Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Neil on May 29, 2013, 11:28:55 pm
Title: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on May 29, 2013, 11:28:55 pm
Just thought I'd start a new thread with a nautical topic........entitled "where in the world".........
rules are simple..guess where and then put your own place with a nautical theme for the next person to guess..............must have a nautical theme though..........
here's the first..........and just to get the ship rolling.............it's dog simple.
Title: Re: WHERE IN THE WORLD?
Post by: grasshopper on May 29, 2013, 11:50:19 pm
Liverpool?
Captain walker, scourge of the u boats....
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Post by: Norseman on May 29, 2013, 11:56:17 pm
You mean the clue and the cushion was a red herring? It's not Labrador?
Pierhead was crowded for the Battle of the Atlantic celebrations and the band was in fine form too
Dave
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Post by: Neil on May 30, 2013, 12:05:29 am
over to you grasshopper............ :-))
Title: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 31, 2015, 02:14:17 pm
When out for the day today...... Where in the world? :-)
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Post by: inertia on May 31, 2015, 05:06:02 pm
Frinton? Trusthorpe? Scrabster? Gizza clue. DM
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Post by: rnli12 on May 31, 2015, 05:19:32 pm
Off Alexandria?
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Post by: grendel on May 31, 2015, 05:25:14 pm
at the seaside
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Post by: jimmy2310 on May 31, 2015, 05:34:36 pm
Fleetwood!
Jimmy
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Post by: inertia on May 31, 2015, 05:35:40 pm
Lowestoft.
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on May 31, 2015, 05:58:53 pm
Wherever it is it looks ruddy cold so I'm going to opt for where facing the North Sea.
LB
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Post by: dodes on May 31, 2015, 06:43:41 pm
Where ever it is, they have a posh sewer marker!!!!
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Post by: Danny on May 31, 2015, 06:47:03 pm
Has Martin been playing with his serpent (in Lowestoft - correct Dave! :)
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Post by: ballastanksian on May 31, 2015, 07:57:51 pm
Berkshire?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 31, 2015, 10:45:33 pm
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 06, 2015, 11:29:33 pm
Oo! Forgot about this topic!
Where in the world?
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Post by: boneash on July 07, 2015, 12:32:27 am
Would it be Tenby, if my memory of Grand Designs serves??
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Post by: Netleyned on July 07, 2015, 07:17:12 am
Defo Tenby. :-))
Ned
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Post by: ballastanksian on July 07, 2015, 08:10:03 am
Somewhere in Cornwall?
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Post by: Klunk on July 07, 2015, 08:13:26 am
kids tv balamory!!!! pmsl :} :D ;D
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Post by: Netleyned on July 07, 2015, 08:40:48 am
On the photo you can see the old and new lifeboathouses. I remember going to the old one in 1956 to see the new watson lifeboat Henry Comber Brown It was state of the rt at the time. The building on the pier was RAF Tenby home to two ASRL's during the war. I remember in the 50's there was a detachment from Pembroke Dock with a 60' Pinnace usually riding to a buoy just off the lifeboat slip.
Ned
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 07, 2015, 08:56:44 am
Blinking 'ell, you guys not only know everything but have also been everywhere!
Correct, it's Tenby in South Wales
OK, where in the world?
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Post by: boneash on July 07, 2015, 09:06:48 am
Oh just a short trip around the coast I think... Milford Haven??
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Post by: ballastanksian on July 07, 2015, 08:00:54 pm
Harwich?
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 07, 2015, 10:01:43 pm
Milford Haven - Correct!
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 08, 2015, 07:17:23 am
Where in the world?
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Post by: g6swj on July 08, 2015, 07:44:29 am
The propellor of the liner Lusitania on display at Albert Dock, Liverpool, outside the Merseyside Maritime Museum?
Jonathan
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 08, 2015, 09:41:52 am
You guys are too good for me!
CORRECT! - Propeller of the liner Lusitania on display at Albert Dock, Liverpool, outside the Merseyside Maritime Museum
I know, I'm going to take a photo inside my airing cupboard tonight, let's see you smart Alex guess that!!! :P
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Post by: ballastanksian on July 08, 2015, 11:07:23 am
Er, Will there be room? I assume all non model boat stuff is stored there, so no room for you or your box brownie:O)
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Post by: Stavros on July 08, 2015, 11:23:44 am
Right Martin Stav to your rescue these 2 pics SHOULD slow them down ....I HOPE
Lisbon - Henry the Aggravator's memorial. I saw it in 1964!
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Post by: Netleyned on July 08, 2015, 01:56:06 pm
Wylfa power station ?
Ned
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Post by: Stavros on July 08, 2015, 05:58:05 pm
No not Wylfa at all
Dave
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Post by: Netleyned on July 08, 2015, 06:04:56 pm
Holyhead ?
Ned
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Post by: Stavros on July 08, 2015, 06:06:26 pm
Around 60 miles away from it Ned
Dave
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Post by: cos918 on July 08, 2015, 06:07:51 pm
the Warwick chemical plant near Mostyn
john
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Post by: Stavros on July 08, 2015, 07:50:37 pm
10/10 John.....Martin this lot are far to good
Dave
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: cos918 on July 08, 2015, 08:22:58 pm
Warwick is one of my customers. So I know the area a bit . I do like that little model shop down the road from there .
john
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Stavros on July 08, 2015, 08:36:29 pm
Yeah not bad at all they can be a funny bunch sometimes lol.....I do a lot of sea fishing in Mostyn and Behind the Model shop at Greenfeild
Dave
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 08, 2015, 11:01:50 pm
Seeing that nobody else has jumped in here is a nice little Yorker.
LB
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Post by: derekwarner on July 08, 2015, 11:16:18 pm
With the size of the vertical bars on all of the windows would suggest a form of detainment or correctional facility in far north Queensland .... :o.. ...we certainly did not have this sort of luxury for the First <*< Fleeters to OZ...Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 08, 2015, 11:28:18 pm
Oh!! So close.
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Post by: ballastanksian on July 09, 2015, 01:30:50 pm
Somewhere in New Zealand?
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 09, 2015, 01:37:48 pm
No not NZ, Derek was sooooo close; there is a little bit of a clue in the words.
LB
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Post by: Jerry C on July 09, 2015, 02:45:18 pm
Cape York??
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 09, 2015, 03:18:10 pm
See your point but, a little further to the south could also refer to a person of that county.
LB
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Post by: Netleyned on July 09, 2015, 03:35:08 pm
James Cook Museum?
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 09, 2015, 04:06:33 pm
Indeed it is, in Cooktown, Northern Queensland; an interesting, if not remote location. The road then quite new is about 200 miles from Cairns and we passed no more than a dozen other vehicles along the entire route. You can go around the coast but you need a four wheel drive vehicle to do so.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 09, 2015, 04:27:14 pm
OK, I'll jump back in here, where in the world and what company?!
(NB: Please can we not post new pictures until poser has acknowledged a correct answer, saves a lot of confusion. Thanks Chaps! )
Next poser please %% %% %%
Ned
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 09, 2015, 05:54:36 pm
From Liverbudgie.....
(http://u.cubeupload.com/Mayhem1/QjGH0x.jpg)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on July 09, 2015, 06:13:06 pm
Ben Nevis ? %%
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 09, 2015, 06:14:51 pm
The Crag, Lancaster?
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Post by: Netleyned on July 09, 2015, 06:16:48 pm
Ben Nevis and Anoch M or ?
Ned
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Post by: Arrow5 on July 09, 2015, 07:22:33 pm
Not the Ben, more like Skye {:-{
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 09, 2015, 07:41:26 pm
Skye is close but it's not there %%
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Post by: Arrow5 on July 09, 2015, 08:31:20 pm
Applecross ?
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 09, 2015, 09:00:45 pm
NE, a bit, of that location.
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Post by: Arrow5 on July 09, 2015, 09:52:55 pm
Ah Torridon , got to be a Munro but which ?
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 09, 2015, 10:40:00 pm
Ha, which indeed....
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Post by: Arrow5 on July 09, 2015, 10:57:56 pm
Just guessing, been a while since I was over that side....Sgurr Mhor ?
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 10, 2015, 12:49:12 am
So close, it's the one next door to the SW, so to speak.
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Post by: BarryM on July 10, 2015, 08:25:57 am
Eigg?
BM
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 10, 2015, 08:31:18 am
Eigg is an Island, this is on the mainland between Torridon and Kinlochewe.
LB
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Post by: Netleyned on July 10, 2015, 08:40:13 am
Benin Eighe
Ned
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Post by: Arrow5 on July 10, 2015, 08:59:05 am
Too many Munros to guess, my last is Bein Alligin because it is dramatic, :(( Can we settle on a Munro in Wester Ross, Kinlochewe to Achnasheen road if not Torridon. For drivers and bikers this is the place to enjoy driving and the coast, plus the famed West Coast Midge.
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 10, 2015, 09:33:58 am
OK you've all given up!
The hill is Liathach (3,456ft) The picture is taken from the A986. It was my ambition to climb it but since I had the heart attack I'll haveto think about it again. It is, without doubt, one of the most inspiring areas I have ever visited on my travels however, as arrow says, beware of the mighty midge, they really do bite - hard! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liathach
LB
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Post by: Arrow5 on July 10, 2015, 10:50:41 am
Unmistakable Torridon ! The only known cure for the West Highland Midge is whisky, applied internally. Do I get a "where are we" go now ? :D
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 10, 2015, 09:12:04 pm
Two parter!
1. Where? 2. Name the aircraft?!
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Post by: Stavros on July 10, 2015, 09:19:14 pm
Sunderland flying boat at Duxford
Dave
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Post by: ballastanksian on July 10, 2015, 09:30:56 pm
I agree with LB, the Highlands are gorgeous. I have had the fortune to drive through the area on four occasions with a friend on driving holidays and yearn to return. The North coast is also brilliant, go up via the east coast from Latheron on the A9 and see the moors. It is just so peaceful it isn't true:O) The Melvich Lodge used to be ne of the only 5star B&Bs with a lounge that oozed a peat fire aroma.
Ecstasy:OD
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Post by: dougal99 on July 10, 2015, 10:37:21 pm
Stavros beat me to it. Dad worked on them at Oban during WWII.
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Post by: Peter Fitness on July 10, 2015, 11:57:01 pm
I agree Dave, I went out to Duxford on my first trip to the UK and remember the Sunderland well, I even have photos (somewhere).
Peter.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 11, 2015, 04:37:23 am
Correct!
Sunderland flying boat at Duxford
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Post by: tigertiger on July 11, 2015, 09:14:49 am
I love the Sunderland. It was the first larger Airfix kit I ever got. Still on 1:72 but bigger than the fighter models. The whole concept of the Sunderland as well as the lines are marvellous to me. There are some nice clips of them on youtube.
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Post by: dougal99 on July 14, 2015, 05:30:16 pm
I hope Stavros doesn't mind but I thought I'd continue this thread. Where?
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Post by: Netleyned on July 14, 2015, 05:36:34 pm
Stab in the dark Rhineland ?
Ned
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Post by: Arrow5 on July 14, 2015, 05:54:43 pm
First guess (es) Rhine, Danube, Moselle :embarrassed:
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Post by: Big Ada on July 14, 2015, 06:52:26 pm
New Romney {-)
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 14, 2015, 07:36:53 pm
This the Lorelei rock on the Rhine so beloved of Wagner et al.
LB
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Post by: dougal99 on July 14, 2015, 08:36:08 pm
Liverbudgie has it. I thought I was being sneaky. Is there anywhere one of us hasn't been?
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 14, 2015, 11:23:11 pm
Some may find this a terribly easy place to identify and other may kick themselves when they find out where it is.....
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 15, 2015, 12:23:37 am
Brighton East beach?
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 15, 2015, 12:38:23 am
Nope - keep going....
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Post by: derekwarner on July 15, 2015, 02:10:40 am
How about a pebbly lonely beach in Yugoslavia at dusk? {-)..... after all it is their flag as shown........Derek
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 15, 2015, 08:08:21 am
Yugoslavia doesn't exist anymore does it, anyway I don't think that the Adriatic coast has shore lines like this......
LB
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Post by: w3bby on July 15, 2015, 08:32:42 am
Worthing pier?
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Post by: mrzippy on July 15, 2015, 08:42:41 am
Hastings ?
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Post by: Netleyned on July 15, 2015, 08:44:18 am
Shoreham
Ned
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Post by: derekwarner on July 15, 2015, 08:58:25 am
Sorry LB.......news travels slowly downhill to OZ...however I am now enlightened :o that this had happened some 7 years ago........but still could be a 'Yugoslavic' flag on a rowing boat on a lonely pebbly beach somewhere else I suppose...........{-) Derek
" Yugoslavia ceased to exist after Montenegro decided to split from Serbia and go its own way. The original Yugoslavian Republic consisted of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. After the breakup of the USSR back in the early nineties a lot of eastern european countries took their cue and hastily departed the soviet era too. Yugoslavia quickly went into meltdown with most of its parts becoming independent countries, Until recently Serbia and Montenegro were the last remaining parts making up Yugoslavia. The final fallout was having Kosovo (formerly part of Serbia) also breaking away to form a new country"
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 15, 2015, 09:44:33 am
It is indeed Worthing pier in the background....Next,
LB
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Post by: w3bby on July 15, 2015, 02:37:05 pm
A small contribution..
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 15, 2015, 02:40:43 pm
Capstan sculpture, Helsingborg, Sweden?!
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Post by: w3bby on July 15, 2015, 03:31:52 pm
Correct, solid carved jelutong in the original... was to be or has been cast in bronze for longer life.... The capstan is original to the harbour.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 15, 2015, 10:36:48 pm
Good one!
OK, Where in the World?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 15, 2015, 10:47:54 pm
Battle of Britain Memorial, Victoria Embankment, London.
Colin
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Post by: ballastanksian on July 15, 2015, 10:55:55 pm
What an excellent sculpture!
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 15, 2015, 10:58:52 pm
Correct! - Battle of Britain Memorial, Victoria Embankment, London.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 15, 2015, 11:07:02 pm
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Post by: furball on July 15, 2015, 11:17:09 pm
SS Great Britain, Bristol?
Lance
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 15, 2015, 11:49:50 pm
Hmmm, must try harder...
Where in the World?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: mrturbo553 on July 16, 2015, 06:10:08 am
Bovington,Dorset ?
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 16, 2015, 08:42:00 am
no....
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Post by: GAZOU on July 16, 2015, 08:58:14 am
I can put an image?
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Post by: roycv on July 16, 2015, 09:01:06 am
Cutty Sark? Roy
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Post by: derekwarner on July 16, 2015, 09:01:49 am
That barrel is very de-pressed Martin <:(...could it be a home for sad machines seeking some form of solace in life?..............could that be a clue? Derek
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 16, 2015, 10:06:59 am
no & nope!
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Post by: TailUK on July 16, 2015, 11:03:26 am
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Post by: sparkey on July 16, 2015, 03:25:20 pm
:o St Milo,Normandy,France,Ray. :o
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Post by: Colin Bishop on July 16, 2015, 03:42:21 pm
La Rochelle (St Malo is in Brittany!)
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Post by: sparkey on July 16, 2015, 04:02:28 pm
:-)) Thanks for that Colin,all I can remember is that I went there on a school trip in 1960! and I am knocking on a bit now and the little grey cell are not what they were,Ray. :-))
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Post by: Colin Bishop on July 16, 2015, 04:08:33 pm
St Malo is a great place Ray, been there lots of times. There is a resemblance o La Rochelle in some respects though.
Colin
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 16, 2015, 04:20:05 pm
Apparently, It was presented to the council by the Army. When the Sunderland Flying Boat given to the RAF Museum at Hendon they decided to return the Chieftain to the Army. http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/2368689.no_tanks_for_sad_decision/
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Post by: TailUK on July 16, 2015, 04:56:44 pm
So, Where in the World? Bonus points for the name of the ship!
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Post by: tugmad on July 16, 2015, 05:09:05 pm
Bikini Atoll. The I J N S Nagato wreck
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Post by: TailUK on July 16, 2015, 05:13:14 pm
Birkenhead docks next to egerton dock and the dock pub? Jerry.
Dunkerque, Bénouville Bridge est non.
The Edgerton - Morpeth passage Bascule bridge was restored over twenty years ago but it has not worked since nor does the Dock Pub exist any more; ah, I see on re-reading the reply that I was confusing the Bascule bridge between Edgerton and the East Float - that one was removed so long ago that I had all but forgotten about it. This image was take just over a year ago though.
LB
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 17, 2015, 08:45:38 am
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Post by: John W E on July 22, 2015, 11:32:00 am
Birkenhead Docks, Wirral, UK {:-{ http://www.yoliverpool.com/forum/showthread.php?13121-Great-Float-Birkenhead-Docks-Area/page3
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 22, 2015, 12:47:00 pm
You lot give up far to easily. Does this mean that I get another go :}
A bridge is the correct answer of course. It is the last of the four bridges at Birkenhead to continue to work and dates from 1928 or thereabouts, it's still in continuous use being the main connection to the Twelve Quays ferry Terminal and the motorway system. It is due for replacement in the next two or three years.
LB
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 22, 2015, 01:01:47 pm
Yep, you can have another go! <*<
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 22, 2015, 03:47:23 pm
Should be dead easy this one.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 22, 2015, 04:15:37 pm
Can we have one with a road sign in it?!!!!
..... Fraggle Rock!
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 22, 2015, 04:18:52 pm
2nd guess, New Brighton lighthouse?
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 22, 2015, 04:31:28 pm
New Brighton doesn't have a lighthouse! There is specific name.
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Post by: tica on July 22, 2015, 04:36:40 pm
Where in the world (City) ? It gives you direction to several places around the world.
On hold :-) explanation will follow ;-)
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 22, 2015, 04:39:01 pm
Hold on Tica, It's not the New Brighton lighthouse?
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Post by: tica on July 22, 2015, 04:43:41 pm
Hold on Tica, It's not the New Brighton lighthouse?
I can see that but explanation would reveal the arear.
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Post by: John W E on July 22, 2015, 05:05:00 pm
hi ya Martin, I think you could be right - cos I just googled it I did - on Google maps. You can see the wind farm behind it - but you have to type in Fort Perch Rock. New Brighton :-)
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 22, 2015, 05:47:27 pm
Perch Rock Lighthouse existed well before the fort and New Brighton were thought of. Here we see it on a benign evening in June of this year though it's not always like this. There are many images on Google including one of Bowwave getting his feet wet I see! If you come back a bit you may be able to discern Budgie Towers, currently undergoing extensive renovations.
LB
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Post by: Danny on July 22, 2015, 08:44:13 pm
As no one ever seems to be absolutely correct with guesses for LB's, %) I think Tica's pic refers to the International Student "Olympics", and the column is somewhere the games have taken place. Unfortunately there are a lot of them, both Winter and Summer, since 1923 (Paris). Given the type of plants and grass, I think it is Northern Hemisphere, but there is just too many places to search. Wild guess - Paris?
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Post by: tica on July 23, 2015, 10:53:05 am
First of all my VPN client do make my pc behave strangly in this contry i don't think they like it.
Danny you are a "few" km of the spot, to be precise 12372km Accordingly to Google.maps
Here is another one from the same city. It's maybe too easy to guess now.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 23, 2015, 11:10:13 am
Las Vegas, Nevada?
... can't be, too green!
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 23, 2015, 11:14:36 am
I think it's that place in China that has various bits from Cities around the World; luckily for all concerned I can't remember the name of it {-)
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 23, 2015, 11:24:42 am
Splendid China Park, Shenzhen?
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 23, 2015, 01:19:54 pm
Please don't pose new pictures until 'poser' has acknowledged a correct answer.
....... saves me a lot of confusion. :-)
Thanks Chaps! Martin
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Post by: Nemo on July 23, 2015, 04:10:21 pm
I am confused now - is it safe to have a go as I want to be a poser ? %%
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Post by: Netleyned on July 23, 2015, 04:29:30 pm
To be a poser, you must be first to correctly name the last posers location. You will then be allowed to pose {-) {-) {-)
Ned
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 23, 2015, 04:44:10 pm
:-)) .... you bunch of posers!
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Post by: Just Add Water on July 23, 2015, 05:17:21 pm
:-)
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Post by: Nemo on July 23, 2015, 08:36:41 pm
Oh - goody! There is a massive clue here that the detectives will love! :-)) 1. Where are they? 2. Can you guess what are they made of?
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 23, 2015, 08:45:46 pm
'yer gonna upset Martin if 'yer not careful...
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 23, 2015, 08:50:23 pm
Oh-Oh, yes, I see I might have inadvertently sinned, but its too late now. Would it make amends if I asked all guessers to wait for an acknowledgement? :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Mad Scientist on July 23, 2015, 09:27:55 pm
For Tica: Changsha, China...and a link mentioning it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-3cca82c0-af80-4c3a-8a79-84fda5015115
Tom
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 24, 2015, 12:15:07 am
Please don't pose new pictures until 'poser' has acknowledged a correct answer.
....... saves me a lot of confusion. :-)
Thanks Chaps! Martin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 24, 2015, 12:15:20 am
Tica ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 24, 2015, 05:11:12 pm
OK, who's up next?!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 24, 2015, 05:21:59 pm
Abbott and Costello. The baseball routine O0 I remember them, Saturday mornings at the Odeon {-) {-) {-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 24, 2015, 05:29:10 pm
Do you mean Russ and Elvis?
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Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 24, 2015, 05:33:21 pm
Come on Ned, I thought you`d be older than that. %) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello the absurd vintage Yank comedy pair. In glorious black and white too. %%
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Just Add Water on July 24, 2015, 05:47:33 pm
I have stayed there many times over the week ends and the hospitality is exceptional.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 24, 2015, 05:53:18 pm
Come on Ned, I thought you`d be older than that. %) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello the absurd vintage Yank comedy pair. In glorious black and white too. %%
Lifts his bowler and scratches his head %% %%
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 24, 2015, 05:54:48 pm
Patrick Moore's old house?
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 24, 2015, 06:09:28 pm
Langara Vancouver BC Aircraft. Cessna registered in Medicine Hat. Ned
Nearly got it Ned. It is the seaplane base, South Terminal at Vancouver Airport. The model and its companion are made from drinks cans from the terminal litter bins. Probably Molsom's and Coors! Langara is 2 hours flying from Vancouver.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 24, 2015, 08:15:22 pm
Nearly got it Ned. It is the seaplane base, South Terminal at Vancouver Airport. The model and its companion are made from drinks cans from the terminal litter bins. Probably Molsom's and Coors! Langara is 2 hours flying from Vancouver.
