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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2250 on: 03 December, 2009, 07:15:53 pm »
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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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2251 on: 03 December, 2009, 07:59:48 pm »
Scafell Pike

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2252 on: 03 December, 2009, 08:47:33 pm »
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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2253 on: 03 December, 2009, 10:19:40 pm »
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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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2254 on: 03 December, 2009, 10:42:08 pm »
Scafell Pike
Not that high!
Gowbarrow?
The only other one I can think of would be Loughrigg

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2255 on: 04 December, 2009, 01:13:03 am »
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)

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2256 on: 04 December, 2009, 08:00:18 am »

Fairfield?

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2257 on: 04 December, 2009, 10:00:27 am »
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.
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Re: The "guess the place" thread
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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2259 on: 04 December, 2009, 10:12:21 am »

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2260 on: 04 December, 2009, 12:32:43 pm »
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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2261 on: 04 December, 2009, 03:24:17 pm »

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.


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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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2262 on: 04 December, 2009, 03:29:31 pm »
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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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2263 on: 04 December, 2009, 08:47:03 pm »
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2264 on: 04 December, 2009, 10:08:52 pm »
The Louvre?
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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2265 on: 04 December, 2009, 10:12:48 pm »
Probably not Peterlee.

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2266 on: 04 December, 2009, 10:33:14 pm »
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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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2267 on: 05 December, 2009, 03:02:32 am »
Probably not Peterlee.
"It is an insult to Peterlee"
How could anyone manage to insult Peterlee?

Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2268 on: 05 December, 2009, 03:43:25 am »
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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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2269 on: 05 December, 2009, 08:56:32 am »
Probably not Peterlee.
"It is an insult to Peterlee"
How could anyone manage to insult Peterlee?
;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2270 on: 05 December, 2009, 09:23:23 am »
Probably not Peterlee.

Not Peterlee and not geographically close. Alphabetically close though.
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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2271 on: 05 December, 2009, 10:52:33 am »
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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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2272 on: 05 December, 2009, 11:06:48 am »
Not Peterlee and not geographically close. Alphabetically close though.

Pure guess  - Peterborough?

It's descriptively close too -

Probably not Peterlee.
"It is an insult to Peterlee"
How could anyone manage to insult Peterlee? Peterborough
;D ;D ;D ;D


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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2273 on: 05 December, 2009, 11:13:54 am »
Poole?

If I've read the BBC Dorset news website correctly, it being replaced with a Real TreeTM.


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Re: The "guess the place" thread
« Reply #2274 on: 05 December, 2009, 11:33:09 am »
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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