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« on: May 29, 2008, 05:21:20 »
A wide variety here - and be aware that some are not "in area"

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Answer as few or as many as you wish ... I'll let this one run for 24 hours before reviewing answers / giving too many clues!
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2008, 07:01:01 »
1 Bradford on Avon
2 Longleat
3 Midford
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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2008, 09:23:44 »
Is no 5 Fort William?  Its a long shot but I seem to remember a large supermarket beside teh station
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« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2008, 14:20:27 »
5. Oban
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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2008, 14:25:31 »
4. York?
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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2008, 19:56:00 »
2. is Longleat. Definitely. I was there, a few weeks ago!  Grin
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« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2008, 04:11:19 »
Correctly identified ...

1. Bradford-on-Avon
2. Longleat
3. Midford
5. Oban

4. is again UK▸ (United Kingdom), but not South West (sorry - not close to York either).  Th nearby station has a weekend service from March to December only and a weekday service throughout July and August, and on and near other high days and holidays.
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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2008, 09:15:31 »
Looks to me like an ex GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) Broad Guage steam engine in the photo...!
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« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2008, 12:52:39 »
Isn't Dunrobin Castle is it?
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« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2008, 14:05:51 »
No 4, only thing that is coming to mind with the
station and vast amount of various locos e.t.c
rusting in sidings, is Quinton Road "Buckinghamshire
Railway Centre", or whatever it calls itself these
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« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2008, 21:13:37 »
swlines has the right country .... but is still a long way from the place. Come down to near sea level, and find a place with an apostrophe. (I've probably given so much away there that's it's a "railway riddle" to solve with a picture as an extra clue!
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« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2008, 21:39:39 »
Bo selecta!

No, really, Bo'ness.
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« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2008, 08:48:24 »
Yes Bo'ness (or Borrowstounness). On the Firth of Forth.
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