I think the registration letters on the 'aircraft' were a hint - IIRC, YVR is the ICAO identifier for Vancouver, B.C. But, once again I was too late to answer. - Tom
p.s. At first glance, I thought the plane was a pinata! - Tom
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 24, 2015, 09:18:42 pm
Bikini Atoll?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 24, 2015, 09:20:29 pm
Montebello Islands?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 24, 2015, 09:31:18 pm
Christmas Islands
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 24, 2015, 09:52:05 pm
Is it Christmas already??
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 24, 2015, 09:59:18 pm
You got it Arrow5. Port Camp and London village, Christmas Island. Some banger eh?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 25, 2015, 03:45:32 am
Jumping in here... :P
Where in the world?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 25, 2015, 09:06:27 am
Golden Hind replica. Thames , London, England
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 25, 2015, 10:56:30 am
Pickfords Wharf, Clink St, London.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 25, 2015, 11:24:45 am
High tide or low tide ????? :}
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 25, 2015, 12:14:20 pm
Difficult to discern with any degree of certainty, I would though, image it to be half tide; whether that be flood or ebb I have know way of knowing....
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: GAZOU on July 25, 2015, 01:26:44 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Just Add Water on July 25, 2015, 01:28:14 pm
Japan.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on July 25, 2015, 01:44:33 pm
Dear GAZOU :o
If the Statue de Liberty was made in France as a gift for the Americans, this may be a model of the Tower de Eifel made by the American's for you FROG guys..... {-)
Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 25, 2015, 04:39:10 pm
Made in England at Ealing Film Studios for a B&W comedy starring Alec Guinness and others. It was made of melted-down bullion from a bank robbery. :} I wont bore you with the rest of the story :embarrassed: ("The Lavender Hill Mob")
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 25, 2015, 04:43:07 pm
Peoples Republic of China.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 25, 2015, 04:44:55 pm
Difficult to discern with any degree of certainty, I would though, image it to be half tide; whether that be flood or ebb I have know way of knowing....
LB
Is it not in a dock ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 25, 2015, 04:51:09 pm
If the Statue de Liberty was made in France as a gift for the Americans, this may be a model of the Tower de Eifel made by the American's for you FROG guys..... {-)
Derek
Las Vegas ? They have Egypt with pyramids, Venice with canals and all that shtuff <:(
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: GAZOU on July 25, 2015, 06:06:25 pm
Yes Arrow 5 in China
Chinese comes in France to buy plastic towers Eiffeil made in China
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 25, 2015, 06:11:03 pm
Pickfords Wharf, Clink St, London. - Correct but not correct enough! :kiss:
Golden Hind replica. Thames , London, England - Correct but that's not the question! :P
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 25, 2015, 06:49:26 pm
Starboard side to :D :D :D or do you want the menu as well :o No 1 SE1 9DG Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on July 25, 2015, 08:00:02 pm
Yes I'm back, have been travelling and are back in Denmark only difference is that the temp is 20c not 32c, and Yes the answer is Shenzhen and it's window of the world
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 25, 2015, 08:39:36 pm
Since 1996 she has been berthed at St Mary Overie Dock on Cathedral Street, in Bankside, Southwark, London, between Southwark Cathedral and Clink Street.
51°30′25″N 0°5′25″W).
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 25, 2015, 08:50:21 pm
Have you got the tide-table just in case... ;D
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on July 25, 2015, 09:21:11 pm
Yes it it is Sir Patrick's home in his dining room, hmm rumbled.
Actually it is Brian Mays house - he bought it and rented it back to Patrick for a peppercorn rent (so that Patrick would not have any money problems).
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 25, 2015, 09:56:37 pm
Yes I'm back, have been travelling and are back in Denmark only difference is that the temp is 20c not 32c, and Yes the answer is Shenzhen and it's window of the world
Aha! ok2
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 25, 2015, 09:59:26 pm
Actually it is Brian Mays house - he bought it and rented it back to Patrick for a peppercorn rent (so that Patrick would not have any money problems).
Interesting! Not a coincidence that Brian May ( Queen ) popped up on the BBC Pluto / New Horizon program this week then!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 25, 2015, 10:01:20 pm
Since 1996 she has been berthed at St Mary Overie Dock on Cathedral Street, in Bankside, Southwark, London, between Southwark Cathedral and Clink Street.
51°30′25″N 0°5′25″W).
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 25, 2015, 10:04:05 pm
Who's next?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 25, 2015, 10:10:24 pm
OK. :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 25, 2015, 10:13:02 pm
BVSH House? That the old BBC HQ!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 25, 2015, 10:21:44 pm
Not by a long way!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Capt Podge on July 25, 2015, 11:36:07 pm
'The Bush House' 72 Main Street, Bushmills :-))
Regards,
Ray.
p.s. the fancy window gave that one away - followed by a google search {-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 26, 2015, 06:31:43 am
"'The Bush House' 72 Main Street, Bushmills" - What's the significance to model boating?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 26, 2015, 08:00:13 am
Do they make propshaft bearings?
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Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BarryM on July 26, 2015, 08:59:25 am
Why did the "fancy widow" give it away? Anyone I know.......?
BM %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Capt Podge on July 26, 2015, 10:23:47 am
Actually it is Brian Mays house - he bought it and rented it back to Patrick for a peppercorn rent (so that Patrick would not have any money problems).
Yes that is correct.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 26, 2015, 11:15:51 am
'The Bush House' 72 Main Street, Bushmills :-)) Regards, Ray.p.s. the fancy window gave that one away - followed by a google search {-)
I will confirm now! %) Correct: Too easy. My Grandad owned that pub in the early 1900s. Mum was born upstairs as were her 8 brothers and sisters! It is only short distance to the oldest distillery in the world.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 26, 2015, 11:23:14 am
"'The Bush House' 72 Main Street, Bushmills" - What's the significance to model boating?
Didn't know there had to be one! I suppose about the same significance as .... et al.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 26, 2015, 11:29:44 am
RAF, Army, British military!..... OK, lets keep it somehow model boat / ship related!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 26, 2015, 12:10:18 pm
OK, try this then.... What ship and where? And for a bonus - which famous TV actor used to own it?
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 26, 2015, 12:22:46 pm
I think this is SY 'AMAZON', once owned by Arthur Lowe aka Capt. Mainwaring (Stupid Boy!) I saw it once at Portsmouth IFOS (could be where it is in photo) but it seems to roam the world now.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 26, 2015, 12:28:15 pm
Thought it was "Capt. Podges'"go.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 26, 2015, 12:30:45 pm
Obviously Mayhem rules apply >>:-( >>:-( Is it Where in the world, What ship, Or Whose Ship????? Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 26, 2015, 12:46:18 pm
Right ship and owner. As a clue the photo was taken in July 2012.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 26, 2015, 01:31:02 pm
Colin Bishop, Is it at the Bassin Vauban at St Malo, France in late July 2012.
Capt Podge
Lord Collingwood
Location: Pier Road, Tynemouth. aye john
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 26, 2015, 01:37:20 pm
Yes John, that's right, you must have remembered my article in Model Boats!
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: inertia on July 26, 2015, 01:42:47 pm
(Just asked a question then scrolled up and found the answer! I'll get me coat, shall I?)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 26, 2015, 02:31:33 pm
Did Lord Collingwood build models then? {-) Wonder whose kits he preferred?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 26, 2015, 02:35:43 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Capt Podge on July 26, 2015, 04:03:00 pm
Bluebird got in first with Admiral Lord Collingwood (no surprise there - he can almost see it from his hoose) {-)
So, abiding by the "rules" it must be his turn, if he wants to post one
Regards,
Ray.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 26, 2015, 04:17:39 pm
Well, let's let Captn Nemo have a go.to keep him happy as I cant get my image resizer to work properly, its playing Up.
Over to Captn aye john
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 26, 2015, 05:48:15 pm
Weeeellll OK bonny lad!
Where and which vessel? A doddle.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 26, 2015, 05:53:03 pm
HMS Victory at Chatham.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 26, 2015, 06:10:46 pm
Correct. Where the real Victory was built. It was made for a film company in the 1930s for a film about Lord Nelson, played by Laurence Olivier. It cost $5000 then! It was fully functional and all guns could fire for the battle scenes. I want it!!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 26, 2015, 06:39:22 pm
As you said a doddle :}
And now for something different, a bit of a blast from the past perhaps 1986 in fact.....I bet that's a dead give away for some people.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 26, 2015, 07:48:19 pm
When it first came here, we found the name almost unpronounceable - so it was called 'Darn my Jersey'! O0 I will give another a chance at guessing.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Peter Fitness on July 26, 2015, 11:33:37 pm
Polish sail training ship Dar Mlodziezy?
Peter.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 27, 2015, 10:47:04 am
Is it the Dar Mlodziezy in the river Tyne ,1986 Tall ships race ?
aye john
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 27, 2015, 12:34:17 pm
See, I said would be dead easy for some.
LB.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Just Add Water on July 27, 2015, 03:15:42 pm
I took this picture with a zoom lenz, of a small boat just off the West coast of Florida. There is a prize for the winner :-) Just for fun.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 27, 2015, 03:21:25 pm
Where in the World? You have just answered that Question. Off the West Coast of Florida {-) {-) {-)
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Just Add Water on July 27, 2015, 03:33:12 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 27, 2015, 06:13:13 pm
( Who remembers 'Never, never land' Southend on sea? )
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on July 27, 2015, 06:17:39 pm
how about where this is:-
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: sparkey on July 27, 2015, 06:23:47 pm
:-)) Who remembers the old paddlers that went from Tower pier and went down river to Southend and Margate and back,used to go them every summer when I was kid,Ray. :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 27, 2015, 06:32:33 pm
Dunkirk with the Sandettie light vessel lying astern.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on July 27, 2015, 06:36:44 pm
Dunkirk with the Sandettie light vessel lying astern.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 27, 2015, 06:50:31 pm
I think I got the Southend one first.... Try this.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 27, 2015, 06:56:25 pm
Vaasa, Finland?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 27, 2015, 07:15:23 pm
No!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on July 27, 2015, 07:17:31 pm
Norwegian fjords?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 27, 2015, 07:25:48 pm
Alaska? on board a Cunarder.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 27, 2015, 07:29:30 pm
Quote
Alaska? on board a Cunarder.
Alaska's a big place and Cunarders don't go there. It's not a Cunarder.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 27, 2015, 07:30:51 pm
Inside passage?
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 27, 2015, 07:35:45 pm
Just spotted the "X" so a Celebrity ship. Location, Back Passage? :embarrassed: %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 27, 2015, 07:36:31 pm
Don't be rude!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 27, 2015, 07:38:30 pm
Celeb then somewhere in Alaska {:-{
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 27, 2015, 08:30:13 pm
Basically I think it's Colin showing off where he has been for his hols this year. It probably is the Inside Passage but just in case it's not I'll say it's Tracy Arm Fjord.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 27, 2015, 08:45:57 pm
Quite right about the hols LB and we did see Tracy Arm Fjord and the Inside Passage but it's neither of those. You have obviously been there too then.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 27, 2015, 08:46:54 pm
Basically I think it's Colin showing off where he has been for his hols this year. It probably is the Inside Passage but just in case it's not I'll say it's Tracy Arm Fjord.
LB
...or that glacier where we ...er THEY turn back south. %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 27, 2015, 08:47:56 pm
Ah, but which one?
(I usually go to the Isle of Wight)
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 27, 2015, 08:58:40 pm
Well I expect it's the Hubbard Glacier, and your in or around Glacier Bay.
No, I've never been there but, I of course, in doing my research had a look at their web site and it has certainly wetted my appetite. Will look into it more once the reconstruction of Budgie Towers is complete.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 27, 2015, 09:08:04 pm
Yes, Hubbard Glacier. An amazing sight. The face is twice as high as the ship.
Re hols, we have got to the age where if we don't see a few of the sights of the world then we may never get the opportunity, very much justified in that this year we had to cancel our main holiday because I had a health problem. Not been able to walk any distance for the last eight weeks. Hopefully it will clear up but it's taking its time. A day trip to the Isle of Wight in a couple of weeks time is the limit of my ambition at the moment!
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 27, 2015, 11:11:20 pm
Colin,
Quite agree hopefully some serious traveling coming up.
Nearer home this one.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Peter Fitness on July 28, 2015, 12:47:50 am
I thought if you got it right you posed the next picture? I suppose time difference is a problem, so I'll pose one anyway, with apologies to Liverbudgie.
I'll make it easier for the non Aussies by not posting an Aussie picture, which probably wouldn't mean anything, so here's one below.
Peter.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 28, 2015, 08:25:11 am
Peter did you leave the sign in plain view deliberately ? Must be the one in Cambridge, dreaming spires and all that , dozens more St Micheal`s Courts to choose from in the UK. He must have got about a bit, old Mike. LB,geeza bit more of the suspension bridge, please.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 28, 2015, 11:02:27 am
Peter,
The name of the game is "Where in the World" and not "Name the ship" which is why the name is visible. Please put something from Oz up next time as it make things more interesting, to me at least. Much enjoy your pictures on other sites as well.
Arrow,
To include more at this stage would make it far to obvious for some - like you ;D....
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 28, 2015, 11:21:36 am
the Erskine Bridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Bridge
yes peter Please put something from Oz aye john
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 28, 2015, 11:27:36 am
Hmm, too far south for me. I thought it might be number 3 crossing of the Forth under construction :(( Agree Oz but not the touristy places, how about nautical themes ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 28, 2015, 11:27:43 am
The Erskine Road bridge it is.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 28, 2015, 11:52:27 am
lets try this aye john
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 28, 2015, 12:13:11 pm
An enlarged version of one of Frank Hinchcliffs propellers ;D
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 28, 2015, 12:48:46 pm
Steptoe and Son, Marine Division :D
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 28, 2015, 01:21:48 pm
I don't know where but the two blokes names are Steve & Mike. %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Perkasaman2 on July 28, 2015, 01:39:08 pm
Amble Harbour in Northumberland.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 28, 2015, 04:45:30 pm
here are two clues :-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 28, 2015, 04:58:51 pm
Swanage ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 28, 2015, 04:59:58 pm
Berwick on Tweed?
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 28, 2015, 05:03:58 pm
Yay, Swanage Pier, one good holiday, Tried to pinch the prop for Martin's new boat - but the Mrs couldn't carry it.
:-)
over to you Arrow5
AYE JOHN
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 28, 2015, 05:40:55 pm
"Thank ee kind Sur", as they say in Darzet. The clues are very apt %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 28, 2015, 05:50:48 pm
Up the Swanee (Suwannee river)? Georgia/Florida USA
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 28, 2015, 06:17:06 pm
A Stephen Foster location :-))
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 28, 2015, 06:31:12 pm
The old folks at home, yes indeed the Stephen Foster classic. It is the Suwannee River. Nice touch on the highway sign is the few notes of Foster`s tune. Next please.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 28, 2015, 06:41:31 pm
Here you are then, a nice boaty subject - where is it?
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Just Add Water on July 28, 2015, 07:54:28 pm
In the water. Lowestoft.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 28, 2015, 08:13:42 pm
No, not Lowestoft.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 28, 2015, 08:22:27 pm
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. This was the drug bust fishing boat in the background, the Fairey in foreground was Meester Bond heading up to Scotland for a film. Where do they get those giant spoons ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 28, 2015, 08:29:44 pm
Back to you Arrow!
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 28, 2015, 10:42:51 pm
Major coal exporter from a country that has no coal mines or opencast facilities.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 28, 2015, 10:48:23 pm
Picture trouble >>:-( Somebody jump in , any Oz pics yet ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on July 28, 2015, 11:06:31 pm
OK........ %)........ Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 28, 2015, 11:12:05 pm
You can have this one as well:
Clue: The salties tend to go yum, yum at times %%
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Peter Fitness on July 29, 2015, 01:17:08 am
Don't be fooled by the sign Arrow, it's not Cambridge, it's further south than that. A clue, it's in England's oldest borough.
I'll put up some Aussie pictures next time O0
Peter.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 29, 2015, 07:26:02 am
King Harry Ferry
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 29, 2015, 10:00:55 am
Don't be fooled by the sign Arrow, it's not Cambridge, it's further south than that. A clue, it's in England's oldest borough.
Peter.
Thanks to Wiki that is Malmesbury. Too generous a hint :-)) Now comes the hard bit OZ Wiki to hand.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 29, 2015, 11:42:36 am
For derekwarner_decoy pic
The Upper Crown Street ‘Push’
http://timegents.com/2014/10/19/the-upper-crown-street-push/ Peter is it the Malmesbury Abbey
aye
john
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 29, 2015, 12:36:22 pm
'yer to good John.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on July 29, 2015, 12:48:11 pm
aye bluebird [goodness if the moderators kill me] >>:-(
Yes your answer is correct......it is looking down on Crown Street at the intersection of Crown and Keira streets in Wollongong NSW...down toward the sea.......from the late 1800's
Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 29, 2015, 03:47:48 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 29, 2015, 04:30:14 pm
Margate Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 29, 2015, 04:33:03 pm
Correct! >:-o
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 29, 2015, 04:59:52 pm
Where be this?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 29, 2015, 06:20:29 pm
Grace Darling lived in this area :-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 29, 2015, 06:36:42 pm
Seahouses Mersey Class Lifeboat house.
Grace Darling is about 100 feet away in the Lifeboat House. I stayed in the Viking complex for a week last month with a view of the statue, the Lifeboat House and the Farnes. Beautiful area :-))
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 29, 2015, 06:40:25 pm
Well lets try this one aye fred %) %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 29, 2015, 06:44:36 pm
The Harbour?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 29, 2015, 06:46:25 pm
Near Blyth. Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 29, 2015, 06:51:11 pm
Go north a bit Ned aye bill %) %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 29, 2015, 06:53:01 pm
Creswell
Ain't got a cclue really John
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Danny on July 29, 2015, 08:31:50 pm
Fife?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 29, 2015, 08:42:59 pm
Amble, Northumberland, the building in the background is the an eatery called "The Old Boathouse"
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on July 29, 2015, 08:50:45 pm
your go LB, Amble it be. Nice market there.
aye
Fred
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 29, 2015, 09:01:16 pm
Didn't have ready then, so a bit of a quickie before dinner %%
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 29, 2015, 09:41:52 pm
Can anyone throw any light on this one? %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 29, 2015, 09:48:40 pm
Well it was taken at four in the afternoon at just before Christmas.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 29, 2015, 10:05:44 pm
River Mersey? ok2
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Peter Fitness on July 30, 2015, 12:21:37 am
Arrow and Bluebird, it is Malmesbury Abbey, the clue was generous, and Wikipedia is very handy O0
My brother-in-law came from Malmesbury, or more correctly, Rodbourne, a couple of miles away, and we have been there on several occasions.
Peter.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 30, 2015, 12:33:33 am
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 31, 2015, 12:29:11 pm
Yep , the Gt. Yarmouth high one is red brick :(( It was the street location that had me stumped, thought it was Gorelston. :embarrassed: Can I go back to my "Coal exporting port" now that I can put pics up again ? No coal mines in this area at all, they burn wood I presume ;)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on July 31, 2015, 02:45:24 pm
Baltic Riga Port?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on July 31, 2015, 02:52:04 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Just Add Water on July 31, 2015, 06:59:12 pm
Model boat city
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Stavros on July 31, 2015, 07:17:15 pm
Sorry but this boring now.......everyother notification is about this topic....thought this was a model boat forum and not a geography lesson.....if I wanted that I 2ould go back to school....for heavens saie lets get back to boat building
Dave
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Just Add Water on July 31, 2015, 07:28:48 pm
Sorry but this boring now.......everyother notification is about this topic....thought this was a model boat forum and not a geography lesson.....if I wanted that I 2ould go back to school....for heavens saie lets get back to boat building
Dave
There may be some model boats in them containers.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on July 31, 2015, 07:44:10 pm
Agree with Dave Model Boats are GO!
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 31, 2015, 07:47:36 pm
Yes you did , sorry I tried to reclaim a slot for post that I couldn't download a picture . :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on July 31, 2015, 07:50:48 pm
Might have been better if we had stuck at least to ships and the sea etc if not model boats. I thought the Ports were interesting. Plus lighthouses.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 31, 2015, 08:25:50 pm
I thought this was the Chit-Chat forum - not build blogs! Who's next as I got a good one.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Danny on July 31, 2015, 08:44:26 pm
Ned got Southwold first so should be next. As for those who don't like this thread - DON'T READ IT!!! (Now who did I learn the shouting from??) Some people can build model boats AND enjoy life at the same time, for those who can't .... tough! I enjoy lots about Mayham, but shoving your ideas down others throats is not one of them. Come on Ned, your go.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 31, 2015, 08:47:45 pm
Sorry but this boring now.......everyother notification is about this topic....thought this was a model boat forum and not a geography lesson.....if I wanted that I 2ould go back to school....for heavens saie lets get back to boat building Dave
I thought this was the Chit-Chat forum - not build blogs! Who's next as I got a good one.
Bet you it`s a Welsh one %%
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on July 31, 2015, 09:53:56 pm
Weeeel - they might have run on Welsh coal! (There are 2 of them - think about why!)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 31, 2015, 10:18:55 pm
Hope this one is boat, maritime related! <*<
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 31, 2015, 10:27:47 pm
Well, it does look like a marine steam engine - perhaps....
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on July 31, 2015, 10:57:44 pm
An early paddle engine, probably in Europe, location appears to be Germanic, possibly Swiss; initially each cylinder of a steam engine was referred to as an "engine", therefore we have two "engines" being illustrated here.
But I've know idea where - at present.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 31, 2015, 11:03:11 pm
It's just a distraction while the glue sets Dave...
Sorry but this boring now.......everyother notification is about this topic....thought this was a model boat forum and not a geography lesson.....if I wanted that I 2ould go back to school....for heavens saie lets get back to boat building
Dave
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Peter Fitness on July 31, 2015, 11:49:19 pm
I find it very interesting and, as Martin says, it's just a distraction. It's in Chit Chat where non boat related topics should go, so I don't see a problem.
Peter.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 01, 2015, 12:21:36 pm
Is it one of a pair for a paddle steamer ? Famous as say Great Eastern ? Perhaps from the original (WWII) P.S. Waverly ? BTW, I`ve got paint drying at the moment %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 01, 2015, 01:02:21 pm
I suspect that it's from a Rhine or Danube steamer, probably the latter going by the architecture, Who, BTW, is waiting in for a new oven etc. to be delivered for the on-going restoration of Budgie Towers and who is also unable to use the workshop due to it being full of stuff, it's weeing weeing down as well.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 01, 2015, 01:32:01 pm
Thank you very much ...it has now starting to bucket down here too. Major pop concert(Mumford and something) suddenly went quiet, maybe not using enough CorrosionX. Continental paddle steamer you say...hmmm. I thought the building in the picture was English/British looking.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 01, 2015, 03:55:38 pm
Where in the world? And what is it significance in lighthouses?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 01, 2015, 03:56:29 pm
Sorry Nemo, we still guessing yours? :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 01, 2015, 05:39:39 pm
two engines so that you can reverse one paddle or slow one for steering? no idea where though, lets try somewhere on the clyde.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 01, 2015, 06:03:20 pm
On an open space of ground beside the Renfrew ferry is the preserved engine made in Robert Napiers Lancefield works for the paddle tug Clyde.
