Thanks Grahame

Based on your guidance, it's 11 I think I know, with two exceptions the rest look capable of being Googled given enough time - Wikipedia tends to be a good source of answers to "in which year did......?" questions.

The exceptions - the one about in which year the quiz was set, and the one about the bus route if this is a service that has changed hands over the years.

Do you want numbers from us for each category Grahame (and can we add a further category of "I think I can guess"?)

10 (possibly) Cholsey & Wallingford from the Church Road bridge outside Cholsey (although I would have expected a large pylon or two in the background)

Thanks!

The list at B has been bugging me all day.

I think they are all cryptic crossword clues - but I cannot work out two of them (Platecomb and Brownshout).

So this might be (in football terms) an "assist" to someone who can crack the last two and claim the honour, but I think the rest are-

1 - Gainsborough
2 - Coatbridge
5 - Overton
6 - Hyde
7 - Redcar

Am I being dim, (or has my brain been fried by trying to solve "B" in today's Advent Quiz?) - I cannot see any voting buttons?

OK, let's get the ball rolling....rather than try to get guess which Sims Metals yard that is, let's try the easy one - 5 looks like Sete Rios Station in Lisbon, thanks to a helpful clue from a cut-price German supermarket chain!

4 I have read that they had seagull problems so l guess it is either playing gull distress or alarm calls or using birds of prey to keep them away

And that is no bad thing! It is good for those of us around here to have non-stop Reading to Basingstoke trains, and extra Reading-Oxford through trains, trains to Banbury that do not stop at Heyford, King's Sutton and Banbury, and so on. Anyone elsewhere on the XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) network will be able to substitute similar additional useful services they provide. I think it is a win-win situation when there is a service that provides a service to places throughout the country that save changing trains or going through London, and provides additional (and in some cases better) services between the places they stop at on the way. What is not to like?

The same question occurred to me on Tuesday when I noted to patina of rust on the rails when I passed it on the way to Guildford!

It seems somewhat bizarre to describe the impact of something between Southampton and Fareham having an effect on "lines towards Newport (South Wales)".

2 - Teeside Airport

2 - Stations with an increase in use between 2019/20 and 2020/1 - add Berney Arms

7 looks like the Waterloo end of "the Drain" (Waterloo & City)

Further update having arrived at Reading.

By the time we reached Tilehurst our "sinner" had donned her mask.

On arrival at Reading about 20 left the coach, only one without a mask,  no lanyard visible.

Here at Reading it looks like 90% mask wearing,  almost all those not doing so look under the age of 20.

BTW^▸ (by the way)- underfoot conditions on the overbridge at Reading are treacherous this morning.  It's that phenomenon when warm damp air hits cold black floor tiles turning them into a shaking rink again.  Take care!