Author Topic: The "guess the place" thread (Read 903127 times)

JStone · « **Reply #4475 on:** 07 November, 2011, 08:22:25 pm »

Tewdric has it - looking upstream along the Seine towards La Défense, on the way home after PBP

Jaded · « **Reply #4476 on:** 07 November, 2011, 08:38:11 pm »

Damn. It wasn't Swindon.

I'm rather glad that work prevented me from suggesting that now.

Tewdric · « **Reply #4477 on:** 07 November, 2011, 08:50:20 pm »

Something a bit more summery:

Jaded · « **Reply #4478 on:** 07 November, 2011, 09:16:08 pm »

OK, so we are looking for somewhere that has a horizon that defies gravity!

Is it The Electric Brae?

Tewdric · « **Reply #4479 on:** 07 November, 2011, 09:16:56 pm »

..or a distracted photographer!

Jaded · « **Reply #4480 on:** 07 November, 2011, 09:17:15 pm »

rogerzilla · « **Reply #4481 on:** 07 November, 2011, 09:53:25 pm »

That's way too hard - it could be anywhere with badly-dressed tourists.

Tewdric · « **Reply #4482 on:** 07 November, 2011, 10:08:37 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 07 November, 2011, 09:53:25 pm

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!

Dinamo · « **Reply #4483 on:** 07 November, 2011, 10:25:26 pm »

Fistral Beach, Newquay ?

Tewdric · « **Reply #4484 on:** 07 November, 2011, 10:27:44 pm »

A lot further south.

clarion · « **Reply #4485 on:** 07 November, 2011, 10:31:21 pm »

Lanzarote?

Tewdric · « **Reply #4486 on:** 07 November, 2011, 10:34:22 pm »

Yep! Can you name the beach? You have it though.

Riggers · « **Reply #4487 on:** 08 November, 2011, 08:44:14 am »

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.

Tewdric · « **Reply #4488 on:** 08 November, 2011, 08:47:19 am »

That's the one. Highly recommended btw!

Riggers · « **Reply #4489 on:** 08 November, 2011, 08:51:39 am »

Lots of sharks frequent that bay apparently!

On one ride I saw about 100 camels all in a line plodding along.

David Martin · « **Reply #4490 on:** 08 November, 2011, 10:32:29 am »

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..)

Clicky

clarion · « **Reply #4491 on:** 08 November, 2011, 10:35:25 am »

Quote from: Tewdric on 07 November, 2011, 10:34:22 pm

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.

Riggers · « **Reply #4492 on:** 08 November, 2011, 10:41:21 am »

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.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #4493 on:** 08 November, 2011, 05:23:12 pm »

Difficult? This is my current desktop.

Jurek · « **Reply #4494 on:** 08 November, 2011, 05:46:04 pm »

Nice.
Very Ansel Adams.
No idea where it is, thobut.

hatler · « **Reply #4495 on:** 08 November, 2011, 06:03:53 pm »

Stourhead ?

rogerzilla · « **Reply #4496 on:** 08 November, 2011, 08:06:48 pm »

Bastard!

Got it in two. Rollei infrared film.

Adrian · « **Reply #4497 on:** 08 November, 2011, 09:14:30 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 08 November, 2011, 08:06:48 pm

Bastard! Got it in two. Rollei infrared film.

We could have done "Guess the filmstock" as a separate game.

hatler · « **Reply #4498 on:** 08 November, 2011, 09:16:28 pm »

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.

Peter · « **Reply #4499 on:** 08 November, 2011, 10:08:21 pm »

Is it The Eiger from the south?