I thought it was likely to be a paddle tug.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 01, 2015, 06:14:24 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 01, 2015, 06:19:35 pm
I googled 'preserved paddle tug engines....'
Here's mine.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 01, 2015, 06:24:37 pm
the rocks and fence look like a car park in herne bay? but I've never seen a lifeboat there. Grendel
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 01, 2015, 06:28:11 pm
End of de land ? Just past the Oggy shop :D
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 01, 2015, 06:56:03 pm
Colin guessed correctly the engines of the paddle tug Clyde at Renfrew Ferry Green where I played as a wee bouy. Hope it was maritime related enough Martin? ok2
The lighthouse is the South Foreland I believe. The first to be lit by electricity.
Do I get a go now or does mayhem still reign?
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Where in the world? And what is it significance in lighthouses?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 01, 2015, 07:20:36 pm
Correct! Great place Sherringham, love it.... wouldn't want to live there... not until I've retired anyway!
I attended a club 'do' here in Sussex today and a chap was admiring my boats when he said, 'My wife and I have just come back from Sheringham where there is a wonderful boating lake'. So I said , 'Funny you should say that!' :}
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 01, 2015, 07:41:30 pm
I think Souter lighthouse near South Shields, Tyneside was the first electric lighthouse...
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 02, 2015, 01:12:30 pm
Not that I know of....
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 02, 2015, 01:26:04 pm
well its not the one that was moved back from the cliff edge, as that was belle tout. It is the one just up the road from (as in nearest toilets to) the underground tunnels recently opened to the public under the cliffs (about a 10 minute walk so I am told- its about 1/2 hours walk from the visitor centre where you get the tickets). and the light was lit once again for the Queens diamond Jubilee.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Perkasaman2 on August 02, 2015, 01:37:52 pm
Have an overnight ghost walk there. :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojcsuaAjIU0
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 02, 2015, 02:04:45 pm
Beat all of you!
"All lighthouses have been automated since November 1998, when the UK's last manned lighthouse, North Foreland in Kent, was converted to automatic operation."
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 02, 2015, 02:33:15 pm
Still think it was the Chuckle Brothers who made it Really famous. :D :D :D
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 02, 2015, 02:41:47 pm
{-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 02, 2015, 02:46:53 pm
but the picture was of the South Foreland, the North Foreland doesnt have the flagpole or the big green mine by the door.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 02, 2015, 02:48:43 pm
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/South_Foreland_Lighthouse_front.jpg/1280px-South_Foreland_Lighthouse_front.jpg South Foreland
http://cdn.trinityhouse.co.uk/images/cat_images/2765/7628a7e9fab442725aa61e6f023a39eb.jpg?width=630&quality=85 North Foreland
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 02, 2015, 03:36:11 pm
Ah! It did once...?!? :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 02, 2015, 03:50:03 pm
they are very similar
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 02, 2015, 04:27:20 pm
Tall white buildings with a light on the top %%
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 02, 2015, 04:43:25 pm
I've got my hand up Sir ! {-) I'm desperate!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 02, 2015, 05:16:56 pm
Well tie a knot in it, you should have gone before hand...... <*<
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 02, 2015, 06:58:04 pm
Nemo next then....
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 02, 2015, 07:04:02 pm
Shouldn't be too difficult.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Just Add Water on August 02, 2015, 07:22:07 pm
IOW. Light boat.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 02, 2015, 07:26:45 pm
Naw...its from another planet. Planet lightship a caff in Liverpool
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 02, 2015, 07:58:46 pm
Not yet lads.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 02, 2015, 08:30:50 pm
Harwich?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 02, 2015, 08:32:58 pm
Not Harwich but getting closer O0!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 02, 2015, 10:38:27 pm
LV 16 Colne, now private. {:-{ {:-{ {:-{ <:(
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 03, 2015, 12:21:42 am
Trinity House lightship South Goodwin? Sandettie?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 03, 2015, 10:35:57 am
Ipswich - but why it would be that far upriver I dont know - or Maybe Shotley.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 03, 2015, 10:52:19 am
Big jump further south chaps!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on August 03, 2015, 11:12:51 am
Is it The ex-Trinity House vessel LV18 is berthed in the maritime heritage town of Harwich on the north east coast of Essex http://www.lv18.org/index.html aye fred
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 03, 2015, 12:20:19 pm
lets try Ramsgate then
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 03, 2015, 12:57:38 pm
LV21 on the Medway at Gillingham, Kent. Now a cultural centre. Don't ask me :o
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 03, 2015, 06:00:07 pm
Well done Arrow! It takes a teuchter to show them eh? Your turn the noo!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 03, 2015, 06:30:33 pm
Hey hey hey.. nane o` the teuchter mister, I conseeder myself a Heelan` Chentleman. Just so, aye. An that boat wis nearly in France twas that far fae here. Where awa is this then, a wee bitty even further sooth. Well I meant east. >:-o
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 03, 2015, 09:51:15 pm
Absolutely no offence meant - just getting the Sassenachs wondering! Well, Gillingham is more than a wee bit south of Harwich last time I looked! Something lost in translation I think :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 04, 2015, 08:53:14 am
No offence taken my man, "two great nations separated by a common language" to paraphrase Churchill. BTW "Sassenach" means lowlander, not Englishman. That is a hint for your new geography lesson :}
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 04, 2015, 09:23:48 am
Texel LV No 10
Den Helder ????
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 04, 2015, 12:15:27 pm
Correct , in the flatlands a wee bit to the Nor-east. Now moored in the excellent Maritime Museum located in the ex Royal Dutch Naval Yard Den Helder. Well worth a visit.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 04, 2015, 12:43:27 pm
No more lightships! <*<
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 04, 2015, 06:32:32 pm
Back to the Heavy Lifters boys {-)
Seriously , I be away from my trusty pooter and I have enough trouble posting text let alone Pictures, so first to post anything other than the Black light vessel in Hull marina %% is in the chair.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Just Add Water on August 04, 2015, 07:13:09 pm
No offence taken my man, "two great nations separated by a common language" to paraphrase Churchill. BTW "Sassenach" means lowlander, not Englishman. That is a hint for your new geography lesson :}
I'm sure I would not be venturing to naysay such an esteemed Heilan Chentleman but as Dougie would tell you himself, 'Sassenach' refers to a 'Saxon'. Yon hairy, uncivilised, tribe furth of Scotia in the Deep Sooth of this island.
Slainte, Barry Mc
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 05, 2015, 09:33:43 am
Now This is a Hydraulic Tower :-)) :-)) :-))
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 05, 2015, 09:44:52 am
I will call this one a score draw as both are correct but the correct name is the Victoria Tower not the Hydraulic Tower. There are only two examples of this design in the World the other apparently is in St. Petersburg.
There are five DIALS any one of which can be seen from a point on a compass. The current owners, Peel Ports say that they are going to restore it however, I'll believe that when it happens.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on August 05, 2015, 09:52:06 am
Grimsby's hydraulic Dock Tower
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2126039
Ned Google is good init But it cannot fined the Dusseldorf fire boat plans or build instruction booklet In my modelling room {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) aye john
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 05, 2015, 09:58:12 am
I didn't post the picture as a Where in the World, but just to show a really fine example of a hydraulic accumulator tower. For anyone unsure as to the purpose, the accumulator supplied hydraulic (water) power to open and close the lock gates.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 05, 2015, 11:36:39 am
Barry M, Ach !! Just so, me being an Ayrshireman originally I dinna hae the gaelic. I bow to your superior knowledge of the language of angels.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 05, 2015, 07:08:01 pm
Quite! An Ayrshire man can never be a teuchter! O0 :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 05, 2015, 07:59:27 pm
Very informative article. My childhood language and well into adolescence, was "country/town-ish" Ayrshire diluted with a bit o` Glesca due to teenage trips to that city "for the dancin`" at various Palaise de danse establishments until I was called-up for National Service whence my vocabulary was enhanced with Anglo Saxon and Arabic expletives. No swearwords in Gaelic just blasphemy and medical terms I believe, nice. Now I have an idea for a nice hexagonal clock tower for "Where in the world" :}
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 08, 2015, 07:00:40 pm
Gone a bit quiet? So, where in the world was this?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 08, 2015, 09:22:30 pm
Madeira Drive , Brighton ? {:-{
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: w3bby on August 09, 2015, 12:51:15 am
Brighton Chain Pier (http://www.bygones.org.uk/page_id__44.aspx) Seen in the background here.. (http://www.urban75.org/railway/images/volks-17.jpg)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 09, 2015, 08:00:00 am
A near miss then ? %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 09, 2015, 08:35:02 am
Brighton Chain Pier - that must have been really impressive in it day!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 09, 2015, 11:37:34 am
There is a model in the Brighton Museum.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 09, 2015, 11:55:14 am
It is indeed the Ruby and Arthur Reed at Hythe. Well done! Your go.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 09, 2015, 04:04:09 pm
Hythe as Lands End, well maybe it is a bit like the end of the world on a wet day...
Too many clever people on here so try this one.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 09, 2015, 04:43:14 pm
Assuming that there is a maritime context I have a sneaking suspension that this Mount Ararat....
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 09, 2015, 04:43:43 pm
If it's boat related, Mount Ararat %) %)
Ned
Arrgh Beaten to it >>:-(
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 09, 2015, 05:05:02 pm
No, not Mt Ararat - look a bit closer.
It is ship related though.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Capt Podge on August 09, 2015, 05:22:57 pm
Durupınar site – The structure claimed to be the Noah's Ark near the Mount Ararat in Agri, Turkey :P
Regards,
Ray.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 09, 2015, 05:57:36 pm
No, nothing to do with Noah or his Ark. And not remote either, it's a popular tourist destination due to the legends associated with it.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: david48 on August 09, 2015, 11:58:07 pm
I don't know , but what is the animal in the picture has it something to do with it!!!! David
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 10, 2015, 12:01:48 am
Animal?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: david48 on August 10, 2015, 12:52:41 am
Yes it's in the black bit by th green bush , I zoomed in on the iPad when some one said have a close look , fox like critter looking straight at the camera . It's in the middle up from the bottom about a 1" up .
David
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on August 10, 2015, 01:52:37 am
Meerkat Land? {-) ...... simples........
Would it be a hill or a bluff overlooking a part of Hadrian's wall?..............Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 10, 2015, 05:56:27 am
It's not in the UK.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 10, 2015, 08:34:49 am
Derek, no foliage like that near Hadrian`s Wall ! I think it is more likely to be in your neck of the woods, certainly very much south of Hadrian`s Wall. Maybe Ned Kelly`s hideout but I don't see a boat connection there. Maybe the "Meercat" is a Joey? I don't know any other legends from down under.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 10, 2015, 12:14:12 pm
I have checked the original hi res image and there is no animal lurking, it's just a random pattern of grasses. Possibly in it's heyday this place might have had lions around, (it isn't in Africa), and Lions do symbolise the entrance to the place, plus a nearby locality is famous for its lion, - I have probably given too much away now.... The nautical reference is strong but indirect.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Perkasaman2 on August 10, 2015, 12:36:54 pm
Mycenae in Greece. A long shot. %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 10, 2015, 12:47:47 pm
You are quite right actually Perkasaman I knew I had given it away with reference to the Lion Gate and the Nemean Lion killed by Hercules.
The ship connection? Agamemnon, the Lord of Mycenae reputedly led 1,000 ships to Troy to 'rescue' the fair Helen. (He also had five Royal Navy ships named after him.)
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 10, 2015, 01:38:25 pm
Aw :(( I was going to say Venice with all their winged lions <:( Not having had a classic education I was guessing the nearby lions were in the Colosseum , Rome, kinda "nearby". :embarrassed: Couldn't find a boat connection except gondolas
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Perkasaman2 on August 10, 2015, 05:58:55 pm
Can I pass on my turn please. (Nothing prepared. %) )
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 14, 2015, 12:33:51 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 14, 2015, 12:38:07 pm
Copenhagen %%
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 14, 2015, 12:47:35 pm
Yep, easy one! - "The Little Mermaid is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark." How about this one?!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 14, 2015, 01:00:33 pm
Not sure which one
Boy with a Dolphin at the Chelsea end of Albert Bridge, or
Girl with a Dolphin outside Tower Bridge.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 14, 2015, 01:01:24 pm
Aha
This oen Boy with a Dolphin' sculpture by David Wynne, 1975, on Cheyne Walk in Chelsea
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 14, 2015, 01:12:54 pm
"Boy with a Dolphin' sculpture by David Wynne, 1975, on Cheyne Walk in Chelsea", London Is the correct answer!
Another one?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 14, 2015, 01:19:38 pm
How about this one?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 14, 2015, 01:32:30 pm
The bridge over the river Kwai %%
Here's one
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 14, 2015, 01:34:47 pm
What's the story in Balamory ( Tobermory )?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 14, 2015, 01:38:49 pm
On the right track but not quite %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 14, 2015, 03:58:16 pm
Sorry Martin, just realised where Tobermory is, so you are miles away. %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 14, 2015, 04:01:12 pm
Boats in the harbour at Aberaeron
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 14, 2015, 04:34:17 pm
Spot on :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 14, 2015, 07:17:09 pm
How about this one?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 14, 2015, 07:47:46 pm
Looks like a little port in Newfie land.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 14, 2015, 07:58:56 pm
Warm !
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Mad Scientist on August 14, 2015, 08:02:09 pm
Too close to home - better not answer! :police: - Tom
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 14, 2015, 08:17:47 pm
No rules about local knowledge %%
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 14, 2015, 08:29:23 pm
Peggy's cove Nova Scotia ? %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 14, 2015, 09:32:26 pm
wow - well done - I thought this one might take a while. :) Jonathan
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 15, 2015, 08:26:31 am
Another easy one...
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: inertia on August 15, 2015, 08:34:07 am
I think you've used this one before, Martin. It's at a waterfront shopping mall in either Gosport or Portsmouth, isn't it? DM
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: RAAArtyGunner on August 15, 2015, 09:08:33 am
That's a candidate for random caption, look what the dog brought home %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: inertia on August 15, 2015, 09:18:42 am
Yep - Gunwharf Quays, Gosport. Some dog, Jack................... :o DM
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 15, 2015, 11:22:18 am
OK, someone else, I'm clearly losing it here..... %%
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 15, 2015, 11:47:24 am
HERE'S AN EASY ONE
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 15, 2015, 12:01:12 pm
Yes, Appley Tower, Ryde Esplanade, Isle of Wight
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 15, 2015, 12:04:46 pm
quite right Colin, didn't what to tax the grey matter too much %% {-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 15, 2015, 12:08:47 pm
OK then:
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: inertia on August 15, 2015, 12:44:13 pm
It's as well they're not standing in a different order - they'd be arrested or killed in the rush! (Work it out.......) DM
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 15, 2015, 12:49:24 pm
Chatham dockyards?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 15, 2015, 01:01:52 pm
No!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 15, 2015, 01:27:13 pm
Portsmouth Dockyard, Anchor Lane.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on August 15, 2015, 01:36:30 pm
That's right Joe, just across the way from you! It was the 2008 Victorian Christmas in the dockyard. Your go!
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 15, 2015, 01:40:01 pm
OK try this one
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 17, 2015, 09:38:17 am
The Richmond Tower, gateway to the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 17, 2015, 10:17:54 am
awh you got it :-)) :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 17, 2015, 10:25:26 am
RadioJoe,
Could you post another as I have paint brush in hand and am under instructions to get decorating finished!!!
Jonathan
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 17, 2015, 11:51:59 am
OK Jonathan,
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: mrlownotes on August 17, 2015, 12:06:43 pm
Leeds Victorian Museum ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on August 17, 2015, 12:13:04 pm
No, not this country %%
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 17, 2015, 12:29:35 pm
Australia?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 17, 2015, 12:47:32 pm
Glasgow Maritime Museum ? They have a Victorian street scene but I was only there for the (few) model ships >:-o Correction, the title is Transport Museum. No Jim Clark or Jackie Stewart tribute last time I was there. >>:-( Why the rally car then ????
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 17, 2015, 12:53:45 pm
Auckland Museum
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: roycv on August 17, 2015, 03:14:48 pm
Milestones Museum Basingstoke?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Bob K on August 17, 2015, 04:19:24 pm
twas a model that only the builder could love! {-)
Is it in the RNLI shop in Poole?
Close
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 21, 2015, 10:12:47 pm
Mallaig ferry pier ...or is that not close enough ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 22, 2015, 07:59:26 am
Hi Duncan, I think Larry was referring to his post of the meccano Mersey The earlier question that has not been answered. Nemo was jumping the gun with the Mallaig one.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 22, 2015, 08:12:02 am
Rite enuff..I will take more water with it :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 22, 2015, 08:38:20 am
Aye, Mallaig it is - looking over the sea to Skye. Where I defy anyone to find better fish and chips! <*<
That has definitely opened a can of worms :o :o Tried the best in the World Anstruther Used by Charlie and Camilla. Chippie in Oban best by Rick Stein. Chippie in Seahouses Hairy Bikers best. Magpie in Whitby recommended by Mayhemers Not Impressed I still think the local Cleethorpes and Grimsby take some beating No cod or rock salmon, just Haddock or Skate.
Yes I have had some good fish and chips in Mallaig
Ned
Cutty Sark Greenwich Martin :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: TheLongBuild on August 22, 2015, 06:29:51 pm
:-)) Panny,s Stockton Heath, where else.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 22, 2015, 06:42:03 pm
"Cutty Sark Greenwich :-))"
Correct!.... smartass! >:-o
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 22, 2015, 10:38:25 pm
Dry berth under Cutty sark aha ipad gone really funny and not updated so sorry for Late post
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 23, 2015, 01:21:35 am
Excuse my boob earlier calling it a Mersey :embarrassed: :embarrassed: :embarrassed: It was the shape, but didn't click with the 13 - O0 O0
Ned
Swanage
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 25, 2015, 06:53:45 pm
Taken today. A relatively easy one for the tug boys! :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Stavros on August 25, 2015, 07:48:57 pm
TID 172 Chatham Dockyard....and no I wont post a pic
Dave
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on August 25, 2015, 09:54:57 pm
Knew it! O0
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 25, 2015, 10:52:52 pm
Where in the world... and name the wooden ship?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Peter Fitness on August 26, 2015, 02:42:41 am
The wooden ship is the HMS Endeavour replica, but I have no idea where the photo was taken {:-{
Peter.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on August 26, 2015, 03:01:55 am
Yes Peter
Certainly the replica of "The Earle of Pembroke" :-))........but also not sure where the image was taken.......possibly in Western Australia?.... Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: RAAArtyGunner on August 26, 2015, 01:01:56 pm
Certainly the replica of "The Earle of Pembroke" :-))........but also not sure where the image was taken.......possibly in Western Australia?.... Derek
If in WA it would be Fremantle as it is the port for Perth.
Martin (see the copyright) is located in Perth
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 26, 2015, 06:57:41 pm
Na he's oor Martin frae Peterborough {-)
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 26, 2015, 07:31:26 pm
Arklow could be a clue Emerald Isle.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 26, 2015, 08:26:53 pm
and Arklow's don't go that far...
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 26, 2015, 08:31:06 pm
Will take a punt on Ipswich.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 26, 2015, 08:57:54 pm
Or Yarmouth
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Danny on August 26, 2015, 10:58:18 pm
or Tilbury?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 26, 2015, 11:09:47 pm
Fake HMS Endeavour - yes. Wrong locations..... :P
Another clue....
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: RAAArtyGunner on August 27, 2015, 12:42:30 am
Looks like Mummy with her baby {:-{ {:-{ {:-{
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on August 27, 2015, 07:37:52 am
The light olive green Lysaght Colourbond convoluted steel sheeting on the roof and walls of the buildings in the original image suggests it is southern hemisphere....so OZ Mainland, Tassie or Kiwi land? :o ........ Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 27, 2015, 08:46:02 am
Nope, UK O0
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on August 27, 2015, 09:37:27 am
Is it at Whitby? aye fred
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 27, 2015, 09:54:22 am
Not Whitby.....
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 27, 2015, 10:17:07 am
Kings Lynn?
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 27, 2015, 10:26:52 am
I suspect that the pylons in the background are the UK's highest which would make it the Dartford area but it it doesn't look like Dartford to me; so I'll go for the Tyne, North or South Shields.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 27, 2015, 11:05:02 am
Not Kings Lynn. Not Dartford. Not North or South Shields.
:-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on August 27, 2015, 11:27:48 am
Ireland?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 27, 2015, 11:28:50 am
Nope, England
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on August 27, 2015, 11:37:31 am
>>:-(... a Google search of ..."light olive green Lysaght Colourbond convoluted steel sheeting on the roof and walls of the buildings in England" reveals no answers >>:-( ... Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 27, 2015, 11:38:29 am
:P
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: RAAArtyGunner on August 27, 2015, 12:05:16 pm
Chatham???????????????????
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on August 27, 2015, 12:05:52 pm
:embarrassed: rephrased that ........ a Google search on ...
