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« on: December 21, 2021, 06:43:29 »
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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2021, 07:02:10 »
A Avoncliff?
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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2021, 07:58:33 »
B. Bath Spa.
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« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2021, 08:20:59 »
G. Gloucester
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2021, 08:56:27 »
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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2021, 11:26:27 »
H. Hayle.
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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2021, 16:20:05 »
I is Ivybridge
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« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2021, 18:13:24 »
Ooh look - an emergent property! That does make J, in particular, easy to find - and F, but C and D are still lurking pointedly in a haystack.
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« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2021, 21:45:40 »
D - Filton Abbey Wood?
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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2021, 23:30:50 »
J is Johnston.
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« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2021, 09:38:38 »
All looking good so far, expect for "D" not being Filton Abbey Wood - which was suggested before the pattern in the maps was noted.    I will come back and follow up quiz answers here and on other days later today if I can - some significant none-rail "stuff" going on which is far, far more serious than "lighter side" and I ask you to forgive my tardiness in confirming.

Big "thank you" to everyone who's helped with Advent quizzes already ... that set offered in now exhausted, but if anyone would like to take on tomorrow / 23rd that would be much appreciated.
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« Reply #11 on: December 22, 2021, 10:34:59 »
D - Digby and Sowton. Less urban than I'd thought - what I took for slab-like flats is the old Digby Hostipal.
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« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2021, 15:36:15 »
I'm going to have a punt at C being Chapelton.
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« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2021, 16:35:22 »
To complete the set, F is Feniton.
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« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2021, 16:51:33 »
Quote from: RA on December 22, 2021, 16:35:22
To complete the set, F is Feniton.

I did wonder if the last four names ending in "ton" was significant in some way. But more likely it's just nature's way of reminding us that an emergent pattern is not necessarily a real property. It may be just the data having a bit of noisy fun - data will be data, after all.
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