarclough, though I doubt there's suitable vegetation there.
Subject. Material. Vegetation. Not English in origin (language)
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And it is in the Noetth*....
*I class Yorks and Lancs as the Midlands...
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Hamsterley Forest?
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Bathgate, could be on Petershill NR?
Baedd Coed = wild/wood boar in welsh
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It is in England. Not quite as far North as Hamsterley.
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More clues needed?
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Grizedale?
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Grizedale?
Spot on!
Here is the intact sculpture:
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/fcpiclib.nsf/0/0FA919D14E5C6E8880256F160073963A
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shit, I've bloody seen it there too!! I'm a fool.
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Yay, my first go at this game an'all :D OK, try this one:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l8lXsBmTShk/SVivsltqbCI/AAAAAAAAAag/8iZEdLhd-GY/s512/Fleswick%2520sandstone-16.jpg)
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Sidmouth?
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Bridport?
Or Axe Cliff near Seaton?
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Looks very like St Bees head
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Well, mcshroom is there or thereabouts. Can I hold out for something a bit more specific?
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Fleswick bay
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Fleswick bay
Yep, spot on.
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Here it is again, then. Let's see if anyone can do better than Salvatore....
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MFnhhmrZ6HA/T3IY4ij_zXI/AAAAAAAAB9I/6HPExGvr0RA/s1024/IMG_2802.JPG)
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No. We can't.
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Looks very like St Bees head
I was thinking exactly that, or possibly the cliffs by Coombe Martin. Odd that Peter and I went for almost the same stretch of coast.
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Steph, it was the redness that made me choose Sidmouth, which is famous for it's colour and which I have seen. Do you think the photo from bill has been "shopped". Maybe not, because there is certainly red sandstone around Carlisle and Penrith.
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Not 'shopped, Peter, I promise. It was my photo ;D More here (https://picasaweb.google.com/107639175127151407803/FleswickBay?authuser=0&feat=directlink). St Bees head is well-known for its sandstone; these were taken just before sunset in mid-winter, on a wonderfully clear day with the light just so.
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Here it is again, then. Let's see if anyone can do better than Salvatore....
'Eberswalde' was a guess in reply to Steph's photo. I've no idea where yours is supposed to be.
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Very red. I ate some of the worst fish and chips ever at the carpark by St Bees. My own first guess was based on the fossil-rich sandstone at the coast by Eype, or the cliffs seen across the little spit at Axmouth.
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Here it is again, then. Let's see if anyone can do better than Salvatore....
'Eberswalde' was a guess in reply to Steph's photo. I've no idea where yours is supposed to be.
I know. I was pulling your leg
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@ bill
I thought it probably wasn't shopped as I lived in Abbeytown for two years and saw plenty of the stuff. Holm Coultram Abbey is built from it, as well as Carlisle castle. Thanks for the link. Those are beautiful pictures.
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Here's a painfully hard one. If you can work out what the building is, you can probably google the rest.
(http://www.peeble.com/m3_16_32.jpg)
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Is it a Royal Observer Corps bunker?
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an audax kip-stop?
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Is it a Royal Observer Corps bunker?
No, but it is a bunker. Obviously.
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Is it one of those bunkers near Box Hill?
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No, and I don't think there is one of this type there. They are always near major industrial towns (big clue).
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No, and I don't think there is one of this type there. They are always near major industrial towns (big clue).
Are they Maude bunkers where we can each store our petrol?
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Was the first hit I found on google image search, but I won't spoil the fun.
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No, and I don't think there is one of this type there. They are always near major industrial towns (big clue).
Are they Maude bunkers where we can each store our petrol?
There is an association with flammable liquids.
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It doesn't look like a Molotov bunker.
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Is it some kind of war-time fuel bunker so that industry could be kept going in the event of bombing causing a disruption to supply?
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Nope. This is more about burning the stuff.
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A Flatus test-bed?
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Well no one is getting it and rogerzilla did imply google is allowed so I'm going to put the Decoy Control Bunker on Liddington Hill forward as a solution.
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Indeed. There used to be a generator for electric lights and remote control to start fires in trenches, to make German bombers drop their loads on the hill instead of on Swindon's railway works. And a couple of blokes hoping desperately that the bunker didn't get a direct hit (obviously, it didn't).
There aren't many of these bunkers left and they're not listed or anything. In fact, there isn't much available history on them at all and the guys who manned them are probably all dead by now.
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Cool. Here's mine, easy enough I would think.
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/1240/sam0353s.jpg)
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Wherever in New Zealand they filmed the LotR under Peter Jackson
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Wrong continent. No idea how old those things are either, though they're in the grounds of a 1000 year old building.
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chichen itza then
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chichen itza then
Never heard of it, though from its wiki page I'd love to go and see it. Anyway, wrong continent again.
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Is it some weird lottery-funded Sustrans scuplture?
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haha no. I cycled Calais to the Pyrenees last summer and it's along the route in the Vendee. Quite a popular spot as well, someone else from here must have been there.
I've had the devil of a job finding anything out about the sculptures. Some kind of Bretonic legend, from what I can tell the statue is a grandson of Elinas, the King of Scotland.
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Here's one if no one else is jumping in:-
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jPdmRovk3uU/T4A7HUz9aII/AAAAAAAAAss/HmIxAMjnzG8/s692/2012-04-07_14-02-33_453.jpg)
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Chateau Mal Volio
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Rather less isolated.
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Quick easy one one... while you're thinking about Ian H's (got me stumped)...
(http://inlinethumb06.webshots.com/51077/2068224400101458909S600x600Q85.jpg)
Harder than you may think, if you're heading for Google maps as you read this...
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Well, my family used to live in Paradise.
Birmingham City Centre version, that is.
And I've worked regularly in Paradise Square.
Sheffield.
The background, however, seems to rule both of those out.
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The wierd thing is that this is a real street name, though on google streetview the sign is actually blurred out...
Mysterious... :) OK not from every angle....
(Photo is a crop)
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I recall there is a Paradise at Whitby, and that looks like a harbour behind, but I'm not at all sure about the validity of a guess.
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Not Whitby. Tis North Of Watford though...
Ok here's some more of it...
(http://inlinethumb51.webshots.com/17138/2555060080101458909S600x600Q85.jpg)
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Mine's to do with a famous person who was a poet.
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I'll guess Scarborough for AOs
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I do believe you are right, Jurek.
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Mine's to do with a famous person who was a poet.
Yours looks like the former residence of my uncle Bruce on the outskirts of Harrogate, but somehow I don't think that's going to be it.
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Mine's to do with a famous person who was a poet.
Yours looks like the former residence of my uncle Bruce on the outskirts of Harrogate, but somehow I don't think that's going to be it.
No. Said person was also an architect. In fact he designed this residence.
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It looks a bit Lutyens-ish.
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It looks a bit Lutyens-ish.
Likely to have been influenced by him. Said person wasn't well-known as an architect. His poems are well-known but are not what he is most famous for.
Edit: he was also an early adopter of the bicycle as a means of transport.
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H g wells's house?
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H g wells's house?
I'm not aware that Wells wrote poetry or trainied as an architect. Our man is somewhat older than Wells. The house pictured is National Trust.
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Is it Kelmscott Manor?
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Beaten to it by Clarion. I was going to say William Morris.
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I'm not convinced it is Kelmscott, though. Might be Red House (though it doesn't look very red tbh)
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Is it Kelmscott Manor?
The description could match, but no, our man was not ever more than a jobbing architect in his early life, and the house is generally considered to be less than a masterpiece. It's only famous for its designer and first owner.
There are a few TV and cinematic connections.
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I'm stumped for architect poets now. :-\
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I'm stumped for architect poets now. :-\
But if you recall, he's not well-known as an architect, and more famous for works other than his poems.
Giveaway: think novels.
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Thomas Hardy?
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Thomas Hardy?
That's the man. Should be easy to guess the place.
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Sorry, I'd have to google!
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Hardy!
But I don't know where.
Beaten to it :(
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http://www.maxgate.co.uk/
The Darkling Thrush
I leant upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-gray,
And Winter’s dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
Like strings of broken lyres,
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had sought their household fires.
The land’s sharp features seemed to be
The Century’s corpse outleant,
His crypt the cloudy canopy,
The wind his death-lament.
The ancient pulse of germ and birth
Was shrunken hard and dry,
And every spirit upon earth
Seemed fervourless as I.
At once a voice arose among
The bleak twigs overhead
In a full-hearted evensong
Of joy illimited ;
An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom.
So little cause for carolings
Of such ecstatic sound
Was written on terrestrial things
Afar or nigh around,
That I could think there trembled through
His happy good-night air
Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew
And I was unaware.
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He also lived for a while in less a salubrious dwelling on Trinity Road, Tooting.
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I'll guess Scarborough for AOs
Yep :)
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=paradise+scarborough&ll=54.286208,-0.39266&spn=0.002903,0.008256&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Paradise&gl=uk&t=m&z=18&layer=c&cbll=54.286208,-0.39266&panoid=bL8kO_XADh8-750ISkZZ9Q&cbp=12,171.05,,0,1.4
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Hardy!
But I don't know where.
It's Max Gate, Dorchester.
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Hardy!
But I don't know where.
It's Max Gate, Dorchester.
Yup. I'm surprised that took so long.
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Hardy!
But I don't know where.
It's Max Gate, Dorchester.
Yup. I'm surprised that took so long.
I've only just got in from work... ;) Glad to hear that it's NT now: when I last visited the area it was in private ownership, and I could only gawp from the roadside.
I have no interesting pics readily available; someone else please post one.
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Here's a quickie while you're thinking.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-GqUcG7iq8kU/T4W4q-tPx9I/AAAAAAAAAus/xat5ADv9E-I/s324/camera+228.jpg)
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Kew Gardens? Princess Diana conservatory - if that's what it's called.
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Kew Gardens? Princess Diana conservatory - if that's what it's called.
Yup. That was quick.
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One more... (not done this for a bit :) )
(http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/51094/2407754730101458909S600x600Q85.jpg)
OK one clue.: south of Watford Gap...
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North downs, near but not on Box Hill.
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Whipsnade?
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Kew Gardens? Princess Diana conservatory - if that's what it's called.
Yup. That was quick.
Never seen lilies like that elsewhere.
But, blimey, it's twenty years since I've been there... :o
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North downs, near but not on Box Hill.
Yes, and not on Box hill.
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I think I last walked that path when I was at school - near West Humble but I can't quite remember where (goes off in search of map)
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Hardy!
But I don't know where.
It's Max Gate, Dorchester.
Yup. I'm surprised that took so long.
I was surprised too. It's a very very good place to visit, the tenants being eager to help everyone appreciate Hardy more. They'll help you along (if you want them to) whether you start with little knowledge, much, or none.
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I think I last walked that path when I was at school - near West Humble but I can't quite remember where (goes off in search of map)
To be fair the view is probably very similar - pic is from Newlands Corner nr Guildford.
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It was a long time ago (1984 or 5 ?).. And looking at the map it could well have been the same place - it is only about 8 miles along the Downs to West Humble. It was a very hot day and an end of year outing.
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This tread seems to mhave been dormant for longer that usual so I thought I would try this one-
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/DSC02219.jpg)
Where was I standing at the time of capture?
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Outside the old bailey?
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the royal coat of arms appears in some form or other in millions of places (literally)
However, a little googling leads me to guess that you were at...
The Apple Stove, Covent Garden
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Here's one when you've finished with the plaque. Apologies for the poor quality.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wDx94PeRZaY/T80wiNCsmrI/AAAAAAAAA90/JUIcIs_6J_c/s816/Severn+ferry.jpg)
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Is it fuzzy's boat?
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Is it fuzzy's boat?
It was found wrecked in Ireland. Now waiting for restoration...but where is it now?
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Ian, I've no idea where it is but it looks like one of the Scandinavian fishing vessels used in the Shetland Bus to Norway during WW2. If it is, then it might be in Trondheim.
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Nope. It was only built in 1959.
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It's the Severn Princess, the last of the Aust Ferries undergoing restoration in Chepstow.
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It's the Severn Princess, the last of the Aust Ferries undergoing restoration in Chepstow.
Yup, except there's no obvious restoration going on. It's on the Welsh bank of the Wye, just under the new road bridge.
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Is it fuzzy's boat?
It was found wrecked in Ireland. Now waiting for restoration...but where is it now?
Oh, I just thought it was a bit fuzzy...
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Oh, I just thought it was a bit fuzzy...
You criticising my photographaffy? Eh?
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the royal coat of arms appears in some form or other in millions of places (literally)
However, a little googling leads me to guess that you were at...
The Apple Stove, Covent Garden
Spot on.
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the royal coat of arms appears in some form or other in millions of places (literally)
However, a little googling leads me to guess that you were at...
The Apple Stove, Covent Garden
Spot on.
Presumably best known for its baked apples?
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the royal coat of arms appears in some form or other in millions of places (literally)
However, a little googling leads me to guess that you were at...
The Apple Stove, Covent Garden
Spot on.
Presumably best known for its baked apples?
Or, in the opinion of some folk, half baked Apples.
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Gone quiet here, hasn't it? Here's one for Friday:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8281/7561045666_c0042c9218_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/7561045666/)
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I think it's in North Yorkshire as I'm pretty certain I saw it on an Audax. Can't remember where though.
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Yes, but that's a big county! And there may be other signs..
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I didn't think you'd accept an area as big as that, but at least it was in the right county. :)
I'll have a proper go later if my brain can retrieve the relevent data from storage.
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My dad was stationed in Catterick for a while, so we used to go into Richmond quite regularly... ;D
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Well done, Steph. Aye, it is pretty prominent if you've been there.
It's on Victoria Road in Richmond.
Streetview (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=richmond,+yorkshire&hl=en&ll=54.404975,-1.7443&spn=0.00227,0.00662&hnear=Richmond,+North+Yorkshire,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=18&layer=c&cbll=54.405017,-1.7444&panoid=QBA5kQlUMjzpGMfMIjVD-A&cbp=12,15.34,,0,1.6)
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mcshroom: we passed it on the Tan Hill ride.
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I remember one Summer there, perhaps 76, the drought year, and the heat radiated from the stone walls. We swam in the river, where the water steps down over rocks. It was very low, and just the right temperature, and there were small fish nibbling at my skin.
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/015.jpg)
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Isle of Wight?
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Right end of the country
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Jevington churchyard in East Sussex?
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Nope
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Was this taken on your 'unexpected time off' trip last month (I went digging in the EXIF info for a 'taken on' date - don't know if that's cheating)? If so I think it's near where you were staying so: -
Climping.
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mcshroom has it, the devious person!
It was in this churchyard
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/013-1.jpg)
A small collecyion of service graves
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/014-1.jpg)
Just down the road from Royal Naval Air Station Ford
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/003-1.jpg)
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Ok devious I am then ;D
How about this one: -
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f3HwbxBh-cg/Tm0bIUYEOcI/AAAAAAAAANE/0iGkWgp167Y/s640/5563539161.jpg)
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Looks like a Scottish tower house to me.
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Scottish yes
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Can't say I recognise it, though.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MacLellan%27s_Castle_geograph.jpg
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MacLellan%27s_Castle_geograph.jpg
madcow has it :)
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8154/7583535004_8757e37110.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16109958@N08/7583535004/)
PC280006 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16109958@N08/7583535004/) by madcow99 (http://www.flickr.com/people/16109958@N08/), on Flickr
Another historic building .
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Done for by Henry VIII?
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Byland?
(doesn't look quite right to me, mind)
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Madcow, in the pursuit of clues I followed the link to your photostream. You have pictures of what appears to be the burning of a cycling jersey ! I'm intrigued !
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Deano-Clue-Definitely Yorkshire but a bit more off the beaten track than Byland.
Rig-There is a story about the jerseys but I cannot tell it to you or I will have to kill you. Just to say that I no longer wish to wear the colours of that particular bike shop ever again and the burning ritual was like a viking funeral.
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Deano-Clue-Definitely Yorkshire but a bit more off the beaten track than Byland.
Rig-There is a story about the jerseys but I cannot tell it to you or I will have to kill you. Just to say that I no longer wish to wear the colours of that particular bike shop ever again and the burning ritual was like a viking funeral.
Roche Abbey? (though I think that is a bit bigger than the ruins shown)
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Deano-Clue-Definitely Yorkshire but a bit more off the beaten track than Byland.
Rig-There is a story about the jerseys but I cannot tell it to you or I will have to kill you. Just to say that I no longer wish to wear the colours of that particular bike shop ever again and the burning ritual was like a viking funeral.
Aye, I didn't think so.
OT: What are you wearing these days, then? I'll know not to look out for someone in a **** ********* jersey!
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This week I are mostly wearing Ripon CC colours , a very low key bright pink. Can occassionally be seen wearing PBP jersey. Not many round Ripon area. I will try to get out to one of the NTR rides.
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Heptonstall.
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Not West Yorkshire.
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Rievaulx?
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Marrick Priory?
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getting closer with Marrick .
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getting closer with Marrick .
Is it Darlington?
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Darlo is not in Yorkshire. Wrong direction from Marrick.
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It looks too ruined, but..
Easby.
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Coverham?
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Coverham?
Is the correct answer. I said it was off the beaten track, because it is privately owned and although a footpath used to go through the ruined abbey, that has now been diverted. I managed to get the photo by taking the route of the old footpath and it was only when we got to the far end , that there was a sign indicating the diversion.
Coverham was thought to be the abbey where monks of French origin decided to make cheese, the first Wensleydale cheese factory.
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Thanks, madcow. I didn't know about the cheese, though I eat plenty of it. I don't think I've been there, it was a process of elimination and I had a couple more up my sleeve. Went past Marrick last weekend, though!
Edit: Actually, I have been there but it was a long time ago - and not on a bike!
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thread necromancy:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/L1007422.jpg)
it's in italy, but what's the village in the top left corner?
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Cloud Nine?
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Castelluccio? the surroundings look like the Piano Grande, in Umbria.
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Castelluccio? the surroundings look like the Piano Grande, in Umbria.
yup! weird place.
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Castelluccio? the surroundings look like the Piano Grande, in Umbria.
yup! weird place.
I cycled through there in May 2006 on a tour of Tuscany and Umbria. I stayed at the rifugio at the other end of the plain from Castelluccio, which was full of hang gliders and parapentists from a bunch of different countries.
I'll try to have a photo up tonight for people to guess.
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6IQfX-7ANC4/UDgrf38o9RI/AAAAAAAAARw/GzSH8HtSQNs/s400/photo.JPG)
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Grand Union at Hanwell?
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That's right. I've used the Grand Union Canal towpath to cycle between LHR and various London hostels on different cycling tours. I'll try to be a little more challenging next time.
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I have a thing for hidden green spaces. There are some in Venice, for example, that you would never expect
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An interior for a change.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jz-Ic88RFug/UDazaALvXcI/AAAAAAAABuE/uIy34fQ8g6c/s531/2012-08-23_12-29-20_991.jpg)
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Answer is on IanH's Facebook page...
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Those tiles look like the circle bar in the Cafe Royal on W Register St.
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Those tiles look like the circle bar in the Cafe Royal on W Register St.
That was quick.
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Bah! I thought it was there, but haven't been there for 15 years, so it would have been quite a guess.
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'West Register Street' was the old test to see if people tripped over their words. That and 'The Leith Police dismisseth us' suggest many Old Skule medical teachers were Edinburgh based...
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8455/7909343942_3eb9087ba6_m.jpg)
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Somewhere near Trump's golf course?
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Knockvologan?
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Southern hemisphere?
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The Hebrides
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Not Knockvologan (or anywhere on Mull); not really anywhere near Trumpton.
Jaded/Peter: one of you needs to be more specific; the other is completely wrong (which rules out Arizona, New Mexico and the Atlas mountains ;))
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It is either Harris (but doesn't look like it) or near Cape Aguhlas (sp)
Or somewhere else.
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I can't be, RJ. Although I am in favour of gay marriage, I've never been to the Hebrides; it just reminds me of a lot of beaches in Bill Plumtree's excellent report of a few weeks ago!
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Jaded needs to be a little more specific ;)
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Luskentyre Beach
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Exit Stage Left sneaks in at the near post ...
That's FirstBorn heading back through the dunes to the burial ground car park at Luskentyre, with the North Harris hills (and weird clouds) in the background.
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A double header. Where was I today to take this picture? And what's the home turf of this cool ewe. It's not Brixton, although she'd suit a spliff.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8315/7983748784_365770d240_z.jpg)
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It's a Wensleydale. Bit late for Reeth Show, isn't it?
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Westmorland county show and a wensleydale?
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It's a Wensleydale. Bit late for Reeth Show, isn't it?
Westmorland county show and a wensleydale?
That didn't take long, it's an altogether ballsier affair than Reeth Show. I once sheared one of these, it takes a combination of strength and delicacy.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8298/7983784764_1c0fa72821_z.jpg)
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I love agricultural shows and this looks like a corker.
Can you get a fleece off one of those guys or is it just upmarket pubes?
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Your mention of Brixton reminds me that it is Lambeth Country Show this weekend.
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I love agricultural shows and this looks like a corker.
Can you get a fleece off one of those guys or is it just upmarket pubes?
I did a shearing course at an Ag college in Bucks. We used the Bowen method, you should be able to get the fleece off in one piece, plus a few pubes. This video shows the idea. My back wouldn't allow a lot of shearing, but it was fun to learn. I was working as a Ranger on a GLC farm in Harefield at the time. Every animal on the farm was black and white, apart from Red Ken, the Hereford bull. He was a good worker, a lot of the cows that should have been throwing pedigree Friesan Holsteins calves were giving birth to Hereford crosses. Ken was eventually spotted serving cows that had backed up to a barbed wire fence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Y4uagy2Z0&feature=related
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:-)
One can only imagine what he did to attract them.
Anyway here goes..
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8174/7983830775_a851e5fe12_z.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8456/7983812850_9715b8907e_z.jpg)
Both taken at the same place, but where?
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That is rogerzilla's Sturmey Archer Hub Gear Hospital.
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;D ;D
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Spot the bits of green triangle?
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Your mention of Brixton reminds me that it is Lambeth Country Show this weekend.
Is that like the Orkneys Slam Poetry and Wall Art Festival?
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Castell Coch ?
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Spot the bits of green triangle?
Very astute.
Not Castell Coch then....
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Struggling?
Here's another interior view.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8444/7988761555_d6e2b5bb30_z.jpg)
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St Briavals youth hostel?
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Yes indeed! There was an open day last weekend, hence the museumy shots to throw the scent... :)
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I hope no-one "fell" into the oubliette!
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Thread revival. An easy one.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8309/8038698180_bbb1293562_z.jpg)
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The church looks German and there's a castle, so somewhere in Poland or Scotland? (Or the Tower Of London!)
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my guess is Edinburgh Castle
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Yes, I wondered that but I couldn't work out the church - I don't think it's St Giles.
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I don't think that's anywhere in Edinburgh (DAMHIKT ;))
What about the Sainte Chapelle in Paris?
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Not any of those countries.
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It seems a few clues are needed. So, it is in the UK.
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Rochester?
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No. Quite a long way from Rochester.
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York?
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It's not England.
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In the UK, not Scotland or England doesn't leave much other than Wales.
Caerphilly?
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Not Caerphilly, it is Wales.
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Chepstow?
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Not far from Chepstow, but Caerphilly was nearer.
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Both good ideas for the school holiday coming up though! :thumbsup:
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The tower in the distance looks suspiciously like this one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bathintime/5114774513/).
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It's a Bute ;)
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That's the one. :thumbsup:
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Shall we have another one?
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/IMG_3555.jpg)
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Llanberis Pass (Pen-y-pas) youth hostel?
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Looks like railway architecture - a preservation line?
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Looks rather like one of the stations between Perth and Inverness. Pitlochry?
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Doubt it. Looks like an active station to me, with a café and at least 3 platforms. Too small for Brockenhurst but similar.
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I was thinking it looks like somewhere that used to have three platforms. It looks as if the foreground tarmac has been laid where a track once ran.
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With retrospect, I think that 3 is a three car stop, not a platform number.
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Kemble?
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Definitely a railway station.
It does say 3 Car Stop.
It isn't preserved, it still works - at least it did on Wednesday!
fuaran has a modicum of rightness.
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With retrospect, I think that 3 is a three car stop, not a platform number.
Ah, yes!
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When I first saw it, I thought: Aviemore.
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Looks quite like Pitlochry
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You are all on the right lines, but on the wrong line.
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As mine still needs quessed, here's another. You may have seen it elsewhere. :demon:
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/caption_it_handstand.jpg)
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As mine still needs quessed, here's another. You may have seen it elsewhere. :demon:
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/caption_it_handstand.jpg)
Australia presumably
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As mine still needs quessed, here's another. You may have seen it elsewhere. :demon:
Horse Guards, SW corner
and how about Nairn for the station?
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:) correct for both.
I went back to Horse Guards to marvel at the lack of a 15k seater stadium and this odd thing was going on.
Nairn it was, on the route to Aberdeen. At first I thought it was some comment on how good the food was at the cafe, then remembered it was Halloween.
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(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0182.jpg)
Don't read too much into the Evesham Wheelers & Stroud Valleys club tops that are being worn.
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That's the village shop/cafe in that nice village on Islay.
Um .... Bruichladdich.
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That's right.
Only 4 minutes :(
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Sorry Andrew :-[
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/lindagordinho/Hellvellyn15thSept12/IMGP0051.jpg)
I'm looking for the name of this body of water.
Now, don't be checking the image link. That's cheating, that is.
