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Title: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 24, 2016, 20:25:38 No clues at all, to start with: I'll see how close anyone can get without help. ;) :D ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/sOAjgHv.jpg?1) Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: JayMac on April 24, 2016, 20:32:03 Somewhere on the line of route of the WC&PR?
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 24, 2016, 20:38:19 Hmm. ::)
"Somewhere on the route of the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway" covers a fairly wide area. :o No. ;D Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: JayMac on April 24, 2016, 20:57:30 Found it I think. Will PM so others can have a go.
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 24, 2016, 21:00:38 Thanks, bignosemac. I rather suspected that you'd track it down, so to speak, fairly easily. ::) ;) ;D
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Western Pathfinder on April 24, 2016, 22:17:36 At a guess just south of Clevedon on the edge of the Drain ?.
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 24, 2016, 22:23:16 Hmm, again. ;)
I'm sorry, Western Pathfinder, but it's not the Clevedon Branch line either. ;D Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: grahame on April 24, 2016, 22:36:38 I'm guessing it might not be very far from Athelney
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 24, 2016, 22:42:05 You'd be guessing about thirty miles away from Athelney, as the crow flies, grahame. ;D
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 24, 2016, 22:57:49 I'm really pleased that everyone is chipping away at the various possibilities here, in the spirit of 'twenty questions'. Please, do continue to do so! ;)
My only regret is that I gave bignosemac such a clear 'no' to his initial suggestion of the WC&PR - he promptly went on to perform a clinical analysis of exactly where I was today. :o ::) ;D Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: SandTEngineer on April 25, 2016, 12:33:01 Bridgwater Docks branch.................... :-\
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: TonyK on April 25, 2016, 16:54:53 Near Wrington?
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 25, 2016, 17:21:45 Bridgwater Docks branch.................... :-\ No, sorry, it's not that one. ;) Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 25, 2016, 17:23:10 Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: bradshaw on April 25, 2016, 18:09:29 Cheddar railway walk near Congresbury, where the path dog-legs away from the line, which can be seen in the view.
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Western Pathfinder on April 25, 2016, 18:13:03 As I was about to post the Strawberry line from Yatton.
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 25, 2016, 18:15:16 No, sorry, bradshaw and Western Pathfinder: I wasn't on the Strawberry Line. :-X
'Near Wrington' remains the closest guess yet. ;) Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: bradshaw on April 25, 2016, 18:23:16 Wrington Vale light railway?
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 25, 2016, 18:25:58 Yes, you're possibly getting closer ... ;)
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: patch38 on April 25, 2016, 19:22:25 End of the line near Blagdon Lake?
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 25, 2016, 19:28:04 You're on the right line - but if you've got as far as Blagdon, you've gone too far. :o
I wood be surprised if the correct answer isn't posted very soon now. ;) :D ;D Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: patch38 on April 25, 2016, 19:39:05 I've cheated now and got the map out! Am I disqualified? :D
I'd guess at where the railway bed crosses Iwood Lane looking east. * I see what you did there... Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 25, 2016, 19:50:44 Correct! ;D
You have certainly not cheated, as far as my very light-hearted quiz was concerned! ;) Member bignosemac was far more clinical, analysing google earth along stretches of disused lines, before reaching the correct answer. :o Strictly speaking, though: I was looking west - hence the sunlight shining towards me, reflecting off a huge array of solar panels in the distance. That may have given the impression of a water surface: I quite deliberately let that go, as it seems to have added to the challenge of identifying my location. :P My thanks to everyone who joined in with this latest quizzical question. :) Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: JayMac on April 25, 2016, 19:59:03 My PM to CfN last night. He says 'clinical', I think 'anal' :-[
Quote Knowing your approximate delivery area. Then looking at the closed lines in said area. Which are either WC&PR, WVLR, Strawberry Line or Clevedon branch. You've previously posted a WWIT on the WVLR, so I chose that one to look at first after my initial guess of WC&PR was discounted. Then I just followed the line of route of WVLR on Google Earth working back from Blagdon, looking for 90 degree crossing points of roads, on the level. Iwood Lane happened to be the first such crossing point. Then Street View for the close up. The 2009 Street View didn't have the wooden fence to the left of the trackbed, but it did have the wooden pylon in the right place. The gate matched up, as did various tree and hedge lines. I've become quite adept at following the line of route of disused railway lines on Google Earth. Even across ploughed fields you can often make them out. Through built up areas where there has been redevelopment you can trace the line based on housing boundaries or roads that have replaced railway. Where there's been complete redevelopment you can usually find the route in and route out. Sometimes I do get lost though, following what turn out to be farm tracks, field boundaries, drainage ditches, or occasionally straight stretches of rivers and streams. That normally just entails going back to a point where you know for definite it was former railway, and trying again. Finally, and possibly a bit anally, I like the challenge! Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: patch38 on April 25, 2016, 22:04:06 Well done BNM - I think forensic rather than clinical! And definitely better than 'haphazard' which is my preferred method ;D
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: TonyK on April 25, 2016, 22:17:24 I simply remembered a TV programme "Not the M5", made by a pal of mine, Tony Burton, and thought I recognised the approximate view.
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: Red Squirrel on April 26, 2016, 13:07:39 I've become quite adept at following the line of route of disused railway lines on Google Earth. Even across ploughed fields you can often make them out. Through built up areas where there has been redevelopment you can trace the line based on housing boundaries or roads that have replaced railway. Where there's been complete redevelopment you can usually find the route in and route out. Sometimes I do get lost though, following what turn out to be farm tracks, field boundaries, drainage ditches, or occasionally straight stretches of rivers and streams. That normally just entails going back to a point where you know for definite it was former railway, and trying again. I to am a fan of tracing old railway lines. I used to do it back in the 80's on OS maps, and now continue the game using Google Maps. I am constanly surprised how much harder it becomes as time marches on. Tunnels, though; they're the thing that can really throw you - especially when they have sharp curves in them! Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: stuving on April 26, 2016, 14:23:34 Tunnels, though; they're the thing that can really throw you - especially when they have sharp curves in them! So why not stay sat down? There's nothing to see out of the window in a tunnel anyway. Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: ChrisB on April 26, 2016, 14:33:26 Have you read the rest of this thread? :-)
Title: Re: As we haven't seen one of these posers for a while: 'Where was I today?' Post by: BerkshireBugsy on April 27, 2016, 07:38:48 I've become quite adept at following the line of route of disused railway lines on Google Earth. Even across ploughed fields you can often make them out. Through built up areas where there has been redevelopment you can trace the line based on housing boundaries or roads that have replaced railway. Where there's been complete redevelopment you can usually find the route in and route out. Sometimes I do get lost though, following what turn out to be farm tracks, field boundaries, drainage ditches, or occasionally straight stretches of rivers and streams. That normally just entails going back to a point where you know for definite it was former railway, and trying again. I to am a fan of tracing old railway lines. I used to do it back in the 80's on OS maps, and now continue the game using Google Maps. I am constanly surprised how much harder it becomes as time marches on. Tunnels, though; they're the thing that can really throw you - especially when they have sharp curves in them! I was on a train journey back from Worcester to Reading the other night and there was a gentleman armed with a book which had maps of the rail network "past and present". They were trying to trace old railway lines and were travelling all over the country to do so. So when I told them about the old swing bridge to the North of the current Oxford Station their eyes lit up. Thankfully there was just enough light for them to see it and add it then tick it off their list This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |