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« on: April 18, 2010, 21:24:08 »

Jo's Cycle Rack has encouraged me to post pictures from this week - 7 different locations. Nothing to do with trains, save that I looked at using public transport for a whole load of my travel, but in the end was only on and off a public vehicle five times, and they accounted for a tiny proportion of my travel time.















Clue ... 4 in definite FGW (First Great Western) territory, 2 almost in, and one certainly not!
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2010, 21:58:53 »

6 portishead
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2010, 22:43:17 »

6 portishead

GOOD Guess  Grin ... but no.  There are some similarities
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« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2010, 00:04:19 »

4.  Semington.  (A very long shot - on the Kennet & Avon Canal)?  Roll Eyes

6.  Melksham ...  Huh
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« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2010, 00:26:03 »

7.  Bath?

(By the way, everyone: I know where grahame has been for most of the past week - and I'm not finding this any easier, despite any suggestions that I must have 'inside information'! Shocked )

C.  Grin
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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2010, 01:17:29 »

7. Trowbridge Park

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« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2010, 01:21:41 »

Good shout, bignosemac: I wasn't at all convinced by my own suggestion!  Embarrassed
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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2010, 02:00:18 »

1. 'Departures' Dublin (Airport)

I won't 'guess' any more........ the information is out there........
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« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2010, 02:06:08 »

Well, I was avoiding answering the Dublin one, obviously ...  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2010, 02:10:59 »

... and, after dredging through my memories of narrowboat holidays on the K&A, I don't think 4 is Semington, after all.  Lips sealed
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Clue ... 4 in definite FGW (First Great Western) territory, 2 almost in, and one certainly not!

Pic one may not be in FGW territory but you could argue it is 'First Group' territory. (But then, where isn't these days?!)  Grin

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« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2010, 03:55:11 »

Correctly identified - no. 1 is Dublin, no. 6 is Melksham and no. 7 is Trowbridge
Correctly unidentified - no. 4 is not Semington nor elsewhere on the K&A. (nor is no. 5, which you probably meant)

1. 'Departures' Dublin (Airport)

I won't 'guess' any more........ the information is out there........

Indeed - most of it is;  this one can be done by research for the most part. 

I'm off to Cambridge now to take some more "where is this" mysteries  Wink
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« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2010, 08:14:04 »

4 - I think there's a cottage like that in Stratford upon Avon, on the Banbury Road.
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« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2010, 18:34:42 »

4 - I think there's a cottage like that in Stratford upon Avon, on the Banbury Road.

There might be ... but I've not been anywhere near S-o-A.   Now ?-o-A might be another matter for one of the pictures.
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