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Title: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: PhilWakely on October 30, 2018, 15:32:47 Hopefully slightly more tricky than the last one............
(https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1oy49jtMltwzQNDdirOkQNwm6ptBPJcpf) (https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1dOUBuVTGjYqjTIUw44PPEb1XkG8zK75A) (https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1rNF1BHdbTy22KdizAhvSd9SMbH7iYYtC) Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: PhilWakely on October 31, 2018, 05:17:29 Given the lack of responses after 55 views,
here is a view from a slightly different angle, taken by another some years previous to my visit (http://www.davidheyscollection.com/userimages/00-0-a-WR10-321-J-Head-c.jpg) Any takers? Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: grahame on October 31, 2018, 05:43:21 Given the lack of responses after 55 views Ah, welcome to the nightmare of setting a quiz that's hard enough to not go in 10 seconds, and easy enough to be solved in 24 hours. Many thanks PhilWakely for the question; I expect it will now be identified today. Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: Worcester_Passenger on October 31, 2018, 07:00:47 Bodmin Parkway, aka Bodmin Road?
Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: bradshaw on October 31, 2018, 08:34:49 Is that a Bristol and Exeter, rather than GWR, sb?
Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: SandTEngineer on October 31, 2018, 09:17:45 Dainton Summit.
Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: JayMac on October 31, 2018, 11:10:09 Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: PhilWakely on October 31, 2018, 11:22:30 Bodmin Parkway, aka Bodmin Road? Sadly, notTitle: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: PhilWakely on October 31, 2018, 11:30:24 Dainton Summit. Indeed it is. The bridge I was on is in the background of the B&W picture and not easily accessible. The buffer stop of the Up refuge is still there, hidden in the undergrowth. No evidence at all of the Downside sidings.Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: Rob on the hill on October 31, 2018, 13:07:00 I often like to use old maps to see how a location has changed:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=50.4842&lon=-3.6245&layers=171&b=1 Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: PhilWakely on October 31, 2018, 17:34:34 As it was 30/10/18.....
(https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1mPsOjGviI2eRMJaHMLuZj7CcD9IQtxDA) Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: stuving on October 31, 2018, 18:39:39 Ooh what a big one! Picture, I mean, since while it's scaled to 600x400 it's got 100 times that many pixels in it. So it may provide a stiff test of your download speed!
Title: Re: Where were Phil and his camera today - 30/10/18 Post by: onthecushions on October 31, 2018, 18:52:42 https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18&lat=50.4833&lon=-3.6228&layers=168&right=BingHyb
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