Mixed up places

[whole diary]

[grahame]

I'm a programmer ... I'm lazy and have written a program to do it

Filling in the first batch:

6. Bristol Temple Meads
8. Dawlish Warren
10. Barnstaple
11. Newton Abbot
14. Didcot Parkway
15. Worcester Shrub Hill

Personally, I can never forget that a particular town (not in the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) area) has an anagram of "Wanker" - thanks to Jasper Carrot,, and the fact that I knew someone who moved to there.

[vacman]

NEWARK!

also, can you spot the rude word in SCUNTHORPE!

[Conner]

3. Tiverton(Parkway)

[TerminalJunkie]

Five more, as I'm bored:

21. Lets pop once
22. Diverts sex date
23. On screwy tents
24. Lean condom symptom
25. Melt a slovenly pig

[grahame]

earth-wind-and-fire:~/oct07 grahamellis$ perl ogado
Anagram? 24. Lean condom symptom
'24. Lean condom symptom' is  Lympstone Commando - LYC
Anagram? 16. Ten Hebrew immigrants
'16. Ten Hebrew immigrants' is not known
Anagram? 18. Kidnap by a worm
'18. Kidnap by a worm' is  Bodmin Parkway - BOD
Anagram?
earth-wind-and-fire:~/oct07 grahamellis$

Can you spot the seriously sad programmer .... and the train company that doesn't list Birmingham New Steet amongst its places served 

I am, by the way, one of those poor souls who got so bored with Sudoku that I wrote a Sudoku helper ...

[TerminalJunkie]

Everyone seems to have given up, so:

21. Lets pop once - Copplestone
22. Diverts sex date - Exeter St Davids
23. On screwy tents - Newton St Cyres
[...]
25. Melt a slovenly pig - Lympstone Village

Personally, I can never forget that a particular town (not in the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) area) has an anagram of "Wanker"

Listeners of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue also have trouble forgetting that Finsbury Park spelt backwards is 'Krapy Rub Snif'

[grahame]

Listeners of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue also have trouble forgetting that Finsbury Park spelt backwards is 'Krapy Rub Snif'

Thanks for the completions ... and for that "Finsbury Park".   Hmm.   It's rare that words fail me!

[smokey]

I don't understand, mind you My PC is still Gas powered.

[smokey]

Ok you Smart******, like what's the answer to 16, 17, 19 and 20

[grahame]

Ok you Smart******, like what's the answer to 16, 17, 19 and 20

Anagram? meanttosculptahorn
'meanttosculptahorn' is  Southampton Central - SOU
Anagram? Vexatious abductor raid
'Vexatious abductor raid' is  St Budeaux Victoria Road - SBV
Anagram? Newer mousetraps
'Newer mousetraps' is  Weston-Super-Mare - WSM
Anagram? Ten Hebrew immigrants
'Ten Hebrew immigrants' is not known
Anagram?

[smokey]

Ten Hebrew Immigrants works out at that Awful place,

BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET

Do I get a Prize?

[TerminalJunkie]

Sorry to resurrect a dead thread, but I've found a big map full of anagrams:

http://www.pedt.demon.co.uk/network_rail/rational-nail.htm

[inspector_blakey]

...by someone who apparently thinks that "A Merchant" is an anagram of "Carmarthen". Now, I may have had a few, but I'm pretty sure the former has only 9 letters whilst the latter has 10. We're missing an 'r' somewhere...

[JayMac]

I do like the idea that I travel regularly through "SPLATTERED EMBOLISM". I tend to avoid the "Lofty Wide Baboon" because "Yacht Paw" (not on the map) is more convenient. My local station is "Shat Morphine"

And there's the station that I regularly travel to that I try and avoid naming on the forum for superstitious reasons - but I think I'm safe in mentioning "Not Tuna". 

I'm disappointed to note that "Helm Mask"  is not on the map......