"light olive green Lysaght Colourbond convoluted steel sheeting on the roof and walls of the buildings in a marine port in England"
Still reveals no answers >>:-( ... Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: TugCowboy on August 27, 2015, 12:24:15 pm
Swansea?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: inertia on August 27, 2015, 12:30:28 pm
Muckle Flugga with the Stack that is the most Northerly bit of GB or UKNed How does spell check turn Muckle into Nicole ?? >>:-( /quote]
Probably it was thinking of the old Scots Proverb - 'Mony a Mickle maks a Muckle, or a Nicole' Aye. ;)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 06, 2015, 06:29:00 pm
Easy one. O0
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on September 06, 2015, 10:00:46 pm
Cuxhaven?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 08, 2015, 02:53:32 pm
Not CUXhaven ! ok2
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on September 08, 2015, 03:39:50 pm
Berwick upon Tweed?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: boneash on September 08, 2015, 07:11:17 pm
If it's easy it must be near You.... so ...Newhaven?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 09, 2015, 04:38:50 pm
Correct - thought it was too easy as it's just up the road! :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: boneash on September 09, 2015, 08:04:40 pm
Here is my offering..was most impressed when I saw it recently.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on September 09, 2015, 09:21:29 pm
On the Shropshire Union Canal, don't know the name of the bridge though.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 09, 2015, 09:27:26 pm
Grubb St Cutting A517 bridge I Think.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: boneash on September 10, 2015, 12:14:48 am
Well done Ned
Yes bridge 39 on the Shropshire Canal,
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 10, 2015, 07:54:05 am
Duncan was first with the right canal. There's a double bridge on the Leeds and Liverpool too. Duncan named the Shroppie. I'm sure he will have a Northerly Where in the World? be it Highland or Baltic :-))
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on September 10, 2015, 01:36:37 pm
Not Baltic just looks like it.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on September 10, 2015, 04:03:46 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on September 10, 2015, 04:44:04 pm
Is it the Corgarff Castle is located at Corgarff, in Aberdeenshire,
john
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on September 10, 2015, 05:41:13 pm
Yes it is. The two people on left of entrance are myself and the custodian who when he retired found a home just across the street from me. Pure coincidence. Picture was take a few years ago on 35mm film from a model aircraft. "David" on this forum must be away on hols , I felt sure he would be the first since he lives just down the road.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on September 10, 2015, 05:54:31 pm
try this
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on September 10, 2015, 06:15:45 pm
Bridge on the River Kwai
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on September 10, 2015, 06:26:58 pm
not quite right there Martin ... but here is a link for you :-)
make sure you got your two front teeth :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF2EsKbd9IQ
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: david48 on September 10, 2015, 08:04:50 pm
No I am not on holiday just have not looked at this thread today ,been on with the radar motor. Then went out to see to pigeons on layed barley ,too willy, no luck,try again to morrow .
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 10, 2015, 08:24:31 pm
I know!, I know! it's a Bridge Over Troubled Waters. ok2
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Post by: Perkasaman2 on September 10, 2015, 08:34:59 pm
Ye auld brig a doon. %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on September 10, 2015, 08:40:05 pm
Nay man %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 10, 2015, 09:18:13 pm
Wey aye man! I think it might be the Causey Arch in Co. Durham?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on September 11, 2015, 07:44:54 am
wey aye man you have it in one capt Nemo , it is the Causey arch your go john
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on September 11, 2015, 09:02:11 am
Sneaking one in under the wire...
(http://u.cubeupload.com/Mayhem/Witw2.jpg)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on September 11, 2015, 09:04:27 am
That's a nice bollard Martin - is it one of a pair?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 11, 2015, 09:05:33 am
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on September 11, 2015, 09:23:09 am
Berwick upon Tweed - Correct..... smartask!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 11, 2015, 09:46:28 am
%) %) %)
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 11, 2015, 07:11:07 pm
A bit more rural. (Some bridges have more than one use!)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on September 11, 2015, 07:12:56 pm
Ooo its Poohsticks Bridge beside a small stream that runs into the River Medway :-)
aye
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 11, 2015, 07:25:55 pm
Wey man - that was quick! One minute must be a record! Pint of The Dog for you! Not bad for a Geordie as it is about 2 miles from where I live - it is at Hartfield village. Next one please. :-)) Bob.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on September 11, 2015, 07:30:57 pm
the pooh gave it away :-)
just going to find another one :-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on September 11, 2015, 07:36:12 pm
Well we will go for this one :-
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 11, 2015, 07:42:20 pm
Shetland Bus ?
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: John W E on September 11, 2015, 07:44:15 pm
By I wish all buses were as quick as you :-)
your go my mate :-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 11, 2015, 08:04:11 pm
Free go lads. Can't do much from my phone and still getting to grips with Win 10 on the pooter.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Tim_M on September 11, 2015, 08:59:54 pm
OK, I didn't take this photo - but I have had breakfast there %%
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: dougal99 on September 11, 2015, 09:03:23 pm
Jeongdongjin, South Korea,
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Tim_M on September 11, 2015, 09:07:28 pm
Yup! Fish and cabbage soup as I recall.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: dougal99 on September 11, 2015, 09:07:56 pm
Here's my effort
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 11, 2015, 09:34:04 pm
Lake of Ozarks Missouri ?
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: dougal99 on September 11, 2015, 10:38:29 pm
Right state, wrong location
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 12, 2015, 07:33:49 pm
St Louis ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: dougal99 on September 12, 2015, 08:41:23 pm
Yep, Mississippi just below the arch :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 12, 2015, 08:50:31 pm
I was sure it was Berwick-upon-Tweed! {:-{
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on September 12, 2015, 10:01:15 pm
Naaa, Bridge on the River Kwai!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 12, 2015, 10:52:03 pm
someone is bound to get this %%
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 13, 2015, 05:44:24 pm
I thought a lot of you guys would have known this one. %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 13, 2015, 06:59:34 pm
As I have just been offered an 'A' Class - I know it is Gosport Clubs lake/pond and I claim the coconut!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 13, 2015, 08:13:48 pm
A coconut it is Nemo, yes Walpole park taken last January when the council was draining the lakes for maintenance. :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 13, 2015, 08:40:05 pm
Thanks Joe, my chimp will love it!
Another bridge. (Not near Berwick-upon-Tweed.) {-) It has a link with Tower Bridge.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on September 13, 2015, 09:10:58 pm
Bridge not over River Kwai !
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 13, 2015, 09:18:10 pm
White Cart Bridge, Renfrew Scotland. %% no coconuts please. {-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 13, 2015, 09:56:26 pm
My home town Joe! :-)) Correctly, it is the Inchinnan Bridge over the White Cart, designed and built by Sir William Arrol. Please accept a wee haggis at least as you have mystified me on this one! Well done. Next please.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 13, 2015, 10:55:33 pm
I've seen a haggis, on second thoughts can I have the coconut {-) {-) %%
here's the next one :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tobyker on September 13, 2015, 11:01:11 pm
The bridge at Mostar that got blown up?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 14, 2015, 08:27:45 am
Well done that man, yes Mostar Bosnia, over to you :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tobyker on September 14, 2015, 06:58:28 pm
Had a jigsaw of Mostar bridge! Try this:
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 14, 2015, 07:45:38 pm
Looks a bit like Arisaig but there must be a hundred Bays and inlets on the West Coast that look like this.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on September 14, 2015, 10:45:08 pm
Could be P.C. Hamish McBeth`s beat ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tobyker on September 15, 2015, 12:03:00 am
South of Arisaig but on same page of the AA roadmap! The family who built the castle from whose grounds this rather low quality photo was take also built one on the southern tip of the island. Or shall I post another photo but less reduced?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Ardnave on September 15, 2015, 09:36:41 am
Hi, is it the isle of Kerrera near Oban?
Clark
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 15, 2015, 11:33:14 am
Ardantrive Bay Marina, Kerrera?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 15, 2015, 01:54:24 pm
Duart Castle Mull
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tobyker on September 15, 2015, 10:52:34 pm
Kerrera it is, from Dunollie castle. Well done, Clark. When you visit the island, do not fail to check out (in season) the Tea Garden, run by our friends Martin and Aideen. Now officially the 4th best restaurant in Oban, despite not being a restaurant, nor in Oban!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Ardnave on September 16, 2015, 10:51:49 am
Thanks, will keep that in mind if i'm in the area :-))
This is looking across to a port I sailed into recently
Clark
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 16, 2015, 02:08:13 pm
Carraig Fhada, Islay Port Ellen ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Ardnave on September 16, 2015, 03:56:12 pm
Well done, Joe, spot on. There is a lovely little sandy beach just round from here, taken in July this year.
Clark
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 16, 2015, 06:03:04 pm
Thanks Clark, next up is this %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 16, 2015, 06:07:26 pm
Entrance to the first Channel Tunnel {-)
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 16, 2015, 06:12:17 pm
{-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on September 16, 2015, 07:05:05 pm
Sodani tunnel Japan ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 16, 2015, 07:15:21 pm
Wow, that was quicker than I thought, well done :-)) :-)) over to you O0
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on September 16, 2015, 07:24:29 pm
This one ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on September 16, 2015, 07:40:03 pm
3523 Independence Parkway South LaPorte, TX 77571 US of A. Bit of the USS Texas in the corner. LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on September 16, 2015, 07:57:12 pm
Jep spot on :-)) You're next
Front shot of Texas
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on September 16, 2015, 08:15:22 pm
I know it needs cleaning up and perhaps it will be when I re-scan the negs. LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 16, 2015, 09:38:10 pm
Probably thousands of miles out, but here goes. " Santorini, Greece ? :o
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on September 16, 2015, 10:56:11 pm
Indeed you are! But not in a pluralistic sense. LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on September 17, 2015, 08:09:09 pm
Are we stumped then? Do you need any alterations? But, to do that, would mean that the sky would be less dramatic.... LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Danny on September 17, 2015, 08:50:30 pm
The sky may be dramatic, but as a moving object is not much use in ascertaining geographic placement! A fort (?) on a cliff by the sea - not much to go on - so wild guess time ..... Sicily? ;D
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: radiojoe on September 17, 2015, 09:41:38 pm
The isle of Skye ?
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on September 18, 2015, 09:45:03 am
'tis Skye of course - but where is the question %%
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on September 18, 2015, 10:57:52 am
I know Skye very well but that view is seen by very few - maybe fishermen? Not a clue?
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Post by: radiojoe on September 18, 2015, 11:22:55 am
Sgurr Dearg, Cullin ? {:-{
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on September 18, 2015, 12:15:52 pm
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Post by: radiojoe on September 18, 2015, 12:44:49 pm
Scorrybreac ? :((
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Post by: Netleyned on September 18, 2015, 12:52:02 pm
Uig
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on September 18, 2015, 02:20:27 pm
Well it is the entrance to Uig Bay at the far northern end of the Trotternish peninsula so I will let it go at that - but I have yet to find the name for the headland. the area is well worth an extended visit if your in the area. LB.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Ardnave on September 18, 2015, 03:24:46 pm
Hi LB, The northern headland at the entrance to Uig bay is Ru Idrigill. I have had the pleasure of some sea kayaking out of Uig & up the coast to the north. Some great views from the sea.
Clark
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on September 18, 2015, 03:32:31 pm
Craigile ?
Ned
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Post by: Nemo on September 18, 2015, 06:25:31 pm
%)
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Post by: Ardnave on September 18, 2015, 07:16:09 pm
My post above was for information only....Not trying to nick your go Ned, you were first! :-)) :D
Clark
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Post by: Netleyned on September 18, 2015, 07:51:03 pm
Carry on Clark, I can't do pictures to the forum from my phone. I was last in Uig in1971 when surveying the Minches
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: ian-mccaffrey on November 05, 2015, 03:54:06 am
swansea marina ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on November 05, 2015, 08:02:59 am
We still doing this?
Where in the World and who?
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4080/4767647481_61d8602056_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/8giruD) (https://flic.kr/p/8giruD) by Ministry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ministry/)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on November 05, 2015, 08:33:31 am
Athena in Rome?.....or a bad image of Diana with the hang mans cap....... Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on November 05, 2015, 10:32:27 am
No & nope.
UK
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on November 05, 2015, 10:50:41 am
Minerva British Museum
Ned
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Post by: Nemo on November 07, 2015, 06:43:37 pm
Not really a 'quiz' question but I am trying to identify the possible location shown in this painting of an early 19C steam-paddler. The castle and lighthouse might be good clues. Any ideas?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on November 07, 2015, 06:50:33 pm
I was thinking it looked a bit like Portchester castle not sure about the lighthouse.
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Post by: boat captain on November 07, 2015, 08:15:49 pm
Could be Fort Perch Rock on the Mersey.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on November 07, 2015, 09:05:14 pm
Painting ships in that era needed a light house and castle/ fort Could be anywhere.
Ned
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Post by: Nemo on November 07, 2015, 09:16:15 pm
I think boatcaptain is probably correct as the lighthouse and fort could well be at Fort Perch Rock showing the ship heading upriver. I had a sneaking suspicion that it might have been the Mersey but as I had no knowledge of that area, I posed the question. I am interested in the Paddle Steamer 'Elizabeth' which was the first steamship to operate on the Mersey and was introduced in 1815 to operate between Liverpool and Runcorn. I thought this picture may have been of the Elizabeth. I am still not sure of the identity of the ship though. Thanks for suggestions to all. :-))
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on November 08, 2015, 02:17:47 am
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Post by: Norseman on November 08, 2015, 09:14:41 am
Yes, the Paddle Steamer picture is Perch Rock but I had been thinking Hurst Castle. I found this on the web.
Walters, Samuel[/t]CreditNational Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird CollectionMaterialsoil on canvasMeasurementsPainting: 723.9 x 1206.5 mm; Frame: 910 x 1400 mm
The Paddle Steamer 'Ariel'
A scene showing shipping on the Wirral, now known as New Brighton, Liverpool. In the background is the Perch Rock Fort and Lighthouse. Other shipping is also depicted, including another paddle steamer on the left, together with smaller sailing boats. The paddle steamer in the painting has always thought to have been the ‘Ariel’. Formerly called the ‘Arrow’ she was built in 1821-22, and went into straight into service at Dover. She was transferred to the mail service in April 1825 and it is possible that she is shown visiting Liverpool between 1825-33 en route for Ireland. The ‘Arrow’ was taken over by the admiralty 1837 and renamed ‘Ariel’. She continued to be the Dover packet until 1846. A steam packet service from Liverpool to Kingstown was commended by the PO August 1826. There were four vessels on this route, ‘Dolphin’, ‘Comet’, ‘Etna’ and ‘Thetis’ and were built large enough to enable them to compete with steamships of private companies operating from Liverpool to Ireland. Since this painting shows a furled sail behind the funnel and the riser pipe from the boiler safety valves it is more likely to be one of the larger Liverpool Post Office packets such as the ‘Lightning’ which was the first PO steam packet to be ordered from Evans of Rotherhithe in 1820. The painting is signed and dated ‘Walters and Son 1831’.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on November 09, 2015, 06:35:06 pm
Thanks for info Norseman. :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on April 30, 2016, 11:14:05 am
Haven't done this in a while..... Where in the world?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on April 30, 2016, 06:55:48 pm
You were much closer with the first guess...
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on May 01, 2016, 10:32:45 am
Second clue - image was taken just down the river from this
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on May 01, 2016, 10:41:47 am
Looks like a view of the river Wensum with Norwich Cathedral in the distance.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on May 01, 2016, 10:51:07 am
sorry, but don't think that is Norwich Cathedral.
the cathedral has a number of round openings above 3 rectangular lights at the top most of the tower,on each face but this "church" doesn't.and from looking at it, there are only two rectangular lights.
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on May 01, 2016, 11:45:28 am
Sorry not Norwich - clue there is a chapel of the bridge - also much closer to Martin's original guess of Peterborough
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on May 01, 2016, 12:40:42 pm
Ah I see now - St. Ives.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on May 01, 2016, 02:56:13 pm
Correct - the original picture posted was taken from Jones Boatyard @ St.Ives where I moor my humble gin palace!
Over to you Liverbudgie..
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on May 01, 2016, 03:15:43 pm
Brave or foolhardy?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on May 01, 2016, 03:21:04 pm
Wild shot Cromer Pier..
On second thoughts - Ferry across the Mersey
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on May 01, 2016, 04:24:39 pm
Indeed - a wild and lumpy day on the river last week, a couple of 'phones and pads' got wiped out as she dropped into a trough and it came back over the bow; silly people.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on May 01, 2016, 05:15:36 pm
Wow - bit of a wild guess
So how about this one
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Fubar on May 01, 2016, 05:26:21 pm
Looks the kind of bridge that's had some Royal Connections
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on May 01, 2016, 05:35:25 pm
bridge of HMRY Brittania, Leith, Edinburgh
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on May 01, 2016, 06:44:54 pm
yup - over to you
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on May 01, 2016, 09:09:55 pm
thanks.
what and where.
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on May 02, 2016, 12:18:17 am
know where it is! But I 'ain't sayin' cos' it will make look like a know it all, suffice to say it took me about fifteen secs of lookin'
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on May 02, 2016, 10:35:00 am
I'm sure we all bow to your great knowledge, Mr Liverbudgie and all thank you for not divulging the what and where.
I do believe we are all eternally grateful to you.lol.
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on May 02, 2016, 10:55:18 am
It's that Coastguard lookout at, let me think now, er ...............? ;)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on May 02, 2016, 01:39:20 pm
To be absolutely correct, Nemo, no it's not!
That is why I asked for the What, as well as where?
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: ballastanksian on May 02, 2016, 07:54:17 pm
Is it a military observation tower for spotting how well aircraft bombing goes? Somewhere off East Angular???
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on May 02, 2016, 08:33:22 pm
No sorry Ian, wrong on both counts.
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on May 02, 2016, 09:02:22 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on May 02, 2016, 09:26:16 pm
I'll have to give it to you Ned, but it actually wasn't built as a coast watch tower.
when the original Coast Guard tower was deemed unfit and unsafe, the CGA decided not to replace it with a new one, as they have the large one near to where I live in Knot End, which covers almost as much of the coast westwards as the old one did and more to the east as well. Mind you it had not been used by the CGA for a time and was being used by the RSPB for watching migratory birds.
So the RSPB granted money to the local council to build a new tower for their purposes, and was initially to be only for their use.
However National Coast Watch, at the time a fledgling organisation in the north west approached the RSPB and asked if they could occupy one of the levels for their charitable organisation and so it is now known as "the new coastguard " station it was in fact designed at the instigation of the RSPB.
Over to you, Ned.
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on May 04, 2016, 09:01:00 am
An easy one. (Not the Duke of Wellington as a boy %% )
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 04, 2016, 09:56:20 am
Interesting! There seems to be quite a few of them around the world!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Dixie212 on May 04, 2016, 12:14:25 pm
Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Gardens, Cleethorpes.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on May 05, 2016, 03:19:27 pm
Spot on there Dixie Over to you.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Dixie212 on May 05, 2016, 08:48:02 pm
Try this one.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Fubar on May 06, 2016, 08:34:39 pm
Is it ' The Roches '
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Dixie212 on May 07, 2016, 12:06:03 pm
No, sorry, not The Roches
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: kinmel on May 07, 2016, 12:47:45 pm
Bungle Bungles, Purnululu National Park, Western Australia.
I thought it would be a nice day trip from Kununurra !
Ended up flying over it instead
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Post by: Dixie212 on May 07, 2016, 06:06:25 pm
Right country, wrong state. Was also a wonderful flight to see the sunrise over somewhere fairly close to the picture.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: kinmel on May 07, 2016, 06:32:21 pm
Right country, wrong state. Was also a wonderful flight to see the sunrise over somewhere fairly close to the picture.
They have moved it then since I was there 20 years ago... http://www.australia.com/en/places/kimberley/wa-purnululu-national-park.html (http://www.australia.com/en/places/kimberley/wa-purnululu-national-park.html)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungle_Bungle_Range
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: plugger on May 09, 2016, 11:37:23 am
Kata Tjuta or more commonly The Olgas. Northern Territory - 40km or so west of Uluru
(Bungle Bungles have the beehive look)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Dixie212 on May 09, 2016, 04:23:06 pm
Well done Plugger, over to you.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: plugger on May 10, 2016, 10:23:15 am
Nothing ready. First to post goes....
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 10, 2016, 11:28:32 am
Where and what is it unique feature of this port in the UK?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on May 11, 2016, 09:52:23 am
bridge over river kwai
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 11, 2016, 10:51:13 am
..... correct! >>:-(
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 11, 2016, 10:58:59 am
Where is the world and what is it's esteemed for?
(http://www.lonwalk.ndirect.co.uk/rich.jpg)
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Post by: Nemo on May 19, 2016, 10:57:52 am
OK, I think we all give up! :} Unless it is Swan-Upping, River Thames?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 19, 2016, 11:30:19 am
Richmond bridge over the Thames. :P
Richmond Bridge is an 18th-century stone arch bridge that crosses the River Thames at Richmond, connecting the two halves of the present-day London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse.
The bridge, which is a Grade I listed,[1] was built between 1774 and 1777, as a replacement for a ferry crossing which connected Richmond town centre on the east bank with its neighbouring district of East Twickenham to the west. Its construction was privately funded by a tontine scheme, for which tolls were charged until 1859. Because the river meanders from its general west to east direction, flowing from southeast to northwest in this part of London, what would otherwise be known as the north and south banks are often referred to as the "Middlesex" (Twickenham) and "Surrey" (Richmond) banks respectively, named after the historic counties to which each side once belonged.
The bridge was widened and slightly flattened in 1937–40, but otherwise still conforms to its original design. The eighth Thames bridge to be built in what is now Greater London, it is today the oldest surviving Thames bridge in London.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 19, 2016, 12:03:18 pm
Lands end?
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Post by: boxer on May 19, 2016, 12:04:44 pm
No more local ish to you Martin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on May 19, 2016, 12:11:21 pm
Chapel St Leonards.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: boxer on May 19, 2016, 01:41:31 pm
spot on sir
admiral benbow ( boat themed pub on the beach ) :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on May 22, 2016, 11:32:34 pm
Where is this? Note that the panel insert was removed by thieves! I have a photo of the replaced panel. It has a salty connection.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on May 23, 2016, 07:14:10 am
Royal George memorial Esplanade, Ryde, Isle of Wight
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Post by: Nemo on May 23, 2016, 12:08:42 pm
:-)) Corrrrect!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: g6swj on May 23, 2016, 04:40:17 pm
How about this one
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Post by: BFSMP on June 10, 2016, 05:57:53 pm
Really, there don't need to be any guesses on this one, BUT WHAT A FANTASTIC DAY I HAD.
My friend neil took me over for the day from Heysham on Wednesday for a day at the races.
We watched the day's activities from Braddon Church, arriving at 07.00 hours and got front row seats.
Sadly because of mist and then some idiot parking a vehicle on the Air ambulance Helicopter landing spot which had to be moved before any racing could begin.....racing started at 12.45, but we were not disappointed, other than the last race of the "lightweights" started just as check in finished for our ferry home. Had it not been for the early delay we would have seen 3 races and two practice's.
Sadly on the first race John McGuinness retired just below our seating area, but at least we got a good look at his bike after the race.
Just brilliant. Arrived home at 23.30 hours having started off at 02.15 hours.
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on June 10, 2016, 06:08:59 pm
Knott End Bikers Night {-)
Seriously Jim, I know you and Neil would have had a splendid day :-)) Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 10, 2016, 06:27:14 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on June 23, 2016, 07:14:58 pm
No, it's not in the Solent.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 23, 2016, 07:20:22 pm
Nab tower, south of IOW ?
High tide
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on June 23, 2016, 07:31:22 pm
Yes, it is the Nab after the steelwork was removed recently. Looks completely different to what it used to.
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 23, 2016, 07:54:48 pm
sure is different, we use to use it as a second dive years ago, how about this one
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 23, 2016, 08:06:31 pm
Is it a photograph from a book about a "miniature round the world" type theme park ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on June 23, 2016, 08:15:34 pm
Bekonskot ?
