The "guess the place" thread

[Steph]

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.

[Peter]

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.

[billplumtree]

Not 'shopped, Peter, I promise.  It was my photo    More here.  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.

[Salvatore]

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.

[Steph]

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.

[Hot Flatus]

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

[Peter]

@ 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.

[rogerzilla]

Here's a painfully hard one.  If you can work out what the building is, you can probably google the rest.

[Tewdric]

Is it a Royal Observer Corps bunker?

[jogler]

an audax kip-stop?

[rogerzilla]

Is it a Royal Observer Corps bunker?

No, but it is a bunker.  Obviously.

[LindaG]

Is it one of those bunkers near Box Hill?

[rogerzilla]

No, and I don't think there is one of this type there.  They are always near major industrial towns (big clue).

[Adrian]

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?

[plum]

Was the first hit I found on google image search, but I won't spoil the fun.

[rogerzilla]

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.

[Cudzoziemiec]

It doesn't look like a Molotov bunker.

[Peter]

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?

[rogerzilla]

Nope.  This is more about burning the stuff.

[Peter]

A Flatus test-bed?

[plum]

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.

[rogerzilla]

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.

[plum]

Cool. Here's mine, easy enough I would think.

[Steph]

Wherever in New Zealand they filmed the LotR under Peter Jackson

[plum]

Wrong continent. No idea how old those things are either, though they're in the grounds of a 1000 year old building.