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« Reply #45 on: December 18, 2020, 09:33:21 »
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I should have recognised no. 7 as Neptune Quay

If I haden't been last year I would not have recognised it. I was last there 20 years ago when most of this area was derelict docks.
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« Reply #46 on: December 18, 2020, 09:46:45 »
Only 1 and 5 left now

1, The water is the river Tavy

5, The water is the river Great Ouse There is even a railway bridge on a operational line in the picture.
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« Reply #47 on: December 18, 2020, 09:50:45 »
I'm going to take a stab at 1 being Bere Ferrers.
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« Reply #48 on: December 18, 2020, 10:39:00 »
5 is Ely.

Which I really should have recognised as I walked past that spot on my way to work every day for a year!
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« Reply #49 on: December 18, 2020, 14:12:10 »
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I'm going to take a stab at 1 being Bere Ferrers.

Yes I alighted at Bere Ferrers and had a look round before going back accross to the Tamar and walking to Bere Alston.

5 is Ely.

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Having set off from home one day last June with the intention of going to the Isle of Wight. However before I got to Reading someone tipped me off that the first Greater Anglia Class 755 Stadler had entred service that morning, on the Norwich - Cambridge route. So I headed for the Isle of Ely instead. Only to find that the 755 had retired to Crown point about the time I arrived at Cambridge.
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« Reply #50 on: December 18, 2020, 14:20:45 »
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That wasn't exactly a short walk, was it...

No Its better to start from Kew Bridge or Kew Gardens rarther than Maidenhead.

I had actualy started from Richmond that day and walked along the south bank to Hammersmith. Which now presents a problem of course. This walk took place in September 2019 so at the end of the walk I was able to cross the by then pedestrian only Hammersmith bridge and catch the H & C to Paddington. Getting to the south side of Hammersmith bridge from Paddington is now rarther more difficult.
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« Reply #51 on: December 18, 2020, 14:22:30 »
Thanks for all your answers that completes yesterdays Quiz.
I will be back next Wednesday the 23rd
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