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Sorry Andrew :-[
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/lindagordinho/Hellvellyn15thSept12/IMGP0051.jpg)
I'm looking for the name of this body of water.
Now, don't be checking the image link. That's cheating, that is.
I've been there.
You can change the name of the link..... you know.... :)
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I'm looking for the name of this body of water.
Now, don't be checking the image link. That's cheating, that is.
I've been there.
You can change the name of the link..... you know.... :)
So have I. Took my mountain bike up that way once (don't tell Crusty). Red Tarn, but I'll defer to Jurek
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Yep, Red Tarn. 'Course it is. :D
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Home of the elusive schelley!
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Yep, Red Tarn. 'Course it is. :D
Damn! Too late.
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I'm looking for the name of this body of water.
Now, don't be checking the image link. That's cheating, that is.
I've been there.
You can change the name of the link..... you know.... :)
So have I. Took my mountain bike up that way once (don't tell Crusty). Red Tarn, but I'll defer to Jurek
I'm out of snaps for the moment.
If Billplumtree would like to grasp the mantle, as it were, then that's 8) with me.
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I don't think I've ever been redeferred to before :)
How about this one:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jef6DYYf2L4/UJVzBUGgUAI/AAAAAAAADao/8cDVvwQPfx4/s912/2008-40.jpg)
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Montserrat?
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Montserrat?
Nope
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There's an Alpine feel to it, and possibly Vauban, I don't think it's Besancon, but somewhere strategic on one of the Alpine rivers.
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Ex-Yugoslavia?
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Ex-Yugoslavia?
Nope. ESL's on the right lines. He's good, you know. Well, he has his moments, at least.
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I'm good, too. But when I'm bad, I'm horrid!
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Minas Tirith? ;D
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Sisteron
(first guess, but I did check (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=sisteron&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=44.1981,5.948475&spn=0.001021,0.002642&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=7.341789,21.643066&hnear=Sisteron,+Alpes-de-Haute-Provence,+Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te+d'Azur,+France&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=44.1981,5.948475&panoid=Xh9LNnUoM1Pd2wuMe69UNg&cbp=12,263.62,,0,-3.93))
How's about this then?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0068.jpg)
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Bradford-on-Avon?
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Great Coxwell?
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Lacock ?
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There's an Alpine feel to it, and possibly Vauban, I don't think it's Besancon, but somewhere strategic on one of the Alpine rivers.
I was thinking of Briancon, I always get the two mixed up.
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Harmondsworth?
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There's an Alpine feel to it, and possibly Vauban, I don't think it's Besancon, but somewhere strategic on one of the Alpine rivers.
I was thinking of Briancon, I always get the two mixed up.
I guessed that. Alpine, Vauban, strategic on an Alpine river were all impressively bang on though.
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Great Coxwell?
Is the correct answer.
Photo taken on the way to Inverness
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That's a good journey!
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I don't think I've ever been redeferred to before :)
How about this one:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jef6DYYf2L4/UJVzBUGgUAI/AAAAAAAADao/8cDVvwQPfx4/s912/2008-40.jpg)
Too late again!
I have been through there a few times on the way from Digne les bains to Grenoble...
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I'd better get one ready...
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OK - here goes.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/photo.JPG)
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Heathrow?
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Manchester Airport travelator from the Railway Station.
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ESL has it.
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I'll probably need to give yes or no answers to narrow this one down.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8203/8178545708_933057fcd8_z.jpg)
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Pennines?
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Forest of Bowland somewhere?
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Bootle?
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Your local branch of Boots ?
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That could be any old branch of Boots.
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That's cobblers.
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The next answer'll be a shoe in.
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Pennines?
Yes. it's between two river catchments on one way from Lancashire to Durham. The boots aren't on Google Earth, I looked. Judging by the size of the tree on Google they've appeared within the last 3 years.
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In which case I would put it on the back road that runs east from Winton to join the a66 between Brough and Bowes.
(g**gles to check guess: somewhere near Calva House?)
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In which case I would put it on the back road that runs east from Winton to join the a66 between Brough and Bowes.
(g**gles to check guess: somewhere near Calva House?)
That's not too far away, but not on the right road. The name of the road at that point refers to the species of tree. I can only presume that there's been one of those trees at the summit of the road for hundreds of years, and that this is a replacement.
I'm always on the lookout for landmarks, especially ones that mark summits in that type of terrain. One skill that you need on the LEL is to know how to spot that you are reaching the top of a long climb, by judging the size of streams. It's also important to know where the river catchments are, especially between the Tees, the Tyne and the Eden. This point marks the division between the catchment of one of those rivers and another one entirely. It would be more useful to look at a map with relief information.
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I was matching the hill line, and it is definitiely the same, so clearly not far away at all. My guess on the river catchement place was Tees versus Lune, etc. My initial thought was Tyne/Tees near Garrigill.
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I was matching the hill line, and it is definitiely the same, so clearly not far away at all. My guess on the river catchement place was Tees versus Lune, etc. My initial thought was Tyne/Tees near Garrigill.
You were pretty near with your first guess, I used a zoom on about 55mm and an APS C sensor, which compresses the perspective a bit.
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That's an ash, yes?
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Yes - soon to be given the boot, sadly.
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That's an ash, yes?
That is indeed an Ash. The third most numerous tree in the UK, and the most numerous tree in hedgerows, largely because hawthorn can grow beneath it.
The population in the UK is very diverse genetically in comparison to the mainland, where the biggest losses have been in plantations. That may confer some advantages, or it might not. Ash dieback has been found in ancient woodland in Suffolk, so only time will tell.
The Woodland Trust conservation response to the problem is my breakfast bar reading. They're not planting Ash this year at all. I took that picture on the way back from a Woodland Trust planting day in County Durham. We took the M6 as far as we could, before heading across country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqykedo2O6U&feature=g-upl
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Hamsterley Common betwixt Tees and Wear?
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Hamsterley Common betwixt Tees and Wear?
No, the two rivers have been mentioned already, and you're looking for a road that refers to the tree.
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Ah!
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Ash Fell, A685 between Ravenstonedale and Kirby Stephen? The Tees tributaries are going down Baldersdale from Iron Band and the Greta starts up in the fells nearby. This is the watershed between the Lune and Eden.
There is a similarly laden tree in the hills near Bellingham, but I cant easily remember where. I blame the Young Farmers.
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Ash Fell A685 between ravenstonedale and kirby Stephen? The Tees tributarys are going down Baldersdale from Iron Band.
That's right, this is the tree on on Google Earth, the bank is vegetating up well, and the tree has grown a bit. I've no idea what the shoes mean. It's between the Lune and Eden catchments. so it's still the West.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Ash+Fell+Road,+Kirkby+Stephen&hl=en&ll=54.439535,-2.402099&spn=0.00134,0.004128&sll=47.73855,12.508828&sspn=50.619476,135.263672&oq=Ash+Fell+Road+Kirkby+Stephen&hnear=Ash+Fell+Rd,+Cumbria+CA17,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=54.439535,-2.402099&panoid=7WWMWq5T1Z-n3P9E3Cw38g&cbp=12,30.25,,0,-6.96
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Its on the OS map. Cant sleep at mo , due to constant coughing. Try this one from Europe, pretty easy, I reckon.
My dad recognised it 50 years after he was there.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8207/8212891206_2cf95a3ae0.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16109958@N08/8212891206/)
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Mohne dam?
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Deutsches Eck?
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Germany calling , yes. But not a dam.
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Is it the Lorelei?
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Right river but not quite.
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is it Rudesheim and Bingen on the Rhine?
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Carl F is correct! So So sorry about this. :facepalm:
I was just loking at the guide book again for something else and I found that the point where the Rhine and Mosel join at Koblenz is called the Deutches Eck. I was thinking Koblenz.
Time for Carl or someone else to have a go.
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(http://www.peeble.com/minox_35gl_17.jpg)
Hat may not be canon.
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Lundernunderground, somewhere?
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No.
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no idea.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8217406779_c82a16e021_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68792434@N03/8217406779/)
L1008784 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/68792434@N03/8217406779/) by simpleimages_mike (http://www.flickr.com/people/68792434@N03/), on Flickr
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I think I know!
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I think I have a sniff of the location
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/YACF_Photoday_2012/pictures/picture-11.jpg)
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This kind of thing appalls me. Every day.
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St.Pancras rail station
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I've no idea where it is, but it looks like socialist realism gone all twee.
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Thread necromancy again-
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/DSC02981_zps74ae3ee5.jpg)
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Bath?
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Rome?
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Bathroom?
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I see what you did there...
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Osborne House?
Or Blenheim?
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Jurek has it. Seen from the terrace of the Roman baths.
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Blimey!
That was more or less a guess mostly based on the colour of the stone.
I'll try to sort out a new picture when I get home....
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/gtp.jpg)
Here's one while we wait ;D
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Dunno, but that Ordinary seems to be the S&S version.
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Dunno, but that Ordinary seems to be the S&S version.
Looks to me like the hieroglyphic version: literally unrideable.
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Hottest "guess the place" entry yet?
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8511/8518350377_33931dd6da_z.jpg)
Nothing like an epic college field trip including legally setting heather on fire!
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There was some of that going on up Teesdale yesterday, but I'm guessing you weren't there.
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Since no one got even remotely close with my last one, here is another
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/wiw_2345.jpg)
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Beachy Head
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Nope, but the right idea.
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Ruegen
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Getting colder.
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So, not the Greenland icecap ...
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Beachy Head was closer!
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... chemically and geographically. Somewhere on the south coast of England is about as close as I'm going to get ...
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Yes, but not directly attached.
That should be enough of a clue :)
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The Needles. Lighthouse out of shot.
?
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Close enough. It is actually looking SE back from the Needles lookout. :thumbsup:
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Can't remember if anyone's likely to remember this:
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m85/rjevans6/BritCouncil1.jpg)
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Hottest "guess the place" entry yet?
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8511/8518350377_33931dd6da_z.jpg)
Nothing like an epic college field trip including legally setting heather on fire!
Jings, is it muirburn season already? I do love a nice bit of muirburn.
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Can't remember if anyone's likely to remember this:
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m85/rjevans6/BritCouncil1.jpg)
Copenhagen
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Mum (Copenhagen native) says not Copenhagen.
Somewhere on Baltic? Estonia?
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Not Estonia - but not so far off.
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Riga?
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Warma.
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Aga.
That's definitely warmer. Ha, ha, ha!
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Gyor
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Gosh, the mention of Gyor brings back memories from cold war era of being marched off the train at the border crossing in the middle of the night and, after a rather alarming ride in a Lada, ending up in a lovely old fashioned station hotel in Gyor, with gorgeously thick goose-down quilts and no idea of the city that awaited us when we ventured out the next morning.
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Not the place in the picture, though.
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Clues?
It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The river that flows through this place drains into the Baltic. Disarm "Warma" and you're on the way to one spelling of the name. David Martin is closest.
*checks watch*
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Vaasa, Finland.
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Vilnius (Wilna)? I hope it's wrong because I haven't got any pictures to replace it with!
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Peter has it ...
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Damn!
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Since Peter hasn't got one, I'll keep the thread going with this (I think some people will get it very quickly, but it's interesting):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMG_2865_zpsc864d0b0.jpg)
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Katie Price's washing line
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This guy is amazed by that picture.
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;D Yeah.
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Go on then, Jurek.
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C'mon - it's a bit like shooting fish in a barrel for me :D
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OK, then, I saw you referenced Guys and Great Maze Pond, which is the street, but what's the building & artwork?
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Is this the building I always think of as looking like a vernier scale stood on end, or some sort of flak tower? Guy's hospital tower? It is one of the three buildings I always see to the South as I arrive at London Bridge, the three being said vernier scale, the giant electric razor and the Splinter.
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It is the east wing of Guys, clad by competition-winning Hopkins architects who, coincidentally, were responsible for the 2012 Olympic velodrome and have also come up with a proposal for regenerating the grandstand at Herne Hill velodrome, amongst other things in their very broad portfolio.
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It's actually the boiler room for Guys, and is called 'Boiler Suit' ::-)
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May I jump in.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/8337_4701736229431_926296000_n.jpg)
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I've had that in the past - Signs of Spring Ale or something. Could it be the Tuns in Chepstow?
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Not Wales (though it could have been).
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Vorsprungs local in Clayhidon?
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It is a pub, but it has no pumps.
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The Crooked Billet, Stoke Row.
It used to have no pumps, don't know if it still does.
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It's in Devon.
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If the photo were taken on 17th March, it could have been pretty much anywhere in the world!
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If the photo were taken on 17th March, it could have been pretty much anywhere in the world!
It was last Wednesday.
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Perusing the GBG, how about the Bridge Inn, Topsham
The beer is Stonehenge Signs of Spring, as served at Gloucester Beer Festival last weekend
Other possibilities: Exeter Inn, Bampton ; Culm Valley Inn, Culmstock ; Red Lion, Exbourne ; Old Fire House, Exeter ; Duke of York, Iddesleigh ; Plymouth Inn, Okehampton ; Dolphin Hotel, Plymouth ; Lamb Inn, Silverton ; Rugglestone, Widdecombe ; Poltimore Arms, Yarde Down
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Perusing the GBG, how about the Bridge Inn, Topsham
The beer is Stonehenge Signs of Spring, as served at Gloucester Beer Festival last weekend
No need for the spoilers, you are correct.
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This might be a bit obscure but I'm sure there are those on here that will recognise what it is, and even where it is:-
(http://www.zen177395.zen.co.uk/Lime kiln.JPG)
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That looks like some sort of kiln or oven. No idea where though any number of old industrial sites come to mind (like Ironbridge)
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Cornwall??
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Is it one of the limekilns near Scarth Nick?
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Definitely a lime kiln (as that is what it says on the image :) ) but where? Dales is a good guess as it is stone built rather than brick built. Red discolouration on the stone from heating might give an idea as to the kind of rock and hence the general area.
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Ha! I'd forgotten that you can check image details! It is indeed a lime-kiln. I'll leave it for a while before giving clues. Well done. It's not in the Dales and it's not at Scarth Nick, Linda (I never knew there was one there and I slept in the heather there before the Lyke Wake Walk as a youth).
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Well there are a few stone lime kilns just to the north of Bristol - but the stone and the construction are a bit different, so it's not one of those.
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Cumbria, North Yorks, Scotland.. Could be a number of places. I'd go for North Yorks/Northumbria as a guess.
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Anywhere near Warton Crag? Not sure about the redding of the stones though.
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David, you are right, it could be any of those places - but it isn't!
longers, you are in the right county!
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Sykes Lime Kiln at SD 62758 51897.
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Is the correct answer! (I skidded to a halt as I descended past it last Saturday, having crossed the Trough Of Bowland from the west. I'm just surprisd i've never even noticed it before on either ascent or descent. I think the reddening of the rocks is probably pleurococcal algae, rather than due to iron.
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8263/8613090519_87fbfa328b_z.jpg)
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Dove Crag?
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Dove Crag?
'Fraid not.
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Fairfield? Any road up, it's a Herdwick sheep!
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Fairfield? Any road up, it's a Herdwick sheep!
We did the Fairfield Horseshoe on Sunday, this was Saturday.
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Fancy me not knowing your itinerary, D! Assuming you were staying locally, it might be the col between Gibson Knott and Helm Crag, maybe frrom Steel Fell but then again, maybe not. I did Trough of Bowland on Saturday; where was I on Sunday?
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More Langdale perhaps...
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More Langdale perhaps...
That's more like it.
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I did wonder if it was Loft Crag but Iwasn't sure about the angle
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Pavey Ark?
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My viewpoint has the backing of Bob Dylan.
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In that case, you are on The Band and does your view itself have the backing of George? Could it be Harrison's Tick(le)?
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This is the view of Harrison Stickle from The Band, albeit higher up. A good view of the Axe Factory.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8123/8617178286_15f7afa72a_z.jpg)
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OK, Rossett Pike, then? (He said desperately.)
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OK, Rossett Pike, then? (He said desperately.)
That's right. It took me some working out, as the perspective is extremely foreshortened, with about a 300mm equivalent lens. Rossett Ghyll seems even steeper. This picture made my mind up.
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2081/1812713927_23b79b57ce_z.jpg?zz=1)
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Yes, I see it now. I went over the col on the left last year (I think it goes down to Angle Tarn). But that was before they painted it black and white! That valley (Mickleden?) is wonderful. I walked back over the back of HS and Pavey Ark onto Blea Rigg and down into Easedale.
Great pictures; the first one has a bit of white spider about it!
Edit I mean the col on the left in your original picture, by the way.
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In that case, you are on The Band and does your view itself have the backing of George? Could it be Harrison's Tick(le)?
Perhaps George Band should get the win over George Harrison, here.
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And I was sure it was Bowfell. Which was a sure sign that it wasn't.
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And I was sure it was Bowfell. Which was a sure sign that it wasn't.
I thought it might be Ore Gap, which is what sent me to image Google, looking for 'The Band', where you get Robbie Robertson et-al. 'The Band Langdale',makes it clearer. I was just taking a picture of the obliging sheep without thinking what the background was.
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Of course The Herd(wick) was another band..... But compared with The Band they were wick, as we'd say in the north east.
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Of course The Herd(wick) was another band..... But compared with The Band they were wick, as we'd say in the north east.
Peter Frampton was the lead singer, he always looked a bit unshorn.
(http://www.rocksbackpages.com/public/img/artists/9522.jpg)
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Cumbria, North Yorks, Scotland.. Could be a number of places. I'd go for North Yorks/Northumbria as a guess.
North Yorks is in Northumbria....as are parts of Scotland. Did you mean Northumberland, David?
;D
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Of course The Herd(wick) was another band..... But compared with The Band they were wick, as we'd say in the north east.
Peter Frampton was the lead singer, he always looked a bit unshorn.
(http://www.rocksbackpages.com/public/img/artists/9522.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8315/7983748784_365770d240_n.jpg)
;D
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I'll throw in this very easy one, to keep things moving:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8254/8623363279_c6048c39b0_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30024450@N04/8623363279/)
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Gray Street, Newcastle?
(probably spelled Grey)
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Spot on. It was voted the best street in Britain:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/newcastles-grey-street-is-voted-the-finest-in-britain-643359.html
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It still looks familiar after 35 years ;D
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I used to work in the Theatre Royal! ;D
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I love the memorial erected because of Geordies' love of Earl Grey's tea. ;)
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A memorial to tea is good by me! Is there one to Earl Battenburg for his cake?
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Didn't Battenburg anglicise to Mountbatten?
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That's what I presume. I'm not aware of a Mountbatten Monument anywhere but bet there is one somewhere - doubt if it actually mentions cake though. :-\
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Whitehall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFdISD3FDcE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFdISD3FDcE)
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Whitehall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFdISD3FDcE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFdISD3FDcE)
As I suspected - no cake was mentioned!
(Was that 1983? It looks positively historic. I bet a primary school child would say it was something like Victorian. I'm going to ask tomorrow... )
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OK, following in the vein of easy ones...
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/gtp_456.jpg)
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Is that what they've done to Bristol?
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No :)
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No :)
Brum?
(I'm sure I've seen it somewhere)
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Not Brum...
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We think that's Liverpool One, or nearby.
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It is - the office/hotel end, past John Lewis.
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Just the name of the village needed.
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Jerome K. Jerome's house.
:D
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Very good!
I'll go back and edit it but meant to put: Just looking for the name of the village in the original post.
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Apologies for terrible choice to guess :(
It's not far from this bus stop.
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Wild guees: Plockton?
(actually, that looks extremely unlikely, looking at the second pic...)
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I've seen bus shelters like that near New Abbey (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=296500&Y=566500&A=Y&Z=120)
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New Abbey is correct. I was fairly confident the octopus would help.
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It wasn't the octopus, it was the blue colour which was gave it away. There are 3 like that. This is another:
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/20100523_2093_zpsdba7b135.jpg) (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/nocensure/media/20100523_2093_zpsdba7b135.jpg.html)
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/20100523_2095_zpscef2b424.jpg) (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/nocensure/media/20100523_2095_zpscef2b424.jpg.html)
What's the story behind the 3 men in the boat and the rose in the original photo?
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Right then, where's this?
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/IMG_6705cropped_zps30f2f9ed.jpg) (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/nocensure/media/IMG_6705cropped_zps30f2f9ed.jpg.html)
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skye?
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skye?
Not Skye.
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Harris.
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Harris.
Not Harris.
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What's the story behind the 3 men in the boat and the rose in the original photo?
I'm afraid I don't know, I was hoping that someone on here might.
If I get chance in September I'll do my best to find out.
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South-east Lewis?
What's the story behind the 3 men in the boat and the rose in the original photo?
I'm afraid I don't know, I was hoping that someone on here might.
If I get chance in September I'll do my best to find out.
Butcher, baker, candlestick-maker - assuming it's a tub, not a boat?
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South-east Lewis?
Not Lewis
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Arran.
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Arran.
Not Arran.
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The Isle of Man.
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From the Mull of Galloway?
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The Isle of Man.
Correct
From the Mull of Galloway?
Not quite - from Barsalloch Fort (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=234941&Y=541332&A=Y&Z=115) about 20km away on the other side of Luce Bay.
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I will only accept the correct spelling of the place name/road sign at the end of the straight. Bonus points for the "meaning".
What's on the back of the bike? What model saddle?
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8540/8672816598_5a15f9e6c4_b.jpg)
O s**t this is bike related - I've transgressed, again :hand:
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My eyes aren't as good as they were but I'd say that's cardboard on the back of the bike. Directions fo a bike ride?
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I'd say that's cardboard on the back of the bike.
Oh drats - the cardboard is also bike related! I'm gonna be thrown off the forum :'(
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30 hours without a reply? Is everyone wondering which Munro it is? Perhaps it isn't one. Great viewpoint and picture. Thanks!
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30 hours without a reply? Is everyone wondering which Munro it is? Perhaps it isn't one. Great viewpoint and picture. Thanks!
The white lump is over 3000ft
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30 hours without a reply? Is everyone wondering which Munro it is? Perhaps it isn't one. Great viewpoint and picture. Thanks!
The white lump is over 3000ft
Over 3000 ft, but you are evasive about it being a Munro, so I suspect it's not in Scotland.
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Through the place and half way up the climb - white "Munro" still just visible
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8620766779_99a4cb9781_b.jpg)
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Salvatore has passed, a large number of times, between the rocky lump and the non-Munro!
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Salvatore has passed, a large number of times, between the rocky lump and the non-Munro!
Up or down?
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Drws y Coed. "Door of the wood." The Munro is called Yr Wyddfa.
I'll post something else up in a little while.
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Oh, and it looks like a Swallow and that's definitely cardboard.
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Drws y Coed. "Door of the wood." The Munro is called Yr Wyddfa.
I'll post something else up in a little while.
:thumbsup:
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Oh, and it looks like a Swallow and that's definitely cardboard.
Butchered B17 - and a flat pack cardboard box for a pair of bicycle wheels
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It should be possible to be quite precise with this one. Say, within 5m or so.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qUGulXMcLG8/UXkwEJE6GsI/AAAAAAAAAew/5c9jpOpph-8/s800/_MG_3696.jpg)
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Ardnamurchan Peninsula?
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Mull of Galloway looking west.
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Changed my mind - it's NOT Scotland?
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We're not in Scotland.
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Not enough boats for it to be the Solent.
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Southwest Wales? Only one yacht and there's a chimney/mast?
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The chimney/mast is a smear of paint and the yacht is a reflection.
If it was a mast it would be about 5km tall. Those bumps on the horizon are 70km away.
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The chimney/mast is a smear of paint and the yacht is a reflection.
If it was a mast it would be about 5km tall. Those bumps on the horizon are 70km away.
And you think we can pinpoint this location to within 5 metres :o
So apart from paint smears and reflections, it's still a lighthouse? :)
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Lundy?
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St Bees head?
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Not Cumbria, not Lundy.
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And you think we can pinpoint this location to within 5 metres :o
Well, once you've identified the bumps and eliminated all the other intervening points of interest it shouldn't be too hard!
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They're big bumps then - Munro's perhaps :smug:
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Rathlin Island, looking towards Malin Head.
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Rathlin, yes. But it's not quite possible to see Malin Head from this location.
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Not Munros, they are a little more modest.
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Inside the lighthouse on the North-east corner of Rathlin, looking towards the Mull of Kintyre.
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But then the hills are Arran.
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JennyB, it is inside the East lighthouse. Although I was on the opposite side looking north. The bumps are the Paps of Jura.
I've got a nice photo looking across to the Mull of Kintyre and beyond that I'll post when I get a chance.
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JennyB, it is inside the East lighthouse. Although I was on the opposite side looking north. The bumps are the Paps of Jura.
I've got a nice photo looking across to the Mull of Kintyre and beyond that I'll post when I get a chance.
I should have known the Mull wasn't so far away.
(http://endless-sphere.com/forums/download/file.php?id=92298)
The house is quite famous, but what of the stone?
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The view from the other side of the lighthouse. Mull of Kintyre, Sanda, Aisla Craig, and then the Galloway mainland. The shoulder of the mountain in the distance is Merrick 110km away. While the south of the UK was having an awful June it was glorious on the Antrim coast. I haven't got a photo that does it justice but it felt like I could just lean out and touch the Mull. For several days the water between Rathlin and Balllycastle was mill pond smooth.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-pOQ6Pv_r6xY/UXlWH01DH9I/AAAAAAAAAfU/XAwTeYPaXco/s800/_MG_3675.jpg)
The East Lighthouse (Paps in the distance).
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WAJc-TsrW30/UXsi_CXb5eI/AAAAAAAAAfs/uTapvCnxf_o/s800/_MG_3725.jpg)
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JennyB, it is inside the East lighthouse. Although I was on the opposite side looking north. The bumps are the Paps of Jura.
I've got a nice photo looking across to the Mull of Kintyre and beyond that I'll post when I get a chance.
I should have known the Mull wasn't so far away.
(http://endless-sphere.com/forums/download/file.php?id=92298)
The house is quite famous, but what of the stone?
Does the ogam place us in Ireland still?
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Does the ogam place us in Ireland still?
Yes
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A pic from todays bike ride:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8393/8687007850_55a8336ae5_z.jpg)
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Fife ;)
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Fife and a half..
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Drws y Coed. "Door of the wood." The Munro is called Yr Wyddfa.
I'll post something else up in a little while.
Coming East up the Nantlle, yes. I stayed out....
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Does the ogam place us in Ireland still?
Yes
Tipperary?
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Does the ogam place us in Ireland still?
Yes
Tipperary?
Not Tipperary.
Great pics from Rathlin BTW. Somehow I missed them when I replied last time. I was up round the Antrim coast myself last year at the end of June. More details here (http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=41390).
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Sligo then. Cill na Muckaun, Mullaghmore.
My, aren't there a lot of modern ogham stones in Ireland now.
The stone is a memorial for the unbaptised children of Mullaghmore buried in a nearby unconsecrated plot. The owner of Classiebawn Castle (the building in the background) denied permission for the memorial to be placed at the site so the stone stands by the road side.
The ogham inscription reads ‘Dhá láimh Dé a gcumdach’ - The two hands of God around them.
When the stone was unveiled the ceremony ended with a verse on the death of a child on Rathlin.
Beannacht Leat, goodbye me dawtie,
I’m wrappin’ a slip aboot ye this yenst.
They’ll be to be givin’ ye gran’eur in heaven,
But mine’ll be layin’ yer heart anenst.
Beannacht Leat; d’ye hear me, bairnie?
The good God needed ye there, me wean.
Yer dawn an’ yer sunset were a’ thegither,
An’ the ebb took the wee boat out again.
Mary Campbell (Sea Wrack 1951)
I don't know if that was an intentional link?
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Spot on! :thumbsup:
The link wasn't intentional, but everything in Ireland links to everything else if you look long enough. Classiebawn was the summer home of Earl Mountbatten, until the IRA blew him up in the bay.
Where in Tipperary did you think it might have been?
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I thought that it might be a far more distant view of the Rock of Cashel as the profile is similar though the scale is not. I was struggling to make out any detail on the building on the posted picture.
The thing that surprised me about my trip along the north coast last year was how spectacular it all is. I'd spent many of my childhood holidays at various points along that coast and as an adult I assumed that we had always cherry picked the most beautiful spots to stay. The reality is almost every single turn on the coast road delivers a change of unbelievable scenery, interesting geology bursting up, through and over the previous lot of interesting geology and thousands of years of history. It all still has a very intimate scale to it though. I loved your blog of your trip. One of my favourite places is Barnes Gap.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PsAPt_QKG5o/UYr7zenDiCI/AAAAAAAAAgs/B2kK89eCU_M/s800/_MG_3888.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_GvZIkSa-KY/UYr7yWI2BUI/AAAAAAAAAgk/Ydx-f43rVNE/s800/_MG_3923.jpg)
Just a couple of spots you should recognise from your trip Jenny.
Here's one of somewhere else that shouldn't present too much of a challenge:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wqyEob8QO8I/UYsCbUJKayI/AAAAAAAAAhM/05RhLQOHfIE/s800/_MG_4000.jpg)
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North Berwick looking across to Fife?
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Easy, wasn't it! Yep, North Berwick.
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How about this one?
(http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q672/Forumstufftoo/Forum%20bits/place2_zps8be4b893.jpg)
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Lunnon, innit?
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Bath?
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Bath?
Canal, I think.
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Here (http://tinyurl.com/bwg9j62)
Mile End Park.
Chimney in left of shot.
What you doin' up on the railway line, Flynn?
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Ha, bullseye! :thumbsup:
Was on my way to Moorfields, saw the guy on the BoJo bike by the Regents Canal, so grabbed a snap.
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'twas the Boris Bike that gave it away as London.
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'twas the Boris Bike that gave it away as London.
Hardly. Boris Bike has been to Dunwich, and I am sure others have travelled further afield.
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I'd suggest that the majority of Boris Bikes are in London.
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If the majority gives it away, then fine.
However this is not the "Guess the blindingly obvious place", so a modicum of misdirection might be expected.
I expected it to be in Southend, but there wasn't a lot of litter, newly built dual carriageways, or felled trees as a clue.
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Southend has canals?
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It's a silent 'c'.
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;D
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I'd suggest that the majority of Boris Bikes are in London.
Yes, but just saying "London" is hardly accurate.
Jurek nailed it.
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/gtp_xxx.jpg)
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Never seen bike racks like that before - must be foreign
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It's the church attached to the side of David's house.
Anyone checking out the coat of arms should note that the blue fleur-de-lys quarters are normally top left and bottom right (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54415393@N00/4498183046) (the fleurs-de-lys and the lions show this example is on its side)
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I think I'm owed one of these.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8279/8858474130_17f6034c53_z.jpg)
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The lump in the distance is one of the three peaks? Whernside? which puts you somewhere on that lump between Ingleton and Ribblehead?
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It's Ingleborough, from somewhere to the north.
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close enough from this far away ;)
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Not that far north!
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Not quite the right answer yet.
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Not specific enough? Chapel-le-Dale, then.
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Not specific enough? Chapel-le-Dale, then.
What you're thinking of would look like this.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3349/4641167449_901431945a.jpg)
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Pen-y-ghent, taken from somewhere above Selside
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Damn. It has been a few years, mind.
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The Three Peaks are pretty similar, this is Whernside.
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4070/4641075591_0f2363ac7d_z.jpg)
It should be possible to say where the flower is given the information. It's in a National Nature Reserve, but not as deeply within the reserve as this flower.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/8858492366_80ddd2b0ec_z.jpg)
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http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designations/nnr/1006751.aspx
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http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designations/nnr/1006751.aspx
That's a fair distance from the Three Peaks.
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I think I have the answer. One of the Three Peaks from the NNR carrying the name of another one. If I'm right, you were a little harsh on andrew_s ...
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ESL, I've been trying to work out the angles and wonder if you are on the lower, northern slopes of Ingleborough called (I think) Park Fell, or something beginning with P?
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I think I have the answer. One of the Three Peaks from the NNR carrying the name of another one. If I'm right, you were a little harsh on andrew_s ...
Assuming I've got a reason for showing pictures of all three peaks, it should be possible to work out the position to within a hundred metres or so, as the fields in the background are improved grassland.
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Had I but world enough and time ... plus the relevant (flat) OS 1:25 000 sheets, a habitat GIS layer and a very long ruler, I might be tempted to have a go at 100m.
But I don't, and am happy enough knowing where it is to within (probably) a mile or so, assuming at least two of the pictures are taken from about teh same spot, looking in different (almost opposite) directions.
But I'll let others more familiar with the Pennines play.
(Peter can't be far off, either)
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Had I but world enough and time ... plus the relevant (flat) OS 1:25 000 sheets, a habitat GIS layer and a very long ruler, I might be tempted to have a go at 100m.
But I don't, and am happy enough knowing where it is to within (probably) a mile or so, assuming at least two of the pictures are taken from about teh same spot, looking in different (almost opposite) directions.
But I'll let others more familiar with the Pennines play.
(Peter can't be far off, either)
It's nothing like that difficult, The paths are obvious, and marked on Google maps satellite view, and the exposed limestone ends abruptly.
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What obvious paths are these?
There are no obvious paths in any of your 4 photos, the original photo has no limestone pavement, you haven't actually said that the 3 3 peak photos are taken from the same point and they don't look to be, and there's one NNR in the area that covers half of Ingleborough in 4 separate segments.
Knowing that it is possible to take photos of all 3 peaks that are sufficiently defined for triangulation, I'll amend to Gauber High Pasture.
My original "above Selside" location was meant to mean between Alum Pot and Washfold Pot, but Ingleborough/Simon Fell from thereabouts is fairly featureless with nothing terribly distinctive to take bearings off.
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If you are right with High Gauber, Andrew, I would have given it to you for above Selside. I would also have given it to me for Park Fell. I ran the 3 Peaks race nearly 40 years ago and I'm pretty sure that orchid wasn't there then!
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Andrew S is right about Whernside, the other pictures were just to guide David Martin and Deano in the right direction. There's a boundary between the open fell and the intake at this gate. There's an interpretive signboard about the NNR at the next gate.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/8865214313_6371d84514_z.jpg)
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Here is a stab at a place - near Ling Gill?
And I guess the paths would be those around High Birkwith, Browgill, Old Ing.
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The path is the most obvious one that someone would be using on a full day out in that area, and the main problem was avoiding getting my own shadow onto the flower.
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You are on one of the several Pennine Ways in the area, presumably?
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You are on one of the several Pennine Ways in the area, presumably?
We spent some time on the Pennine Way, and could have spent more, but it wasn't wet enough to warrant the diversion.
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Half a km NW of Beecroft Hall, by Horton in Ribblesdale. Or thereabouts.
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Half a km NW of Beecroft Hall, by Horton in Ribblesdale. Or thereabouts.
That's within 100m. At the centre of this map.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Horton+in+Ribblesdale&hl=en&ll=54.152759,-2.315111&spn=0.010304,0.024848&sll=47.73855,12.508828&sspn=24.259181,50.888672&t=h&hnear=Horton+in+Ribblesdale,+North+Yorkshire,+United+Kingdom&z=15
I seem to end up doing the Three Peaks walk at this time every couple of years. This year I rode up the Ribble Valley from home the day before, and back the day after. The rides's easily doable from Preston in half a day, and the Three Peaks walk takes under 12 hours for the averagely fit.
The walk back from Ingleborough to Horton is pretty much straight, with the sun at your back, so it usually yields the best pictures.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3716/8857861875_9078664110_z.jpg)
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Have one from me then.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/P6180034_zpsc5af04c3.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/nicknacknick/media/P6180034_zpsc5af04c3.jpg.html)
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The exposure of red sandstone, the hedge banks and the variety of building stone suggests Devon or Cornwall. The standing stone on the skyline might narrow it down, it looks like it might be part of a larger feature.
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Is the skyline thing a ruined mine engine-house perhaps?
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Not Devon or Cornwall.
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I'll take a punt on northumbria. For no very good reason. Somewhere in the cheviots?
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Further south.
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It looks gritty enough (quarry at the back?) to be the Peak District.
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So we have an easily quarried local stone, slate roof and steeply convoluted hillside. Derbyshire, or goign much further west, welsh marches. I'll plump for the latter.
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Just out of shot to the left is the sea.
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Pembrokeshire?
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Pembrokeshire?
I was thinking Welsh peninsulas, Lleyn, Mumbles, Pembrokeshire.
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Pembrokeshire?
Yup.
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http://goo.gl/maps/exfJn
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http://goo.gl/maps/exfJn
I stayed out of that one. Amusing how it is described as being in Haverfordwest....
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http://goo.gl/maps/exfJn
I stayed out of that one. Amusing how it is described as being in Haverfordwest....
Zone of influence, see ... ;)
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A jolly fine place though.
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http://goo.gl/maps/exfJn
I stayed out of that one. Amusing how it is described as being in Haverfordwest....
Zone of influence, see ... ;)
I note if you click on the map view the B4341 becomes the Bristol & Bath Railway path...
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I'll put something up later on ...
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Where's this hammock?
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5326/8990915320_9c9a6d29df.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7194134@N06/8990915320/)
img_2035 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7194134@N06/8990915320/) by rjevans6 (http://www.flickr.com/people/7194134@N06/), on Flickr
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On the beach opposite the golf course between Arisaig and Morar.
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Close enough ;)
http://www.invercaimbecaravansite.co.uk/
Bonus points:
(a) where is this thing and (b) where are the words about?
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5455/8990910176_34351170f4.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7194134@N06/8990910176/)
img_1914 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7194134@N06/8990910176/) by rjevans6 (http://www.flickr.com/people/7194134@N06/), on Flickr
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a - Knockan Crag
b - Assynt
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Location's wrong tho'?
This is knockan Crag
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8041/8055454890_c41d7828c4.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/acf_windy/8055454890/)
P9305622 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/acf_windy/8055454890/) by windy_ (http://www.flickr.com/people/acf_windy/), on Flickr
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One bonus point to windy (right poetic location - "A man in Assynt"). Physical location is not Knockan, though.
(The thread is ESL's by rights - Eigg is too obvious a shape ...)
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It's probably on Eigg, commemorating the purchase, the other possibility is Lochinver. We had a week on Eigg in the early 90s, visiting a friend. I liked the Hazel woods below the Sgurr.
I was the cook on a BTCV tree-planting task on Rhum nearly 30 years ago, we planted on the South side, so we could see Eigg all day.
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It's probably on Eigg, commemorating the purchase, the other possibility is Lochinver. We had a week on Eigg in the early 90s, visiting a friend. I liked the Hazel woods below the Sgurr.
I was the cook on a BTCV tree-panting task on Rhum nearly 30 years ago, we planted on the South side, so we could see Eigg all day.
Not Eigg; not Rum - nowhere near the Small Isles, in fact ;)
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Holyrood, commemorating ten years of devolution.
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Holyrood will do. It's one of the texts incorporated into the blast wall of the Scottish parliament at the bottom of the Canongate - not part of the original design, but one of the budget-busting amendments.
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(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3781/8998925764_dedcc341d4_z.jpg)
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is 'where I want to be' an appropriate answer?
the only narrowboating I've done is in east anglia and the hills in the background dont look anything like that...
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It's a telephoto shot of about 300mm equivalent, so the perspective is compressed.
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Somewhere in Lancashire, judging by the style of church, on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal?
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Doesn't half look like Salisbury Cathedral, though I don't know any canals around there. Somewhere on the Avon?
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Not the Kennet and Avon - the towpath is far more crowded than that and there are no fences of that description.
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I was thinking of the river Avon - basically trying to crowbar a narrowboat into the landscape somewhere near Salisbury.
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Somewhere in Lancashire, judging by the style of church, on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal?
It's somewhere in Lancashire, but not on the Leeds and Liverpool, a section of the Leeds and Liverpool was originally another canal entirely. It does look like Salisbury though, which was the surprising thing about this view.
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Somewhere in Lancashire, judging by the style of church, on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal?
It's somewhere in Lancashire, but not on the Leeds and Liverpool, a section of the Leeds and Liverpool was originally another canal entirely. It does look like Salisbury though, which was the surprising thing about this view.
Aha! A good red herring.
Is it St Walburge's in Preston, from the Preston Canal?
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It's actually the Lancaster Canal, which had two halves, joined by a tramway that ran between Preston and Walton Summit.
That tramway was made redundant by the railways, and became a cycleway very early on. Preston has lots of old transport corridors which reach into the centre.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6711802145_e6d7c561b3_z.jpg)
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(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57044735/IMG_8002.JPG)
How about this one? It features three of my relatives.
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The market place in Durham?
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Durham students should be banned from guessing most of my posts in this thread.
But yes, it is - you can see my dad and my nephew in the photo, and Lord Londonderry is a distant relative (as he probably is to half of the North East population, likely as not).
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I was going to guess "the horse, the bear whose skin made the hat and the pigeon on top of the spire". ;D
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You must have met my dad - he definitely has homing pigeon genes, I've never known anyone with such a good sense of direction. ;)
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I hope phanta doesn't mind me chucking this one in:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57044735/103.jpg)
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Somewhere that's not Durham. (Unless it's changed quite substantially in the last decade or so...)
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If there was that much water in Durham, we'd all be underwater.
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Tewkesbury 2011 ;)
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Is it on the Danube? Or even in Turkey?
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Turkey, no. Danube, yes.
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Looks a bit rolly rather than spiky, so Hungary?
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Not Hungary - nearly all the bits I saw of Hungary were incredibly flat.
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This bit isn't!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DonauknieVisegrad_2.jpg
However, I've seen a lot of the Danube but I'd just be guessing, really. It doesn't look too broad in your picture so are you at the German or west Austrian end?
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I skipped across country there!
I reckon the colour of the water should give a clue about the country.
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That is Stift Melk
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Some of my shots:
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/950.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/950.jpg.html)
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/947.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/947.jpg.html)
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/951.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/951.jpg.html)
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One from me...
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/007-2.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/007-2.jpg.html)
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That is Stift Melk
Just to complete this, it is indeed Melk Abbey, in Austria.
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That is Stift Melk
Just to complete this, it is indeed Melk Abbey, in Austria.
It was an unusal angle. I saw it appear across the river very slowly, from the West. Most 'tourist' pics seem to be from the sort of angle I took my first one from. HUGE place!
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I was on the wrong side of the river to visit (and pressing on, rather than doing tourist stuff), but I spotted it, and recognised it, as someone had mentioned it in passing.
The Wachau was utterly gorgeous, too.
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One from me...
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/007-2.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/007-2.jpg.html)
Newdigate Church. I used the Croix de Guerre on the memorial as a clue in a treasure hunt last year.
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I skipped across country there!
I reckon the colour of the water should give a clue about the country.
In case that clue was too obscure, I was referring to the milky blueness of the water, which the Danube only picks up where it meets the Inn at Passau, full of Alpine sediment, on the Austria-Germany border. In Germany it's distinctly brown.
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One from me...
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/007-2.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/007-2.jpg.html)
Newdigate Church. I used the Croix de Guerre on the memorial as a clue in a treasure hunt last year.
;D A nice and quick answer. I noted the repetition of surnames on that monument....and I had a small bet with myself that you would be the one to get it.
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I'll never forget the irony of the info control that asked for a common name on a war memorial.
The answer was 'Stiff'...
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Here's a quick one, if I may:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/Rangefinder%20uploads/Roll1_A003345-R1-18-18e_zps6b0788e9.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ado15/media/Rangefinder%20uploads/Roll1_A003345-R1-18-18e_zps6b0788e9.jpg.html)
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Here's a quick one, if I may:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/Rangefinder%20uploads/Roll1_A003345-R1-18-18e_zps6b0788e9.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ado15/media/Rangefinder%20uploads/Roll1_A003345-R1-18-18e_zps6b0788e9.jpg.html)
Looks very much like the nodules near your work - corner of Harper Rd and New Kent Road. Looking positively mediterranean there.
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Here's a quick one, if I may:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/Rangefinder%20uploads/Roll1_A003345-R1-18-18e_zps6b0788e9.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ado15/media/Rangefinder%20uploads/Roll1_A003345-R1-18-18e_zps6b0788e9.jpg.html)
Is it a hyperspatial express route?
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Paul, that was quick. I hoped it was sneaky enough. But yes, amazingly, it is the A201 New Kent Road looking all green and leafy and not very inner cityish at all.
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The next photo I took (from about 10m down that path) shows the top of the condemned Heygate block (as featured in Harry Brown, Attack The Block, Shank, The Bill and many other films, as a backdrop of urban decay) peeping over the trees.
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Here's a distinctive one to keep you going.
(http://viaxe.pl/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pomnik-trabiacego-aniola.jpg)
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That looks rather like the statue of Mathilde in the Abbaye des Dames in Caen. Don't think it is, though.
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No, it isn't.
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No one even tried my coat of arms one up thread, and no one has bothered with Cudzo's for a while - so here's another one.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/IMG_4640%20%281%29.jpg)
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No one even tried my coat of arms one up thread, and no one has bothered with Cudzo's for a while - so here's another one.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/IMG_4640%20%281%29.jpg)
I'm sure I've seen that but I'm buggered if I can remember where ???
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Totally random guess - Edinburgh?
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OK, if we are having Random guesses...
I originally thought York Place in Bristol, but might also be Bath.... or Harogate
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Whitehaven?
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Everyone wrong so far!
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Whitby?
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Much bigger than Whitby.
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Whitby?
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Close, but no Stoker.
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Must be solo then.
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Grimsby?
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Lunnon
Opposite The Kings Head in Earls Court.
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How about this?
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/concrete_zps4723d73a.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/nicknacknick/media/concrete_zps4723d73a.jpg.html)
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Lunnon
Opposite The Kings Head in Earls Court.
Correct :)
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How about this?
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/concrete_zps4723d73a.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/nicknacknick/media/concrete_zps4723d73a.jpg.html)
Off the Dymchurch rd by Sandy Bay? (The army ranges out past Hythe)
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Nope.
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Courtesy of Googlefu
Centre Bastion Martello Battery, Sheerness
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That would be correct. :thumbsup:
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I'm sure this one will be more of a race to identify rather than a challenge -
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3833/9787989132_75f2161db4_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sprinterpics/9787989132/)
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I know where it is (I think) but would be cheating if I answered so will abstain.
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Natural History Museum in That London
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I know where it is (I think) but would be cheating if I answered so will abstain.
So only wild random guesses are allowed? :o Could be here for a long time!
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I know where it is (I think) but would be cheating if I answered so will abstain.
So only wild random guesses are allowed? :o Could be here for a long time!
Nope. The reason I think I know where it is makes me answering a cheat.
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Saltaire
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Saltaire
Yes. Aire Sculpture Trail. Octopussy is the first of a series of cast-iron sculptures installed as part of a new Sculpture Trail.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mh0fUs2qkFo/UbynMfIbGTI/AAAAAAAAG68/grg6bK_Kdik/s640/Sculpture-trail.jpg)
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I know where it is (I think) but would be cheating if I answered so will abstain.
So only wild random guesses are allowed? :o Could be here for a long time!
Nope. The reason I think I know where it is makes me answering a cheat.
I think I added a description to flickr a day too soon.
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Well, if we are doing "guess this place" with a sculptural theme, how about:
(http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/jcm56/P1000610_zps861c6222.jpg) (http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/jcm56/media/P1000610_zps861c6222.jpg.html)
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I know where it is (I think) but would be cheating if I answered so will abstain.
So only wild random guesses are allowed? :o Could be here for a long time!
Nope. The reason I think I know where it is makes me answering a cheat.
I think I added a description to flickr a day too soon.
Yup, I clicked on the picture to enlarge and lo and behold ;)
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@ JenM
If it's in England, I think the style of building might put it on the east coast, from Lincolnshire north? A port, presumably.
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King's Lynn fishrack
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Steph - you are correct
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I'll settle for that; King's Lynn is north of quite a bit of Lincolnshire!
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Any guesses for this one?
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/shedbike/WP_000411_zps11ea797f.jpg)
It is most definitely NOT Lincolnshire...
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Warsaw?
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Warsaw?
Er, no.
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Sheffield!
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Sheffield!
Er, no. Again.
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pyongyang
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baltic - riga?
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Tower Hamlets
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And no to all of those.
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It isn't the UK and it isn't, surprisingly, in Eastern Europe.
France.
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Correct!
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Is it the French end of le Chunnel?
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Another one to keep it moving while we all cogitate about torslanda's photo:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57044735/%3F.jpg)
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On the Annapurna trail?
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Valletta, Malta?
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Nope. Not Nepal.
Nor Malta.
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Is it that big arch thing in Delhi? The India monument I think it's called?
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I found out but cheated :-[ so I won't say where.
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Is it that big arch thing in Delhi? The India monument I think it's called?
Not India Gate. Not India at all...
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Is it in Legoland?
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Correct!
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Not really.
Small clue: Henry Morton Stanley's name is down and to the right a bit.
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So, south of the equator in Africa...
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You may think that.
Funny, I thought this would have been nabbed quite quickly.
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Near Skipton?
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Not particularly close to Skipton, no.
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Bam?
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Is it in the ancient city of Persepolis in Iran? There is supposed to be some graffiti by him there. My wife's family is distantly related to Dave Livingstone and my real family name is Rowlands (my dad was adopted). The male line comes from North Wales, very near to where Stanley, whose real name was John Rowlands, was "brought up" in a workhouse. So quite possibly I'm related to Stanley and my wife to Livingstone. My elder brother's first names are John and Rowlands.
Sorry if I'm wrong anyway!
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That's it, Peter. The Gate of all Nations in Persepolis, which was graffitied by passing travellers for yonks after its rediscovery.
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It's graffiti?! Things have got a bit more untidy since those days.
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No spray paint back then. Hammer and chisel, the tools of the true graffitist.
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Try this:-
(http://www.zen177395.zen.co.uk/2.JPG)
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Although you're riding the Paulson I'm guessing it's not Knutsford. (Mainly because you didn't take any photos that day)
Is it somewhere on the Tees 'n Cake?
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BTW for those who are interested, the concrete edifice was the Faculty of Medicine in Caen.
An absolute colossus in concrete . . .
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BTW for those who are interested, the concrete edifice was the Faculty of Medicine in Caen.
An absolute colossus in concrete . . .
Don't be silly No one ever tries to "guess the place" any more on this thread. ;D ;)
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Although you're riding the Paulson I'm guessing it's not Knutsford. (Mainly because you didn't take any photos that day)
Is it somewhere on the Tees 'n Cake?
Correct bike - wrong ride!
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BTW for those who are interested, the concrete edifice was the Faculty of Medicine in Caen.
An absolute colossus in concrete . . .
How the hell did I not get that one? Arsebollocks. The CHU, passed it many times.
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BTW for those who are interested, the concrete edifice was the Faculty of Medicine in Caen.
An absolute colossus in concrete . . .
How the hell did I not get that one? Arsebollocks. The CHU, passed it many times.
To get that angle it is necessary to first visit the 'Buffalo Grill' adjacent to the dual carriageway.
