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« on: September 26, 2018, 20:49:54 » |
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bobm and I out for a country pub lunch and a drive in a loaner car. Took in some railway infrastructure. Two locations. Where's this?  And this:  |
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JayMac
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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2018, 12:51:41 » |
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No guesses at all. I guess they're a little tough.
Clues then.
First pic. A scrambled alternative for hostility?
Second pic. Joan and Carla's flat traverse?
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« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2018, 13:55:55 » |
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No guesses at all. I guess they're a little tough.
; notes the use of British understatement  |
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« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2018, 14:17:32 » |
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I'm thinking some flavour of Yeovil.
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JayMac
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« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2018, 15:30:39 » |
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I'm thinking some flavour of Yeovil.
Sorry, no. |
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« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2018, 15:52:47 » |
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Second picture is Collins Lane Level Crossing, Purton near Swindon on the Golden Valley line methinks.
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« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2018, 15:53:01 » |
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#2: Collins Lane level crossing (Purton nr Swindon)?
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« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2018, 15:55:40 » |
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I'm thinking somewhere on the Somerset Levels. Maybe, perhaps, possibly. The "clues" are as mysterious as the pictures themselves!
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« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2018, 15:56:05 » |
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curses! beaten by fourteen seconds!  (during which I checked google street view - wondered why it showed as single track - and decided streetview must predate the redoubling....) |
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JayMac
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« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2018, 16:23:00 » |
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Second picture is Collins Lane Level Crossing, Purton near Swindon on the Golden Valley line methinks.
#2: Collins Lane level crossing (Purton nr Swindon)?
Both correct. As you posted almost simultaneously you can share the point! (Joan) Collins (Carla) Lane (flat) Level (traverse) Crossing. |
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JayMac
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« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2018, 16:30:43 » |
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I'm thinking somewhere on the Somerset Levels. Maybe, perhaps, possibly. The "clues" are as mysterious as the pictures themselves!
Neither picture is in Somerset. I do occasionally venture beyond the county boundary.  |
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« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2018, 17:08:25 » |
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I'm thinking somewhere on the Somerset Levels. Maybe, perhaps, possibly. The "clues" are as mysterious as the pictures themselves!
Neither picture is in Somerset. I do occasionally venture beyond the county boundary. Only when the border guards aren't looking.... |
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« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2018, 17:48:37 » |
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No 1 is only a few miles away, at Minety crossing (not exactly at Minety).
In this case the Google Earth picture is even older (2009), and not only shows a slightly tatty single track but gates and an operative to heave them to and fro.
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« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2018, 18:38:33 » |
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No 1 is only a few miles away, at Minety crossing (not exactly at Minety).
In this case the Google Earth picture is even older (2009), and not only shows a slightly tatty single track but gates and an operative to heave them to and fro.
Correct. An alternative word for 'hostility' is ENMITY. Unscramble that and you have MINETY. And yes, the crossing isn't that near to Minety. Which explains us not finding it initially, despite bobm having been there before. It's nearer Upper Minety and was easier to find once there thanks to the road being called 'Crossing Lane'. |
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« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2018, 18:39:47 » |
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So that's where we were... (it was a good lunch!). Will post more photos later. |
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