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 23, 2016, 08:18:11 pm
No and No and No, full scale living area and not Bekonskot
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 23, 2016, 08:59:51 pm
Japan ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 23, 2016, 09:01:25 pm
Not Japan but going in the right direction
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 23, 2016, 09:34:00 pm
China ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 23, 2016, 09:49:14 pm
yep, that narrows it down %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 23, 2016, 10:56:24 pm
this could take some time....Peking {:-{ Got find the school atlas <:(
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Post by: KevinM on June 23, 2016, 11:17:53 pm
Well your getting there, called Beijing now. Peking is the old western name but to the chinese the words are the same pronounciation and dont represent a change. That said the old western name is appropriate for the actual place :)
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 23, 2016, 11:34:39 pm
Well your getting there, called Beijing now. Peking is the old western name but to the chinese the words are the same pronounciation and dont represent a change. That said the old western name is appropriate for the actual place :)
Hence the reference to school atlas, (got mine 70 years ago) plus the quality of the illustration is a giveaway to an older system of imaging, looks pre Mao , no red flags. Don't know if the Forbidden City has water. BTW who is the person on your avatar ?
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Post by: KevinM on June 24, 2016, 11:14:09 am
Photo taken about 8 years ago on an ixus 60, been reduced in size so degraded a bit for easy posting.
Forbidden city has a moat around it but no lakes etc inside the walls other than the odd small pond in the gardens
Image is Ghinggis Khaan (Using the correct Mongolian spelling)
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Post by: KevinM on June 24, 2016, 11:17:18 am
The reason for no red flags is linked to the place itself, note the yellow flags which is a huge clue :)
The colours of the roofs also indicate that it cant be the forbidden city as the buildings there have roofs of two colours to indicate usage
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 24, 2016, 09:42:52 pm
Is nobody else going to have a guess ? Yellow flags ..hmmm, typhoid ,plague, isolation hospital ? Or does the yellow flag belong to higher class in the classless society, maybe the mandarins of old ? I give up.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 24, 2016, 10:19:15 pm
Dont give up, yellow is the colour of the Chinese Emperor of old just as you guessed
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 25, 2016, 02:19:06 pm
Garden of heavenly delights for the yellow flagged Manchu Emperors :embarrassed: ? In a ,now, peoples park in old Peking now Beijing {:-{
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 25, 2016, 08:36:31 pm
....ooooor ...according to Wiki.cn, could be Haidian Imperial Gardens ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 25, 2016, 10:05:07 pm
Close enough, its just the living and workers area in the summer palace which is indeed in the Haidian area :)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on June 25, 2016, 10:36:13 pm
Aaaaaaarrrrhhhha .....The Summer Palace :embarrassed:....certainly a beautiful place to sail model boats...............
But I bet IC >>:-( are not permitted..... Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 25, 2016, 11:13:36 pm
dont see why not, there is a huge lake called Kungming. For sure you can in Houhai which is where I go and also fish there as there is no enterance fee. There are lakes all over Beijing for fishing, boating and even swimming in summer
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2016, 07:50:56 am
It would be nice if we had Chinese members in the ROC. Does the "Great Wall" prevent that ? BBC "Click" this morning is all about Chinese electronics.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 26, 2016, 09:36:27 am
there is no reason why ROC members cant access the forum and forums in general other than language barriers, the only real barriers I know of are the well known Facebook blocks but many people use proxy servers to get round that restricion.
Whilst a lot of young people speak basic english having learnt at school its only in the major cities that they are likely to get a chance to talk to a forigner. Writing is much more difficult as its not just a simple translation the two languages have different fundamental concepts. The older generation as a rule dont know english.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2016, 11:20:47 am
Interesting Kevin. Do you visit there often ? How about model boat clubs in the country ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 26, 2016, 11:27:44 am
I live in Beijing about 50% of my time, month there then a month UK etc.
I dont know of any boat clubs whatsoever, I do travel around china quite a bit including well away from "western" areas but water hobbies seem to be boating as in riding in them, fishing and kite flying (they like the steady air streams you tend to get along the rivers) but then Im all new to this, I know a couple of steam enthusiasts and one is into boats but lives in the south and is active on a number of forums.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2016, 11:39:42 am
Wow ! pity I didn't know you when the wandering Springer "Red Oktober" was trying to cadge a lift eastwards. (check it out in the Springer thread if you don't know about it) Maybe we can organise something if it goes round again {-). I suppose it is my turn now ? A more orthodox one but with communist connections.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 26, 2016, 12:08:55 pm
Hmmm, clear what it is but where I have no idea
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2016, 12:16:16 pm
You could ask someone on Skype ;) ;)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2016, 12:31:32 pm
Red O visited this city. ( Launched 2010, still going strong, now in Canada ).
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 26, 2016, 01:00:05 pm
What one of my girlfriends that are keen to send me naked photos and just need my credit card and bank details in exchange?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2016, 01:24:31 pm
I`ll re-phrase my Skype reference ...ask at the HQ of Skype :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 26, 2016, 02:32:15 pm
lost me completly now, Im sure somebody who knows what they are looking at will be along shortly :)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2016, 02:44:16 pm
Skype HQ is in same city as this building.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on June 26, 2016, 04:17:31 pm
Luxembourg ?
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: KevinM on June 26, 2016, 04:38:33 pm
Got that much but I cant find it on google maps or search, the russian church there has multi colour domes
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Fubar on June 26, 2016, 04:44:06 pm
Estonia ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2016, 05:38:28 pm
Yes Estonia. Look for a cathedral not a church.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Fubar on June 27, 2016, 07:24:40 pm
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral , Tallinn
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 27, 2016, 07:45:15 pm
Correct :-)) A fine medieval old town, well restored in a modern city, only a couple of hours across the Baltic to Helsinki by cruise ferry ships. Your turn Fubar.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Fubar on June 27, 2016, 08:03:00 pm
A Local Landmark
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Post by: Nemo on June 27, 2016, 08:09:13 pm
I saw one like this some years ago, I think in Chester?
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Post by: BFSMP on June 27, 2016, 08:13:05 pm
Chester main street by any chance,
Jim.
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Post by: Netleyned on June 27, 2016, 08:18:54 pm
Eastgate Chester
Ned
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Post by: Fubar on June 27, 2016, 08:19:20 pm
Yes your all right, Nemo on to you
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Post by: Nemo on June 27, 2016, 08:39:35 pm
Thanks fubar. This has been turned into a local tourist photo must-have! It is on a very large river! Zoom in and see some odd things. O0
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Post by: BFSMP on June 27, 2016, 08:43:35 pm
one of the islands for the QE2 .bridge over the Thames, perhaps.
Jim.
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Post by: Fubar on June 27, 2016, 08:58:27 pm
Hungerford Bridge
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Post by: Nemo on June 27, 2016, 09:00:26 pm
Nearly correct Fubar, it is one of the the support bases for the Golden Jubilee footbridge adjacent to Hungerford. Your go :-))
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 27, 2016, 09:08:39 pm
What a disgrace. How often is it cleaned ?
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Post by: Fubar on June 27, 2016, 09:09:47 pm
Another Local site
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Post by: Nemo on June 27, 2016, 09:16:34 pm
Duncan, I took that a couple of years ago, surrounded by a mob of Japs who thought it worth a snap or two! I see on Google Earth they have been cleaned up since. probably made a few bob on Ebay selling those boards!
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Post by: Nemo on June 27, 2016, 09:18:07 pm
Bit of a sump-hazard there Fubar! :}
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Post by: Fubar on June 27, 2016, 09:23:25 pm
Anything to keep folk out
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Post by: NFMike on June 28, 2016, 12:30:53 am
Gates in Warrington?
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Post by: Fubar on June 28, 2016, 06:13:44 am
eeeer no, not Warrington Nearer the A5 than that
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Post by: Fubar on June 29, 2016, 07:16:01 pm
Near Llangollen
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Post by: BFSMP on June 29, 2016, 07:42:32 pm
entrance to chumley hall........just a guess.
Jim
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Post by: Fubar on June 29, 2016, 08:05:59 pm
Jim, Think Castles, also about 3miles from where the canal goes above the Dee Valley
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Post by: Jerry C on June 29, 2016, 08:08:48 pm
Chirk castle gates. Jerry.
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Post by: BFSMP on June 29, 2016, 08:10:20 pm
don't know much about the area but did sail over the Pontcysyllte aqueduct and the Crick aqueduct some years ago.....anywhere near there.
Jim.
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Post by: Fubar on June 29, 2016, 08:13:20 pm
Well Done Jerry, Over to you
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Post by: Jerry C on June 29, 2016, 08:24:20 pm
I'm very sorry but the site won't let me post what I know is a jpg format photo so I'll have to pass. Jerry.
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Post by: Fubar on June 29, 2016, 08:28:01 pm
You probably need to resize the file to less than 300 Kb.
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Post by: Jerry C on June 29, 2016, 08:32:33 pm
I know it's 184kb and its jpg. I can't even post a pic I've taken from my posts on my steam thread. Jerry.
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Post by: Fubar on June 29, 2016, 08:48:57 pm
have sent you a P.M Jerry
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Post by: Fubar on June 29, 2016, 09:11:05 pm
Here's one from Jerry
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on June 30, 2016, 12:22:09 am
Somewhere in OZ I expect.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Fubar on July 04, 2016, 07:16:20 pm
Jerry is it Bangor Rugby Club ?
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Post by: Jerry C on July 04, 2016, 07:41:04 pm
You're pretty close. Look up Jerry.
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Post by: Fubar on July 04, 2016, 09:25:28 pm
They haven't got posh tables like that at Whitchurch.........
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Post by: Stavros on July 04, 2016, 10:09:44 pm
Zip World at Penrhyn Quarry Bethesda
Dave
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Post by: Jerry C on July 04, 2016, 11:41:00 pm
Higher. Jerry.
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Post by: Netleyned on July 05, 2016, 07:50:18 am
Snowdon Visitor Centre ?
Ned
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Post by: Jerry C on July 05, 2016, 08:19:58 am
Smack on Ned. My daughter and son in law took the trophy up to the summit for a photo shoot. He worked for the WRU. On other occasions I've kept the Six Nations and the Triple Crown trophies under our bed overnight before their trip up the mountain in the morning. Jerry.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 12, 2017, 11:12:14 pm
Where in the world?
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 13, 2017, 05:29:10 pm
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 14, 2017, 07:10:41 pm
Struggling with this one? Another clue...
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on June 14, 2017, 07:42:00 pm
Any Thames barges nearby?
Ned
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Post by: Baldrick on June 14, 2017, 10:14:21 pm
Kings Lynn ??
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 14, 2017, 10:17:37 pm
No Thames tugs .... or the Thames itself! :-)
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Post by: raflaunches on June 14, 2017, 10:18:06 pm
Water's too clean to be Kings Lynn!!!! ;D %) and I can say that as I live and work less than 12 miles from this nice town! However it does look suspiciously like Lynn.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 14, 2017, 10:42:01 pm
ok2
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Post by: Capt Podge on June 14, 2017, 10:44:45 pm
Purfleet quay Kings Lynn.
Regards,
Ray.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 14, 2017, 10:44:49 pm
Correct! Kings Lynn!
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Post by: Capt Podge on June 14, 2017, 10:57:23 pm
Ok, let's try this one:
Regards,
Ray.
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Post by: derekwarner on June 14, 2017, 11:11:23 pm
Morning Captain....
first guess = Dublin? second guess = Copenhagen? :o..........
Derek
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Post by: Capt Podge on June 14, 2017, 11:14:46 pm
Nope - definitely not in Denmark Derek.
I'll put a clue up later, if it's not identified in the meantime.
Regards,
Ray.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on June 14, 2017, 11:19:00 pm
........River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland...[a Lepricorn told me so] {-) ...[his Grandfathers name was Paddy, & his name is chiselled into the brick just near the mans left foot O0]
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Post by: Capt Podge on June 14, 2017, 11:29:53 pm
That's the one Derek - although I still can't see the name in the brick - well done. :-))
Regards,
Ray.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on June 14, 2017, 11:39:51 pm
OK...to limit the scope, it is Australia
Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 14, 2017, 11:55:42 pm
Is it Australia ? %)
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Post by: derekwarner on June 15, 2017, 12:02:33 am
Yes Martin....as per original post....it is Australia.... Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 15, 2017, 12:20:19 am
Yeah, Wollongong Australia? Is it your house Derek?!
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Post by: derekwarner on June 15, 2017, 12:34:20 am
No Martin, my home is much larger than this building :P......
It is a famous old building...just look at my previous name badge........ %)
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Post by: Netleyned on June 15, 2017, 07:14:23 am
Garden Island?
Ned
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Post by: derekwarner on June 15, 2017, 08:01:41 am
Evening Ned ...I trust you are keeping well :-)).......
Yes it is the original Administration Building at Garden Island in Sydney Australia from 1898??
I did have the pleasure/displeasure of attending the building and appearing before a Rear Admiral [General Manager of Garden Island] over an Industrial matter where 2400 workers went on strike over the manner of a Staff Foreman <*<
They all got over it.....& returned to work O0
The floor is now yours Ned....... %)
Derek
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Post by: Baldrick on June 16, 2017, 01:41:04 pm
Until Ned surfaces anyone fancy a go at this one ? ( well I was the first to say Kings Lynn O0 )
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Post by: Netleyned on June 16, 2017, 02:42:24 pm
No problem Baldrick :-)) I am away from my laptop and I must get an app for my phone for resizing photos as all mine accessible by phone are too large for Mayhem.
Ned
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Post by: TailUK on June 16, 2017, 03:07:32 pm
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Post by: Baldrick on June 16, 2017, 04:36:07 pm
Hummm, well that did not last long , over to you.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 16, 2017, 04:40:47 pm
Some well traveled people on here! O0
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Post by: Netleyned on June 16, 2017, 05:15:13 pm
Some old exservicemen as well %% %%
Ned
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Post by: TailUK on June 16, 2017, 05:26:11 pm
I fear someone will get this one easily.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on June 17, 2017, 12:19:55 am
<*<....well I can tell you it is not a snap of North, South & Middle Head in Sydney town....... :kiss:.... Derek
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Post by: BrianB6 on June 17, 2017, 06:08:24 am
Nor 'The Heads' into Port Philip Bay. {-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: TailUK on June 19, 2017, 09:04:28 am
It's definitely not in the Southern Hemisphere.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on June 19, 2017, 10:33:16 am
Middle East? Gulf, somewhere?
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Post by: TailUK on June 19, 2017, 10:51:24 am
A little further north but not all the way.
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Post by: Nemo on June 19, 2017, 07:12:40 pm
Pure guess - Bahrain Island?
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Post by: Baldrick on June 19, 2017, 07:26:18 pm
I keep looking at that ship in the photograph , it is an USCG icebreaker ? or not {:-{
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Post by: TailUK on June 19, 2017, 07:39:55 pm
Not Bahrain Island, further North but not all the way. The vessel is a first vessel in a class of environmental patrol vessels named the Lillian Ngoyi , but she's an awful long way from home. I fear that this might prove too difficult or that you all go aground on it.
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Post by: DavieTait on June 19, 2017, 08:25:52 pm
NOT the Lilian Ngoyi https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:878373/mmsi:601741000/imo:9282223/vessel:LILIAN_NGOYI (https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:878373/mmsi:601741000/imo:9282223/vessel:LILIAN_NGOYI)
going by the terrain if its the Med it'll be Cyprus , Crete or one of those Island groups , ship looks more like the FAR group oil supply / rescue boats so could be Iceland or Faroes
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Post by: Baldrick on June 19, 2017, 08:38:01 pm
Ship could be the Sarah Baartman http://ports.co.za/admin/large/image-79.jpg (http://ports.co.za/admin/large/image-79.jpg)
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Post by: DavieTait on June 19, 2017, 09:43:06 pm
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Post by: TailUK on June 20, 2017, 09:59:14 am
The copy I have of that picture only says S/V Lillian, hence the confusion. So it's Terror Bay off King William Island, Canada. Interesting fact, Terror Bay was named for one of the ships from the ill fated Franklin expedition, H.M.S. Terror. The location of the wreck was unknown until 2016 when she was discovered in Terror bay. When the bay was named in 1910 they were completely ignorant of the fact that the bay's namesake was resting at the bottom of the bay.
Your turn, Davie
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 20, 2017, 10:56:07 am
Jumping in..... Only one person on this Forum may know where this is!
Goodness.....that just around the corner in Wollongong {-) .....I'll get another image ..... Old Wollongong Lighthouse....did you know she was imported in sections from UK in 1890, riveted & assembled here? Derek
Happy Birthday Derek! ...... whenever it is! ok2
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on June 20, 2017, 04:08:35 pm
Rack and pinion for mountain railway what do you mean "next stop the world" ? Was it invented in Oz ?
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 20, 2017, 09:06:53 pm
Waterfall : Gullfoss in Iceland ?
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Post by: DavieTait on June 20, 2017, 09:22:05 pm
Yup Gullfoss , was used in the Alien Prometheus film
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 20, 2017, 09:47:58 pm
I didn't see the film Davie, I cheated and Googled it, terrain was very Icelandic. I`ve been thinking about an idea for a "where is it" type theme based on statues after seeing that one of the figure hauling a rope. Maybe a "who, why and where answer required" , a nautical theme might be too restricted, too many admirals but not excluded.
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Post by: DavieTait on June 20, 2017, 10:23:51 pm
they filmed from the top platform but used a very low angle to try and hide where they were but as soon as I saw it I knew where it was , was there back in 2002 on holiday
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 20, 2017, 11:12:00 pm
A statue with a nautical theme, where and what is she ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Capt Podge on June 20, 2017, 11:19:07 pm
Fishwife on the harbour Nairn, Scotland.
Regards,
Ray.
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Post by: canabus on June 21, 2017, 02:29:09 am
Hi Arrow5 Next stop in the world. It's used on a train!!! But, where is it? Tasmania, a clue.
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 21, 2017, 03:18:04 am
Yep, thanks for that. There is a similar statue(s) in North Shields which, although depicting a fishwife, has always been known as the "Wooden Dolly" - a google will provide pretty much the whole story. :-))
In the meantime, here's another statue which, although outside the UK, should be identified fairly quickly...
Regards,
Ray.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 21, 2017, 01:32:23 pm
Athens, Greece?
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Post by: Capt Podge on June 21, 2017, 01:44:13 pm
Nope, but it is in the Med. %)
...but, for that little hint I also want the name of the building. ;D
Regards,
Ray.
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 21, 2017, 02:03:44 pm
Well you cant get any more nautical than Old Man Neptune but it isn't the one in Bologna so...hmmm ! Where was the rack railway in Tass ?
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Post by: canabus on June 21, 2017, 02:42:23 pm
ABT Railway west coast Tassie. Super great trip!!! One off my bucket list. Only 299 to go!!!
Also did the Hell's Gate boat trip on the new Cat. So only 298 to go!!
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Post by: Netleyned on June 21, 2017, 04:02:18 pm
Malta?
I thought the Wooden Dolly was a pub We Fishery Protection lads used when In Shields back in the 60's.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 21, 2017, 04:16:49 pm
I thought the Wooden Dolly was a pub We Fishery Protection lads used when In Shields back in the 60's.
Ned
Yes Ned, you're quite correct about the pub - however, the "Kings Head" public house (above the fish quay) is now bearing the name wooden dolly - so, she's finally made her way back up the stairs. {-)
Regards,
Ray.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 22, 2017, 02:28:37 pm
Out of turn but another statue with a nautical theme .
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Nemo on June 22, 2017, 03:34:47 pm
I think I read the book about this dog some years ago but forgot most of it. Was it connected with Newfoundland/Nova Scotia Duncan? Also possibly a warships dog? Clutching at straws here. Bob.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: JimG on June 22, 2017, 03:39:38 pm
At last one that I can answer. This is the statue of Bamse at Montrose harbour. Bamse was a Norwegian St Bernard who served on the Norwegian minesweeper Thorodd during WW2. He was a registered member of the Navy and became the mascot for the Norwegian navy until his death in Montrose in 1944.http://www.bamsemontrose.co.uk/index.php (http://www.bamsemontrose.co.uk/index.php) Jim
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Post by: Nemo on June 22, 2017, 03:43:49 pm
That's the one Jim - Bamse - but I was only 3000 miles out! Great story too. :-))
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 22, 2017, 04:31:39 pm
Correct Jim :-)). An intelligent dog that used to go round the pubs to collect sailors and guide them back to their ship. He had a bus pass to allow him to travel to the outskirts of town and further, a good read if you find the book. As a footnote, this breed, Newfoundlander, is also nicknamed "water dogs" and are trained as rescue animals in water . They are good strong swimmers and can pull a person to safety. Massive paws act as paddles
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Post by: derekwarner on June 22, 2017, 10:48:55 pm
Sorry...out of turn [again!]......but hey %) we got a bronze dog on a box too O0...with a nautical theme also
In 1857 in a little town about 1/2 way between Sydney & Melbourne called Gundagai....well all of the shearers & drovers from miles around would come into the local pub on Friday nights....drink themselves stupid and create Mayhem
At the end of the night the dog would drag each of the drunken fools to the local Billagong & throw them in to sober up :-))
So after all these years in 1926, the towns folk had an image of the nameless dog cast in bronze & mounted on a Tucker Box
Now if we only had a member who lived in Canberra .......he may be able to tell us more, as Canberra is only a hop, skip & a jump from the famed statue at Gundagai of...."Dog on the Tucker Box"{-)
Derek
PS....[for the Poms]....a Billabong is a sort of pond of water, fed by a creek :P.....you may have heard the one about a Jolly Jumbuck camped by a Billabong....under the shade of a Coolabah tree [and complete with his wine cask]
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 23, 2017, 11:30:40 am
Great Derek, did you ever hear about the soldier bear ?