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Although you're riding the Paulson I'm guessing it's not Knutsford. (Mainly because you didn't take any photos that day)
Is it somewhere on the Tees 'n Cake?
Correct bike - wrong ride!
I didn't think this was the 'guess the bike' thread . . . ;D
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Take what you can get!
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Try this:-
(http://www.zen177395.zen.co.uk/2.JPG)
It looks like no-one's going to hazard a guess at this, or it's been forgotten! It's Bruera church just on the English side of the Welsh border, south of Chester. I think it's a very odd looking place and this view isn't helped by the positioning of the lightning conductor cable, which was presumably done without consideration of aesthetics.
Anyone else want to come in?
P.
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Here's a distinctive one to keep you going.
(http://viaxe.pl/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pomnik-trabiacego-aniola.jpg)
It's from Prypiat. If anyone wanted to know!
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It's gone a bit quiet here. Mind if I try one?
Who is this a memorial to? You'll need to guess the town to figure it out
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Bloke_on_a_bike/1384594199_zps599c955a.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Bloke_on_a_bike/media/1384594199_zps599c955a.jpg.html) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Bloke_on_a_bike/1384594206_zpsb0f432b3.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Bloke_on_a_bike/media/1384594206_zpsb0f432b3.jpg.html)
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I haven't a clue where it is, but a memorial which requires you to guess who it's to is a bit of a fail, isn't it?
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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.
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I do hope something's been lost in translation, there; poetry, perhaps?
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I haven't a clue where it is, but a memorial which requires you to guess who it's to is a bit of a fail, isn't it?
Obviously it's not possible to guess the memorial. ::-)
But if it can be guessed which town it is, with that strange clock tower on top of a very ordinary looking building, the name on the other side of the memorial should be very straight forward.
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I do hope something's been lost in translation, there; poetry, perhaps?
Goes without saying! (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/robertfros101675.html)
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I haven't a clue where it is, but a memorial which requires you to guess who it's to is a bit of a fail, isn't it?
Obviously it's not possible to guess the memorial. ::-)
But if it can be guessed which town it is, with that strange clock tower on top of a very ordinary looking building, the name on the other side of the memorial should be very straight forward.
Sorry, I hadn't twigged there was a name on the other side of the memorial. :facepalm: In fact I thought it was a gravestone. ::-)
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I do hope something's been lost in translation, there; poetry, perhaps?
Goes without saying! (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/robertfros101675.html)
;) Shall I post your certificate?!
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OK. Seems no one knows or is able to guess the town.
So some clues.
East Midlands. A memorial to their famous literary offspring.
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George Eliot? Nuneaton?
BTW: Either the clock tower is fast or your camera is slow.
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Northampton ?
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Jo has it. :thumbsup:
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Ok, perhaps this one is too easy, but it is an interesting place...
(http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~jwo/acf/whereInTheWorld.jpg)
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Outside the Madonna del Ghisallo.
As seen here on the right. That's my bike in the foreground in front of Bartali and Coppi.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8172/7988665930_b448ebee45.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner/7988665930/)
Church of Madonna del Ghisallo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner/7988665930/)
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Indeed. Somehow I thought it might be you who would get that one.
It was a bit of an unusual find when riding around Lake Como. The interior of the tiny church crammed full of cycling memorabilia including bikes from Coppi, Merckx and Moser was quite unexpected.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/99498418@N05/10962569543/
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Gare du Nord?
I think I recognise the scafolding from 5 years ago.
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That cycle lane was controversial, it bisects a museum. Notice the nobber standing having his photo taken?
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/bicycle-underpass-rijksmuseum-amsterdam/ (http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/bicycle-underpass-rijksmuseum-amsterdam/)
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Indeed. Somehow I thought it might be you who would get that one.
It was a bit of an unusual find when riding around Lake Como. The interior of the tiny church crammed full of cycling memorabilia including bikes from Coppi, Merckx and Moser was quite unexpected.
I paid a visit there on my way to the 1001 Miglia last year.
When were you there? The cycling museum next door opened in 2006 and has a huge number of bikes of all kinds on display, as well as other cycling paraphernalia such as pink jerseys and pages from Gazzetta. And entry is cheaper if you've ridden there. When I came out a small crowd was gathered round my fully loaded bike, wanting to know how far I'd come, where I was going etc. One bloke took a picture of my computer showing the distance I'd covered since leaving home.
Meanwhile, where's this?
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/IMG_3765_zps804690ca.jpg)
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/bicycle-underpass-rijksmuseum-amsterdam/ (http://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/bicycle-underpass-rijksmuseum-amsterdam/)
That's the fellah. The Amsterdam authorities proposed moving the cycle lane and Dutch cyclists roused themselves like red blood cells attacking cancer and screamed "Nooo!" so the council relented and muttered "Wait till the first Japanese tourist gets killed!" which is rather odd, I saw a lot of bell pinging but no real conflict.
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Meanwhile, where's this?
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/IMG_3765_zps804690ca.jpg)
Not even a wild guess?
Do you give up?
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Pitlochry? :-\
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Ah, I do recognise that.... now where was it?.... oh yes... 21 November!
Wild Guess then. Scotland!
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Pitlochry? :-\
I thought you, Mr Eck, might be the person to know this one, but it's not Pitlochry.
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Comrie!
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Comrie!
Not Comrie.
If Eck doesn't know it, I bet his in-laws do.
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I'm rather embarrassed to say I've no idea where that is, but reading it, I feel I ought to.
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Wot Feanor said. ^^^ :-[
OK, I know it's not Palnackie. :-X ;D
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Wot Feanor said. ^^^ :-[
OK, I know it's not Palnackie. :-X ;D
But not a million miles away.
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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?
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Close in every way. :) Except geographically.
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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
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Was Swindon built? I thought it was a sort of solidified oozing, like a scab over a puss-filled wound.
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(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/IMG_3765_zps804690ca.jpg)
In the absense of any more guesses, the answer is:
Newton Stewart, at the end of the footbridge over the Cree near Sainsburys.
Here (http://goo.gl/maps/j1qgd).
.
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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?
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In the absense of any more guesses, the answer is:
Newton Stewart, at the end of the footbridge over the Cree near Sainsburys.
Here (http://goo.gl/maps/j1qgd).
.
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. :-X
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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.
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May I?
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nBLt51DXlLk/UrC_rZNET1I/AAAAAAAAEN4/ui_gCw9hr6o/w770-h576-no/2013-11-05_13-41-01_323.jpg)
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Wild guess, Dublin?
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Wild guess, Dublin?
Too wild, I'm afraid.
Clue: unforeseen romance might develop if you leap off one of the steps.
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Yes, I wondered about that, Ian. Are you persuaded by Lyme Regis?
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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.
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I was tempted towards the West Country, but I was plumping for Dartmouth.
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(I thought it was a pint of Guinness)
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Old granny's teeth, in the harbour Lyme Regis
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Old granny's teeth, in the harbour Lyme Regis
Those steps are surprisingly nerve-wracking.
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Another one to fill in the time?
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-sZ142KWiB_E/UDcgr279rxI/AAAAAAAABwA/OWzzsYftFow/w430-h576-no/2012-08-23_16-20-46_983.jpg)
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http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/national_museum/explore_the_galleries/grand_gallery.aspx
?
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Damnation - beaten to it. National museum of Scotland, the second atrium.
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That was my first thought - spent entirely too
much little time in there on my way home from school
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Yup. I was having fun with vertical shots.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WbMoSt64H24/UDcksFJJuNI/AAAAAAAABwQ/hFgNwP4u290/w770-h576-no/2012-08-23_16-21-32_151.jpg)
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\o/ :D
My boys abso-blinking-lutely loved the place when we went there on a day trip a couple of years back. So we went for an Edinburgh weekend a few months later and spent a full dayannabit exploring properly.
Oh. Does that mean I need to find a photo of a guess-able-ish place?
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It's that fine line between too easy and give up out of boredom.
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Have been fast asleep since posting that and am now somewhat rushedly going out.... I'll have a rummage through the phone later and see what I can find!
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It appears that _nearly_ all my photos are of children, food or bikes. How odd.
How's this?
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/481654_10151226188661839_1761225939_n.jpg)
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Looks like it should be the science museum in London.
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Nope...
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How about the Film & Photo Museum in Bradford, or whatever it is called now...
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NMeM, or National Media Museum, indeed!
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OK - trying to keep up with the art gallery theme, where is this taken from:
(http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/jcm56/Liverpool2009016_zps2d943d95.jpg) (http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/jcm56/media/Liverpool2009016_zps2d943d95.jpg.html)
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Somewhere in Venice?
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Far distance from Venice
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Hermitage, St Petersburg?
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Is it the Hepworth Gallery?
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No & No, but it is UK
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We think it's a view of Birkenhead, possibly from the Tate.
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Longers has it
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A quick one to pass the buck.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/103d3c0.jpg)
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Glen Shee? :-\
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A quick one to pass the buck.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/103d3c0.jpg)
It should be The Cabrach (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/idld.srf?X=341240&Y=823410&A=Y&Z=120&lm=1) :facepalm:
It's OK, I know where my coat is.
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It's OK, I know where my coat is.
Let me help you. ::-)
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Not Glen Shee.
I hadn't thought about the big ginger herring in the photo. Apologies.
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Coverdale?
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bealach na ba?
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Coverdale?
Doesn't he have a perm?
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The Struggle?
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The Struggle?
I was thinking that as well. So Andrew S has it.
(http://lindamphotos.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/from-the-struggle-looking-up-to-kirkstone-pass.jpg)
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Correct.
For those that don't know it, it's the road from Ambleside to the Kirkstone Pass.
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More satisfyingly, it's the road from the Kirkstone Pass to Ambleside.
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Or the road to the Kirkstone Inn :P (which you can see in ESL's photo).
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Or the road to the Kirkstone Inn :P (which you can see in ESL's photo).
I prefer The Golden Rule, which lies at the bottom of the road, in Ambleside.
http://goldenrule-ambleside.co.uk/index.html
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But you've a sight more chance of enjoying a couple of pints in the Kirkstone Inn and reaching Ambleside than you have of reching the Kirkstone after a couple in The Golden Rule, I trow!
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I'd sooner go up than down if I'd had a few.
Anyway, now I'm back home and have access to a CF card reader, where was my Christmas Day walk?
(http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t207/andrew_sw/IMG_0212_zps15143d07.jpg)
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Derwent?
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Elan Valley?
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Oh, go on then. (http://www.walkingenglishman.com/leedsharrogate21.htm)
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Oh, go on then. (http://www.walkingenglishman.com/leedsharrogate21.htm)
Fewston is correct
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It's a new year!
So I'll grab the baton and make it easy.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_8711.jpg)
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Is it Hell?
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Or Hel? But I don't think so. I think Jaded's giving us a clue in his post. New year: it's Chinese new year, so it's somewhere in China. Grab the baton: the baton has been here on its travels. Now, where in China has the baton been? I reckon it's Charlie Dragon's chip shop and chinese takeaway, on the Great Wall 400.
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You need a clue?!
Currently dull and wet.
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Cudz, wrong country, although it has the same number of letters.
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Aberystwyth?
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Don't be silly, that's got loads of letters too many. ;)
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Celtic Manor hotel?
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Flatus wins!
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Let's cook....
(http://tinyurl.com/pht4w7q)
I want the exact dune, please.
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That has to be Erg Chebbi, Morocco; though technically this is the whole dune field. ;)
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You cheated, didn't you ;)
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Don't be silly, that's got loads of letters too many. ;)
You said the country had the same number of letters as China! But I don't remember Aber looking like that, anyway - more spangles and better songs!
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You cheated, didn't you ;)
How is that even possible with a stock image? ;)
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Picture taken Jan 2013.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/67583_10201575320812927_41685886_n.jpg)
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Oxfordshire, Berkshire, or Somerset?
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Oxfordshire, Berkshire, or Somerset?
No, no, no. I'm asking you.
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Somerset, I think. Near Muchelney?
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Oxfordshire, Berkshire, or Somerset?
No, no, no. I'm asking you.
Somerset levels...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268027_4191095063721_382574162_n.jpg)
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Next to Burrow Mump in fact, taken a year ago. Which is interesting if you compare this, (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25996176) taken this month.
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Flatus wins!
Argh! Came late to this, and I have stayed there....
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Taken today in an obsolete county.
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iOOOC5VMSOY/Uu6RtUnjJTI/AAAAAAAAEPQ/5oIolvq030o/w449-h601-no/lido.png)
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Water's Edge pub, Ruislip Lido, Ruislip, Middlesex. HA4 7TY
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Water's Edge pub, Ruislip Lido, Ruislip, Middlesex. HA4 7TY
Pah! ;)
Yes, it was full of swans, ducks, seagulls, people and mud.
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I've never been there! David has, quite a lot, as the West of London Astronomical Society observes and holds Stargazing Live! events there.
You gave the game away by posting something about a lido earlier today!
http://goo.gl/maps/bNY2q (http://goo.gl/maps/bNY2q)
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Anyone want a go at this one?
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7387/14117505906_2948ef2fde_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nvvUEf)
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that looks like the spoil tips that are around some of the lead mines in Swaledale, but its probably Turkmenistan knowing your holiday snaps.
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Can't resist suggesting it's somewhere 15 miles from Glastonbury Tor!
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that looks like the spoil tips that are around some of the lead mines in Swaledale, but its probably Turkmenistan knowing your holiday snaps.
Close enough - it's Great Pinseat summit (that's Yorkshire, not Turkmenistan).
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I was going to narrow it down to Gunnerside gill but I couldn't place the hill .
Is that the bit where there are still rusting tubs and winches on top of the hill?
I have walked it a couple of times and just looking at the map reminds me of how many bridleways there are.
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_LmpzrMgGwo/U29waCN3xwI/AAAAAAAAC54/gtGPzKJU9aw/w1096-h822-no/George+Berhard+Shaw+Norfolk+Aquaduct.jpg)
I found this photo on a thread elsewhere.
It's my home town (yes..it looks gorgeous doesn't it?) and I absolutely love the photo, I'm going to have a print made I think..
Guess the place.
Guess the person.
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I'd guess it's Mr. Lowry in Salford?
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I'd have guessed Newcastle. Is Salford that lumpy?
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Stockport, innit? Dunno who the geezer is though.
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/gtpxxxx.jpg)
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The Valley of the Rocks, near Lynton
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Indeed. More posted here for marvellousness than mischief.
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(https://www.dropbox.com/s/2bm3zxv3fgb8n0s/DSCF0357_zpsba20bfc7.jpg?raw=1)
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Well, it's clearly a Sustrans NCN route.
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Is the little known English rift Valley.
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It's the national path consortium 'drainage, why it is necessary' demonstration site.
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Pennine Bridleway
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NCN72 Out of Greenhead? It's in the same state anyway
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I know where I've seen that before. Ukip's manifesto for transport.
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I seem to remember that Wayfarer's pass had a surface like that, but the hills were not so green.
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Well, it's clearly a Sustrans NCN route.
With a special "wheel tracking" facility for beginners.
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Mary Towneley Loop of the Trans Pennine Trail - somewhere near Waterfoot?
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It's not on any NCN, or any recognised cycle route as far as I know.
Wayfarers is the closest guess so far.
image of the damage a bit further on, from a 4x4 group facebook page (https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/p526x296/1897658_755379631161383_3754838683421007858_n.jpg)
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Somewhere Clarkson drove after a curry?
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The Valley of the Rocks, near Lynton
And yes I knew that one and came late YET AGAIN.
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Wayfarers is the closest guess so far.
i.e. it's in Wales
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Whilst the shibboleth is being considered,
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/where_again_1.jpg)
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Until I looked the word up just now, I'd always thought a shibboleth was a creature from Jewish mythology. Some relative of the golem, perhaps.
Nice to see I was right all along ;D
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I thought it might be too subtle ;D
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/salcedo-shibboleth-iii-p20336
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Until I looked the word up just now, I'd always thought a shibboleth was a creature from Jewish mythology. Some relative of the golem, perhaps.
Nice to see I was right all along ;D
So did I (! :-\ :-[ :D). Nevertheless, my guess for Jaded's photo would have been "the Lindt factory". Not the lint factory, nor the lintel factory, let alone the lentil factory. Nothing to do with Barbara Streisand either.
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3905/14740272513_cf757e6092_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/osxKtx)DSC_2908 (https://flic.kr/p/osxKtx) by davidmamartin (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
Taken on a walk, not from a plane.
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The Kalahari?
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:)
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The Silvery Tay?
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Rutland water?
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The Sea?
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David's bath?
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Hmmm. Not much sediment, nor obvious sign of flow, so probably not a river.
Ripples are there, but I would say their size indicates a relatively small body of water.
Now, if you're on a walk I will take that as meaning that you are out in the open and not up a building, but could possibly be on a bridge. I don't think you would be on some form of earthwork because that would likely be alongside a larger expanse of water, and that has been ruled out above. Plus, if you are on a dam or something similar, why is that chap rowing towards the dam.
Now all we have to do is work out where there is a bridge at that height above a relatively small body of water.
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mcshroom is closest but still a long way off.
Hatler has the right idea but needs to think about alternative ways of being that high on the ground.
..d
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From a balloon?
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You can't go for a walk in a balloon's basket.
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Stilts ?
:-)
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From the Emirates cable car across the Thames ? I have no idea if this goes over any of the docks.
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Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness
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Vince is getting the right idea. The place where I was is in a similar geomorphological situation but not in Scotland. I as standing on 'natural' ground.
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Above Wastwater?
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Not Wastwater, and not the lakes. Though High Street would be the closest analogous place.
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Llyn Ogwen, as seen off Tryfan?
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The Clyde.
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Kielder?
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Kielder is closest so far. Can't htink of any high viewpoints around Kielder.
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High Level Bridge, Newcastle on Tyne.
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Not a bridge.
And the chap in the boat is fly fishing
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That's the give away clue. It's Lake Malawi. Where else would you go to catch flies? (http://thehungrycyclist.com/fly-burgers-of-lake-malawi-from-alastair-humphreys/)
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Far closer to Newcastle (which was fairly close.)
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Derwent water
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Still too big and too far west.
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When I said that High Street would be closer, it wasn't the geographical location that I had in mind.
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Talkin Tarn?
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Closer to Newcastle.
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Eeh, I don't know. It's not the Wear at Durham, is it? I'm gathering it's somewhere on the Wall.
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On the wall is correct, getting the Roman link between High Street and Hadrian's wall.
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which leaves Crag Lough (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/44086557), near milecastle 39
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Spot on.
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(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-sIRf_yLSB6M/U-ZDU7c-mzI/AAAAAAAAGG4/Vdc0PIbDca8/w480-h480/2014%2B-%2B1)
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Exeter?
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No. Bigger city than Exeter. Landmark on a major route in.
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Portsmouth
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Gillette Tower on the A4?
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Gillette Tower on the A4?
That's the one.
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Where in the world is the world?
(http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~jwo/acf/wholeWorldInHerHands.jpg)
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Spot on.
This place. My cover photo....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Extra-Time-Sussex-Border-Stories-ebook/dp/B00H3JP1AA
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That is a very long way from the Sussex border.
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Ah, but the story largely takes place near the picture!
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http://crowdcrafting.org/app/nightcitiesiss/task/606177
Nighttime photos of cities from the international space station that someone in Spain wants identifying. The initial guess for this one was London, but that's patently wrong. Shift-click and drag to rotate the photo.
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/gtp_xxx_xx.jpg)
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Dunno but intrigued.
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Aylesford?
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No, not Aylesford. Funnily I thought you might get it Steph, as you are often good at ones like this.
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Hmmmm. Intrigued now.
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Some sort of war memorial? Dunno where, though.
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Some sort of war memorial? Dunno where, though.
That was my thought. The trees' leaves suggest something like a frangipani, so my first thought was somewhere like Changi.
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Chittagong war grave?
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Chittagong war graves?
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Is it the old Jewish graveyard in Prague?
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Kensal green
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Is it the old Jewish graveyard in Prague?
That is far more cramped.
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Right idea but way offline.
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It reminds me a bit of the cemetery where the Commonwealth War Graves are in The Hague. However, unless there are spectacular mausoleums (e.g. Arnos Vale in Brizzle) one cemetery is much like another.
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OK. Not war.
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It looks like a municipal cemetery, the row of Prunus serrulata shrubs look like they could have been planted in the last 20 years. The individual plaques indicate some sort of commemoration, possibly of some sort of transport accident, or terrorist incident.
There's a suburban feel to the shot.
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Aberfan?
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Is it to do with your rail-crash, J?
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ESL is closest, he may well know the answer...
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It doesn't look like the Aberfan one. Very intrigued now.
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Whilst the shibboleth is being considered,
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/where_again_1.jpg)
No one got it so..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-29770422
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Whilst the shibboleth is being considered,
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/where_again_1.jpg)
No one got it so..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-29770422
I thought it was a Jeff Koons.
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It made me think of Kit Williams.
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Hopefully you will carry on having a go at the trees one... :)
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Selby rail crash memorial?
..d
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No, too many trees.
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Lockerbie?
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Yes, Ruth is right.
I've been passing Lockerbire several times a year for night on thirty years, and drove past a day or two later, as military personnel were in the crater nearest the A74, removing twisted pieces of riveted aluminium.
This September we had time to stop, so we did. The town chose to put the memorial away from the big crash site, and there are several aspects to the memorial, the trees being a less imposing one. A constant trickle of people to look at the stones and trees and names. Large numbers of names whose dates of birth and death showed they were 19/20/21, from Syracuse university. It was weird thinking that whilst loads of people die everyday, passing largely unnoticed, that when this many die all at once there's a very moving collective effect.
All of this in the town's graveyard, so a far more active place than you'd normally expect in a small border town. There is a memorial in the Crescent where the wing fell, and the Lockerbie victims were killed, but we didn't go there. It isn't signposted and there are deliberately two memorials, so that the town can be separated a little from its past.
I'm surprised it took so long to identify, but then I've been driving past it ever since it was put there.
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I'm afraid I can't find a single suitable photo for the next one. I'll stand aside for the next person who fancies posing the question.
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Thank you, Jaded.
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The students from Syracuse were returning home for Christmas from their studies at Central St Martins, where I was also studying at the time.
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Nice easy one to keep it moving - name that hill:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3956/15066074393_a50814e327_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oXkz2k)
No bonuses for naming the tree - we're not on first name terms.
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Northern Lakes?
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Aye. It was in the news over the summer.
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Blencathra?
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Yes indeedy. The current aristocratic owner is flogging it to pay off an inheritance tax bill, and a consortium of locals have been trying to raise the funds to buy it.
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Since I don't get out much, someone else better post a picture...
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Tonyh was in the right area - if he has one handy.
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Blencathra - no news needed, especially bad news, which it turned out to be.
I'll look for something but if anyone else wants to chip in, feel free.
Edit: try this:-
(http://www.zen177395.zen.co.uk/Little Langdale Tarn.JPG)
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Little Langdale tarn?
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Well done, Jo. Helly, sorry: for some odd reason I didn't see your correct answer to Blencathra and the following posts! I blame lack of alcohol.
Peter
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^--- I spent many happy childhood hours playing around Slater's Bridge and the tarn as well as the Tilberthwaite quarry just visible on the left of the pic.
And now for something completely different:
(http://staff.city.ac.uk/~jwo/acf/whereSketch2.jpg)
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It has the look of Leadenhall Market about it.
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Is it in Italy?
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Yes to Italy (and I agree it has architectural similarities to Leadenhall Market).
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Well done, Jo.
And thanks Peter!
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Looks like the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan.
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Yup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_Vittorio_Emanuele_II
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This might or might not be tricky.
(http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h323/nocensure/IMG_20141020_220615_zps0ae1f284.jpg) (http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/nocensure/media/IMG_20141020_220615_zps0ae1f284.jpg.html)
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That actually looks familiar. Is that a remnant hill fort?
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My attempt to make that lake into West Fleet has failed. Badly.
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But it is a fort.
Redacted archeological notes, which nevertheless contain a few clues:
XXXXXX Camp: Fort - This pear-shaped fort occupies a strong position on the summit of a steep-sided hillock, connected to XXXXXXXX Fell on the NW. It is defended by double ramparts and a medial ditch, drawn round the flanks of the hill. The ramparts were probably earth- works, now mostly reduced to terraces. The top of the hill has a well-defined margin which might be expected to have carried an inner rampart, though there was no trace of one in 1951. The entrance is on the W, where the terraces are 12' wide, one 8' below the other. At the E end, the ditch is 20' wide, 5' below the crest of the scarp, with the external rampart visible as a mound.
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911; RCAHMS TS., visited 1951; R W Feachem 1956.
Generally as described. The enclosure area measures 76.0m NE-SW by 57.0m NW-SE. A slight stony scarp is suggestive of an inner rampart around the summit of the hill, whilst on the E is a possible internal quarry ditch. An old field bank crosses the site from N-S otherwise the interior is featureless.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR), 1 February 1973.
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In Scotland, then?
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http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/
Clearly ...
"Fell" as a placename component would (generally) put it in the south; I'm (now) guessing south-west - Galloway?
(But you'll want something a little more specific, I guess ...)
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Looks like a south-facing coastline - somewhere on the Scottish Solway coast?
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Near Portpatrick, not far from Stranraer?
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[Looks at map]
Dounan?
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Got it, thanks to some online mapping (confirmed by RCAHMS's online gazetteer http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/search/). It's east and south of Stranraer ...
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/62668/details/laggan+camp/
(I'd say that was not entirely straightforward :))
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Deano & Steph were on the right track, but RJ has it with Laggan Camp (the next peninsula to the east from Portpatrick/Mull of Galloway).
The picture was taken from Carleton Fell, a marvellous trackless plateau of bogs, mossy rocks, stunted trees, bracken and heather. That bit of coast is pretty remote - the nearest road is several miles inland. On a 22 km walk from Monreith to the Isle of Whithorn last month I saw (a)a woman walking a dog, (b) 2 deer and (c) a seal, as well as plenty of beasts (which is what they call cattle in those parts). If you know where to look, there's a cave which was occupied until the 1960s. To the SE I could see Lakeland Fells, and to the west the Mournes were just visible. Further south the cliffs are much more spectacular, and the path, where it exists, is correspondingly scarier. Just round the corner from the headland in the distance is Burrow Head, where the final scene of The Wicker Man was shot.
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I wasn't far off. lol/ I remember so much of that coastline being craggier, which is true on the North Channel side. 'Fell', as was said, was leading me towards Dumfries or Wigton.
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Nice raised beach.
OK:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5616/15518898589_6ddd8aaaab_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pDmpT4)Mystery location (https://flic.kr/p/pDmpT4) by rjevans6 (https://www.flickr.com/people/7194134@N06/), on Flickr
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Aargh! I know this one as well but...
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;D
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It's not Loch Laggan, is it?
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No, not one of those ...
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Is it Mull from Kerrera?
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Generally the right part of the world, but there's no Mull in this view.
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My original thought was somewhere near the mouth of Lock Leven, perhaps looking at Garbh Bheinn, so Ardgour.
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Cooler ...
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Reminds me of the approaches to Oban as navigated by the Caledonian ferry, but I'm not sure which bit of dry land its taken from.
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Mull; Ardgour; Oban/Kerrera - all in the correct old county, but none of them in the picture.
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Is it the view from the campsite at Kilchoan?
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Bingo! Kilchoan, in Ardnamurchan.
Yes - looking towards Ben Hiant and Loch Sunart. The north end of Mull is out of shot to the right. All once part of Argyll.
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Thought so - stayed there earlier this year.
How about this one?
(http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/jcm56/P1000485_zps18d853dc.jpg) (http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/jcm56/media/P1000485_zps18d853dc.jpg.html)
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South side of Loch Etive, north of Taynuilt - round about Glen Kinglass.
??
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You are right about Scotland, but 'no' to the rest
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Loch Muick?
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Thought so - stayed there earlier this year.
How about this one?
(http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/jcm56/P1000485_zps18d853dc.jpg) (http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/jcm56/media/P1000485_zps18d853dc.jpg.html)
Dunno, but I wish I was there at the moment. Looks beautiful.
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Loch Muick? - nope
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I don't think that's an east highland view - it looks very west coast to me (lush green = all the heather long since burned and grazed to b*****y). I'm assuming that's a track, and not a liberally "surface-dressed" public road ...
How about the south side of Loch Sunart, opposite Resipole, looking east?
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Looking down Loch Hourn towards Kinlochourn?
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RJ - you are right that it is the west coast and the track I don't think was a public road but was used by logging lorries................your guess is warmer than adamski.
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Track on the south side of Loch Shiel, looking NE towards Glenfinnan?
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JStone - yes you are correct
I cycled from Strontian to Arisaig - over the pass at Strontian and along the track. When I stopped at Glenfinnan I naively thought the hard work was over but the road to Arisaig just goes up and down and up and down and up and down........you get the drift. It was a hard day with all my camping stuff.
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Staying in the same country, where's this?
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1-V8lZWWjrM/VFtSGG5a9mI/AAAAAAAAHd0/ZpszputpXq0/s640/DSC02243.JPG)
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Mavis Grind, Shetland?
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A865, on the causeway between Benbecula and North Uist, the otter sign might be post 2009 judging by street view.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.4868939,-7.3013885,3a,48.5y,43.12h,91.71t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1smeYEJz0lMU2tS_Jhl8WD3g!2e0?hl=en
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Topography matches ESL's.
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ESL has it - the otter sign is here: http://goo.gl/maps/fWGae
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The flag was to wind up our Catalan friend in the wake of a then recent event.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/1507800_754624444575168_4080683267175479253_n.jpg?oh=c83a8f85bc21e4b50e267d5eb7907d3e&oe=54D26661&__gda__=1423368352_d8f3f1b47f3c19a40dac0f4813c40acd)
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More detail.
(https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10294307_754634887907457_9016876183585984432_n.jpg?oh=d86291dfb94230fd296d14a431864184&oe=54D31490)
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On the ridge N of Alltbeithe YH (Stob Coire na Cloiche ?) looking S to Loch Cluanie?
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It's certainly a Stob, but not as far North.
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Stob Binnean?
Stob Coire nan Lochain, Glencoe - looking west to Garbh Bheinn
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We got a good view of that.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10423959_754742071230072_4543221059117830054_n.jpg?oh=8a23f90e1dcb77ae6e9923626d32af64&oe=54E0FC56&__gda__=1424447982_7480e16b6d665543531f972e7c786737)
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Aonach Eagach - yup, you would've.
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Verity Stob?
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Aonach Eagach - yup, you would've.
... as you would probably also have done from Stob Dubh on Buchaille Etive Beag, looking in the main shot north-east towards Altnafeadh.
(A lot of Stobs in Lochaber - clearly one of those slightly regional placename components ...).
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Well done, it is Stob Dubh, this view from Stob Coire Raineach includes Aonoch Eagach, which isn't as spectacular as the view over to Bidean nam Bian shown earlier.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10341442_754776841226595_5484108850196812646_n.jpg?oh=27abbd8454b3e57f344b0699c0ec832e&oe=54E17745&__gda__=1423946287_0132d55d66434cbf2c4a1c9b090c7770)
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Nice flag, by the way ;)
OK (and bonus points for the name of the album featuring a view of roughly the same location)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3948/15725512481_c2747f9826_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pXBmZx)
Another mystery location (https://flic.kr/p/pXBmZx) by rjevans6 (https://www.flickr.com/people/7194134@N06/), on Flickr
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OMD: Organisation?
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(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41IFUUwtGsL._SY300_.jpg)
... and the location is ??
(too easy ;))
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Skye.
Looking up Glen Sligachan from close to the hotel.
The big lump in the middle distance would be Marsco.
Sorry, I don't really have any photos suitable, so I'll let someone else go.
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OK. Here goes.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3955/15110617964_259f415646_z.jpg)
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Saunton Sands?
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Very slack. Over half an hour.
Bang on.
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;D
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OK - here goes
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/gtp_again.jpg)
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The kelpies at Falkirk ?
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3900/14996281468_ba183c531a_z.jpg)
Or the smaller version at the wheel itself ?
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It's the Kelpies, Captain, but not as you know them.
Suffice to say they aren't were I photographed them any more. The photo is from a few weeks ago.
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They galloped / swam away ?
They had some small versions on display in edinburgh during this summer. In fredrick street I think, but these have been gone for longer than a few weeks. Its not from there is it ?
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No, not there. They were on display in Scotland*. There's a tiny, tiny clue in the photo, but very tiny. ;D
* on or about the 25th September.
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Perth. A guess, but I think your clue is what looks like a flagpole in bottom left corner. Blue flag?
Or Dundee? I am thinking royal associations, so Kingdom of Fife comes to mind.
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Bannockburn Visitor Centre.
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Steph isn't close enough.
and neither is ESL
;D
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The only other royal associations (based on the flag pole) that come immediately to mind are Stirling and, of course, Scone*
*Mine with clotted cream and strawb jam
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The flagpole definitely won't be there now.
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$VENUE for the Commonwealth Games? I didn't pay any attention to them so the only venue I can name is the Sir Thunderlegs velodrome...
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Gleneagles, for the Ryder Cup (http://americanscottishfoundation.com/magazine/?p=305)
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:thumbsup:
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continuing the sculptural theme...
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/neuwdzoi7sw6uhw/knight_zps1c3b4d31.jpg?raw=1)
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Stonehills Roundabout Tewkesbury.
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that were quick
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That's the standard of Richard Duke of Gloucester, which narrows it down a bit.
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Might someone else have a go.
(https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/323710_2149473224451_1282239228_o.jpg)
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Goldencap?
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Not quite as high as that.
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Is it Black Venn (or whatever the other one is called?)
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Is it Black Venn (or whatever the other one is called?)
Somewhat further away from your first guess.
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Is it Sidmouth in the distance?
Taken from the coastal path S of Salcombe Regis.
Edit: Just checked my own pics. It is.
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Is it Sidmouth in the distance?
Taken from the coastal path S of Salcombe Regis.
Edit: Just checked my own pics. It is.
Yup. My next clue was going to be the town just out of sight.
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Another quick coastal scene...
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-oc7k5cCiW8s/VF9WAhSHwRI/AAAAAAAAFpA/ZMo7uKbj_3s/w1200-h676-no/P1240021.JPG)
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Hayle Towans?.... but no.
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Pembrokeshire?
And one from me too.
Taken 42 years ago but I don't suppose it's changed much.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/Pa220370_zps181095bf.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/nicknacknick/media/Pa220370_zps181095bf.jpg.html)
Just round the corner of the right hand peak is this little gem. The name of the peak gives you the name of this.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/Pa220372_zps487717ab.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/nicknacknick/media/Pa220372_zps487717ab.jpg.html)
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@nicknack: Beinn Talaidh on Mull, from the southwest, somewhere between Glen. More and Lochbuie.
And if Pembrokeshire, then Newgale.
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Another quick coastal scene...
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-oc7k5cCiW8s/VF9WAhSHwRI/AAAAAAAAFpA/ZMo7uKbj_3s/w1200-h676-no/P1240021.JPG)
Studland?
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Newgale?
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Thurlstone? (Just adding random beaches really)
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Druridge Bay
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Somewhere between Barmouth and Harlech?
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Not Pembrokeshire, N. Wales, nor S or SW England, Druridge. None of the above. A clue, from same place...
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oqRtRXHdB5k/VF9VCHGqr_I/AAAAAAAAFo0/bXlIEWeP0Q0/w588-h883-no/P1240008.JPG)
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That's West Cliff, Whitby. So the beach is probably Sandsend.
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@nicknack: Beinn Talaidh on Mull, from the southwest, somewhere between Glen. More and Lochbuie.
Not Mull.
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That's West Cliff, Whitby. So the beach is probably Sandsend.
Nope. ;) (Not Whitby)
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That's West Cliff, Whitby. So the beach is probably Sandsend.
Nope. ;) (Not Whitby)
Near Morecombe?
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That's West Cliff, Whitby. So the beach is probably Sandsend.
Nope. ;) (Not Whitby)
Near Morecombe?
No. Would probably make quite a good C2C destination from there though.
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There were a few locations for those sculptures. Filey?
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There were a few locations for those sculptures. Filey?
:thumbsup: Yep.
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There were a few locations for those sculptures. Filey?
:thumbsup: Yep.
They had one at Whitby as well, which threw me.
Change of scene:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3946/15563390179_29fd1d4b3b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pHhrFr)
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Malta?
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No - wrong continent.
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India somewhere.
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India somewhere.
Aye.
It's quite a famous place, associated with a very famous person.
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Ghandi's tomb
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In anticipation of being right....
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/MrPumpy/Mobile%20Uploads/220px-Varkala_Tunnel.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/MrPumpy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/220px-Varkala_Tunnel.jpg.html)
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Ghandi's tomb
Yeah, I thought the clue might make it too easy.
It's Raj Ghat, the site of his cremation.
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In anticipation of being right....
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/MrPumpy/Mobile%20Uploads/220px-Varkala_Tunnel.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/MrPumpy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/220px-Varkala_Tunnel.jpg.html)
Er...Antwerp
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Varkala Tunnel?
FIle name may have given me just a little bit of a clue
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In anticipation of being right....
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/MrPumpy/Mobile%20Uploads/220px-Varkala_Tunnel.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/MrPumpy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/220px-Varkala_Tunnel.jpg.html)
Er...Antwerp
No...Steph....but you fell nicely into the little trap I set when I named that photo 'Antwerp' in my Photobucket album ;D
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:thumbsup:
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In anticipation of being right....
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d43/MrPumpy/Mobile%20Uploads/220px-Varkala_Tunnel.jpg) (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/MrPumpy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/220px-Varkala_Tunnel.jpg.html)
Er...Antwerp
No...Steph....but you fell nicely into the little trap I set when I named that photo 'Antwerp' in my Photobucket album ;D
;D ;D ;D
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(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/20141022_0802531_zps1c39d7dd.jpg)
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Antwerp? ;D
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(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/20141022_0802531_zps1c39d7dd.jpg)
Not your go, Vince. You cheated ;)
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No idea where this is, looks like a fjord. Hope there's a warning sign 100 yards previous!
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ef/17/70/ef1770812046ed6dfd8c47c07dc0cf8e.jpg)
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Ryanair announce the boarding arrangements for their new cruise line.
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Seems to be Geiranger Fjord.
(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll146/anagahan/Norway/Geiranger/Norge.jpg)
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Juvdalsflyet IIRC - I have a photo taken from the same spot. The photographers position is more precarious than the cyclist there. There is a red dot marked to show where the best place to stand is.
And yes, that is above Geiranger, on the south side about half way up out of the town.
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I was a climber for many, many years, but I always hated approaching cliffs from above, for you couldn't be sure where the edge was with a lot of them, and if you slipped...
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If no one else wants a go...
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rp6UN8LM-hU/VHs_up6XgrI/AAAAAAAAIJI/DKTvInMrktM/w333-h591-no/DSC_0289.JPG)
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There's a funicular at Saltburn but I don't recall it going under a road.
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Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
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Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
That's the one. This is looking downhill - confusing to the eye.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-paeGBu1Vde4/VHs_tA5sLSI/AAAAAAAAIJM/bKcoTeqq964/w333-h591-no/DSC_0288.JPG)
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(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/20141022_0802531_zps1c39d7dd.jpg)
Not your go, Vince. You cheated ;)
Now its my go.
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The cliff railway...
Memories of trying to beat the family on the train by running.
Can't remember who won.
I know who would win now.
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(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/20141022_0802531_zps1c39d7dd.jpg)
Not your go, Vince. You cheated ;)
Now its my go.
Since when was Flaaaatuuuus in charge of the interwebs? ;)
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Taken 42 years ago but I don't suppose it's changed much.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/Pa220370_zps181095bf.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/nicknacknick/media/Pa220370_zps181095bf.jpg.html)
Just round the corner of the right hand peak is this little gem. The name of the peak gives you the name of this.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/nicknacknick/Pa220372_zps487717ab.jpg) (http://s7.photobucket.com/user/nicknacknick/media/Pa220372_zps487717ab.jpg.html)
Have you all given up?
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Beinn Dearg Mor from Shenavall? (Anyway, I did enjoy typing that!)
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Nope.
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Beinn Ghobhlach
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Not there either.
Both too far North.
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Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway
Too late again... bought a Welsh flag Buff at the top of that one.
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It's on Skye. Does that help?
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Red Cuillin.... ?
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Aye. The big one with the snow on the right is Beinn na Caillich and the little pond is Lochain Beinn na Caillich.
I was slightly confused by your previous answer since Beinn Dearg Mhor (note the h) is just behind this lot.
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:)
Someone please step in...
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3843/14430465135_d41d023ee8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nZaUx2)DSCF0632 (https://flic.kr/p/nZaUx2) by ruthturner3 (https://www.flickr.com/people/106826773@N02/), on Flickr
Clue: it's not in London.
I'm looking for the name of the cave. Which is named after a village on a hill.
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It helps if no-one names it on your Flickr page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackpot,_North_Yorkshire
I see the orientation of the White Rose on Wiki follows the North-Yorks convention.
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Darn I didn't see that ;D
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It helps if no-one names it on your Flickr page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackpot,_North_Yorkshire
I see the orientation of the White Rose on Wiki follows the North-Yorks convention.
*ahem* North and West Riding
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(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/what.jpg)
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Brooklands?
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Nope, but possibly tepid ;D
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Duxford?
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Cosford?
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It's you in this cold weather, isn't it.
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Cardington.
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Bruce Dickinson's shed?
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Broughton?
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There's some warmness in these answers, but not warm enough yet!
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It's you in this cold weather, isn't it.
Yes - the rictus grin and shiny dome!
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Hendon.
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Nope.
Whilst there is a theme that many of you have got you are looking at it from a more permanent perspective than is required...
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Are you sure it's not the Royal Air Force Museum?
Alzheimers isn't playing its part in this is it!!?
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You are also warm, Riggers, but just not warm enough.
Another clue, this sight will probably not be seen again after this year.
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It's probably part of the Vulcan, but I
don't know where it is based looked up the base and its at Robin Hood Airport
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We have a winner.
Robin Hood Airport
It's probably part of the Vulcan
It's its arse.
more here (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=20499.msg1804666#msg1804666)
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Not sure I have an appropriate photo to hand so if anyone else wants to step in...
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Easy one . . .
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/shedbike/WP_000873_zpsnjkguizs.jpg)
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If you know it is. >:(
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Cardinal Langley School Science Block, Middleton?
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Ha ha ha!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Is it a gingerbread house that Teethgrinder stayed in last night?
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Is it a surviving bits of the Mulberry Harbour at, er, (Googles) Arromanches?
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Is it a surviving bits of the Mulberry Harbour at, er, (Googles) Arromanches?
Correctamundo!
Your go . . .
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Hold on a sec, my fondleslab is almost out of voles. Need to switch to something more mains-powered...
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(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/15782222243_318cb5936a_z.jpg)
Old photo, and not taken by me...
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Indianapolis or Daytona . . .
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Fifty per cent of Sir's answer is correct, but which half, eh?
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Daytona.
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Is it a surviving bits of the Mulberry Harbour at, er, (Googles) Arromanches?
Correctamundo!
Your go . . .
Typical. I don't look at this thread for a couple of days and one I know pops up.
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Daytona.
Wrong 50% but I should have to award the point to you. 'twas the IHPSC at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in either 1983 or 1984 and the futuristically-squashed VW Beetle in the foreground did about 53 mph. Four riders...
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Note to self.
Never bet 50:50...
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(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/shedbike/WP_000406_zpsda8ee813.jpg)
How about this one?
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Hmmmmm, where have I seen that fence before?
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I don't know, where have you seen that fence before . . . ? ;D
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Is the fence in Norfolk?
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South of you . . .
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Ah… it'll be Nor-mandy then.
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Keep going.
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Merville Battery?
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Indeed. The preserved C-47 Skytrain 'SNAFU'.
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(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7376/16429188042_e88075057f_z.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_larrington/16429188042/)
OK, where dat ^^^^?
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Boot Hill, Dodge City.
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Right country, right state. Wrong cemetery, though.
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Not bad for a guess, then.
Tombstone?
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I don't think
we're Tombstone's in Kansas any more. If it ever was. Which seems unlikely. Anyway, not there.
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Damn, I thought Dodge City was in Arizona ;D
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Stull Cemetery
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ESL is correct. Stull Cemetery is widely held to be a Gateway To Hell and is twinned with Swindon.
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Tru Factx. Thanks.
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You'd think Stan would put a Gateway to Heck somewhere other than a "town1" with as many churches as houses2. Somewhere like, er, Swindon.
1: Though given the USAnians' penchant for exaggeration, it could actually be a "city"
2: Three of each, as far as I could tell
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Sorry to be so laggardly. I don't have a shot ready, so I'll contribute one from a set celebrating sheep.
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80878000/jpg/_80878502_herdy005.jpg)
Easy enough, there are some superb pictures on this page.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-31129807
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Nice pics, ESL! Looks like the gorgeous landscapes that we enjoyed during the last LEL!
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Great Langdale?
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Is it just outside Marsh Gibbon?
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Great Langdale?
I was hoping for a grid ref and bearing. Very close to where I took a picture in March 2013, which is on here somewhere.
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There's no pleasing some people . . .
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That's probably the most photographed farm in the world. The photo I can't immediately identify is this one.
(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/80878000/jpg/_80878505_006.jpg)
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I'm liking the setting, but not altogether happy with how the photos have been manipulated. For me, they've gone toooooooo far, either with saturation, tilt-shifting and other bibs and bobs.
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ESL, that's the Napes Ridge on Great Gable
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I'm liking the setting, but not altogether happy with how the photos have been manipulated. For me, they've gone toooooooo far, either with saturation, tilt-shifting and other bibs and bobs.
I'd disagree, it can actually look like that. The farm in the first picture is the one visible in this picture, so Peter has it.
I still can't figure out where the second picture is. But we don't go to Wasdale or Borowdale much.
(http://www.adamburtonphotography.com/assets/img/content/gallery/BB049928.jpg)
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I think that's The Band and looking over to Rosset Pike and Esk Hause isn't it? Having a bit of digital trouble at the moment, if anyone wants to come in?
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Stool End Farm?
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Guess the place, and for a brucie bonus, try and figure out where the photographer was standing ;)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/368/18189451214_4bc0c350db_z.jpg)
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Ooh, I think I know this one. Is it Gateway Galaxy from out of off Super Mario Galaxy?
(http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/6/61/Gateway_Galaxy.png/480px-Gateway_Galaxy.png)
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Chelsea flower show?
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Eden ???
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Underside of The Disc World and the photographer was standing on a turtle.
(looking forward to the tech explanation of how the pic was taken)
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Hanging off a hecilopter with a 6mm fisheye lens....
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Good guesses, but not right! :)
The location is the Sensory Garden, in Aberdour, Fife:
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3687832
My photo above is just a re projected 360x180 degree panorama (from equirectangular to stereographic). Stitched using Hugin, and the tripod cloned out using Gimp. I was standing on the cobbled bit in the middle!
Here's the "flat" version of the panorama.
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3756/18209685753_145baff40f_z.jpg)
Pentax K100D, with Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fish eye lens and Nodal Ninja 3 Tripod head. Bracketed exposures stitched into hdr panorama
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Quick bump:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/267/20084773705_d8301e04f6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wAPHtP)
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Looks like the breakwater at Hartlepool (just down the road from where me Grandad had his guest house on Beaconsfield St).
I haven't been there since I was 15 ;)
Quick bump:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/267/20084773705_d8301e04f6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wAPHtP)
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Correct :)
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Looks like the breakwater at Hartlepool (just down the road from where me Grandad had his guest house on Beaconsfield St).
I haven't been there since I was 15 ;)
Quick bump:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/267/20084773705_d8301e04f6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wAPHtP)
We used to have a static caravan at Crimdon when I was a small person...
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Looks like the breakwater at Hartlepool (just down the road from where me Grandad had his guest house on Beaconsfield St).
I haven't been there since I was 15 ;)
Quick bump:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/267/20084773705_d8301e04f6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wAPHtP)
We used to have a static caravan at Crimdon when I was a small person...
Crimdon Dene. :D
Supurb railway viaduct.
I used to catch the bus there and then walk back along the beach to the outlaws'.
That was the height of entertainment in Blackhall.
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How we all drift apart! My mam and we four brothers had holidays in Crimdon Dene caravan park.
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Blackhall? You forgot the filming of "Get Carter" and the waste tippers. That and the fights between gypsy gangs trying to grab all the seacoal to sell.
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Went for my first (and only) riding lesson at Crimdon Dene. Crusty took me for my birthday.
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Should we have a photo of it...? ;D
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Should we have a photo of it...? ;D
The place, that is
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There are plenty of images on the net. This is the one that most accords with my childhood memories (except for jigsaws - it was always raining).
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/51635654.jpg
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The dene came down to the viaduct and then opened out into a steep-sided amd flat-bottomed valley, with Facilities, before arriving at the sea (small lagoon) and a small funfair (Waltzer and slot machines) with a Club, for (line) dancing The Slosh". The caravan park was to the north of that, and at the archway under the railway that was the entry, there was the Seagull pub, whose sign was actually a white-winged black tern. North again were hawthorn filled mini-denes and then coal slurry pans and the towers supporting the tipping buckets from Easington colliery.
Years ago, we had a couple at our folk club doing "Farewell to the Dene"
"We were wondering aloud what the dene was, and Johnny Handle was in the audience, and he said it's a valley you daft buggers, but we've looked on maps and still can't find the Dene Valley anywhere"
Last time I met Johnny, I told him the story, and he laughed so much he spilled his pint.
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cue Lake Windermere....
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They didn't look very hard. Dene Valley:
http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000041591
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Good spot.
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Except in this case it would be like linking a song about "The Valley" to an RAF base on Ynys Mon (circumflex not available)
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An 'easy' one from me - but can you spell it correctly without having to google?
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5485/14230613482_ca832a4118_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nFvBAS)IMG_1619a (https://flic.kr/p/nFvBAS) by ian (https://www.flickr.com/photos/acf_windy/), on Flickr
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An easy one from me - but can you spell it correctly without having to google?
S-C-O-T-L-A-N-D ?
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A bit more specific eh, Ian?
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It isn't Lews Castle.
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can you spell it correctly without having to google?
Not a chance. I wouldn't be all that confident about pronouncing it either
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It isn't Lews Castle.
You've been down the road, but not that far. Further along the road past the 'tennis court'
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can you spell it correctly without having to google?
Not a chance. I wouldn't be all that confident about pronouncing it either
Me neither
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It isn't Lews Castle.
You've been down the road, but not that far. Further along the road past the 'tennis court'
I found it by virtue of cheating, and I still cannot spell it!
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Strangely enough, I *can* spell it without googling - but only because we passed it several times when staying nearby on hols last year.
Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Harris
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Blimey. I could pass that 100 times and still be unable to spell it.
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Is that pronounced 'Am wincy' ?
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Assuming Amhuinnsuidhe is correct (ok, windy?), then here's one a couple of hundred miles nearer Bristol
Where's this Manchester?
