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Title: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: grahame on March 13, 2020, 10:54:54 Many of our stations are looking really pretty at the moment with a splash of colour - predominantly yellow - as the daffodils and other early plants come out to play. I've been out to play with my camera too - all these pictures taken within the the last week ... all at GWR managed stations. Can you name the stations from the planter / plants.
I suspect this is a harder quiz than usual - so for the first 24 hours it's TWO guesses per person rather than out usual one. 1. Keynsham (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_01.jpg) 2. Menheniot - smokey (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_02.jpg) 3. Shirehampton (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_03.jpg) 4. St. Erth - rower40 (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_04.jpg) 5. Swindon - ellendune (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_05.jpg) 6. Gloucester (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_06.jpg) 7. Liskeard - bignosemac (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_07.jpg) 8. Melksham - Reginald25 (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_08.jpg) 9. Par - Plymothian (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_09.jpg) 10. Severn Beach (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_10.jpg) 11. Bodmin Parkway - old original (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_11.jpg) "Final" edit - 20.3.2020 - filling in remaining answers Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: rower40 on March 13, 2020, 12:14:52 Oooh, sir, me sir, please sir...
4: St Erth. Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: JayMac on March 13, 2020, 12:26:53 I'll take a wild guess at #7.
Liskeard? Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: Reginald25 on March 13, 2020, 13:31:54 8 MKM
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: grahame on March 13, 2020, 17:01:52 All correct so far, and original post updated.
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: old original on March 13, 2020, 18:05:40 11 - Bodmin Parkway....
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: smokey on March 14, 2020, 14:11:09 9 Might be Truro
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: smokey on March 14, 2020, 14:12:57 2 The Centre of East Cornwall Menheniot
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: froome on March 15, 2020, 06:22:32 Is no 1 Stonehouse? I've never got on or off there, but have ruled out other stations that might have a Severnside link.
BTW, given every likelihood of complete lockdown happening fairly soon, I hope Graham has a large selection of photos to keep us all active during our quarantine periods. ;) Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: grahame on March 15, 2020, 06:53:45 Is no 1 Stonehouse? I've never got on or off there, but have ruled out other stations that might have a Severnside link. BTW, given every likelihood of complete lockdown happening fairly soon, I hope Graham has a large selection of photos to keep us all active during our quarantine periods. ;) Many a true word written in jest ... I moved my rover plans forward from Easter to March, thinking that travel may become restricted or unwise for me for a while. No, not Stonehouse - sorry. A number of planters along the platform looking like this (though with varying background): (http://www.wellho.net/pix/shplanter.jpg) Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: grahame on March 15, 2020, 06:57:06 9 Might be Truro Sorry - it isn't 2 The Centre of East Cornwall Menheniot It is indeed Menheniot - but "Centre of East Cornwall"?? Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: CyclingSid on March 15, 2020, 08:17:02 Not stations, but off the old/former Stokes Bay branch. Gorse in bloom makes me feel that spring is definitely in the air.
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: plymothian on March 15, 2020, 10:03:48 9 - Par
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: smokey on March 15, 2020, 14:21:32 No 6 Taunton
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: grahame on March 15, 2020, 14:37:44 9 - Par Yes No 6 Taunton and, sorry, No. This is not a normal quiz, so there is not necessarily a picture from Taunton ;D Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: smokey on March 15, 2020, 14:44:30 no 6 I've seen that Planter, if not Taunton then Exeter St Davids
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: grahame on March 15, 2020, 14:58:54 no 6 I've seen that Planter, if not Taunton then Exeter St Davids I rather suspect it's a standard model of planter ... not Exeter St Davids either! Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: froome on March 15, 2020, 20:24:45 Is no 1 Stonehouse? I've never got on or off there, but have ruled out other stations that might have a Severnside link. BTW, given every likelihood of complete lockdown happening fairly soon, I hope Graham has a large selection of photos to keep us all active during our quarantine periods. ;) Many a true word written in jest ... I moved my rover plans forward from Easter to March, thinking that travel may become restricted or unwise for me for a while. Not that much in jest. I fully expect to find ourselves restricted to our house, at least for substantial amounts of time, in a matter of weeks if not days, and if that happens, your quizzes will be one of my first points of call. I also had plans for a rover trip, and fortunately managed to take it, finishing midweek last week. Probably only just in time as it turns out, it would be difficult to 'social distance' while travelling around by train. Though as some others have noted elsewhere, I think numbers travelling are noticeably fewer than would happen normally. Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: grahame on March 17, 2020, 15:04:09 Still to guess / work out - five out of Eleven
Gloucester, Cheltenham Spa, St Ives, Chippenham, Severn Beach, Avonmouth, Bath Spa, Sea Mills, Shirehampton, Keynsham, Oldfield Park, Taunton, Stroud, Swindon, Dilton Marsh ... in those 15 places listed are 5 correct answers and 10 incorrect. Can anyone work out and tell me the right answers FOR ALL 5 ... an example response might be: 1 St Ives 3 Severn Beach 5 Swindon 6 Stroud 10 Sea Mills 1. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_01.jpg) 3. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_03.jpg) 5. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_05.jpg) 6. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_06.jpg) 10. (http://www.wellho.net/pix/daff20_10.jpg) Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: Bmblbzzz on March 17, 2020, 23:36:56 6 Stroud Stroud I always associate with hanging baskets rather than planters. But then those are memories going way back to the 20th century. (Yes, I do realize you're not actually – necessarily – saying that 6, or even any of them, is Stroud.)Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: grahame on March 18, 2020, 02:16:53 6 Stroud Stroud I always associate with hanging baskets rather than planters. But then those are memories going way back to the 20th century. (Yes, I do realize you're not actually – necessarily – saying that 6, or even any of them, is Stroud.)You are correct I suggesting that no. 6 is not Stroud ... in fact only one of those answers in the sample is correct. Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: ellendune on March 18, 2020, 07:56:47 Now I think about it I think No 5 IS Swindon
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: grahame on March 18, 2020, 09:37:46 Now I think about it I think No 5 IS Swindon Yes, it *is* ... that was the one of the five I gave you the correct answer to. The London end of platforms 1 and 3. Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: grahame on March 20, 2020, 08:45:58 Full answers ... the final four highlighted below:
1. Keynsham 2. Menheniot - smokey 3. Shirehampton 4. St. Erth - rower40 5. Swindon - ellendune 6. Gloucester 7. Liskeard - bignosemac 8. Melksham - Reginald25 9. Par - Plymothian 10. Severn Beach 11. Bodmin Parkway - old original Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: Oxonhutch on March 20, 2020, 11:57:24 No Taunton? That completely threw me!
Title: Re: Plants and planters (mostly daffodils!) Post by: Bmblbzzz on March 25, 2020, 19:49:35 The flowering Taunton, Tauntonii somersetensis, is a hardy perennial...
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