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Title: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: grahame on April 18, 2009, 08:31:19 ... but where did I take them?
(http://www.wellho.net/pix/chal1.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/chal2.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/chal3.jpg) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/chal4.jpg) Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: moonrakerz on April 18, 2009, 10:13:34 2. Warminster.
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: eightf48544 on April 18, 2009, 10:30:45 3. Thatcham? or another crossing on Berks and Hants.
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: devon_metro on April 18, 2009, 12:41:32 or another crossing on Berks and Hants. Narrows it down :D Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: grahame on April 18, 2009, 14:05:45 No. 2 is indeed Warminster; No. 3 in not Thatcham.
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: thetrout on April 18, 2009, 19:30:25 3 = Swindon...??
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 18, 2009, 20:30:54 Isn't 4 Swindon, rather than 3? :P
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: Phil on April 18, 2009, 20:45:24 I have to say, 1. doesn't look like a typical GWR bridge to me. Not that I'm an expert by any means. Is it in the Cam Valley perhaps?
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: grahame on April 18, 2009, 20:58:29 The last picture is indeed Swindon (no. 4 if you count from 1, no. 3 if you're a computer type who counts from 0). Brave to try no. 1, Phil; no - not Cam valley - closer to home. In fact I'm just about to run Dad home in the car, and I'll be back home in under half an hour ... and I will have been within 100 yards of it.
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: moonrakerz on April 18, 2009, 21:26:54 No. 2 is indeed Warminster; No. 3 in not Thatcham. I knew it was Warminster because I am sure I saw that young lady with the luminous pink suitcase down there the other day ! Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: Sion Bretton on April 19, 2009, 08:01:52 Picture 1 is not far from where live (north) Graham?
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: grahame on April 19, 2009, 08:23:28 I knew it was Warminster because I am sure I saw that young lady with the luminous pink suitcase down there the other day ! Well - it was just a few days back that I was there - perhaps at the same time. Perhaps we should start a "distinctive luggage" thread ... except that it would be peverse to have it in "The lighter side", wouldn't it? Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: Sion Bretton on April 19, 2009, 08:42:20 Picture 3 is that Lisa's car I can see ::)
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: grahame on April 19, 2009, 08:46:09 Picture 1 is not far from where live (north) Graham? Not to the north ... and for anyone who doesn't know, I live on the south side of the town of Melksham. Places that aren't terribly far from me include Bradford-on-Avon, Corsham, Calne, Devizes and (in railway terms) parts of the Pewsey to Westbury line. Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: grahame on April 19, 2009, 08:48:28 Picture 3 is that Lisa's car I can see ::) Nope ;D ;D - some crusty old gent I smiled at as I took the picture and he didn't smile back. Probably the beard, the ponytail and hairband, the scruffy anorak, the camera and the muddy trouser legs that put him off. (I was not on a workday!) Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: thetrout on April 19, 2009, 17:51:14 Isn't 4 Swindon, rather than 3? :P Ahhh, Typo on my part... ::) Yes I ment 4 = Swindon?? Turns out I was right after all ;D Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 20, 2009, 00:12:41 No problem, thetrout - I assumed it was a typo! ;)
By the way, I knew it was Warminster because I am sure I saw that young lady with the luminous pink suitcase down there the other day ! Well - it was just a few days back that I was there - perhaps at the same time.Perhaps we should start a "distinctive luggage" thread ... except that it would be peverse to have it in "The lighter side", wouldn't it? ... I'm also fairly sure that I saw a remarkably similar young lady, with that distinctive fluorescent pink suitcase, at BTM, a few days ago - but it didn't help me at all with identifying where grahame's picture was taken! Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: Ollie on April 20, 2009, 14:05:45 No 3 - North Camp?
A wild guess which probably wrong lol Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: grahame on April 20, 2009, 14:41:21 No 3 - North Camp? A wild guess which probably wrong lol You're right that you're wrong, I'm afraid, Ollie. They're four very recent pictures, and the furthest I got this month before I posted them was Newbury, Swindon, Salisbury. Picture one is stumping everyone. If I said that it's parallel to a whole load on canal locks that run about 100 yards to the north, would that help? Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: devon_metro on April 20, 2009, 17:50:53 north of Bedwyn?
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: Phil on April 20, 2009, 18:52:33 I'd say more west of Devizes - possibly the former location of Bromham and Rowde Halt?
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: grahame on April 20, 2009, 21:54:52 No. i is indeed west of Devizes - less than a mile from the former station, where the land has fallen away and the canal, the road and the former railway all drop down Caen Hill.
Title: Re: Four very recent pictures ... Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 20, 2009, 21:56:29 Picture one is stumping everyone. If I said that it's parallel to a whole load of canal locks that run about 100 yards to the north, would that help? Ah, the Caen Hill flight of locks, on the Kennet & Avon Canal - so indeed, just west of Devizes? ;) Edit note - I posted this moments after grahames' confirmation! :P 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 |