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C8AVbcP74OY/Vb95TgDfmSI/AAAAAAAAeP4/ftdvPJKAu4M/s640-Ic42/BA87466A-76C5-4DEA-9B0F-AAA34EDC280F.JPG)
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Aye, it is (and the spelling) :thumbsup:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/l/t1.0-9/11694773_10153442515107486_5931891115315332675_n.jpg?oh=aa60eec98372d64e2dd7a782840d0f16&oe=563E7F77)
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(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a257/ottocat/1-1.jpg) (http://s13.photobucket.com/user/ottocat/media/1-1.jpg.html)
puff pant puff pant wheeze
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Strangely enough, I *can* spell it without googling - but only because we passed it several times when staying nearby on hols last year.
Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Harris
I thought it was Glen Bogle House.
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...
Where's this Manchester?
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C8AVbcP74OY/Vb95TgDfmSI/AAAAAAAAeP4/ftdvPJKAu4M/s640-Ic42/BA87466A-76C5-4DEA-9B0F-AAA34EDC280F.JPG)
Time for a couple more clues - it's got this grande place, and the Manchester district commemorates the support and money raised in Manchester for reconstruction of the town after WW1
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-f_warha6DQg/VcDkhbK3o7I/AAAAAAAAeRM/M1DstOgDzT8/s640-Ic42/06C0ABF6-059D-4E44-9E3E-B3B16F5BDD4E.JPG)
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Could it be somewhere like Rouens?
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Right country, and it's also on a river - but go about 300k further east
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To me (admittedly, it's just a feeling) it looks more Belgian than French.
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Presumably somewhere that got a pasting in WW1...
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To me (admittedly, it's just a feeling) it looks more Belgian than French.
Not Belgium, but less than 20k from the border
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Presumably somewhere that got a pasting in WW1...
... and also in WW2
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Looks a bit like Arras with the arcades, but I don't think the roofs are right.
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Not Arras.
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Could it be somewhere like Rouens?
It can't be, it's been rebuilt!
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Brussels ???
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Does using those clues, looking on google map for a town that fitted and finding that square on Streetview count as cheating? ;D
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Using info freely available to all is not cheating, so go ahead.
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Not Brussels
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Pure guess: Lille?
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Charleville- Mezier?
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fuzzy has it (give or take a couple of accents and a final 's')
I rode through it on Bastille Day, and was intrigued to see the sign with the name of my home town.
The square is the place Ducale, and the Manchester link is explained here:
Mézières (which became Charleville-Mézières in 1966) was deeply affected by the First World War and was ravaged by bombs that destroyed the hospital and much of the town centre.
On 10 June 1920 Manchester officially adopted Mézières under the authority of the then Lord Mayor Tom Ford. This lead to an outpouring of generosity from the people of Manchester, who raised money to help rebuild the French town. To this day Mézières boast a Manchester district in honour of the city’s generosity.
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/news/article/7160/central_library_exhibition_to_celebrate_the_link_between_manchester_and_m%C3%A9zi%C3%A8res (http://www.manchester.gov.uk/news/article/7160/central_library_exhibition_to_celebrate_the_link_between_manchester_and_m%C3%A9zi%C3%A8res)
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The Wikinaccurate article on Charleville-Mézières has a photo of the Place Ducale from a slightly different angle. I got C-M with the aid of Google- "manchester quartier" but decided this was cheating.
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I don't have anything accessible at the moment so the next conundrum is up for grabs.
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Rebooting this thread, where's this?
(http://i.imgur.com/Euc2rjx.jpg)
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Blencathra ?
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No.
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Skiddaw
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Scotlandshire?
This one is a bit cheeky, but I'm fairly sure Steph will know it. The reason why it is cheeky is because I can't remember where. I can guess when from my gorgeous home made and potato printed climbing trews.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/620/21553961526_269dfdecbc_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yQDFQj)Can't remember where this was taken (https://flic.kr/p/yQDFQj) by David Martin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/), on Flickr
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Looked like the top of the Roaches from what I can make out, or maybe Hen Cloud next door, from the angle of that little outcrop, but in that picture I can't make out much detail. It's the flat land before it that makesw me think of Staffs.
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Skiddaw
No
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try this one instead - I have managed to get to the scanner
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5732/21403998438_91d46d11ca_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yBp62Q)Slide002 (https://flic.kr/p/yBp62Q) by David Martin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmam/), on Flickr
I think it may be N Wales or Scotland, possibly Cuillins looking out from them.
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Salvatore - is that the Long Mynd from the Lawley? That looks like that might be Penkridge Hall in the foreground.
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Salvatore - is that the Long Mynd from the Lawley? That looks like that might be Penkridge Hall in the foreground.
No.
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The style of the house suggests Scotland. Somewhere south-west - Buchan country, Tweedsmuir way?
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David, now that I can see your pic, the rock is wrong for grit. I initially thought of Twll Du, the Devil's Kitchen, but the background landscape is wrong. There looks to be an estuary off in the distance, which suggests to me somewhere on Cadair Idris north side, perhaps the rocks around the Table Direct. It's the wrong backdrop for Cyfrwy arête,* which was my second thought.
*A long route which starts in a very vegetated way from Cwm Cau and then becomes much, much nicer. We put the last two pitches together because a stance was occupied by an ex-sheep. I had one near miss, belaying the lad who was leading and chatting to the leader of our second rope, who was resting his elbows on my stance, when a brick sized stone bounced off the ledge between my right foot and his right elbow...
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It wouldn't be near Cader Idris - never climbed near there. Possibilities are the top of Amphitheatre Buttress on the Carneddau, Skye (unnamed route on an anonymous crag). Can't for the life of me remember exactly where though.
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The style of the house suggests Scotland. -
Yes
Somewhere south-west
Yes
Buchan country, Tweedsmuir way?
No
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Looks reminiscent of East Lothian to me.
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Looks reminiscent of East Lothian to me.
It may well do, but that's not where it is.
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Particularly as East Lothian is not South West ;D
Is it near the Electric Brae?
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Criffel?
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I don't think that's Craig yr Ysfa as it looks to have a lot of water in the distance. That direction from AB would be showing a set of hills including possibly Foel Grach and the flank of Llywelyn.
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Criffel?
No
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Particularly as East Lothian is not South West ;D
Is it near the Electric Brae?
No
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I don't think that's Craig yr Ysfa as it looks to have a lot of water in the distance. That direction from AB would be showing a set of hills including possibly Foel Grach and the flank of Llywelyn.
I thought it was low cloud hugging the hills on the other side of the plain
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The Awful Hand ?
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The Awful Hand ?
Closest yet.
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The Merrick ?
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No
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No
Am I allowed to play?
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No
Am I allowed to play?
Is it a carefree film snoot?
Is it bigger than D but smaller than C?
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No
Am I allowed to play?
Is it a carefree film snoot?
Is it bigger than D but smaller than C?
If you like, but see below.
Yes, but somewhat disturbed.
Yes, it's F, but I had to look up the F v D comparison - it isn't in the rhyme.
But as it's you, you also have to specify where I'm standing, the names of the farm and the house in the foreground, the owner of most of the land in the foreground in 1900, the relationship of the previous owners of the farm foreground right and the one dead centre, and the day on which it was taken*.
Meanwhile, it's still open to anyone else.
*PS and explain the cryptic stuff to the good people of YACF.
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Cairnsmore of Fleet
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Yes.
There's Cairnsmore of Fleet and Cairnsmore of Dee but Cairnsmore of Carsphairn's the biggest of the three.
Don't know the other stuff. From the north west side of the fell of Barhullion?
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Cairnsmore of Fleet
Steph wins.
Don't know the other stuff. From the north west side of the fell of Barhullion?
From the top, looking N by NW. Barwhinnock & Dowies. Sir Herbert Maxwell.
It was taken on Christmas morning. To the south I could see Lakeland fells, to the south-west the Isle of Man, and way in the distance the Mountains of Mourne.
It was taken on the morni
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Definitely Buchan country! But not the bit I chose.....
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You were on the right track with south-west, but no-one was south or west enough.
Good spot on the house in the foreground. It is known as Dowies, built in about 1600. You can stay there. (http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/old-place-of-monreith-10102).
At some time next week I'll probably be riding a BSO past the farm on the right.
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It was the hint in the rhyme. I have friends in Dumfries. I shall ponder on a link.
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I didn't know it anyway but I was thrown a bit by "To the south I could see Lakeland fells, to the south-west the Isle of Man,". I think the Isle of Man is due south, is it not? Whatever, it's a beautiful picture, so thanks for the fun!
Peter
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0295.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/IMG_0295.jpg.html)
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South or Eastern end of Austria ?
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Passau.
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Passau.
:thumbsup:
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Deano has it. That's the Ilz coming in at the '3 rivers corner' not far before the Austrian border. Lovely riding from there onward.
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Aye, I recognised it straightaway - I'm pretty sure that tunnel leads to the bridge over the Danube. It's a great spot, especially where the milky blue of the Inn mixes with the murky brown of the upper Danube.
Lovely riding from there onward.
Oh, yes. Especially the Wachau.
Give me a mo' to pick a photo.
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Try this one:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/620/21709651405_ed3be4b657_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/z5pD1z)
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I know that one, so will let someone else in
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Is that the rear end of a Dawson and did Edwin Lutyens have anything to do with it ?
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Connaught Circus.
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Correct. I won't insist on the block ;)
It was great finding a pork butcher's in Delhi - I feasted on bacon :P
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I got fleeced badly and then had my hat stolen by a man who tried to convince me he could fly.
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(http://i1291.photobucket.com/albums/b557/Bugloss/Name%20that%20bridge%20041_zpsnxzspkum.jpg)
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The Rendsburg High Bridge.
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Correct!
I thought I'd choose this photograph, as it's loaded with meaning for me.
I was on my way back from The HBKH and feeling quite chuffed, when precisely at this very moment, just before entering Sydslesvig (because we all know it's just on loan to Germany), a message was received that set off an unstoppable chain of events which finally ended two days ago.
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Connaught Circus.
Yup.
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Correct!
I thought I'd chose this photograph, as it's loaded with meaning for me.
I was on my way back from The HBKH and feeling quite chuffed, when precisely at this very moment, just before entering Sydslesvig (because we all know it's just on loan to Germany), a message was received that set off an unstoppable chain of events which finally ended two days ago.
I knew that one as well... gave up on riding the West coast on the North Sea route as it was so bloody windy and rode straight across Anglia by the Kiel Canal. Overnighted in a hotel just there, having tried and failed to get a decent pic of the transporter bridge.
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It's a fantastic bridge, with a nice loop so that you can get a good view of it.
Not as good as the one from the houses though. Imagine having that in your front garden.
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What I hated about that ride was the German style of towpath, which consists of two lines of concrete blocks an axle-width apart. I DID enjoy the ride up through S-H, though, as it was nicely rolling further north without any monster hills. I took directions for the route north in a bookshop, and a local cycling map had a 'hill' on it marked with multiple chevrons. When I got to it, it was about as steep asthe 'hill' I was pointed at in Harwich, by the Tower hotel.
My Rendsburg hotel:
http://www.hotelonline.de/hotels/hotel-schumanns-gasthof-in-rendsburg.htm
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Not a normal "Guess the place", but it seems to belong in this thread. And apologies for unashamed own-trumpet-blowing.
I was very pleased with myself for identifying this place yesterday and dating it to with a couple of weeks, even though it wasn't obvious considering the institution which posted it and that I'd never been there.
Click on the photo and scroll down to the comments to reveal where it is, and a likely date when it was taken, and other stuff. Or see if you can work it out for yourself.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/659/21827925649_7ee4314d19_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zfRPPF)
Sloops at anchor in harbour, lighthouse on outcrop in distance (https://flic.kr/p/zfRPPF) by National Library of Ireland on The Commons (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/), on Flickr
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Looks like Lundy to me.
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For the benefit of those who do want to try, the poster on the castellated white wall at the right edge reads "DANITES", and there are some bathers around the bottom of the stepped ramp leading down from it
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Weren't the Danites something to do with militant Mormons?
The yachts and the guys in the rowing boat look Edwardian.
The lighthouse looks like a British design which doesn't help much.
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I suppose clicking through and reading the caption on Flickr is cheating..
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What's the name of the village?
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12118952_912236015480676_781533092148641128_n.jpg?oh=79cfe15103c04f27adc03aad9c9e5094&oe=568CC4F2)
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Bassenthwaite (with Longside Edge leading up to Skiddaw)
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That's right.
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ok, another hilly scene to identify (taken several years ago, but I don't imagine it's changed much)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q7xxUwwka_8/VhuEo1619zI/AAAAAAAAeew/B0MYY56wqgw/s640-Ic42/Picture%252520001.jpg)
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Bheinn Eige from the Torridon road?
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No
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Cnicht.
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Cnicht.
Correct, with the characteristic slate 'fence' in the Croesor valley. The summit is briefly visible from the BCM600 route here (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9666826,-4.061498,3a,75y,57.43h,92.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srj-C3n2tbKxiXs8L5-BvVQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
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I thought it was the Obelix menhir delivery service. :)
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I've actually put some of that slate fencing up, in Lllanberis. Sorry about the slight skew to this picture.
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/12115661_913450852025859_6728685283612025821_n.jpg?oh=4cd6d24a81b8b0cdcfa36466ad574e7d&oe=56C8D898)
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Grenoble?
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No.
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It's Swindon and the mountains in the background are photoshopped.
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Here's another view from the same road.
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/12115951_913838835320394_7658747841673748409_n.jpg?oh=77326d53ea3d6fb36a1a96cec0f92522&oe=568C7615)
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Campsie fels?
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Again no.
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What is throwing me in the second picture is the colour of the hills against the existence of tower blocks. The hills look very like North Pennines or, at a pinch, Brecon. What puts me off the latter is that the 'scooped' appearance of say Bannau Sir Gaer is on the northern face, and there are no large towns with that sort of building near there. That is why my first thought was Grenoble, with its blocks of flats, and then Glasgow, with it's own (now fewer) blocks.
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I will second Steph on one point: the place doesn't look very british. From the second picture, I would say "somewhere in the massif central".
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Not Clermont Ferrand, from the colour of the hill in the second shot?
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The first picture was taken close to one end of the A49.
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Valence? Definitely not in the massif central, but doesn't look like the A49 in Wales, so I guess it's the Valence-Grenoble A49?
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None of the A49 is in Wales, it's close to Wales in Ross-on Wye, and at Whitchurch.
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Blackburn?
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Blackburn's in a valley, so it wouldn't be possible to get a telephoto shot like that.
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Preston. The one in Lancashire, not the one in France.
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Somewhere near Basel
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Bill has it. It's a view looking towards the Lake District from the bridge over the M6 carrying the M65, taken with a 300mm equivalent lens. Some days we get good visibility, in this case about 70km. Taken from here.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7156471,-2.6609847,3a,41.3y,338.34h,95.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suK7wgGZkWaMtlon_9QwEYA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
The other view is further up the M65, from next to the huge landfill at Huncoat.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.7761689,-2.3538745,3a,20.9y,325.04h,89.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skQ5roq_XruaY7j86Nnd3ag!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
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Here you go. Let's see who's been paying attention.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-onvaEzjn8C0/ViO83dpWB-I/AAAAAAAAIxY/3exFtBgtcNE/s800-Ic42/20245881179_21b4abb5fc_c.jpg)
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A slight feeling it might be on the Lancaster Canal.....
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I'm going to have to press you for a little bit more detail that that...
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A bridge on the Lancaster canal?
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Judging by the rusticated voussoirs and keystone, I'd say Natland Hall bridge.
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ESL - yep. Though I'm not convinced by your reasoning that the voussoirs and keystone are particular to this'un :-\
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You did want more detail, I just chose a bit.
Canal bridge. 1818 by John Fletcher, engineer, from the original designs of John Rennie whose route for the canal was authorised in 1792. Squared, coursed limestone with limestone string and coping. Single elliptical arch with rusticated voussoirs and keystone. Approx. 10' wide between parapets. Built into embankment on west. Parapets curved in plan. Canal now dry.
I'll have to have a root round for another picture.
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(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12106880_914985538539057_3889581030860628831_n.jpg?oh=1767da5df2240fbe1df46cef45809b5b&oe=56D0A2CC)
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York minster?
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No.
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Ripon Cathedral.
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Well done Jo, that's right.
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Ripon Cathedral.
Dammit!
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(http://staff.city.ac.uk/~jwo/acf/hottub.jpg)
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It looks like some sort of fish dock, I'm thinking Reykjavik
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Not as Icelandic as that. Although those three round wooden clad things against the grey building are (un)natural hot tubs.
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Somewhere Thames-side?
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Somewhere Thames-side?
... or indeed River Lee Navigation-side
London's Secret Hot Tub Party (http://www.suppertub.co.uk)
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Yes, well spotted. The photo is taken on the Lee Navigation canal with my back to the Olympic stadium. I was looking at the round tubs across the canal thinking they look a bit like Jacuzzis wondering what they were doing on the edge of a former industrial site in Hackney Wick. But it turns out this is A Thing for the young trendies. Open through the winter too.
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... the edge of a former industrial site in Hackney Wick. But it turns out this is A Thing for the young trendies. ...
New clubhouse for Audax Club Hackney? Just the thing for the arrivée after a long day in the saddle.
Meanwhile, here's another:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0R-ayS4MnwU/ViUEi0xhJqI/AAAAAAAAef8/ZwN1majTLsc/s640-Ic42/IMG_6615.JPG)
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The Glienicke Bridge in Berlin.
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Correct
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(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12118621_915337955170482_7299318613316050862_n.jpg?oh=b926802b36a21ca1f81d4a9dcf111036&oe=56CA123E)
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Didcot
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Carnforth?
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Is the Western region electrified yet ?
I think that's more in the NW somewhere.
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Not Carnforth or Didcot. All the information is in there to pinpoint the location.
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Tyseley ?
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No. They're not on display, they're working.
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West coast main line if they are working. Electrified part.
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West Cumbrian Mountain Express, so Preston, again?
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Getting very close. I didn't have to go far to get the picture.
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Euxton Junction?
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Too far to the South now. It's listed on the itinerary of the excursion, spelt right for a change, Word usually doesn't like the real spelling.
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Following the clues (45699 excursion, electrified, spelling, nearby for ESL) & a little light googling leads me to guess it must be Farington Junction (Lostock Hall, just S of Preston)
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It is indeed. I just went out to get some footage of an interesting sunset,. That electric loco is 50 years old, and Galatea is almost 80. I grew up with the WCML over the garden fence, so it's nostalgic to hear the sound of steam.
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Day 1 of my summer tour, where's this monument historique?
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TZovgaITgGw/ViZeIoqAC5I/AAAAAAAAegs/8SYgHuf3eqw/s640-Ic42/IMG_0140.JPG)
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Holland or Belgium?
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Holland or Belgium?
Neither, though the architectural style is described as neo-Flemish
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Somewhere a little more eastern European?
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No
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If it's Flemish but not Belgium it must be north-eastern France.
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Je pense que c'est Lille Plan Bleu.
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Je pense que c'est Lille Plan Bleu.
Bonne réponse
The building is the Grands Moulins de Paris, a former flour mill on the banks of the Canal de la Deûle in Marquette-lez-Lille, in the northern fringes of Lille. The canal-side path proved a good traffic-free route from the Belgian border at Deûlémont right into the city centre, and the Plan Bleu (http://www.servcbo.com/1309WCC/presentations/041_TIR.pdf) is a proposed redevelopment along the various waterways of Lille.
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Bugger that means I have to find somewhere.
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(http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae7/fboab/279629_10150248987184451_2275608_o.jpg)
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cley?
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In one :thumbsup:
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Waaaaay too easy :D
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As I said
Bugger that means I have to find somewhere.
I've mostly got shedloads of pictures of bridges :facepalm:
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Waaaaay too easy :D
too many holidays there when I was a kid :)
How about
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/IMG_1292_zpsjug3ayge.jpg)
(not norfolk)
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Looks white enough to be a modern Mormon tabernacle.
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nope, was catholic until the '50s, is now an art gallery.
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Valencia?
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no. You're within a thousand miles though.
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Palma?
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Palma?
Gets my vote too.
I really ought to be more certain; I've been there within the last fortnight!
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not Palma, no.
I just checked the map and it's definitely south of there.
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Barcelona? Possibly near the Olympic venue.
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I guess the clue's in the colour - Casablanca?
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Just googled it. Yup.
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I guess the clue's in the colour - Casablanca?
yup. Sacre Coeur in Casablanca.
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ok, time for a walk
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jMPPF8aHeIs/Vin0L9Ob6rI/AAAAAAAAehQ/tRG0d3oj-hA/s640-Ic42/IMGP1175.JPG)
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Ullswater?
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No, not Ullswater
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That looks familiar...
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Loch Coruisk?
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Loch Coruisk?
No, but getting warmer.
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Knoydart?
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Knoydart?
No, Knoydart has lots of Munros whereas this walk just had one Graham. That's a Corbett across the loch.
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Nobody's within 50 miles so far - need to head north.
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Nobody? Here's the hazy view from the top of the hill, looking in the opposite direction to the first photo. We walked from the road end, over the hill, out to the village (primary school, wind turbines, old lighthouse now a museum), then back along the coast path in the first pic.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DzFlIr0k0QQ/Vi9UIVax3iI/AAAAAAAAeh8/3ovp3hhKKOI/s640-Ic42/IMGP1173.JPG)
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Checking my maps, it must be Scoraig. Going over Beinn Ghobhlach, with Sàil Mhòr across the loch.
Its on my list of places to visit sometime...
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I was wondering about Eriboll
ETA: Fuaran has it, I think. I haveb't been there since around 1994
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Checking my maps, it must be Scoraig. Going over Beinn Ghobhlach, with Sàil Mhòr across the loch.
Its on my list of places to visit sometime...
It is indeed the path to Scoraig, recently featured in the national press (http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/17/fresh-air-warm-hearth-remote-primary-school-seeks-teacher-scoraig) as the school advertised for a new teacher. Got the hills right as well.
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Where is this new cycle route?
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/767/21907352904_704149860d_b.jpg)
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The Cycle path between Laggan and Fort Augustus? If it is I hope the surface I good because it was hard going in May.
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Yes, that's it. The path along the old railway by Loch Oich.
Its now surfaced with compacted gravel, so all fairly smooth, easy enough on a sensible tourer or hybrid.
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Continuing the cycle path theme....which cycle path includes this art installation?
(http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/jcm56/P1010007_zpsstn0dcls.jpg) (http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/jcm56/media/P1010007_zpsstn0dcls.jpg.html)
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I've seen that- but I can't for the life of me remember where :-[
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Those leaves look very like Banksia, but the flower is all wrong.
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Lincs. Horncastle to Kirkstead (Spa Trail). Last time I rode out there was through the middle of Lincoln up what seemed like an endless bloody hill.
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Correct - over to you
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Am just off nights so will come back in after I lose the urge to eat BRANES. So if anyone else has a picture....
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Here's one...
(http://staff.city.ac.uk/~jwo/acf/wherekrcd.jpg)
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Just round the corner from Bywater Street, so very convenient for George Smiley - who'd probably also have been able to work it out from the 'krc' in the image filename ;)
49 King's Road, Chelsea, London
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Indeed. But what about the 'd' in the filename? There's a connection here with Mick Jagger and Anthony Burgess.
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Indeed. But what about the 'd' in the filename? There's a connection here with Mick Jagger and Anthony Burgess.
The Chelsea Drugstore, where you sometimes can get what you want. (Edit - & record shop scene in Clockwork Orange)
Back to 'what I did on my holidays' mode, where's this?
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hf2v0ssJ-l8/VjnjfuZ42NI/AAAAAAAAeik/GBHTLmZbwcY/s640-Ic42/IMG_0327.JPG)
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2015 (thanks McDonald's):
(http://staff.city.ac.uk/~jwo/acf/wherekrcd.jpg)
1969:
(http://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Chelsea-Drugstore-1968-PA-8000333.jpg)
(http://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Screen-Shot-from-Clockwork-Orange.jpg)
We also have this location to thank for the first Starbucks coffee shop in the UK.
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2015 (thanks McDonald's):
The bastards!
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Indeed. But what about the 'd' in the filename? There's a connection here with Mick Jagger and Anthony Burgess.
The Chelsea Drugstore, where you sometimes can get what you want. (Edit - & record shop scene in Clockwork Orange)
Back to 'what I did on my holidays' mode, where's this?
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hf2v0ssJ-l8/VjnjfuZ42NI/AAAAAAAAeik/GBHTLmZbwcY/s640-Ic42/IMG_0327.JPG)
Somewhere on the R Trent on the Lincs/Notts border?
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No, not the Trent, Lincs or Notts.
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The Don?
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The Don?
No, none of the Dons (Aberdeenshire, Yorkshire, Russia, or anywhere else)
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Cattenom nuclear power station on the Moselle in Lorraine.
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Cattenom nuclear power station on the Mosellle in Lorraine.
... is the right answer
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A topical one.
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/12191498_921794667858144_1053201517547074888_n.jpg?oh=fd386b677c89eddcf8be2bb2e5d36f1a&oe=56C21B5A)
Detail of trench feature.
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10986459_921794694524808_1689183942787940823_n.jpg?oh=1d536a0ae728447e80e89f77ac6eca00&oe=56BD421F)
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Just down the road from your recent steam engine photo? If so, it looks like the proposal reported in the Leyland Guardian got a bit simplified:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h9Rupj7Ekcg/Vjst7tnsI3I/AAAAAAAAejA/cexvznRKrIg/s800-Ic42/2747745356.jpg)
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The lorry would have represented an RAF subsidy type Leyland, hence the plane I suppose.
