| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 23:46, 5th October 2025 |     |
Also, any reference to 'Bridgewater' in Somerset is as much of a 'red rag to a bull' to JayMac as is any reference to 'Nailsea and Blackwell' to me - and that includes Michael Portillo, who made that error.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 22:21, 5th October 2025 | |
Context information, for the benefit of our members and readers: JayMac and I do know each other personally - hence our friendly banter here in 'The Lighter Side'.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 21:22, 5th October 2025 | |
Yes, it does - but please don't encourage him.
Finn is rather more laid back about it all:
CfN.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Oxonhutch at 21:06, 5th October 2025 | |
Does Edgware Road count?
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by JayMac at 19:28, 5th October 2025 | |
... (cough) ... It's Bridgwater, not Bridgewater - please don't set JayMac off on one. 
Just the other day on Facebook...
It's also Obridge, not Orbridge.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 17:32, 5th October 2025 | |
... (cough) ... It's Bridgwater, not Bridgewater - please don't set JayMac off on one.
Bridgewater is the one in Manchester.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by bradshaw at 17:29, 5th October 2025 | |
3 Orbridge, Taunton
Bridge 35 on the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
Apologies, corrected!
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by ellendune at 17:02, 5th October 2025 | |
3. Taunton? Bridge over the Bridgewater & Taunton Canal.
Dave
Yes, you're right - a traditional quiz always includes certain places. And a couple of extras on that basis (I was in a rush posting last night ... due to collect a takeaway)Dave
9. Melksham - Not that difficult
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by CyclingSid at 13:37, 5th October 2025 | |
I have a feeling that No 8 is a view of the good side of CyclingSid.
That might provide a nudge to others as to where it is.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 12:17, 5th October 2025 | |
Going off at something of a tangent, I drove many different Mercedes Sprinter vans in my previous employment, and I found that they didn't generally 'sprint'.
They were, however, rather good at driving through flood water.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by grahame at 12:09, 5th October 2025 | |
10. Mercedes Sprinters. 
I can find Mercedes Peris, the Spanish backstroke swimmer who competed in the 2008 Olympics, but no sprinters of that name.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 11:59, 5th October 2025 | |
10. Mercedes Sprinters.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by grahame at 11:46, 5th October 2025 | |
3. Taunton? Bridge over the Bridgewater & Taunton Canal.
Dave
Dave
Yes, you're right - a traditional quiz always includes certain places. And a couple of extras on that basis (I was in a rush posting last night ... due to collect a takeaway)
9.
10.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by DR7835 at 11:17, 5th October 2025 | |
3. Taunton? Bridge over the Bridgewater & Taunton Canal.
Dave
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by eightonedee at 08:21, 5th October 2025 | |
4 Woltszyn (I think that's the way it's spelt).
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by grahame at 07:13, 5th October 2025 | |
1. Starcross - JayMac
2. Cardiff Bay - bradshaw
4. Poland (yes, but where in Poland) - Chris from Nailsea
6. Plockton - stuving
Sorry - guesses at 3 and 7 have suggested different locations to where the picture was actually taken, so those remain open for identification. And, no, I can't identify the tree species either.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by bobm at 00:53, 5th October 2025 | |
I can’t identify any of the species.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by stuving at 23:25, 4th October 2025 | |
6: Plockton. I'd recognise that well-known box anywhere.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Oxonhutch at 22:07, 4th October 2025 | |
3: Oxford
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:18, 4th October 2025 | |
4. Poland.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by bradshaw at 19:48, 4th October 2025 | |
2Cardiff Bay
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by grahame at 19:34, 4th October 2025 | |
I was gonna go for 2, but the sign is a bit too helpful.
1. Starcross.
1. Starcross.
Ooops ... and yes.
Chris is correct that 8 is not the strawberry line. 7 is not the river Frome.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Clan Line at 19:18, 4th October 2025 | |
I was gonna go for 2, but the sign is a bit too helpful.
1. Starcross.
1. Starcross.
You beat me to it - by about 20 secs ! - on 1 & 2 !!
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by JayMac at 19:16, 4th October 2025 | |
I was gonna go for 2, but the sign is a bit too helpful.
1. Starcross.
| Re: Trees near the railway Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:00, 4th October 2025 | |
I discounted 8 as being The Strawberry Line (local to me) because it isn't - but I do offer a bid for 7. Bridge over the River Frome at Stoborough, Dorset.
| Trees near the railway Posted by grahame at 18:26, 4th October 2025 | |
On a windy day, my thought turns to trees. Can you identify these?
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