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2017, 04:36:52 pm
I thought someone from Edinburgh might have got this one. The statue is of Wojtek the Bear, Polish WW11 war hero is in Prince`s Street Gardens. The story of a brown bear cub purchased from a beggar in Persia who grew up in the Polish Army as a fully enlisted soldier , (he carried ammunition at Monte Casino) and ended up living in Edinburgh Zoo after civilian life in the Scottish Borders at the end of the war is recorded in a book by Aileen Orr. The epilogue by Neal Ascherson is reminder of the debt we owe to the Polish soldiers and airmen who fought with such valour against the Nazis who had destroyed their homeland . ISBN 978-184341-065-2
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 26, 2017, 05:02:05 pm
You should have reminded us before posting the answer! <:(
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2017, 06:25:04 pm
Oops , sorry. I just wanted to plug the book %) :embarrassed: :embarrassed: :embarrassed: I thought we were on a run with the Neptune statue.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 26, 2017, 07:28:47 pm
I thought someone from Edinburgh might have got this one. The statue is of Wojtek the Bear, Polish WW11 war hero is in Prince`s Street Gardens. The story of a brown bear cub purchased from a beggar in Persia who grew up in the Polish Army as a fully enlisted soldier , (he carried ammunition at Monte Casino) and ended up living in Edinburgh Zoo after civilian life in the Scottish Borders at the end of the war is recorded in a book by Aileen Orr. The epilogue by Neal Ascherson is reminder of the debt we owe to the Polish soldiers and airmen who fought with such valour against the Nazis who had destroyed their homeland . ISBN 978-184341-065-2
And not forgetting the Polish Navy. In particular the ship ORP Blyskawica. (Lightening) Who on the 4-5th of May 1942 saved the Town Of Cowes IOW. from obliteration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORP_Błyskawica
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2017, 08:54:01 pm
Yes of course, my mistake. All the Polish services and civilians who helped in various ways to beat the Hun in WW11. Thanks for reminding me.
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 26, 2017, 10:17:48 pm
Lighthouse : Dunnet Head ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on June 26, 2017, 10:46:43 pm
Correct! {:-{
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 27, 2017, 10:21:32 am
Seafarer statue, where ?
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Post by: TailUK on June 27, 2017, 11:24:26 am
"there in the muffled middle by the pump and the town clock, the shops in mourning, the Welfare Hall in widows' weeds."
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on June 27, 2017, 12:36:47 pm
...to be read only by Richard Burton O0
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Post by: Arrow5 on June 28, 2017, 05:03:06 pm
Go on Tail, your turn. Tell us about the Captain.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on June 28, 2017, 05:16:27 pm
Twere Cap'n Cat methinks.
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: TailUK on June 28, 2017, 05:20:39 pm
“It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobbledstreets silent and the hunched courters'-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboat-bobbing sea.”
Twas indeed Captain Cat, The old blind sea captain who dreams of his deceased shipmates and lost lover Rosie Probert.
His statue stands in the Swansea's Maritime Quarter
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Post by: TailUK on June 28, 2017, 05:26:53 pm
Why don't Polar Bear eats Penguins?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Big Ada on June 28, 2017, 05:53:47 pm
They have a job to get the wrapper off.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: TailUK on June 28, 2017, 05:55:40 pm
{-) {-) {-) {-) :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on June 28, 2017, 06:13:22 pm
Must be darn sarf methinks if the big bears ain't there
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: TailUK on July 01, 2017, 08:46:48 am
A thing like this could make you want to move house, literally!
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on July 01, 2017, 09:51:29 am
Is that the Antarctic ice shelf eloping?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: TailUK on July 01, 2017, 09:57:11 am
Yes, it is but which part, it made the news recently.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Tug Fanatic on July 01, 2017, 12:07:30 pm
Larsen C?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: TailUK on July 01, 2017, 12:44:09 pm
Indeed! The huge crack in the Larsen C ice shelf could one of the biggest ever. A similar crack in the Brunt Ice shelf caused the British Antarctic Survey to move their Halley 6 research station.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on August 05, 2017, 11:05:09 pm
seeing as no one has posted on here lately..........an easy one for certain people, but where in the world is this.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on August 05, 2017, 11:49:01 pm
Now if we look closely, we see that the image is not exactly square to the eye :o
There are two potential causes here......
1. that the photographer had one leg shorter that the other 2. that the building is leaning toward the right
Would I be warmish?...... {-).... Derek
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on August 05, 2017, 11:51:56 pm
depends which way you squint down the lens, and whether you were lain on the floor to take the image directly on the crossed parquet floor, Derek...........is that a clue. %)
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on August 06, 2017, 02:44:23 am
It is certainly an opulent roof dome.....I cannot find it as a Church dome, or a Museum dome...and Google does not offer an image under all countries glass walled domes on buildings
Well we see the mist of Angles and stars in the blue night sky...
Could those Angles be of Russian Orthodox heritage?
Could this be the atrium in the Trump Towers roof? %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: grendel on August 06, 2017, 09:15:18 am
is it north of the border?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: big_bri on August 06, 2017, 11:13:02 am
Mount Stuart house.....Isle of Bute
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 06, 2017, 04:50:15 pm
Top of the tea tent at Wiky Before takeoff :D :D
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on August 06, 2017, 06:44:11 pm
picture of the rear of the building.............and anyone who has never been to it.............it is just unbelievable inside.
I also didn't know until the other day that it is owned by Johnny Dumfrise, aka John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, former formula 3 world champion, formula one racer and team mate of Ayrton Senna and Le Mans winner. Apparently all of his cars are locked away in the Vaulted cellars under the house
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: big_bri on August 06, 2017, 10:08:40 pm
picture of the rear of the building.............and anyone who has never been to it.............it is just unbelievable inside.
I also didn't know until the other day that it is owned by Johnny Dumfrise, aka John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, former formula 3 world champion, formula one racer and team mate of Ayrton Senna and Le Mans winner. Apparently all of his cars are locked away in the Vaulted cellars under the house
Jim.
A beautiful place to visit...On you go Jim, take another turn, I'm having trouble uploading pics.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on August 06, 2017, 10:15:44 pm
well, here's an easy one......... O0 O0
give the others a chance Bri, lol..............you'll know it within an instant.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 07, 2017, 10:47:48 am
Wemyss Bay railway station, famed for it`s floral displays in days gone by and school holiday trips doon the watter. Up frae Troon for me in fact !
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on August 07, 2017, 10:50:31 am
auuccchhh.........you Scotsmen, {-) {-) {-) ..........never give anyone else the chance to guess wrongly %%
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 07, 2017, 10:54:24 am
Weel ye can spell auch but can ye say it withoot pittin a K sound at the end , like yur BBC folk ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on August 07, 2017, 11:02:39 am
Weel ye can spell auch but can ye say it withoot pittin a K sound at the end , like yur BBC folk ?
not my BBC folk...........unless they come from NAUFERK!!!, lol
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 07, 2017, 11:07:38 am
That's them... keeping with the Scottish theme... whom and where is this statue ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: thunderchild on August 07, 2017, 11:32:40 am
Good Day Arrow
Would it be the Robert Burns statue, Dorchester Square, Montreal. (He looks bloody cold).
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 07, 2017, 11:48:36 am
It is Robert Burns but not the one you suggest. Very close but no bannock.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: BFSMP on August 07, 2017, 12:45:06 pm
forget the town on the Ayrshire coast [ his birth place] but think I past it on a coach trip once.
Jim.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 07, 2017, 03:25:21 pm
Sorry Jim, this one is a replica of the one you are thinking of in Burns Statue Square in the town of Ayr. A bit warmer view of the Ayr original. Thunderchild was closer.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 07, 2017, 03:55:59 pm
Weel ye can spell auch but can ye say it withoot pittin a K sound at the end , like yur BBC folk ?
Has the Mayhem spell checker broke again?! ;D
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 08, 2017, 04:14:01 pm
Roond the corner frae Clyde Street In Halifax NS
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 08, 2017, 04:24:20 pm
That's him Ned, in a park in Halifax,Nova Scotia. Your turn.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on August 08, 2017, 04:37:18 pm
Free go as I am in the Humber on my not so smart fone >>:-(
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on August 08, 2017, 04:49:24 pm
IN it ? Swimming or on board something interesting ? How about another statue. This lucky fellow is outside the casino seen in the background. Where away?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 07, 2017, 05:01:44 pm
We haven't done this in a while... Where in the world?
St Georges Square, to be exact............made a citizens arrest and detained a woman in a building in the Square two summers ago,
for assault by spitting in a lady's face
until the police arrived......then she kicked off and kicked the arresting police officers who cuffed her and bundled her into a van, which she then proceeded to kick hell out of the van, lol..........got a letter of thanks from the old bill for that.
Felt quite proud of myself.........
perhaps that's were my younger daughter has got the notion of joining the police force from, lol.
neil.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: T33cno on December 09, 2017, 11:50:10 am
It’s royal exchange square outside the gallery of modern Art :-))
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 09, 2017, 12:47:05 pm
It’s royal exchange square outside the gallery of modern Art :-))
ahh, yes......the ones in George Square are slightly different.......but 3 to choose from...........they also ALL have cones on their heads lol. my mistaka to maka, lol.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Captain Flack on December 09, 2017, 12:54:09 pm
Channel Islands?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: bfgstew on December 09, 2017, 12:59:53 pm
Nope
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on December 09, 2017, 04:24:00 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: bfgstew on December 09, 2017, 04:41:41 pm
Nope
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 09, 2017, 04:57:55 pm
Malta?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: T33cno on December 09, 2017, 05:02:16 pm
I've been racking my brains as the cross and bell housing are familiar and looking at my trips to Spain it is typical of Spanish Chapels. So I'm saying Spain but no idea where
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on December 09, 2017, 05:08:32 pm
Looks like a Dutch Tower to me. Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 09, 2017, 05:14:59 pm
with a nice blue sea, and the formation of cirrus stratos clouds welcoming a strong storm,.......... hurricane perhaps, could it be one of the Martello Towers that the British erected on our colonies in the Caribbean , Antigua, Bermuda,
etc
perhaps to protect from the French during the Napolionic wars
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: T33cno on December 09, 2017, 05:16:12 pm
Definitely Spanish IMHO <*< {-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: bfgstew on December 09, 2017, 05:19:39 pm
Andy is on the right lines with Spanish, but where?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 09, 2017, 05:23:49 pm
we all bow to your superior knowledge, Andy .......I'm astounded...........But ya still haven't guessed it yet {-) {-) ...........and Spain is a b****y big place...........ohh yeh, and it, like Britain has had lots of little off shoots as well..............it's a game, man..........stop being sooohhh boring and competitive........no need for brush off imogys. O0 O0 O0
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 09, 2017, 05:24:52 pm
Right click on the pic and choose picture information
You get http://modelboatmayhemimages.co.uk/images/2017/12/12/Reykjavik_00320Loop20Images_GettyImages.jpg
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: T33cno on December 12, 2017, 05:58:40 pm
I'm on a mac and picture information isn't an option. Probably best if people post their own photos rather than URL's. Of course without the picture having a file name that gives it away {-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on December 12, 2017, 06:01:58 pm
Ok where is this picture taken from ? (http://modelboatmayhemimages.co.uk/images/2017/12/12/IMG_2274.jpg)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: T33cno on December 12, 2017, 06:05:54 pm
Venice on a boat {-)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on December 12, 2017, 06:49:45 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: dougal99 on December 15, 2017, 04:17:26 pm
China - but exactly where?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on December 15, 2017, 04:26:05 pm
Yangtze River Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on December 15, 2017, 05:01:45 pm
Not China even though one of their dialects is close to some of the Chinese ones, it's a country that not that many tourists choose to visit.
Venice to Shanghai where the Yangtze river ends up in the ocean is 8900km
Venice to this destination is approx. 9500km
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 15, 2017, 05:13:39 pm
Hong Kong
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on December 15, 2017, 05:30:37 pm
North Korean corner in the old fishdock GY before the windcats Came.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on December 15, 2017, 07:40:55 pm
Hong Kong one of my favourites to visit as so many others so nope it's way more down south
North Korea great choice by I'll never be allowed in there due to my travel history in South Korea and the US, Korean is way of from the Chinese language and again it's way more down south
The island where this picture has been taken is a multi culture area and they have a little China, little India and it is know by the art on the walls etc. it belongs to a country where a big camera brand has its products produced and they drive in the "wrong" side of the road seen from my point of view.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 15, 2017, 07:48:43 pm
Ah ha, Somewhere in the Bangkok area in that case.
LB
Phuket even.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Peter Fitness on December 15, 2017, 08:52:25 pm
Ah ha, Somewhere in the Bangkok area in that case.
LB
Phuket even.
said Bangkok earlier LB......... think tica wants the street name, number of the stilts house and an 8 figure map ref for this one.....................doubt he'll get it with us lot, {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) %% %% %% %%
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: JimG on December 15, 2017, 09:41:13 pm
Could it be Taiwan?
Jim
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 16, 2017, 01:40:44 am
I'll stick my neck out and say Sandakan in Sabah or thereabouts anyway.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on December 16, 2017, 07:24:07 pm
I'll stick my neck out and say Sandakan in Sabah or thereabouts anyway.
LB
Almost there, just the wrong island, it is take at Chew Jettty Penang in Malaysia, and I did test the the second picture and I was able to locate it via a picture search (hmmm maybe because I have uploaded it to another site and is the owner of the pic)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 17, 2017, 05:11:52 pm
Does this mean that it's my go now?
The subject is a touch closer to home for those of us in the UK at least, and it was taken at mid-summer.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on December 17, 2017, 06:06:26 pm
A Naval Base in Scotland perhaps ? :o
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 17, 2017, 06:31:55 pm
Perhaps - indeed %)
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Arrow5 on December 17, 2017, 06:47:37 pm
Faslane ?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on December 17, 2017, 06:57:13 pm
HMNB Clyde ?
Update Arghh same suggestion as Arrow5
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 17, 2017, 07:08:07 pm
Not Faslane - noo. LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 17, 2017, 07:15:05 pm
holy loch.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 17, 2017, 07:16:22 pm
Ay, could be - but noo.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 17, 2017, 07:19:42 pm
garelockhead nuclear storage base at top of gareloch
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 17, 2017, 07:22:15 pm
or how about the other side at Rosyth
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 17, 2017, 07:28:27 pm
Ay, again possible, but noo & noo %%
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on December 17, 2017, 07:44:28 pm
Coulport?
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 17, 2017, 07:48:54 pm
Ay, indeed it is, so close and so far for some. %% %% %%
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on December 17, 2017, 07:49:23 pm
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: T33cno on December 18, 2017, 11:06:54 am
North west coast of Scotland
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: bfgstew on December 18, 2017, 11:21:37 am
Scottish islands..... but which one?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 18, 2017, 11:32:58 am
Scalloway, Shetland.....west of Lerwick. without a shadow of doubt.
built a model of a cambletown 87' boat for the museum in lerwick and delivered personally......went to Scalloway to meet the owner of the real boat, a gent called Tait.
one of the homes of the "Shetland bus" during WW2
neil.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: rnli12 on December 18, 2017, 11:44:05 am
mmmm Coalport
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 18, 2017, 11:45:34 am
Scalloway, Shetland.....west of Lerwick. without a shadow of doubt.
Correct!
Scalloway is the largest settlement on the North Atlantic coast of Mainland, the largest island of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It had a population of approximately 812, at the 2001 census. Until 1708 it was the capital of the Shetland Islands (now Lerwick, on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland).
Scalloway is the location of the North Atlantic Fisheries College (part of the University of the Highlands and Islands), which offers courses and supports research programmes in fisheries sciences, aquaculture, marine engineering and coastal management. It is also home to the Centre for Nordic Studies. Nearby are the Scalloway Islands, which derive their name from the town.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 18, 2017, 11:53:21 am
yippee....I won one at last........just going out but will post a pic later today. ta, martin.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 18, 2017, 02:50:47 pm
easy one for some.
somewhere in the British Isles
bon chance'
neil.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: bfgstew on December 18, 2017, 02:53:49 pm
Isle of Man?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 18, 2017, 02:54:05 pm
Coulport actually. RNAD with Floating Dock. I was there in 1970 on a H boat We had 2 days of Tidal Stream Obs to do. We were anchored dropping tree poles off the stern and taking speed and angles of flow as you do. Captain decided to take some angles from the jetty so went across in the Gemini. Cold day so he has his survey hat on, Russian furry thing Mod Plod rush across and Arrest him. You can't make this sort of thing up. Later he became an Admiral, Hydrographer of the Navy. Also Ruler of the Preston Guild. JAL Myers RN Also Captain of Fawn with Charles POW under his wing. Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on December 18, 2017, 03:46:42 pm
Pont Lynas ? Neil
Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 18, 2017, 04:22:26 pm
Seeing Neil likes to wonder around Scotland I will begin with Rua Reidh Lighthouse. 57° 51′ 31.8″ N, 5° 48′ 42.3″ W
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 18, 2017, 04:58:07 pm
no guys, sorry to both. not that one.........but the picture was taken by me O0 :o
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: big_bri on December 18, 2017, 07:45:45 pm
Ross Island?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 18, 2017, 11:24:08 pm
Skull island?! %)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 19, 2017, 01:17:51 am
One more before bedi byes: Strumble Head, but far from certain.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 23, 2017, 09:11:53 pm
sorry guys, not been keeping up with this thread...........and sorry no to those three guesses........don't know where any of them are, but it's not them.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 23, 2017, 09:30:06 pm
Boats in the harbour in the seaside village of Lower Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales................?
Derek...........you REALLY must go back to school and a refresher in geography..............Lower Fishguard is ESE of Strumble head NOT west, lol. {-) {-) O0 O0 :embarrassed: :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 24, 2017, 01:09:49 am
It's one of three - but which one is the question?
LB
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Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on December 24, 2017, 02:25:40 am
So Neil says....'Derek......you REALLY must go back to school'..........
Well .....I suggest you invest in a compass!...... & stay off the cooking Sherry :kiss:
You of all people should remember we....down here in OZ must view everything over the Equator as upside down & back to front <*<
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 24, 2017, 12:20:04 pm
Well Derek , that white bearded chappy should be traversing the eastern hemisphere now, going from north to south whatever way your up; trust you left some TimTams and VB out for him!
Oh yes the subject of this thread is, I'm sure Ballycotton Lighthouse, Co. Cork. 51° 49′ 32.65″ N, 7° 59′ 2.97″ W One of only three lighthouses with black towers.
Enjoy the prawns etc.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 24, 2017, 01:22:54 pm
So Neil says....'Derek......you REALLY must go back to school'..........
Well .....I suggest you invest in a compass!...... & stay off the cooking Sherry :kiss:
You of all people should remember we....down here in OZ must view everything over the Equator as upside down & back to front <*<
don't ever become a captain of a ship or an airline pilot Derek,.............but in what ever hemisphere, I wish you a very happy Christmas and a peaceful and safe new year, matey........and thanks for all your support this last year.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Neil on December 24, 2017, 01:23:40 pm
Well Derek , that white bearded chappy should be traversing the eastern hemisphere now, going from north to south whatever way your up; trust you left some TimTams and VB out for him!
Oh yes the subject of this thread is, I'm sure Ballycotton Lighthouse, Co. Cork. 51° 49′ 32.65″ N, 7° 59′ 2.97″ W One of only three lighthouses with black towers.
Enjoy the prawns etc.
LB
correct LB.............fire away.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 24, 2017, 03:41:55 pm
An easy peasey Christmas lob for you all but, the question is this: the location is or should be obvious but where was it taken from?
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on December 24, 2017, 03:49:36 pm
Looks like the Bridge of Sighs, Venice?
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 24, 2017, 03:54:20 pm
Knew it wouldn't get past you Colin. Taken in August 1976.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on December 24, 2017, 04:12:06 pm
This one should be easy enough....
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 24, 2017, 04:45:21 pm
Bridge on the River Kwai .... Hic! :P
ok2 Barmouth Viaduct?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Colin Bishop on December 24, 2017, 04:51:01 pm
Yes indeed, I knew I'd made it too easy....
Colin
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 24, 2017, 04:53:41 pm
Pont Abermaw to be precise. :P
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 24, 2017, 04:57:17 pm
Too late my son, have another sherry! :P
Now let me do a bit of obscure searching....
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 24, 2017, 05:02:06 pm
OK, another easy one, but from a different angle...
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on December 24, 2017, 05:39:39 pm
Dear, dear, far to easy, at least I've been on it.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: rnli12 on December 24, 2017, 06:30:51 pm
Falkirk wheel
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 24, 2017, 08:09:58 pm
Correct!
RNLI12, got a photo?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: derekwarner on December 24, 2017, 10:21:41 pm
Just had a word with my mate [Norm] who runs the Ultimate Navigation School at Exmoor...........I explained the location of my Westerly retreat from your nominated location, and explained my new landfall
He has confirmed my flight path was to the West ......so from this suggests collectively you blokes could not direct a bus over the hill {-)
The UNS have early January placements available and if booked on Martins Credit Card would receive a 10% discount on published costs
LB......BTW, Santa travels South from the North Pole, on reaching the most Easterly part of Australia, then heads West to the children of our Towns & Cities
Merry Christmas.........just as an after mention, Norm has just revalidated my Certificate of Competency in Class 2A [CAP 393] of Aerial Navigation to December 2018
Windlass Lifting Bridge at Turnbridge, Huddersfield (http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
Correct! O0
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Netleyned on December 25, 2017, 01:12:03 pm
Over to you Geetarman You were first :-)) Ned
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: verithingeoff on December 25, 2017, 01:24:24 pm
here you go(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif) (https://s10.postimg.org/6g1umh5sp/2006-02-04_15-50_copy.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 25, 2017, 01:31:46 pm
Is it Mgarr harbour, island of Gozo, with the Churches of Our Lady of Lourdes ?
.... about May 23, 11:am.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: verithingeoff on December 25, 2017, 01:34:21 pm
That's right Martin. I Lived in Gozo for a while in 2005/6(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
Your go.....
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 25, 2017, 01:47:27 pm
Look like it both a pleasure & working harbour?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: verithingeoff on December 25, 2017, 01:56:31 pm
Mgarr is the main port on Gozo, the ferry from the main island berths there. Here's a pic of my MX5 alongside the ferry. My partner and I drove from UK to Gozo for an extended period. Loved it but like Australia better(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif) (https://s10.postimg.org/e3bfimc0p/2006-10-10_14-48-01_copy.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 29, 2017, 03:49:11 am
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: verithingeoff on December 29, 2017, 01:40:52 pm
Leyland buses across an ocean ;) .............(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on December 29, 2017, 01:42:31 pm
The Magdeburg - which was carrying 42 Leyland buses to Havana in Cuba - was sailing downstream from Dagenham when it hit a Japanese vessel heading upstream towards the Royal Docks, in 1964
Broadness Point
And CIA was accused to have sabotaged it
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 29, 2017, 01:53:11 pm
Spot on, although I didn't think you would find that on the www as it's the first time it's been posted. Looking SW towards Gallows point from the pier(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 30, 2017, 04:28:13 am
OK, tricky one this time! .... I think so, but you chaps seem to know everything & been everywhere!