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22201/lot/1232/
I think I prefer the one that got built. It strikes me as an invitation to graffiti, and that will affect the patina.
At least they can repaint the Centurion tank that's two roundabouts up. It was made in Leeds by the way, but others were made in Leyland.
(http://www.lep.co.uk/webimage/1.4410474.1333365006!/image/248041525.jpg)
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Rudy 102 refers, as you probably know, to cult Polish TV series Four Tankmen and a Dog (Czterej Pancerni i Pies). Rudy translates roughly as Ginger and the dog is called Szarik, or Grey, but actually the tank is named after a Russian girl Marusia who the lead tankman falls in love with. None of which can be an identifying factor for the place!
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We tend to the surreal around here. We've got a vintage fire engine in a glass box, that's been licensed as a wedding venue.
(http://www.leylandguardian.co.uk/webimage/1.6440540.1392387058!/image/163252207.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/163252207.jpg)
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How about a bit of street furniture?
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kLZeiuzdGFM/VjtUFcUHefI/AAAAAAAAej0/m5N-UqYWvQE/s640-Ic42/foto_no_exif%252520%2525281%252529.jpg)
(I've removed the rather-too-obvious signs showing location and maker's name)
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France.
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Non
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Canada.
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Bath.
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/12208512_922201677817443_1157208482942043311_n.jpg?oh=14400703662dfd9b8b9c3a316f6f8532&oe=56B4EAFB)
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Bath is right. Lots of francophone visitors, and a distinctive building stone. The bin's a Big Belly Solar Compactor - SMS-enabled & part of the Internet of things.
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:o I thought the buildings behind looked rather English. Now I look again and I recognise (I think) the exact location. It's just off Queen Sq, and my GP used to be just round the corner to the left off the photo. Back in a previous century. :o
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it's not my turn, but it's been a quiet month for this thread so here's one to get it moving:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/P1010626_zpsfh5xytc1.jpg)
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I think it's in the US, but it's not in Arches NP Utah, because the rocks are not red sandstone.
I'm thinking more like Yosemite, looking at the rocks.
ETA: I think I may have an almost identical photo, but that will need to wait till I get back home to have a rummage.
Aha, I have some photos here, desktop, for the use of.
The picture I have is from a different angle, But I'm 90% sure it's the same place.
I think it's Indian Rock Arch, which is just off the hike up to North Dome.
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yup :) Amazing hike.
this was just before I slipped over on some loose gravel and grazed my knee...
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In this panorama from the top of Half-Dome...
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2898/14216781026_25dac491a2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nEhHGf)
Yosemite Panorama (https://flic.kr/p/nEhHGf) by Ron Lowe (https://www.flickr.com/people/62966413@N04/), on Flickr
North Dome is the outcrop behind Junior on the far side of the valley, to the left of him from the viewer's point of view.
The Arch is pretty much behind his head, I reckon.
I'll have a rummage through some photos when I get home.
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Right.
Wossis, then?
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/748/23266709329_b5a85fd086_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BrZY5R)
DSC_2686 (https://flic.kr/p/BrZY5R) by Ron Lowe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62966413@N04/), on Flickr
No google image cheating!
That would make it too easy.
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A meteorite or something expelled from a volcano, Central Africa, Italy or Australia (the world's my oyster!)?
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Meteorite ?
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Olive trees in the background ?
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Good answers, in the right general direction.
But not just what, we need a where too.
I chose a shot with the trees in the background, because they do give a general idea of location.
They are not olives.
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That's what made me stick Italy in, though it could be a bit of Greece. Then Africa has acacias..... Might be an Aztec slaughter table, so Central America?
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It's in one of the continents you have covered :-)
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Thought it might be!
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Namibia?
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Yes.
So presumably you know what and where it is now...
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It's the Hoba meteorite near Grootfontein. I confess I didn't know this but was fascinated, so used my phenomenal powers of deduction, which very occasionally yield a correct answer, along with my fifty-year-old memories of acacia trees in Africa. More info here:-
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hoba-meteorite-near-grootfontein-namibia
Ron, have you been there? Is that one of your boys standing in non-Tyson Fury-approved pose on the right?!
Peter
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Yes, indeed.
That's my 2 juniors at the Hoba Meteorite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoba_meteorite), taken last summer.
I have other less-camp photos, but I wanted to include the trees.
We did a few weeks of self-drive Safari in Namibia and Botswana.
I includes the acacias in the photo as a bit of a clue.
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That must have been fabulous. I did VSO in Rhodesia (hitched through Botswana and SA) and I still miss it!
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My first trip to Africa was in 1986 with my GF at the time ( now known as She Who Must Not Be Named ), who was originally from Rhodesia, as it was.
Their family left and returned to the UK when things became difficult, when she was still quite young.
As penniless student oaves, what we did was to fly to Nairobbery, train to Mombassa, 24-hour bus to Tanga in Tanzania, Hitch-hike to Dar es Salam, where we hitched a lift on a truck convoy into Malawi, where we met up with some friends who were doing VSO in Lilongwe. After a few days, we continues into Zambia, to Lusaka and then on to Livingstone, with the intention of crossing into Zimbabwe at Vic Falls.
I was not permitted to cross the border, on account of insufficient funds to prove I would leave!
As a former resident, she was allowed in.
I remained on the Zambian side of the crossing, and she went on to visit old family friends.
She returned a few days later, and we flew home out of Lusaka.
On Aeroflot, via Moscow, where we spent a day in the city.
Happy Daze!
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Happy days, indeed. I was mostly in the bush, near Marandellas at a school called Bernard Mizeki College. Maybe SWMNBN has heard of it? I hitched through most of the "major" places, like Salisbury, Bulawayo, Umtali, Gwelo and Queque. But my favourite spot was Inyanga up in the mountains near the Mozambique border. Always listened to Radio Mozambique, a sort of African Luxembourg!
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This is probably not the thread to tell it, but there is a story regarding our day-trip in Moscow.
In Lusaka, we had about a week to wait before we flew out to Moscow and on to London.
There was a 24 hour stop-over in Moscow.
Unless you had a visa to enter Russia, you had to sit in the transit lounge at the airport.
So the plucky young things that we were (I would have been 24, she was 26), we just rocked up at the Russian embassy in Lusaka, to try to get a visa. The way you do.
This at the height of the cold war.
A closed compound, as you'd expect.
We buzzed on the buzzer, and asked to apply for a visa.
The gate opened.
We were expecting a dull grey office building, with some drab officials.
But it seems the Russian Ambassador is bored out of his skull in Lusaka, for we were met cheerfully by the ambassador himself.
This, in cold war days.
We were wafted past officials into private apartments, and given food and drink as if we were ambassadors ourselves.
We chatted and ate and drank for at least an hour. I think he was delighted to have something to do.
Our passports were taken, wafted away, and returned with entry visas.
I think he really just enjoyed a bit of external company.
In Moscow, all the people from our flight were directed towards the transit lounge.
We indicated towards the exit, and there was much frowning and head-shaking.
We waved our entry visas, and were passed through with a nod!
A day in Moscow, and back to London the next day.
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Lovely story.
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Sorry, I was sure I'd posted this yesterday. I must have hit the wrong button, or maybe it's puzzling people in another thread!
Try this:-
(http://www.zen177395.zen.co.uk/[000468].jpg)
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So..
The pylon design is UK.
The boat is called Kennet.
There is a Kennet and Avon canal, which runs from Reading towards Brizzle.
So I'd guess we are somewhere along there.
I'll have to look at OS maps to see where HV overhead lines cross that canal, with some hills in the background.
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near Chippenham, I recon..
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It's the Rochdale canal between Slattocks Bridge and Castleton? Specifically, South of the M62. The high ground is Scout Moor and in the background between the mast and funnel is Knowle Hill.
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Hmm, I've looked along the Kennet and Avon canal on OS maps, and have identified all the HV crossings.
The problem is that the tower in the photo is a Deviation Tower, where the line changes direction.
( From the way the insulator strings are hanging )
And the tower is close to the canal.
I can't identify a likely suspect.
So I no longer think it's on that canal.
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It's the Rochdale canal between Slattocks Bridge and Castleton? Specifically, South of the M62. The high ground is Scout Moor and in the background between the mast and funnel is Knowle Hill.
I think . . .
Ooh, that could be right.
At Slattocks, there's an HV crossing with a deviation tower right next to the canal.
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It's the Rochdale canal between Slattocks Bridge and Castleton? Specifically, South of the M62. The high ground is Scout Moor and in the background between the mast and funnel is Knowle Hill.
I think . . .
Ooh, that could be right.
At Slattocks, there's an HV crossing with a deviation tower right next to the canal.
It's half a mile from where I live . . .
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This is the boat in the picture.
http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/1113/kennet (http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/1113/kennet).
I was certain that I had seen a boat similar to this one on the Leeds-Liverpool at Skipton.
There is a barge called "Kennet " on that canal and Google lead me to the Historic Ships site.
So guessing that the waterway is the Weaver , but I am stumped by the hills.
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This is the boat in the picture.
http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/1113/kennet (http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/1113/kennet).
I was certain that I had seen a boat similar to this one on the Leeds-Liverpool at Skipton.
There is a barge called "Kennet " on that canal and Google lead me to the Historic Ships site.
So guessing that the waterway is the Weaver , but I am stumped by the hills.
It's half a mile from where I live . . .
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Just logged on. Torslanda has it. I was hoping the Kennet would confuse the issue but am seriously impressed by the analytical skills displayed in this thread! If you magnify the picture, you will see the wind factory on Knowl Hill, just one of many that fill the skyline north of Rochdale.
Excellent work, all!
(Thanks fo the interesting link, madcow. It's almost as old as the Crab on the East Lancs Railway, and that looks gorgeous, too!)
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Try this . . .
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/shedbike/020_zpstxsnxi1k.jpg)
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Reminds me of Le Puy, so it probably isn't.
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It looks like France, the vegetation would need rain, so Alpine, Briancon maybe.
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Bit further West.
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Pont-en-Royans in the Vercors?
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Nope.
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Rocamadour (Lot)
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Rocamadour (Lot)
Spot on!
Your go . . .
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I was reminded of this walk by something I saw on BBC iPlayer last night
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tWHIE60FSxE/VmrhEKBkR9I/AAAAAAAAelE/_77eDfA8xeM/s640-Ic42/img%252520026.jpg)
(the pic was taken several years ago, but I doubt it's changed much since then)
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At a guess the programme was about bothies..........not a clue which one so will guess Corrour
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At a guess the programme was about bothies..........not a clue which one so will guess Corrour
Correct - Corrour bothy in the Lairig Ghru, seen from The Devil's Point, and featured in Bothy Life, BBC2 Scotland [Edit - as noted yesterday by JenM in the Arts & Ent thread]
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I shall offer you the following:
(http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd396/jcm56/P1010468_zps9fngujlo.jpg) (http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/jcm56/media/P1010468_zps9fngujlo.jpg.html)
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Well it's a Broch. :)
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Dun Dornaigil Broch.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@58.3664511,-4.638908,3a,47.9y,231.29h,86.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOQPLlNmU64P62CuniQIIJg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en
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Yep - over to you
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JenM's is Jaded's house before the builders arrived :demon:
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Whilst we're waiting for ESLs puzzle, here's one just for fun:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/573/23078817974_e67d8a343d_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BaoYwJ)
IMG_20130329_160438 (https://flic.kr/p/BaoYwJ) by Ron Lowe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62966413@N04/), on Flickr
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That's the east tower of the gatehouse to your estate.
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JenM's is Jaded's house before the builders arrived :demon:
Fah! It was worse ;D
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Tower of Johnston, Garvock
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That's the east tower of the gatehouse to your estate.
I thought you'd recognise that one.
Tower of Johnston, Garvock
Indeed it is.
The road up Garvock is a nice little climb.
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0332.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/IMG_0332.jpg.html)
and as I am owed one, here's a tease from a very, very long way away
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0358.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/IMG_0358.jpg.html)
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Mount Ararat?
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Yup. You arkened to my picture. The other peak is obscured by the main one.
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(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5830/23100685233_0ba9c503a6_b.jpg)
And in case the photo doesn't automatically appear here's the link (https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5830/23100685233_0ba9c503a6_b.jpg).
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WACA?
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Yup. You arkened to my picture. The other peak is obscured by the main one.
Damn. I thought Ararat straightaway, but dismissed it cos of its famous two peaks.
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WACA?
Nope.
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Any guesses for my first pic?
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Freemantle, the statue is 'Southern Crossing'
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Yup
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What's the name of the defunct railway station that the track curves to accommodate?
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/1930242_943550039015940_4789234977727749691_n.jpg?oh=fb8b9d7ff9ae3c4aa1194f41f869ba0e&oe=56DD3537)
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Trowse?
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For some reason I think Chesterfield, but I don't know why.
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The station opened in 1838 and closed in 1960.
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For some reason I think Chesterfield, but I don't know why.
Chesterfield's spire is wonky innit?
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Well, it looks like Preston to me and there is a number of stations that have been closed in that vicinity over the years. A trawl through wiki should sort it out.
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Whilst you're wondering which defunct Preston station, here's another railway-themed puzzle.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_PGw4WGDVfw/VoBltndvT5I/AAAAAAAAN3Q/IXQiX_eZAXI/w762-h578-no/DSC_0826.JPG)
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Lots of looking at churches makes me think that the spire in the photo is St Walburge's in Preston, so it would be the West Lancs Rlwy at Preston West
Or Deepdale.
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The railway is still active, it's just the station that closed. It is of course a shot with a 300mm equivalent lens, so the perspective is compressed.
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Do I have the right church?
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There's only one church like that.
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The only place that I can see fitting the dates, and that aspect of the church, is Farington.
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That's right, I've been wanting to get that view of St Walburges, and I spotted that the road bridge close to our house afforded one. There's a longer view from the M6 overbridge, but it would mean stopping on the hard shoulder.
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That is indeed a hell of a compression
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One from my "Wee Planets" archive:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1548/23734632503_d154fa78c4_o.jpg)
:)
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Coal mining area?
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Coal mining area?
Aye, hence the old mine cart! :)
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Beamish?
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Barry. Belvedere Park, innit?
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Well no one got it! It's Crossgates Community Garden, in Crossgates, Fife. I'd postba geograph link but geograph is down at the moment
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(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/DSC05835.jpg) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mattlangridge/media/DSC05835.jpg.html)
Where am I standing at what is the land in the distance?
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Scapa Flow?
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The hamlet castle and you can see sweden
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Arran, from the old Nobel dynamite works?
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Is it Cumbria?.
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A bit south of the guesses so far.
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You are standing on Roben Island looking at Cape Town and Table Mountain.
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Further north.
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narrows it down a bit... How about southern Spain, looking at North Africa?
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narrows it down a bit... How about southern Spain, looking at North Africa?
Those railings look BRITISH enough to make me think Gibraltar.
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Aye, two continents in that picture. Standing at Europa Point Gibraltar (adjacent to Hardings Battery) looking across the straits towards Morocco.
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Mike should have the next go, I reckon...
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There's still one outstanding. See 'Shangri-La' above somewhere.
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Mike should have the next go, I reckon...
Not wanting to get all POBI on peoples arses and ting BUT-
Some folk may get a bit arsey about Gibraltar being refered to as Southern Spain..............
;)
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There's still one outstanding. See 'Shangri-La' above somewhere.
Somewhere on the Dartmoor Railway?
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While we're waiting, can I have a go? Just to see if I've got the hang of it, like?
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1504/24187106724_f60316c374_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CRkfas)
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Vardø, Norway?
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There's still one outstanding. See 'Shangri-La' above somewhere.
Somewhere on the Dartmoor Railway?
Off the granite way near Okehampton / Meldon Viaduct?
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Vardø, Norway?
I had to look it up after reading this; fascinating place!
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There's still one outstanding. See 'Shangri-La' above somewhere.
Somewhere on the Dartmoor Railway?
Not all that far away.
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Vardø, Norway?
I had to look it up after reading this; fascinating place!
Looks like they do a nice bit of Cod.
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Vardø, Norway?
You saw through my cunning double bluff then?
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It was tricky :D
My turn?
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/20141022_0802531_zps1c39d7dd.jpg)
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Vardø, Norway?
You saw through my cunning double bluff then?
Town insignia features in both your photo and Wiki entry.
Snow and very low sun indicate probable extreme northern latitude and we know you've been northing it...
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Aye, two continents in that picture. Standing at Europa Point Gibraltar (adjacent to Hardings Battery) looking across the straits towards Morocco.
Stop putting up ones I know when I am out!
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Aye, two continents in that picture. Standing at Europa Point Gibraltar (adjacent to Hardings Battery) looking across the straits towards Morocco.
Stop putting up ones I know when I am out!
:-[
;D
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I missed a go... :)
I need a place and an event for this one:
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/P1020742_zpslj62lx8h.jpg)
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Putney Bridge, the Boat Race?
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That's a huge gap, so maybe one of the Head Of The River Races - Women's Eights?
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yes it's a head of the river race, but you've got the wrong river.
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I haven't got ANY river, yet!
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Boston.
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Eliot Bridge, Cambridge, Mass. Head of Charles.
(starts in Boston though)
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You could tell it's foreign because they're paddling down the wrong side of the river...
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Eliot Bridge, Cambridge, Mass. Head of Charles.
(starts in Boston though)
yup! Here's another view of the same, with a bit of a giveaway..
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a19/mikes99mail/P1020698_zpsewlh3ohn.jpg)
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Right, it's stalled in here, so here's one from my current travels:
( It's just a phone camera pic, but if you click through you will get the full-size image which lets you see the detail better. )
Ah, the phone has uploaded exif location data.
I can't see how to turn it off.
I think I've hidden it.
No cheating!
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1603/25501578072_292eb0d8b7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ERufGy)
IMG_20160308_172330 (https://flic.kr/p/ERufGy) by Ron Lowe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62966413@N04/), on Flickr
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Has an Eastern European look to it but at the same time something Latinate... I think it could be Romania or possibly Moldova. Or thereabouts.
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Croatia?
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Fascinating - somewhere they haven't got a plumb-line?
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Good work so far; it is indeed in one of the countries mentioned.
It is obviously an old medieval city, and the tower in question is most way up to the top of the hill.
It has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
There is a church at the very top, and bizarrely enough, a school.
Access to the school is via a very long wooden covered staircase.
This picture is looking down, from about 2/3 of the way up:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1599/25501589882_cd635abc21_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ERujdb)
IMG_20160308_174156 (https://flic.kr/p/ERujdb) by Ron Lowe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62966413@N04/), on Flickr
Any lack of verticality is probably the photographer's fault, not the builders!
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites seem to be ten a penny in that general part of the world. I know this coz it came up on "University Challenge" the other week!
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I know where it is, but have no wish to stake a claim.
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I, too, know where it is. ".............. and The Spiders From Mars" might have been a great album title but they were beaten to it - by a Helsinger-songwriter?
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A lack of a follow-on photo leaves me impaled on the horns of a dilemma.
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<Paxman>
Come on, I need an answer.
The previous answers contain strong hints, which are correct.
Providing the correct answer does not require you to supply the next photo; you can let the thread lie dormant for a bit until someone has an interesting photo.
I'm going to leave the paxman tag un-closed just to spoil people's day.
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having googled, it's the birthplace of Dracula: Sighișoara
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Quite right.
It's Sighișoara in Transylvania, now part of Romania.
( Pronounced 'Ziggy-Swara'. )
Birthplace of dear old Vlad.
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which bridge?
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/36xz40uhdrl9ts0/DSCF0519_zpstahmal5h.jpg?raw=1)
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Findhorn bridge, Tomatin.
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That didn't take long.
Whilst you are looking for another image, you can have a go at this other bridge that nobody guessed last time:
original post:
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/yykkmh2y1bqi2rp/IMG_0783.jpg?raw=1)
added clue:
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/zatn5aw1bi9jx7y/IMG_0786.jpg?raw=1)
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There's something French about the church - Morlaix?
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Mylau (Goltzch bridge)
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There's something French about the church - Morlaix?
That's right, the path over the bottom tier of the railway viaduct. it took a while (https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=122.msg994804#msg994804)
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...it took a while
... but got there eventually, just like my rides.
Where's this distinctive street plan? (City Navigator Europe mapping, place name label obscured)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pWO9oX4ip8E/VuRRwnCx0QI/AAAAAAAAeqE/AG-pR-PgroQaK5AWRNtVsjgPMoaC35xkgCCo/s640-Ic42/grid.jpg)
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Neu or Novo somewhere, I imagine. Veering towards Neu on account of the urg.
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Neu or Novo somewhere, I imagine. Veering towards Neu on account of the urg.
You imagine correctly
Neu or Novo or something similar is on the right lines - though the 'urg' isn't part of the name
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Good job I gave up looking for Octagonal Urgs on Google then.
Octagonal Urgs: Space-rock band from Louisville KY.
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Palmanova.
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found by googling in FOREIGN
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/xonnva3q1uleec8/octagon_town_zpsv5tiwypi.jpg?raw=1)
the "urg" is a bit of a red herring - there's nothing obvious that it could be on google maps
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It looks like a town plan derived from a bad game of Carcassonne.
Seriously, where is it?
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Neuf-Brisach.
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That's amazing.
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ESL is correct.
in a similar vein, where's this ISS streetlights photo of?
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/1saylwoty4e8mcp/streetlights_zpseeacqef0.jpg?raw=1)
It can be panned, zoomed and rotated (shift click & drag), and compared with a map here:
http://crowdcrafting.org/project/nightcitiesiss/task/606177
(switch base layer with the + on the right if the map doesn't show)
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Neuf-Brisach.
Correct
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Not to be guessed, just for whatever interest it may have, the old town of Zamość in south-east Poland has a similar star-shaped fortress at its heart.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.7167762,23.2523733,996m/data=!3m1!1e3
Unfortunately in its case the original late-sixteenth century design has become obscured by modern suburbs.
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The Main Man for that sort of thing was Vauban. The science is fascinating.
Sluis
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sluis+map&view=detailv2&&id=40E3AA4451DAE80BB0C3E847BEC2D712C5B5EDE7&selectedIndex=159&ccid=3ccAu0fs&simid=608018549429306966&thid=OIP.Mddc700bb47ec4035ecf70bff35289418o0&ajaxhist=0
Gravelines
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=gravelines&view=detailv2&&id=6666CE864CBFBEF8EE88420220E2C233C5B10988&selectedIndex=1&ccid=0yl%2bTva5&simid=607999342338443429&thid=OIP.Md3297e4ef6b990b4b6fcd025e08476a1H0&ajaxhist=0
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(http://s29.postimg.org/ibrf9uu5z/20160408_124640.jpg)
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My turn?
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/20141022_0802531_zps1c39d7dd.jpg)
It is the county hall in Kingston upon Thames.
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(http://s29.postimg.org/ibrf9uu5z/20160408_124640.jpg)
Is that from Spectrum 'The Hobbit' game?
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Nope. Nor is it a repository for props from Spinal Tap.
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It's wherever Newcastle last won away.
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(http://s29.postimg.org/ibrf9uu5z/20160408_124640.jpg)
2 Pi R
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Mmmmm, pi!
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Oh... I think I'm owed one or two, so:
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/PICT0263.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/PICT0263.jpg.html)
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Milton Keynes?
(http://legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/coat_48.png)
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Somewhere Spanish?
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Somewhere Spanish?
Oddly, absolutely NOT.
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I would guess Captain Cook's Mistake but it's apparently quite a big place.
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If that was for the bull, Dave, you're even further away than Jaded. As for the trilithon, that looks like it might be slate.
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Somewhere Spanish?
Oddly, absolutely NOT.
Gib?
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Portugal?
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Not in any part of Iberia.
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Essex?
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My second guess was - Italia?
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The bull : Camargue?
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Ruthie has the country.
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Sant'Agata Bolognese?
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Sant'Agata Bolognese?
Nope
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Somewhere near one of the airports in Rome.
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Nope. Not near Rome.
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On G**gle streetview, it's being passed by a cyclist.
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Bologna
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No
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Background looks vaguely familiar. Somewhere near Brescia?
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Only if you call 120 miles away "near"
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Is there a Lamborghini connection?
Sant'Agata Bolognese?
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Already suggested.
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It is indeed near a very famous bit of That Italia and there is a specific cycling connection.
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ok, so the bull's by a roadside in Italy, around 120 miles from Brescia, somewhere with a cycling connection.
Florence?
(Selected to host the 2013 UCI World Road Cycling Championships, according to Wikipedia. The clue that it's being passed by a cyclist on StreetView is slightly less helpful!)
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Not South... and the cycling connection has nothing to do with racing. Think tourist.
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Presumably the cycle tourist connection is that it's a place Steph has visited. But there are lots of those. :D
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Nope, it's a place specifically linked to cycle touring, as well as a general tourist hotspot.
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Trento?
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Whilst we are arguing over that I will leave you this...
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_4287.jpg)
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The front room in Chez The Pingu's after their wall issues have been resolved?
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Trento?
No, a REAL tourist hotspot for all sorts of tourists.
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around Lake Como, ???
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Nope. An ultratoristhotspot. But also wet.
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Ultra-touristical and wet says Venice, especially after a storm surge.
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I will give that one to M L. I have no idea why the statue is there, but it is in a private garden in Ca Pasquali, on the Via Pordelio just west of its junction with Via Sette Casoni. It is on the way from Punta Sabbioni's vaporetto terminal to the old European Bike Express terminus on the Adriatic Route, Caxallino.
It is a bloody huge thing.
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:thumbsup:
Mine is a wall, btw, not a floor.
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:thumbsup:
Mine is a wall, btw, not a floor.
In Bath?
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No not Bath.
It might be difficult to guess*, the clue is in the colour and the reason for it...
*hehe
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So you have a hole in the wall that is filled with a recycled slab that looks like it has had some form of incident - maybe a fire?
Reminiscent of Roman stone.
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You are quite hot there...
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Is a prologue involved?
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44303000/jpg/_44303180_howerd_203.jpg)
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...although Roman is wrong!
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Dublin near the GPO building?
Are bullets or gunfire the reason for the repair?
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UK mainland
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A total guess - Painswick Church. I know it came under canon fire during the civil war and there are 'wounds' still visible, but not sure if there were larger ones with dodgy repairs.
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Ok. Your timescale is pretty well spot on
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Great Fire of London?
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Arthur Brown Lived Here?
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No, it is in a town in a rural area.
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Is it Jaded's chimney?
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My chimney is 200 years too young ;D
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Bath? Looks that sort of stone.
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#6566 says no!
Bath stuff post dates this. My house was built in 1820ish, to add a bit more clue...
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Victoria's birthplace?
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are they bloodstained bricks from the English civil war, either a battle or a place of execution
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Blood stains should be brown, not red. I'd expect red to be heat such as fire damage. Or someone has been keen with the paint. Wondering why a hole of that size was there and what it was for
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No battle, and no execution. Fire was the cause. The Civil War was the setting, it's just the town, or the (landmark) building that the burnt stones came from that is needed.
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Chepstow castle?
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Wondering if it is to do with the Puritans' attempts at church cleaning after the Civil War (what a contradictory title that is). Failing that, Piet Mondrian's shed.
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One of the stories says that the owner set the fire...
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One of the stories says that the owner set the fire...
Mr Rochester's house out of Jane Eyre?
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One of the stories says that the owner set the fire...
Mr Rochester's house out of Jane Eyre?
;D ;D ;D
10 house points for Gruthindoor :thumbsup:
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So, it was one of the most important houses of its kind...
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(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8796/28336436774_7fbf7fd4ea_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KaZDqJ)
Where and what?
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(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn6/gaydisco/DSCF3531.jpg) (http://s300.photobucket.com/user/gaydisco/media/DSCF3531.jpg.html)
(It's in Derbyshire)
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(https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8796/28336436774_7fbf7fd4ea_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KaZDqJ)
Where and what?
Where: the Arve
What: some branches of acacias? ??
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A long way off on the where, I'm afraid, and neither are those trees acacias. By what I was thinking of the grey lump on the opposite bank, though.
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'Tis Brizzle, and the Feeder Canal.
The container is a giant birdhouse.
http://foregroundprojects.org.uk/projects/the-feeder-canal-sand-martin-colony-tue-greenfort/
Hmm, I'm a bit short of suitable photos. Gimme a moment.
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OK, so where ( and what ) is this?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1616/26371759545_b00770ca71_z.jpg)
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That is Thingvellir, Iceland, their old parliament place and the centre of the mid-Atlantic ridge.
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Been there...... for once I was on time for a picture I knew.
ETA: I also believe, unfortunately, it was used as the setting for an Audi advert.
ETA: and that's the church in the picture, and you're looking sort of N East..
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Quite correct. And extra points to Griffindor for pronouncing it Thingvellir, not Pingvellir.
( The Icelandic symbol Þ in Þingvellir is the Th-sound ).
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As opposed to Ɖingvellir, of course. The same symbol used in English and misused in such constructions as "Ye Olde etc". I did Geysir and Gullfoss on the same day. Smiled at the steam loco on Reykjavik's seafront, as the plate tectonic movement there sort of buggered up railways chop-chop!
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Thanks to both setter and identifier!
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'Tis Brizzle, and the Feeder Canal.
The container is a giant birdhouse.
http://foregroundprojects.org.uk/projects/the-feeder-canal-sand-martin-colony-tue-greenfort/
Hmm, I'm a bit short of suitable photos. Gimme a moment.
It is, of course.
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Here's a head scratcher for you all!
(as it was for me stitching it from a smidge over 100 photos...)
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8547/30128977332_c1648b107e_b.jpg)
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Discworld?
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Discworld?
;D
Lol!
A wee clue, is it is a Wee Planet of a place in Fife... :)
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Not getting there, but still admiring the picture and its production.
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Not getting there, but still admiring the picture and its production.
:thumbsup:
Final clue is the Limekilns present in the photo! :)
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Charlestown.
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Enjoyed some more map-gazing, thanks Brian!
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Charlestown.
Ah yes! I can see that now. East Harbour Road in that shot.
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Is that Charlestown south of St Austell? or one of the many others
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It's the one near the North end of the Forth Bridge.
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0981.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/IMG_0981.jpg.html)
An easy one
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Is it South coast?
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Or East coast?
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Pass
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Puts me in mind of Jersey for some reason.
Feel free to tell me if I'm talking bollocks. it's nothing out of the ordinary for me . . .
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South Shields https://goo.gl/maps/j2BzuqkquhD2
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/uqx3j9ipxqg1n0t/DSCF1611_zpspayzp2yn.jpg?raw=1)
A precise location if possible.
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Shields indeed. That's Marsden Rock just offshore. Here's just up the coast from the same flight.
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/IMG_0982.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/IMG_0982.jpg.html)
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Andrew_s-North Yorkshire Moors , Wheeldale or back of Fylingdale EWS?
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Andrew_s-North Yorkshire Moors , Wheeldale or back of Fylingdale EWS?
BZZT! It's North YORK Moors
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Bicknoller Post, on the Qantocks?
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Dallow Moor?
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Quantocks, but not Bicknoller, so its the other one
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Another circular conundrum for you, found it while checking my archives.
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5713/30917981726_408e16667a_z.jpg) :)
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Linlithgow?
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Linlithgow?
No More?
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You proclaiming your answer?
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Howwood ?
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You proclaiming your answer?
I couldn't possibly say, but I wrote it in a Letter...
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(https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/172/31503200375_9301a0f883_k.jpg)
The Golden Arches - but where ?
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Don't know, but the rider in red will love that picture.
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I've been there! But can I remember where... ???
Knaresborough?
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(https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/172/31503200375_9301a0f883_k.jpg)
The Golden Arches - but where ?
I've been there! But can I remember where... ???
Knaresborough?
well, it's in Wales...
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Yep. Definitely been there. Hrmph. Vague memories of a trip from Oxford to Aber. The route was not direct... (but maybe not via Yorkshire...)
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Off one of the roads up to Brynamman, and not too far from Pontardawe.. Ynyscedwyn.
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(https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/172/31503200375_9301a0f883_k.jpg)
Mae'r ateb Steph yn gywir.
not too far from Pontardawe.. Ynyscedwyn.
Steph's answer is correct
We cycled pretty much all the way from Swansea off road on NCN 43 via Pontardawe.
Former iron and tinplate works active until ~ 1880
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I used to go that way every year, to a motorbike rally near Llanddeusant, and after you pass all the Tawe villages and Brynamman you come over a pass with a really twisty descent, much used by tossers on TV car shows. At the crest of the pass there's a quarry (marked Herbert's quarry) off a side road, and the place is/was shaped just like a stage and auditorium. Views to the north are stunning.
I used the rally as an opener in my novel 'Cold feet' and I fictionalised a road crash there for 'Ride On'. Oddly, the real crash was one I was most unfortunate to see on the A82 by Lochan na h'Achlaise. Car, boulder, front-hinged bonnet sheared and driven back through the windscreen, unbelievable quantity of blood. I spent a while in the first place I could pull over before I was well enough to ride on.
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Try this one:
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/P4280001.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/P4280001.jpg.html)
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(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/P4280001.jpg)
Hereford/Leominster - a church in one of the B+W villages ?
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Not a church, but you have the right island.
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I'll put another pic up in a bit, but while I took that photo to tray and get some contrast between sweeping curves and two sets of straight verticals, I will add one clue: it is not rural in setting.
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Framlingham ?
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Here's another part of it
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae29/cyclisttony/P4280002.jpg) (http://s954.photobucket.com/user/cyclisttony/media/P4280002.jpg.html)
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It has a moat.
Could it be an MP's residence ?
(old gag, now)
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Lol, no.
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Ightham Mote?
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Ightham Mote?
I think not.
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Ightham Mote?
Well, that's a mote point, but no.
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Another ane from my archives:
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/446/31768904351_30ba1569c2_z.jpg)
Probably needs local knowledge to guess the place...
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Can't look at that one at work chiz.
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Another ane from my archives:
Probably needs local knowledge to guess the place...
County Durham?
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Another ane from my archives:
Probably needs local knowledge to guess the place...
County Durham?
Lol, I forgot i posted the same image back in November. Anyway the answer is Saline Folly, at Saline, Fife
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Putting that up twice, did you feel a bit of a drip?
IHMYATTIW
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A clue: it is NOT rural.
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There are buildings like that in Shrewsbury......
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...but not that one.
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Oh, and south of Shrews.
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So, The Marches - say Ludlow? It's similar instyle to Stokesay Castle, though I think the gable would be in the wrong place for that.
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No, not 'just south of Shrews' but generally south of Shrews. And not in The Marches, either set.
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The thick plottens!
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Ross-on-Wye? I'm sure I've seen it somewhere.
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Ross-on-Wye? I'm sure I've seen it somewhere.
Nope. A way east of that place, and not 'just east'.
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Hmm. The other place I was thinking of, for no clear reason, was the Cadbury place in Brum.
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Further east, further south.
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So, a Shakespeare connection?
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Only very, very obliquely.
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Stumped.
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Shakespeare was involved in a play about the owner
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Nope. Still stumped.
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Is it in Forrin?
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Wild guess - Hampton Court.
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Wild guess - Hampton Court.
Right part of the country. Ish.
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Lord Chancellor's Lodgings adjacent to Eltham Palace.
Click n' Scroll (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltham)
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Lord Chancellor's Lodgings adjacent to Eltham Palace.
Click n' Scroll (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltham)
Jurek takes the palmares. Told you it wasn't rural. Surprisingly lovely little spot in Sarf Eees Lahnd'n.
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Sarf Ees Londres does have some surprisingly nice spots.
This isn't one of them ;)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8799/17965065142_cb2f4ab8ae_b.jpg)
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Chain's a bit slack.
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;D
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I feel I have an unfair advantage so
https://goo.gl/maps/wihiCkpmEEN2
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You do.
But that's good enough.
I deliberately cropped the top off Cascades - otherwise it'd prolly be too obvs.
You'd be surprised if you knew how long it took for that to be recognised in a similar quiz on Another Forum.... ;)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1HPiYcXAAA7tRZ.jpg)
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https://goo.gl/maps/D8ifvsac1xz
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Indeed, Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas.
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Whoop!
I'm a) conscious of thread-hogging and
b) have little to offer at the mo.
On which basis I'm more than happy for someone else to take the mantle, as it were....
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Here's possibly an easy one.
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/474/31684442450_d0856834bb.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QgR3Sw)Interior (https://flic.kr/p/QgR3Sw) by Ian Hennessey (https://www.flickr.com/photos/8302062@N04/), on Flickr
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Ooooh, ooh, is it the Colosseum?
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Ooooh, ooh, is it the Colosseum?
Not quite so exotic.
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Top deck of Rochester Castle?
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Top deck of Rochester Castle?
Looks like it to me
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On the assumption that the old house round the corner from here is indeed the correct answer (bit awks if I'm wrong), then here one from the first run out on the current road bike a few moons ago. Unidentified harriers just out of shot.
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f274/johnnyhallyday/Carse/DSC00080.jpg)
Need a bit more than just the name of the river. City just around the corner acceptable answer...
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Top deck of Rochester Castle?
Looks like it to me
Yup.
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River Wye. Monmouth?
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More to Chepstow end? Looks like sea horizon in distance.
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The river flows in the other direction. Although the sea is over that horizon somewhere, it is much faster to get to the sea if you head left, as it were.
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I'm wondering whether it's Newport on the Usk.
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There is a Newport nearby, but it is not on the Usk.
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Not the Tamar and Launceston?
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This is all very southern. A little too southern. Photo taken not far a folly that was built to make the river look more Rhine-like.
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Perth, Tay.near Kinnoull.
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Bingo. Here is one taken by someone else from just around the corner looking in the opposite direction:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/114/256839183_0bf91257ef_b.jpg)
Sadly I never cycled those roads often. Some lovely roads too.
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Someone run with this while I see what else I have!
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A very easy one to fill in the time till Steph gets back:
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/432/31375021130_f4a2f337d4_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PNvbGb)
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Ah, it's the famous bus shelter on the B1666 between Seldom Whinges and Nether Regions.
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Remarkably close in every way other than geography. :D
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Marsh Gibbon?
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Marsh Gibbon?
Closer, both in terms of distance and, especially, name.
Clue: it's not a bus stop.
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It's not a bus stop. It's not a Gibbon. It's in Wiltshire.
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From the bin bag it's a railway station. Dilton Marsh?
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:thumbsup:
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I'm owed one, so here's a video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEF2CzwDueg
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I'm owed one, so here's a video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEF2CzwDueg
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2527103/Whoa-boy-Giant-Shire-horses-called-tackle-overgrown-woodland-New-Forest-conditions-deemed-dense-boggy-heavy-machinery.html ?
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Those are Percherons, as the article says, albeit with a bit of flannel about Shires. That's 'Percherons' as in 'Mortagne au Perche', and in the miseheard Spandau Ballet lyric, 'I don't need this Percheron'.
The horses in my video are Belgian Ardennes, working on PAWS Restoration. The speech is a layman's guide to what that means in practice, activated by proximity. It must freak the deer out a bit.
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Here's a head spinner for you:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2600/31965717914_fbab4eb44f_c.jpg)
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That's the Kincardine bridge.
Taken from down on that little sticky-out bit:
https://goo.gl/maps/2Cq33Zj3bKn
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(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4242/35372975161_583a4e0439_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VTMK96)
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Haresfield?
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Right general region, wrong county though.
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Kirtlington??
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Colder!
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Uley
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Warmer.
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Uley is warmer, but Haresfield is in the wrong county?
Westridge Woods
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Bradley Stoke
http://www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/the-hollow-tree-pb-bradley-stoke-sign.jpg (http://www.bradleystokejournal.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/the-hollow-tree-pb-bradley-stoke-sign.jpg)
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Savernake?
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Uley is warmer, but Haresfield is in the wrong county?
Westridge Woods
Uley is warmer than Kirtlington. Haresfield is the warmest so far. You all need to head northwest a bit.
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Holme Lacy?
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Right county!
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Not much has happened here recently, so here's one...
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/PA270227.jpg)
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Clifton Suspension Bridge, from the Pill path
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Yes and no.
From the water :)
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Ah yes, I forgot that possibility :facepalm:
Here's another watery one:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4450/26242717419_0b292323d6_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FYYMBa)
(taken 10/05/17)
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Norwegian flags?
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Correct
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I was thinking Ullapool, as I hadn't seen the flags.
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Not Ullapool, and the flags are relevant.
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Definitely not Ullapool
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The houses in the background appear to be more British than Scandinavian and the hills and vegetation are similar to some of the Orkney Islands.
Orkney was owned by Norway a few centuries ago.
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Ullapool to Orkney is heading in the right direction.
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Lochinver.
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Not Lochinver - but it was on a bus route.
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My other thought was Shetland.
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My other thought was Shetland.
Nothing wrong with second thoughts - but where, and why would a bus route have Norwegian flags?
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Scrabster?
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Prince Olav slipway, Scalloway, Shetland.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Prince_Olav_slipway.JPG/1280px-Prince_Olav_slipway.JPG)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland_bus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland_bus)
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Prince Olav slipway, Scalloway, Shetland.
..
Correct :thumbsup:
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(https://scontent.flhr2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21317784_987780628028229_5140817611138154627_n.jpg?oh=c7c81a34537871f681a06cb2c8fbab0e&oe=5A6E2E07)
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Transportation Museum in Glasgow?
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Prince Olav slipway, Scalloway, Shetland.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Prince_Olav_slipway.JPG/1280px-Prince_Olav_slipway.JPG)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland_bus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland_bus)
Doh-I completely missed the "bus " bit . I have the book by David Howarth R.N.V.R.
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Transportation Museum in Glasgow?
No.
Note outfit in display case...
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Prince Olav slipway, Scalloway, Shetland.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Prince_Olav_slipway.JPG/1280px-Prince_Olav_slipway.JPG)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland_bus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland_bus)
Doh-I completely missed the "bus " bit . I have the book by David Howarth R.N.V.R.
Though I spent six months in Shetland, I never visited Scalloway.
I had heard of the Shetland Bus so Googled. Don't know if that's 'cheating'!
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If Google isn't cheating then your pic is of Liberace's Bradley GT which is housed in the former residence of Michael Jackson. The outfit clicked before I could read the name on the car, so I had the Jackson connection.
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As I have difficulty with the "I got that, so it's me next" flow of the thread (mainly where it breaks down and there are 6 months between postings)
Here's another. Sorry.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/PA300034.jpg)
Clues available. If needed.
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Transportation Museum in Glasgow?
No.
Note outfit in display case...
Is it something to do with Prince?
<edit> oh, possibly another Prince! </edit>
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If Google isn't cheating then your pic is of Liberace's Bradley GT which is housed in the former residence of Michael Jackson. The outfit clicked before I could read the name on the car, so I had the Jackson connection.
Indeed. I shamelessly snaffled partner's pic of the Liberace Garage, Las Vegas.
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A clue for the curtain one - today there's a train there
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Cinema? Murder on the Orient Express?
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Yes. But which one?
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I'm going to guess that it is the Odeon Leicester square, and that you took the photo during your work for MIND at their annual awards.
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Close enough ;D
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4517/38318865111_baf56ac117_z.jpg)
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Stockholm?
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Probably Abu Dhabi or similar exotic 'unlikely' location. There are Sjømannskirken all over the place.
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Probably Abu Dhabi or similar exotic 'unlikely' location. There are Sjømannskirken all over the place.
Backdrop doesn't look like Middle East ;D
More like Swansea
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Well done (https://goo.gl/maps/Q9q6rJAqZn92).
Now a jewellery place, hence the lack of the corporate Sjømannskirken logo/typeface.
(closed as a church 1998, taken down and moved to its current location in 2004)
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That is not Swedish but Nog , and it is Swansea
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Da iawn pawb !
It is Swansea; I was there on Wednesday visiting a very swanky dental practice on the dock.
'SA1' would appear to be the cool-and-groovy address for Jacks -or more likely retirees/yachties.
But I think it has stood in the same place as when I cycled past as a medical student in 1980's ?
(Wikipedia confirms, moved in 1910 from Newport - probably made of Norgwegian timber !)
Norwegian church Cardiff is far more glam as it is where Roald Dahl was christened .
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As I have difficulty with the "I got that, so it's me next" flow of the thread .
Here's another.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4538/38341745071_2cd493d5b9_z.jpg)
I didn't scroll271 pages to see if it's previously been submitted, either.
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Da iawn pawb !
Norwegian church Cardiff is far more glam as it is where Roald Dahl was christened .
I think there are plans afoot to redevelop that area. :(
Dave Lewis ran some Audax events from there. I think I rode the GLAMorgan Glory on my Pedersen.
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I think there are plans afoot to redevelop that area.
It's pretty much complete, Helly. SA1 is now the swanky part on the Uni.
The Swansea - Cork ferry used to sail from 1/2 mile away down the dock.
A local yokel, fishing on the quay told me more about the plan for a car ferry service to Ilfracombe - still on hold.
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Is it my go? No. But this one is topical – I spotted it yesterday – so I'm posting it today.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4518/38355594212_63c9cab090_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21rmrSu)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4525/38331158226_3c62034f24_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21pccUo)
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(Another very good one!)
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Which analysis solves easily enough. But I don't know meddyg's.
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Shall I complete it and say 'Westwell'?
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Not my go either but what the hey.
Not usual first thing the tourists flock to in this town but it was for me:
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq18/SoreTween/Misc/20171112_150943_zpsnxrnm5bi.jpg)
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The Virgo gravitational wave detector, near Pisa
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(https://www.dropbox.com/s/9qfdgi4av82t1gv/DSCF1664.jpg?raw=1)
Where's this?
(if it's visible?)
Hmm - perhaps not a well chosen challenge - 89 of the first 100 hits on a google image search are of the same bridge
No Googling!
Not visible.
Google tells me that it's "copy dropbox link", then change ?dl=0 to ?raw=1 at the end of the URL
Is it visible now?
If that doesn't work, I'll try a different photobucket alternative
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Spot on Andrew.
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reminder - no one's had a stab yet ? (not a clue)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4538/38341745071_2cd493d5b9_z.jpg)
I thought cyclists would recognise it (clue).
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Meriden.
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Correct.
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Yes indeed - centre of Britain - nowhere is further from the sea.
A coast to coast ride might go St David's - Meriden - King's Lynn ..
Here's the view looking back down the village green
(http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/43/58/4435885_4bbe1ada.jpg)
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Yes indeed - centre of Britain - nowhere is further from the sea.
A coast to coast ride might go St David's - Meriden - King's Lynn ..
Good idea! Planning, planning...
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I immediately thought 'Meriden', but was more familiar with the other obelisk! On the subject of inlandiness, when I was at Lufbra there was a pub outside the campus called "The Sea Around Us", on the logic that it was equidistant between wet bits. Unfortunately, some soulless tossers renamed it "Junction 23" after the roundabout just up the road, J23 of the M1.
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ohm and that's Exmoor. Allerford. April and I spent several breaks around there.
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My late partner Carolyn and I stayed here
http://www.britainexpress.com/images/accommodation/lr/LR194618.jpg
And April and I usually made our way past Dunkery to here
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/52093259_24500b754b.jpg
Edited to add: I have some lovely shots of the area, under snow, including one great walk across Dunkery and another up the Doone valley (see earlier Guess the Place item) but the new photopail charges stop me posting them. I used pics from the other side of the water in Ogmore for another GTP item, and a pic of those cliffs for the cover of my novel 'Sisters'. It was odd being by Dunraven in Ogmore, looking over to Dunkery on Exmoor, and knowing both places. Here's the book cover:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sisters-Sussex-Border-Stories-Book-ebook/dp/B076KB1C8H/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510860299&sr=8-1&keywords=sussex+border+stories
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ohm and that's Exmoor. Allerford. April and I spent several breaks around there.
Indeed.
It's a fairly obvious route to take on a bike if you are heading eastward from Porlock and want to minimise the A39.
It was on the cover of the relevant OS map, in a previous edition.
And April and I usually made our way past Dunkery to here
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/52093259_24500b754b.jpg
I have some lovely shots of the area, under snow, including one great walk across Dunkery and another up the Doone valley (see earlier Guess the Place item) but the new photopail charges stop me posting them.
I was staying by Washford Cross, so I went in there a few times
My Photobucket is still working, but I'm in the process of transferring my images and associated links to Dropbox, in anticipation of them getting round to blocking my direct links. I shall continue at a faster pace, now you've confirmed that other people can see the photos.
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It's why I haven't posted anything here for a while, as I don't have an alternative linking system since photobucket went stupid.
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A reworking of one of my Wee Planets.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4579/38852394211_be1368a950_c.jpg)
It is a real location (hint, not very far away from a large Salty Lump in Fife), just Gimped to Infinity and Beyond. :)
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An answer to a question I posed a long time ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVhX0Cu4ZoA
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Can't believe this thread has been so quiet. So here is one that shouldn't be Googled...
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/P1190454.jpg)
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Well, I did Google and am better informed as a result.
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Hmmmm ....text made me think "St Pauls" but I know that isn't the fire memorial
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Right part of the country, unless you are thinking Bristol
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Pure guess here, but is it the Postman's Park with the 'self sacrifice' memorial?
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A guess, but not correct.
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Ha! I never came back on this!
It is in the Armorers and Braziers Hall in London.
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And, as penitence, I have a new place to guess.
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/guess-the-place-2023-04.jpg)
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The vaults underneath Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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;D
Indeed! Just been on a visit.
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Spookois!
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The ironic (or is it?) thing is, I've never been. But your photo is extremely similar to those which appear in the "CSB tours have started up again" articles.
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It was taken in the same place ;D
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Some photos just HAVE to be. I snapped a shot of a dry lake on the way up from Esperance to Norseman WA, and have since found the same shot on various other articles.
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(https://i.ibb.co/M81Dyzr/IMG-7222.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pWKv6Hc)
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Idly, having forgotten about this thread, I went back to its beginnings had a look.
I was engrossed, until I saw the page count. But I had seen a post with these in it. I've been passing them, occasionally, for about 9 years. So, today, I took an up to date photo...
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/Tubes.jpg)
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I go past these twice every day, on the ginger line.
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No guessing involved here, either
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I was able to get a streetview of the exact location by simply googling the phrase "Citezenm Hotel Shoreditch"!
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Was on my commute for ten years.
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On a parallel note, when I rode out of Budapest to the airport, I stopped for a McDrink and McLeak in an establishment I can no longer find on any map, with an Antonov-2 as part of the restaurant.
This is someone else's pic
https://www.flickr.com/photos/srkirad/49343761631/
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Found it: Kerepesi Utca in Pest. Still there.
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(https://i.ibb.co/M81Dyzr/IMG-7222.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pWKv6Hc)
Is that a hint of aurora in that pic?
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11 months on...
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/P3290109.jpg)
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Boathouse Row. Philadelphia.
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:thumbsup: