Author Topic: The "guess the place" thread  (Read 890203 times)

SoreTween

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6775 on: 13 November, 2017, 07:29:07 pm »
Not my go either but what the hey. 
Not usual first thing the tourists flock to in this town but it was for me:

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6776 on: 13 November, 2017, 11:25:42 pm »
The Virgo gravitational wave detector, near Pisa

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6777 on: 13 November, 2017, 11:53:29 pm »

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

SoreTween

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6778 on: 14 November, 2017, 06:17:55 am »
Spot on Andrew.
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There is only one infinite resource in this universe; human stupidity.

meddyg

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6779 on: 14 November, 2017, 08:30:06 am »
reminder - no one's had a stab yet ? (not a clue)




I thought cyclists would recognise it (clue).

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6780 on: 14 November, 2017, 08:50:06 am »
Meriden.
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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6781 on: 14 November, 2017, 12:28:01 pm »
Correct.

meddyg

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6782 on: 14 November, 2017, 10:21:06 pm »
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



Cudzoziemiec

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6783 on: 15 November, 2017, 10:23:15 am »
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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Steph

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6784 on: 16 November, 2017, 07:10:27 pm »
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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Steph

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6785 on: 16 November, 2017, 07:14:28 pm »
ohm and that's Exmoor. Allerford. April and I spent several breaks around there.
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Steph

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6786 on: 16 November, 2017, 07:20:23 pm »
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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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6787 on: 17 November, 2017, 11:53:35 pm »
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.

Steph

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6788 on: 18 November, 2017, 01:00:47 am »
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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BrianI

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6789 on: 05 December, 2017, 03:22:54 pm »
A reworking of one of my Wee Planets. 



It is a real location (hint, not very far away from a large Salty Lump in Fife), just Gimped to Infinity and Beyond.  :)

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6790 on: 27 January, 2018, 05:47:58 pm »
An answer to a question I posed a long time ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVhX0Cu4ZoA

Jaded

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6791 on: 31 January, 2019, 11:01:13 pm »
Can't believe this thread has been so quiet. So here is one that shouldn't be Googled...

It is simpler than it looks.

hellymedic

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6792 on: 31 January, 2019, 11:48:31 pm »
Well, I did Google and am better informed as a result.

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6793 on: 01 February, 2019, 10:56:15 am »
Hmmmm ....text made me think "St Pauls" but I know that isn't the fire memorial

Jaded

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6794 on: 01 February, 2019, 11:28:09 am »
Right part of the country, unless you are thinking Bristol
It is simpler than it looks.

Steph

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6795 on: 02 February, 2019, 06:03:21 pm »
Pure guess here, but is it the Postman's Park with the 'self sacrifice' memorial?
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Jaded

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6796 on: 02 February, 2019, 10:04:16 pm »
A guess, but not correct.
It is simpler than it looks.

Jaded

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6797 on: 20 April, 2023, 09:08:56 pm »
Ha! I never came back on this!

It is in the Armorers and Braziers Hall in London.
It is simpler than it looks.

Jaded

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6798 on: 20 April, 2023, 09:09:28 pm »
And, as penitence, I have a new place to guess.

It is simpler than it looks.

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #6799 on: 20 April, 2023, 09:27:46 pm »
The vaults underneath Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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