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« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2019, 20:49:52 »
Quote from: bradshaw on July 29, 2019, 20:28:24
Most of these quiz photos contain clues which can be used in this way

Take a look at some of Chris from Nailsea's "Where was I?" posts from the early days of his van delivery job. They were fiendish!
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« Reply #16 on: July 30, 2019, 10:06:28 »
I looked back at some of those last night. Fiendish they might have been but most were solved. Unfortunately the Photobucket images were not visible on some.

The #whatstation series on Twitter provides some difficult locations. Robert Humm, of the Bookshop in Stamford, posts short series out each month. So far 305 have been posted and ALL have been recognised.
One example here
https://twitter.com/rhummbooks/status/1152972142750965760?s=21
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« Reply #17 on: July 30, 2019, 12:30:39 »
Quote from: bradshaw on July 29, 2019, 20:28:24
BNM used Blackmore Lane location in a previous quiz. The photo, as with yours, had a number of clues.
1) A South Somerset District Council sign, this gives a clue to location.
2) The old railway track
3) The signpost stating ‘restricted byway’
Somerset County Council  have an online map of their public rights of way which detail footpaths, bridleways and restricted byways.
Thus by looking at this map one can close in, using the clues given, on the right location and then confirm with Street View.
Thus someone who is not local can still make a good guess as to location

Most of these quiz photos contain clues which can be used in this way

So that's me told then!

I can probably do "fiendish" myself, so I'll dig one or two out!
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