Spot on, although I didn't think you would find that on the www as it's the first time it's been posted. Looking SW towards Gallows point from the pier(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
I think the registration port of SARAH JANE TOO gave it away
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Jerry C on December 30, 2017, 06:14:54 am
Ref the Magdeburg story, I too was a Cadet in the Worcester. It was interesting to meet up with Athenius Stefanus Fokias and Roe in the posted link to the story. Fokias was in the bunk above me. His dad was a master in Athel Line. There exists a picture somewhere of us in our whaler with the bow inside Magdeburgs Funnel. Jerry.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: tica on December 30, 2017, 06:26:17 am
Not a recent image either judging by the vehicles MK 1 tranny van for instance and what looks like a MK11 Zodiac so, presume the date is late sixties early seventies, what looks like a road sign showing directions to a ferry port or similar also.
No time to deal with it now anyway, got the shopping to do and put the XJ onto dollies.
LB
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: verithingeoff on December 30, 2017, 12:11:12 pm
Looks like AM from the amount of traffic(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 30, 2017, 12:24:31 pm
Location hasn't changed much.... it's just that you guys are too good! :P
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: bfgstew on December 30, 2017, 12:28:12 pm
Clarkson memorial, Wisbech?
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 30, 2017, 12:39:20 pm
You see, you guys are too good!! Correct!
Between the Crescent and the Town Bridge stands the elegant and graceful memorial to the man who is probably Wisbech's most eminent citizen. Thomas Clarkson, son of the Headmaster of Wisbech Grammar School, devoted the greater part of his adult life to procuring the abolition of slavery. He was fired by his writing of a prize essay at St John's College, Cambridge, on "Is it right to make slaves of others against their will ?"
As he went on to discover something of the true extent of this evil in society, it was on the way to London, near Ware, that he had a 'Damascus Road' experience. This led to a determination to see 'these calamities to the end', instead of becoming a clergyman as he had intended. He succeeded in turning the Abolition Campaign into one of the major issues of the day. In this he managed to enlist the help of William Wilberforce who, as an MP, became the movement's champion in Parliament. Clarkson pioneered the technique of investigative journalism, tirelessly travelling to all the major seaports, especially Bristol and Liverpool, to acquire first-hand evidence for presentation to Parliament on the horrors of the slave trade. He organised local committees to raise funds, canvas and collect petitions to present to Parliament. He encouraged the boycott of sugar and other slave-produced goods.
Success came only slowly, but in 1807 the slave trade in this country was abolished. Then, in his declining years at Playford Hall, near Ipswich, Clarkson continued to fight for slavery to be outlawed in the British Colonies (1833), and in the United States, where the fight was still on at the time of Clarkson's death in 1846.
Clarkson could not have achieved this success without the help of Wilberforce, his indispensable collaborator in Parliament. But Wilberforce would probably never have started on this path if it had not been for Clarkson with his single-minded devotion to this cause.
In 1881, Clarkson's appreciative birthplace paid for the erection of this fine monument by Sir George Gilbert Scott, brother of the Rev John Scott, Vicar of St Peter's. Sir George had previously designed both the Martyrs' Memorial in Oxford and the Albert Memorial, but unhappily he died before the monument was completed.
The memorial includes a more than life-size statue of Clarkson, looking towards the town of Wisbech which he loved. Below it are bas-reliefs of Granville Sharp and William Wilberforce, his fellow-workers, on two of the sides. On a third is 'The Supplicant', a chained Negro in supplicatory attitude and the inscription 'Remember them that are in bonds'. This was derived from the Wedgewood cameo designed by Hackwood.
As so often happens with great causes, slavery went out at the front door, but has come in again at the back. Anti-slavery International needs support today as much as Clarkson's work did in the nineteenth century. In 1996, Wisbech people succeeded at last, in placing a memorial to Clarkson in Westminster Abbey . Many of us will also remember the St Peter's Rose Fair of that year in which the long chancel of that church was made to represent a slave ship. A sad but splendid sight.
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Post by: verithingeoff on December 30, 2017, 12:51:13 pm
That was impressive(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: bfgstew on December 30, 2017, 12:52:43 pm
Interesting history lesson Martin. Most statues are ignored nowadays, people to busy with other things to bother.
Interesting history lesson Martin. Most statues are ignored nowadays, people to busy with other things to bother.
Years ago, my daughter read a book about statues in London, ' Stoneheart' ?! The statues they were frozen people, animals, etc. must find the Audio book of it one day ....
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Post by: verithingeoff on December 30, 2017, 11:11:35 pm
I have spent many a happy hour overlooking this small harbour(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif) (https://s14.postimg.org/hgtxw5yyp/J640x480-26825.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on December 31, 2017, 07:49:10 am
Isola del Giglio?
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Post by: verithingeoff on December 31, 2017, 07:53:28 am
Maybe an easy one but country and city and what is so special about the ship that is moored close by ?
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Post by: verithingeoff on December 31, 2017, 08:36:33 am
The Cold War frigate PEDER SKRAM at the former Holmen naval base. Copenhagen, Denmark(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: tica on December 31, 2017, 08:40:04 am
And what is so special about Peder Skram ?
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Post by: verithingeoff on December 31, 2017, 08:46:01 am
Hybrid propulsion system, a combined gas turbine and diesel(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: tica on December 31, 2017, 08:52:14 am
Correct and the only one in Denmark to destroy 4 summer cottages and damaging 130 more during an exercise, imagine the silence on deck when they pushed the button and they heard the sound of the HARPOON missile taking off :embarrassed:
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Post by: verithingeoff on December 31, 2017, 08:56:56 am
I bet the skipper got an ear bending over the cottages(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif) How about this one? And what's the significance of the craters in the face of the mountain? (https://s14.postimg.org/voxv9g71d/2006-01-01_00-22_copy.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on January 06, 2018, 01:45:20 am
Clue please... {:-{
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Post by: derekwarner on January 06, 2018, 01:53:27 am
Townsville in northern Queensland :-X....................
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 06, 2018, 01:55:38 am
118 kilometres north of Brisbane[/size]
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Post by: Neil on January 06, 2018, 08:26:57 am
the question is, has it got anything to do with maritime theme which was the theme of the thread I set up yonks ago. <:( O0
"
rules are simple..guess where and then put your own place with a nautical theme for the next person to guess"
neil.
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 06, 2018, 08:29:32 am
Would have most displeased if it had been Townsville.
LB
is that a subtle clue as to head lands close to Bundaberg, QLD, Jon.
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on January 06, 2018, 04:36:04 pm
Could be Neil, 'yer never know do 'yer.
LB
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Post by: Neil on January 06, 2018, 04:52:07 pm
had a trip round that distillery with a mate once.......had to find a hotel to stay in for a night till we'd sobered up and could ride our bikes back to Murwillumbah and the trip back down to Canberra............the sweetest nectar I had tasted to that date..........wonderful, lol...........mind you the ride wasn't too sweet, lol.
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Post by: Tombsy on January 06, 2018, 05:20:32 pm
Mount Coolum? The columns of hard magma formed the cracks but not sure of a nautical link.
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Post by: Neil on January 06, 2018, 10:29:16 pm
Mount Coolum? The columns of hard magma formed the cracks but not sure of a nautical link.
your guess as good as mine Tombsy
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 06, 2018, 10:57:06 pm
Ok, Mt Coolum it is. The nautical link. During the second world war, much to the displeasure of the local tribe of aboriginals who own the mountain, the The Royal Australian Navy used it as target practice and blew great chunks out of the rock. The navy have since apologised for their act of desecration.
I happen to live at the top of the close (http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 06, 2018, 10:59:20 pm
Well Geoff...folk from down South well know Coolabah Wines O0, but cannot find Mount Coolum on Google %)
Come to think of it......the closest to the Equator that I have ventured was on an evening dinner cruise of the Brisbane River :kiss:.....and that ain't near your Mount Coolum land
Derek
PS...for Neil.....Coolabah Wines are far nicer than that Sugary Syrup pigs piddle <*< from up Bundy way
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Post by: derekwarner on January 06, 2018, 11:08:18 pm
Goodness Geoff....after reading this, clearly the place must exist if our RAN Gunnary Department found it :-X
At a similar time during early WWII, the Navy of the USA offered to use the eastern shoreline of NSW just north of Coalcliff as gunnery practice and blow <*< all of the rocky coastline away for use as an improved train railway between Wollongong & Sydney
Derek
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 06, 2018, 11:27:22 pm
I would love to know how Brian found the correct answer as the picture has never been posted on the www before. The 118 k from Brissy was very precise though.(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: Neil on January 06, 2018, 11:28:09 pm
Ok, Mt Coolum it is. The nautical link. During the second world war, much to the displeasure of the local tribe of aboriginals who own the mountain, the The Royal Australian Navy used it as target practice and blew great chunks out of the rock. The navy have since apologised for their act of desecration.
I happen to live at the top of the close (http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
a very tenuous link there if I might say so.........at least a picture with water in and a bullnose shark up the river could have passed for nautical, but a rock with chunks out of it.................well.......ya gotta have quite an imagination for that one matey. lol............oh well....................over to you Tombsy........pick a guddun............preferably with some watter in at least, {-) {-) {-) %% %% %% %%
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 06, 2018, 11:32:21 pm
I have to say Neil that I was merely treading in the footsteps of our illustrious Admin with his Wisbech clue :-)) :D :D :D (http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif) [/size]
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Post by: derekwarner on January 06, 2018, 11:36:28 pm
Just downloaded GOOGLE for Northerners.....
So OK, here it is just confirm the address & we will be over for a BBQ tonight :P ...with a box of Chateaux de Cardboard
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Post by: Neil on January 06, 2018, 11:39:08 pm
PS...for Neil.....Coolabah Wines are far nicer than that Sugary Syrup pigs piddle <*< from up Bundy way
don't normally like rum Derek, but I do like liqueurs and especially Quantreau and Grand Marnier......... and Bundaberg is very close to a sweet sickly liqueur...
as for Coolabah wines.........are you pulling my pinkey blue............I've heard of hunter valley and Barossa and Clare valley wines I used to go to at Easter time with my mates who lived in Adelaide to do the tours...............but never heard of Coolabah..........anywhere near Penfolds..........That was like paint stripper years ago, but certainly improved considerably in recent years.
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 06, 2018, 11:44:46 pm
Coolabah wines are what we call Cask Wines. A sort of foil bladder full of wine packaged in a cardboard box, usually cheap, but some are ok...ish(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 06, 2018, 11:53:07 pm
Yes Neil.....things have changed....Chateaux de Cardboard wines are available at all liquor outlets for ~~$2.00 per litre
Many varieties...reds, pinks, whites although all still some are :P OK, some probably would make good paint stripper
Geoff being a man from the far Northern Coolum reaches would probably prefer his Chateaux de Cardboard as a 2017 vintage chilled Pin Wah-de Gree {-)
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 06, 2018, 11:56:16 pm
More likely Chateaux Dunny mate ok2 (http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: Neil on January 07, 2018, 12:02:22 am
Coolabah wines are what we call Cask Wines. A sort of foil bladder full of wine packaged in a cardboard box, usually cheap, but some are ok...ish(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
They were the ones we'd take to Batemans Bay for a beach party and bbq..........and once finished we could blow them back up and use as a pillow, %% %% %% %) :o
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Post by: Tombsy on January 07, 2018, 01:16:38 am
The 118km was the ticket then I just played tourist on Google :), okay hope it’s not too easy.
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Post by: Neil on January 07, 2018, 01:29:20 am
how's about Trinity House Lighthouse, Gibraltar
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 07, 2018, 01:35:49 am
Morro Castle at the entrance to Habana Harbor.(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: Tombsy on January 07, 2018, 01:41:27 am
You got it, we visited in 2014. There are so many old cannons they use them for road bollards. :-))
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 07, 2018, 02:12:51 am
Here's an easy one for the seafarers(https://s14.postimg.org/5s8deoyld/2006-11-13_13-45_copy.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 07, 2018, 02:27:32 am
Fort St Angelo at the Grand Harbour of Malta?.............
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 07, 2018, 03:12:51 am
That's it Derek(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 07, 2018, 03:20:34 am
A less famous Port...........
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 07, 2018, 03:29:14 am
I haven't googled this one. I was here in May 2015(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif) Is it this harbour in NSW? (https://s14.postimg.org/wfurxk26p/2014-05-12_15-19.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 07, 2018, 03:36:21 am
Yes...here is the other side of the wharf in the Port of Eden NSW.....................[the two Tugs maintain their place at the wharfs outer berths]
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 07, 2018, 03:39:22 am
No this time(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: Jerry C on January 07, 2018, 11:27:21 am
The Abra, Dubai Creek? Jerry
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 07, 2018, 11:36:53 am
Spot on Jerry, some great restaurants along there and the boats go across to the spice souk(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: Neil on January 07, 2018, 12:26:45 pm
Can we have some personally taken pics from nearer home Jerry so we poms can have a chance............becoming more like the Ashes or old style America's cup the way these ozzies are swinging the lead, {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
I've heard these guys are good at tampering with the "ball" {-) {-) O0 O0
We might stand a chance then of holding on to the cup, %% %% ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 07, 2018, 12:29:33 pm
In your dreams mate(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: Neil on January 07, 2018, 12:30:23 pm
In your dreams mate(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
{-) {-) {-) {-) {-) .........I need a 4x O0 ;D ;D
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 07, 2018, 12:35:14 pm
Nothing wrong with a xxxx, fair dinkum ozzy beer from Qld, gods own state(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 07, 2018, 12:40:14 pm
Neil......
1. try a Fosters ...we sold it to you lot about 20 years ago as we found it becoming unpalatable due to the muddy water from the Yarra River 2. we are not really into playing with anyone's balls <*< 3. you must remember that Jerry is currently residing in OZ....so do you think a picture of the water spout in Lake Burley Griffin [Canberra] would be OK?
Derek :kiss:
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Post by: Jerry C on January 07, 2018, 12:45:10 pm
Well I didn’t need to use google to find it,(I don’t know how to). I’ve been across on an Abra once and was terrified but not nearly as much as when taking a tug or anchor handler in or out of the creek without sinking one of the buggers and spending an indefinite period in the local nick with no food or prospects!! It’s bedtime in Canberra so I’ll dig a pic out in the morning. Unless someone else would like a go. I haven’t sussed this new picture system yet. Jerry
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Post by: Neil on January 07, 2018, 12:50:00 pm
1. we sold Fosters 4x to you lot about 20 years ago as we found it becoming unpalatable 2. we are not really into playing with anyone's balls <*< 3. you must remember that Jerry is currently residing in OZ....so do you think a picture of the water spout in Lake Burley Griffin [Canberra] would be OK?
Derek :kiss:
Not talking about Fosters mate........that stuff's like making love in a punt [ yes punt]............talking about Castlemaine xxxx
I don't know about balls mate but you guys certainly are known for pinching the leather, lol
as for the fountain at LBG.........Second in height only to that in Geneva..............or it was when I was there..........I reckon I'd know that one .........was Santa at a kids party for a fellow teacher mate once on the banks of LBG. ........cant find the pic but my sleigh was my MG TD..............fitting for a pommie Santa, lol
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 07, 2018, 12:53:10 pm
Wasn't that Jimmy Andersons thumb nail buried in the ball? ok2 (http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 07, 2018, 01:00:46 pm
Is this the one you mean Neil? {-)
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Post by: Neil on January 07, 2018, 01:02:25 pm
just hit UK TV is a series from your side of the world........."Bondie Rescue"...........fly on the wall programme about the lifesaving service on Bondie Beach............ really good prog...........brings back happy memories............just can't believe how fit those guys and girls are.......and what a great deal of work they do..........
one quote from one of the lifeguards from an episode the other night after he had gone out to save some guy........"most of those we rescue are foreign tourists and backpackers, and the majority of them are Brits who haven't a b****y clue how to surf".......nearly spit my beer out,..........good ol' poms showing us up yet again {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
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Post by: Neil on January 07, 2018, 01:03:45 pm
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Post by: derekwarner on January 07, 2018, 09:47:18 pm
Sorry to steal the thread limelight :embarrassed:.....but just needed to explain the image
It is the formwork scaffolding in the construction of the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge which will rise above the flooded plains of the Burley Griffin diggings
Obviously these proceedings were a little before your time in Canberra :-X
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Post by: Neil on January 07, 2018, 10:28:42 pm
thanks Derek...............never seen that photo before...........and never knew it was a man made lake............it was /is a lovely place for picnics.
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Post by: derekwarner on January 07, 2018, 11:39:01 pm
OK......I think we are waiting on Jerry to resume proceedings ..... O0
'It’s bedtime in Canberra so I’ll dig a pic out in the morning...................Jerry'.
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Post by: Jerry C on January 08, 2018, 04:49:00 am
We went by boat. (http://modelboatmayhemimages.co.uk/images/2018/01/08/8A671C23-FCAF-4792-9173-1C76A76ECDB5.jpg) Jerry.
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Post by: derekwarner on January 08, 2018, 05:23:01 am
How about your Freddie Truman at Skipton in Yorkshire %)................... Derek
BTW..OZ just reclaimed the Ashes :-))
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Post by: Jerry C on January 08, 2018, 05:44:18 am
Correct Derek, over to you Jerry.
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Post by: derekwarner on January 08, 2018, 05:55:19 am
Thanks Jerry...how is Canberra & your daughters sailing?..... ____________________________________________
Here is an easy one ................and a Port I visited to work <*< [at sea]
Derek
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Post by: BrianB6 on January 08, 2018, 07:32:04 am
Darwin
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Post by: derekwarner on January 08, 2018, 07:35:42 am
No Brian......I have never been to Darwin..[on land or water]
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 08, 2018, 07:43:59 am
what an amazing piece of Gods brickwork.......fascinating.....where is that please..........
Jim.
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Post by: derekwarner on January 08, 2018, 10:33:06 am
Evening Jim.......as I am sure,....your mate Neil lived in this wondrous land for a time O0 ..... I thought he may have ventured to an area where tidal forces create such marvels.........
It is early days in the MBM Q&A for the correct answer......
Derek
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Post by: inertia on January 08, 2018, 11:23:03 am
Can anybody join in? This one is not in Australia....
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 08, 2018, 11:39:49 am
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Post by: inertia on January 08, 2018, 12:12:56 pm
How on earth did you find that? DM
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 08, 2018, 12:16:42 pm
The power of the force is...........(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 08, 2018, 12:36:04 pm
Well...according to the Queensbury Rules {-)..... [& Neil as the thread originator]......the question [after this bypass-interlude] still remains as unanswered as below :kiss:
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Post by: Neil on January 08, 2018, 05:03:22 pm
I KNOW WHERE IT IS............WITHOUT DOUBT!!!.
Christmas island............ INDISPUTIBLE!!!
From the old carol.............
"I saw three ships come sailing by on CHRISTMAS BAY, .........on Christmas bay!!!.............I saw three ships come sailing by on Christmas bay in the morning!!"...........
now you guys just cant argue with that!! :} :D :D :D {-) {-) {-)
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Post by: Big Ada on January 08, 2018, 05:35:42 pm
Get yer Coat. %)
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Post by: Neil on January 08, 2018, 06:57:17 pm
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Post by: derekwarner on January 08, 2018, 09:48:24 pm
An absolutely superb rendition of that Olde Carole from Neil {-)....but no, the Port is on the mainland of OZ but in the far background ...... ;)
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 08, 2018, 10:49:55 pm
The only port I know [big enough for those ships]of with islands inn the background is Gladstone(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: Colin Bishop on January 08, 2018, 10:54:27 pm
Should we be renaming this topic 'Where in Australia'?
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 08, 2018, 10:58:09 pm
I thought all the brits were in bed by now ok2 (http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: Colin Bishop on January 08, 2018, 11:11:35 pm
I am!
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 08, 2018, 11:13:16 pm
So there's just us convicts left.....(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 08, 2018, 11:31:17 pm
First Fleet Convict stock here O0, & I flew to this Port on 20 December 1985 only to find my vessel strike bound in an Archipelago of beautiful bluish turquoise water........it took a 2 hour Tug Boat voyage to join the vessel at anchor ....day time temperatures were about 45 degrees C & the beer I found on board was Kirin & Asahi...however sufficient :P to quench a thirst
However on 14 January 1699, an earlier voyage commenced from a far off distant Land .......this will answer any questions...................
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Post by: Neil on January 08, 2018, 11:58:34 pm
Should we be renaming this topic 'Where in Australia'?
you know what the ozzies are like when they get their hands on something Colin...........they won't let go...............just look at all the crims they kept, {-) {-) {-) {-)
I know..........get my coat again........... {:-{ :((
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Post by: Neil on January 09, 2018, 12:00:17 am
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Post by: Neil on January 09, 2018, 12:25:32 am
Freemantle........is that Rottnest island in the fore ground.
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Post by: derekwarner on January 09, 2018, 12:59:19 am
No not Esperance,......nor Fremantle & Rottnest
For older Australians, in 1985 McRobertson Miller flew Foker F28 Jets in the west :-))...beautiful aircraft & Iám pretty sure we called into Esperance on the milk run leg back down to Perth a week later
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 09, 2018, 01:12:03 am
Ceduna has a bunch of islands(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 09, 2018, 01:19:34 am
Look north west...you had the Discoverer :-))...today it is not just red iron dust, but LNG and salt..............
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Post by: derekwarner on January 09, 2018, 01:29:56 am
Just back tracking....my work was complete, the 100,000 vessel main engine could now be controlled as per design by the Woodward governor amplifier pump revision [the Singaporean engineers destroyed it in dock a few weeks earlier]
The vessel was a P Boat...the Australian Prospector....one of four P named vessels ordered by the Whitlam Government for the Australian National Line...unfortunately on completion no charter work could be found for them so they sat anchored in the fjords of Norway until charter work could be found
No we did not call into Esperance on the milk run back down to Perth...but the F28 just zoomed up....then zoomed down....landed & zoomed up again all the way back down the coast.......[must have been too many of the Asahi beers waiting for the tug for the 2 hour lift back to shore]
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 09, 2018, 02:01:43 am
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 09, 2018, 02:02:41 am
Or Dampier(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 09, 2018, 03:50:53 am
Yes, Dampier is the seaport for Karratha which has the airport :}......
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 09, 2018, 06:43:20 am
Not in Australia!(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif) (https://s14.postimg.org/xcxkoefpt/2014-11-01_14-23-04.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 09, 2018, 07:16:30 am
How about across the ditch in Akaroa New Zealand? %)...would you believe I helped paint the red window trim at the top balcony? . <*<
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 09, 2018, 07:22:12 am
I certainly would Derek, well spotted(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 09, 2018, 08:07:50 am
OK....on a different path %) ....or is this the workers lunchbox {-)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 10, 2018, 12:58:25 am
OK...lets see if this road to nowhere can fit onto something ;)...the workers lunch box seems to have disappeared :o
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 10, 2018, 01:12:13 am
So, the first picture is the coffer dam for the central support of the Glebe Island Bridge in Port Jackson(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 10, 2018, 01:35:17 am
So it is Geoff.....with the second image of the span raised and ready for slewing..........
Not sure why they moored an FFG next to it >:-o......there is always plenty of wharf area at GI.......unless they had a few cruise liners berthed??
The bridge was strictly a pedestrian walkway from the City centre to Darling Harbour....millions of tourists would have walked the bridge O0 in a year..........now the Dingbats who control Sydney decreed she should be permanently opened
Derek
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 10, 2018, 02:15:57 am
Not Australia!(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on January 10, 2018, 02:44:56 am
Where was this then?!? Some has to say "Correct" before we jump to another one! <*<
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 10, 2018, 03:23:11 am
Derek "Yes, Dampier is the seaport for Karratha which has the airport (http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 10, 2018, 05:33:40 am
Martin.....I had acknowledged to our Geoff in Queensland, that the Port of Dampier was the answer to the question & was the original location shot for an HMAS Anzac Class Frigate being refuelled
A few images of confirmation follow ............Derek
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Post by: derekwarner on January 10, 2018, 07:44:09 am
Could it be Ferries to Russell (Bay of Islands, New Zealand) %)
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 10, 2018, 08:04:01 am
No Derek, it's not in NZ(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: Netleyned on January 10, 2018, 08:16:30 am
Corran Ferry?
Ned
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 10, 2018, 08:22:51 am
No Ned wrong country(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 13, 2018, 02:40:29 am
A small hint (http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)(https://image.ibb.co/fRedK6/download.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 13, 2018, 03:00:55 am
Car ferry Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland {-)
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 13, 2018, 03:04:16 am
Correct, over to you Derek(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 13, 2018, 04:07:25 am
%)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 13, 2018, 05:56:29 am
My bridge too far may or would be difficult to name ....so I have revised my image to something a little more modern.......Derek...
PS............[I have walked where the Officers stand as shown, however thankfully at a later date :-X]..........
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 13, 2018, 08:26:09 am
The Spit bridge in Sydney Harbour(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 13, 2018, 08:39:26 am
Well yes Geoff it is the foundations for the original Spit Bridge .......well done :-))
However I had cancelled the question..[which as per page 2, paragraph III, (two hour time limit) sub section 8 of Neil's Rules] is permissible O0
According, my second image as posted as referenced 'Today at 05:56:29 AM' is still the question to be answered {-)
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 13, 2018, 08:59:20 am
Ok, HMAS Hobart in Vietnam(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 13, 2018, 09:18:52 am
Yes Geoff...the answer is correct :-))......unfortunately there was no Australian Naval Coronial Investigation into the incident <*< ...however the photographic evidence is not consistent with the US/Australian news release.............
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Post by: Peter Fitness on January 14, 2018, 01:12:04 am
Just butting in :o Derek, the Glebe Island Bridge was closed to all traffic, including pedestrians, in 1995, but the Pyrmont Bridge, also of the swing variety, remains open to pedestrians, vehicular traffic having been diverted in 1981. The bridge is opened regularly for demonstration purposes. I have walked it many times, and have driven over it on numerous occasions back in the 60s and 70s. The now defunct Sydney Monorail also used the Pyrmont Bridge.
Peter.
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 14, 2018, 01:21:32 am
When did the monorail close Peter?(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
You had better have a go at the quiz as me and Derek seem to be monopolising it ok2
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Post by: Peter Fitness on January 14, 2018, 01:28:56 am
It closed in June 2013, the photo was taken in November 2009. I thought it was great, but many Sydneysiders did not like it at all. During my coach driving days we would take school groups from our area on excursions to Sydney, and a ride on the Monorail was nearly always included. The kids loved it, as did the adults :-) . I was sorry to see it go.
Peter.
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Post by: derekwarner on January 14, 2018, 01:42:27 am
Thanks Peter.......it is some 19 years since we were at Darling Harbour....we drove in from the western side and parked at the Novotel
I am pretty sure that the swing bridge was open for pedestrian traffic & the Monorail was functioning, however sore & tired feet won over & we caught a water taxi launch from Darling harbour out & under the Bridge to a disembarkment point near the Sydney Water Police base....and then dinner in one of those old huge converted sandstone & timber multi story storage warehouse buildings
Best of all was the water taxi skipper gave me his card & advised he could be back in 15 minutes when called...true to his word, after our dinner & more walking he collected two weary travellers & we were back at the Novotel in 10 minutes...........I think the cost each way was $10.00...........super value riding on your own personal taxi launch under our Coat Hanger O0
Derek
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on January 14, 2018, 10:22:58 am
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 15, 2018, 02:45:55 am
The first Lighthouse on Bidston Hill was built in 1771, further from the body of water it lit than any other lighthouse in the world, ever. The octagonal tower housed a massive parabolic reflector, twelve feet in diameter, developed at the Bidston Signals Station by William Hutchinson (http://www.bidstonlighthouse.org.uk/history/people/#WilliamHutchinson), Liverpool Harbour Master and one-time privateer. Martin, I can only post replies to the forum from Safari, in FF and Chrome I get a window without the text reply panel, happens in PM also
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Post by: derekwarner on January 15, 2018, 02:56:34 am
Is this the on you mean Geoff?.......................you certainly a well travelled person from your previous lifetimes O0
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 15, 2018, 03:44:49 am
Hi Derek(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif) Yes, I've been fortunate in my globe trotting. Apprenticed in the Royal Air Force in 1962 I travelled extensively. Pretty much all the east coast of GB, Hong Kong, Gan, Singapore, Malaya, Aden. Then in later years North America and most of Europe. Then downunder a lot of time in NZ, Bali etc. It's been a good life :-))
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on January 15, 2018, 04:14:02 am
"Lighthouse on Bidston Hill" - Correct!
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Post by: verithingeoff on January 15, 2018, 04:32:01 am
Not too difficult(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on January 22, 2018, 12:48:07 pm
So nice of you to join us Xtian29 O0................could this be the Red bridge in Lisbon?.................Derek
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Post by: Xtian29 on January 22, 2018, 01:16:02 pm
Yep Derek, this is the 25 de Abril bridge over the Tagus at Lisbon
It's your turn :-))
Xtian
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Post by: derekwarner on January 22, 2018, 08:07:50 pm
OK....something completely different.............[eh & what time of day please? %) ]...... Derek
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Post by: Arrow5 on January 22, 2018, 08:10:46 pm
Venice, Italy ?
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Post by: Xtian29 on January 22, 2018, 10:16:57 pm
I was firstly thinking like you with Venice and then may me a place in UK like Isle of Wight with old Victorian place ?
Xtian
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Post by: derekwarner on January 22, 2018, 10:21:07 pm
Morning Folks.....no not Venice, nor the IOW.......nor Victorian in heritage ......[today I fly from Adelaide to Sydney.....so will off the air for a few hours]
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Post by: derekwarner on January 23, 2018, 08:11:09 pm
OK....a sharp eye %) .......will note the different number of castellations on the heads ...do we see octagons now over a hexagons?
So obviously there is more than one pair and what significance is 8/6th over 6/8th?......and this last image has greater understanding to the time of day
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Post by: Baldrick on January 23, 2018, 09:52:35 pm
El Muelle de las Columnas, Lisbon Portugal
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Post by: Xtian29 on January 23, 2018, 10:30:59 pm
{-) {-) Well played after my picture of the Red Bridge Derek
Google may be your friend, but he sure ain't mine <:(
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Post by: derekwarner on February 12, 2018, 01:00:42 am
Built at the turn of the century in the heart of Broome’s Chinatown, the building originally served as an Asian Emporium and Japanese playhouse
So I believe the correct answer is Broome O0
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Post by: kinmel on February 12, 2018, 07:11:25 am
Correct Derek
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Post by: derekwarner on February 12, 2018, 07:47:50 am
A world away in time ;) .............Derek
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Post by: verithingeoff on February 12, 2018, 11:53:04 am
The Nan Tien Temple in Wollongong is the largest Buddhist temple in the Southern Hemisphere. (http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
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Post by: derekwarner on February 12, 2018, 08:39:44 pm
Yes Geoff :-)), it is only 8km South of me here in Wollongong.......... Derek
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Post by: verithingeoff on February 13, 2018, 12:15:41 am
Siarad Cymraeg?(http://verithingeoff.com/VW%20Images/aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif)
WHERE!!!!!............I really must go to specksavers, can't see a thing on any wall.............might make a better job of my next lifeboat if I could see, lol.
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on February 17, 2018, 04:40:44 pm
New Slains Castle , Aberdeenshire. Goodness knows what the old one must look like
Thought it would last longer than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Slains_Castle
LB
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Post by: Colin Bishop on February 17, 2018, 05:26:06 pm
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Thought it would last longer than that
So, I imagine, did the original owners.... %)
Colin
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Post by: Netleyned on February 17, 2018, 06:37:54 pm
Hieland Coo loon builders :D Ned
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Post by: Baldrick on February 17, 2018, 07:23:56 pm
Where else but in Scotland would you take the roof off your castle so as to avoid paying the Council tax ?
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Post by: RST on February 17, 2018, 08:45:17 pm
Old news but Martin posted Bridge on River Kwai. I went to Kanchanaburi (not the location of the original WWII bridge but a little downstream where the bridge is now). It's full of tourists and tat -there's large black monoliths with the names of those who died building the railway which I read most of in between folk taking pics/selfies. We went up stream by private boat hire, had to convince the guy NOT to take us to the tourist tat -which was a bit of a mission and refusal to get out the boat where he wanted to go. There is the "J.E.A.T.H." (Death) museum upstream. Fascinating but absolutely horrific stories and pictures that will stay with me forever. There is a large immaculately well kept war memorial with a huge field of crosses and plaques -most guys that died there building the railway seemed to be 18-30yrs old. A lot of Scots and Aussies. I was there with two other friends and we all had tears in our eyes by the end. We were apparently literally the ONLY folk that went to the museum and memorial that day, everyone goes just to take pics of the later steel bridge downstream and buy tat to say they were there.
Sorry, I just had to say that -it touched me forever visiting there. It's a cheap taxi ride from Bangkok (relatively speaking!). We tipped our driver a tenner for waiting all day and he was well chuffed! Plus we saw stuff that most I imagine don't see -nobody seemed to care about the significance of the place.
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Where else but in Scotland would you take the roof off your castle so as to avoid paying the Council tax ?
...hmm Highland council just announced a 3% rise. I'm ground floor flat but with my own front door. I have a piched roof over my door, wonder if I can negate the rise by knocking it down? LoL.
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Post by: Baldrick on February 20, 2018, 11:10:37 am
How about a go at this location, several clues laying around
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Post by: Netleyned on February 20, 2018, 07:45:03 pm
Mallaig. Ned
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Post by: sabre on February 20, 2018, 08:21:43 pm
Indeed it is, the ass of the world.
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Post by: Neil on March 19, 2018, 10:29:30 pm
i'll nick neds place as he hasn't posted a location yet and kick start with an easy one...............but I want the correct nickname for the exact spot this shot was taken from please........not where the picture is aimed at.....now a little more difficult.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on March 19, 2018, 10:47:07 pm
Is it a Red Vauxhall Corsa?
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Post by: Neil on March 19, 2018, 11:06:23 pm
it is that martin, my daughters.............lovely little car.........did us a round trip of 560 miles today and pulled like a train......she was asleep in the back with the pug most of the time after her informal interview, and I got the pleasure of driving it...............thinking of nicking it off her..............but sorry..............not the answer, lol.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 20, 2018, 12:05:36 pm
Haven't done this for a while... Where in the world?
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Post by: verithingeoff on May 14, 2020, 01:39:54 am
I'm not going to name it bu I have raced round it three times and sailed past many more times. Looks good on a calm day, turn up the wind and it's a different story
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Post by: BrianB6 on May 14, 2020, 04:53:17 am
40 years ago
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on May 14, 2020, 08:51:53 am
A well known race turning point.
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on May 14, 2020, 08:59:42 am
If we are going to identify lighthouses where did I take this?
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Post by: Baldrick on May 15, 2020, 10:42:28 am
Patagonia ?
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on May 15, 2020, 12:01:57 pm
so very very close.
Think of a 1960's radio show which, amongst others, starred Bill Pertwee & Kenneth Williams.
What made you think Patagonia?
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Post by: dougal99 on May 15, 2020, 12:34:43 pm
Presumably Cape (round the) Horn
Was it taken by Rambling Sid? {-) {-)
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Post by: Baldrick on May 15, 2020, 01:01:49 pm
Think of a 1960's radio show which, amongst others, starred Bill Pertwee & Kenneth Williams.
What made you think Patagonia?
Well I thought it looked a bit PATAGONIAN
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on May 15, 2020, 01:06:00 pm
Yes well done both. I am so impressed that you thought it looked Patagonian - I don't think that anything would elicit that response from me. There was a small clue in that if you look at the 2 pictures they are taken from different sides so they were taken as we went round the horn - Cape Horn.
Try this one. Very different and globally significant.
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Post by: Baldrick on May 15, 2020, 01:45:25 pm
Sagres , recognise that bit of sea was there just after the civil war, walls of houses in Faro still full bullet holes.
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on May 15, 2020, 02:14:24 pm
Yes. Most western point on mainland Europe (Portugal) & very much a surfing location now.
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Post by: dougal99 on April 11, 2022, 03:14:39 pm
just got back from first trip in ages, so I thought I'd resurrect this thread. Maybe not too difficult...
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Post by: rnli12 on April 11, 2022, 04:15:46 pm
Jersey
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Post by: dougal99 on April 11, 2022, 05:04:17 pm
But which Castle?
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Post by: ChrisF on April 11, 2022, 06:03:13 pm
You've got me!
Chris
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Post by: Baldrick on April 11, 2022, 07:32:24 pm
Elizabeth Castle. St Helier
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Post by: dougal99 on April 11, 2022, 10:09:21 pm
I thought it was too easy even though the aspect of the castle is not the postcard view :-))
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Post by: jaymac on April 11, 2022, 10:56:42 pm
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 01, 2023, 07:54:36 pm
<*< {-)
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Post by: Capt Podge on May 01, 2023, 08:45:08 pm
Let's try this one:-
Ray.
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Post by: radiojoe on May 02, 2023, 06:43:56 pm
Hi Ray Cramlington Northumberland I asked your Uncle %) {-)
Joe.
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Post by: Capt Podge on May 03, 2023, 09:45:47 am
Touché!
Well done Joe {-) {-) :-))
Ray.
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Post by: radiojoe on May 03, 2023, 01:27:10 pm
How about this one ?
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Post by: Capt Podge on May 03, 2023, 01:36:44 pm
Got it Joe but, I'll leave it up for others to have a go O0
Ray.
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Post by: Colin Bishop on May 03, 2023, 06:04:05 pm
I was round that way a week ago but on the far side of the photo.
Colin
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Post by: radiojoe on May 04, 2023, 11:37:46 am
Do you know what it is or rather was, We have one of our holidays there every year staying about a mile from this structure.
Joe.
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Post by: Colin Bishop on May 04, 2023, 12:17:25 pm
Yes. the other side is painted white for a reason...
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 05, 2023, 08:09:23 am
.... OK, going need a clue please ...
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Post by: rnli12 on May 05, 2023, 10:50:16 am
St Helens Church in IOW :}
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 05, 2023, 10:56:59 am
St Helens, Isle of Wight ?
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Post by: radiojoe on May 05, 2023, 07:34:48 pm
Yes It's actually St Helens OLD Church, the main part of the church fell into disrepair and and eventually collapsed being built of soft sandstone blocks, apparently boat owners used to take bits of the sandstone as it was good for burnishing the decks and the locals took blocks for their own use which just left the tower standing, the part that was left open was bricked up and painted white to act as a seamark and is still used as such.
Joe.
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 06, 2023, 08:43:13 am
Where in the world?
(https://i.postimg.cc/sXVzJBfg/Lighthouse-3.jpg)
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Post by: Leaky Bottom on May 06, 2023, 05:55:37 pm
Bidston Lighthouse, Birkenhead
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 06, 2023, 08:02:54 pm
Correct!
Anybody else got one ? :-)
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Post by: Colin Bishop on May 06, 2023, 08:21:39 pm
OK, try this one.
Colin
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 07, 2023, 12:12:48 am
Is that, that iron pillar that does rust..... India maybe?
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on May 07, 2023, 09:05:23 am
The famous pillar in India isn't a spiral I think.
Is this one Delphi, Greece?
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Post by: Colin Bishop on May 07, 2023, 10:20:05 am
Yes, Delphi, it's an amazing thing. Been there twice.
Colin
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 07, 2023, 10:30:34 am
Yes, Delphi, it's an amazing thing. Been there twice.
Colin
Did you consult the Oracle? Any pearls of wisdom to pass on? :}
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Post by: Colin Bishop on May 07, 2023, 05:22:58 pm
The Oracle's prophecies are Delphic... It was all Greek to me! :}2
Colin
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Post by: NickelBelter on May 08, 2023, 03:53:08 am
I don't blame anyone for not guessing this, but CERTAINLY most of the people here should at least identify the ship! (https://i.ibb.co/sJ7mzcf/Britannnia1959.jpg)
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Post by: derekwarner on May 08, 2023, 06:32:19 am
Nick ...could it be the Royal Yacht Brittana arriving in Auckland....New Zealand? :-) .... Derek
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Post by: sabre on May 08, 2023, 08:33:56 am
An old hulk now rotting in Leith.
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Post by: Capt Podge on May 08, 2023, 08:51:34 am
Can't remember the original name but pretty sure it's now known as Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada?
Ray.
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Post by: NickelBelter on May 08, 2023, 09:00:06 am
Can't remember the original name but pretty sure it's now known as Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada?
Ray.
Correct! Britannia came all the way to the Lakehead in 1959 when the new St Lawrence Seaway opened. The only thing still present from this photo is the breakwater.
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Post by: dougal99 on May 24, 2023, 04:54:17 pm
Here's one for history buffs.
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Post by: derekwarner on May 25, 2023, 12:54:41 am
Bl**dy Tourists everywhere :P all walking downhill ...obviously <*< the Tour Bus drove them to the top of the hill by the Turret Tower building
So we are looking for a Medival Town with a Tower on the hill.....the Tour Guide No 6 could tell us :-X if he is not lost
Derek
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Post by: dougal99 on May 25, 2023, 08:09:48 am
Derek your sunny disposition is a joy, not. Many places rely on tourism to survive. Have some empathy :-))
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on May 25, 2023, 02:59:18 pm
Nuremberg? It was a good few years ago that I was there.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: jaymac on May 25, 2023, 03:40:59 pm
How come they let you Off
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on May 25, 2023, 04:25:50 pm
Charisma, good looks, intelligence and great modesty. :-))
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Post by: jaymac on May 25, 2023, 06:52:54 pm
Not to mention friends in Argentina ;)
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Post by: dougal99 on May 25, 2023, 08:54:12 pm
Yup, Imperial Castle Nuremberg :-))
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 01, 2023, 06:19:55 pm
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 09, 2023, 12:20:11 am
Correct! :-))
Biggest clock face in the world.
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Post by: derekwarner on August 09, 2023, 11:13:26 am
Could I ask & throw this open to any Member to continue this amazing thread :-)) ............ Derek
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 09, 2023, 01:10:49 pm
:-))
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Post by: JimG on August 09, 2023, 09:27:47 pm
Lets try this one as it is a bit more boating related, although it might be too easy. Jim
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Tug Fanatic on August 10, 2023, 03:08:55 pm
Oberalp pass?
Worlds highest lighthouse I think. If you had cropped it tighter I might have said Rotterdam (apart from the hills!).
My photo of its larger sister in Rotterdam.
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 10, 2023, 06:30:48 pm
Street view: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.6587249,8.6712146,3a,75y,190.59h,92.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5C_ZQiM1yy29-POY8JFroA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu
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Post by: JimG on August 10, 2023, 07:25:09 pm
Correct, at the top of the OberAlppass in Switzerland, 2046metres. It's there as this is the source of the Rhine. Photo taken in June this year when on a European tour. Jim
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 12, 2023, 08:58:25 am
How about ...
(https://i.postimg.cc/wM0W6qBf/Roundabout.jpg)
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on August 12, 2023, 10:12:45 am
The buildings, the landscape and the road signs all feel like southern Norway but that is as far as I get.
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 12, 2023, 07:00:51 pm
Flam - perhaps?
LB
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Post by: Martin (Admin) on August 12, 2023, 09:05:02 pm
It's Fyr ... but close enough!
Model of the lighthouse Lindesnes Fyr in a roundabout, Vigeland, Lindesnes, Agder, Norway
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 13, 2023, 06:23:39 pm
Closer to home for me at least - be specific though. %%
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Post by: KitS on August 13, 2023, 10:33:51 pm
Grimsby?
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 14, 2023, 12:03:04 am
Wrong side. LB
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Post by: Tug Fanatic on August 14, 2023, 07:20:20 am
Your handle and saying it is closer to home gives me confidence to say that it reminds me of a bridge in Birkenhead docks but I don't know about "specific".
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Post by: Liverbudgie2 on August 14, 2023, 12:59:46 pm
Your correct in every aspect. It is the former “A” bridge of the “four Bridges system” that crossed Birkenhead docks. The bridge was constructed just after the First War, I think, and was scrapped about four years ago and replaced with a new lifting bridge. This was, is, the major route from Wallasey to Birkenhead and was an absolute nightmare to cross on a motor bike especially when it was wet and force six and above, was blowing down the East Float. This was made worse because the roadway consisted of granite “sets” and railway lines, these had to be crossed at 90 degrees or thereabouts otherwise you would go into an uncontrollable skid. The bridge deck was made up of steel plates, railway lines and wooden blocks making it even more deadly, you just hoped that the vehicles behind understood this, most did of course thankfully, but there were times when I got off and pushed the bike across. It was a dangerous place to be with a mixture cars, wagons, and trains, and me on my 1947 BSA C11 or Honda 50 super sports with full racing fairing!
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Post by: JimG on January 01, 2024, 07:57:45 pm
It's been a while since we last had one of these. Lets try some more, you should find this first one elementary. Jim
Title: Re: Where in the world?
Post by: Martin (Admin) on January 02, 2024, 01:44:30 am
Was Professor James Moriarty involved?! ok2
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Post by: derekwarner on January 02, 2024, 02:07:22 am
Completely wrong continent, hint : it's in Europe. Jim
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Post by: dougal99 on January 02, 2024, 02:40:53 pm
Derek knows look at the smiley :police:
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Post by: jaymac on January 02, 2024, 04:04:30 pm
Reichenbach Falls
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Post by: JimG on January 02, 2024, 04:16:04 pm
Correct.Taken from the viewing platform at the top of the funicular. I never got to the top though as its up a set of steep and at times rough steps and my legs gave up half way. It doesn't show up but there is a bridge over the top of the falls, must be an amazing view. Jim