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« on: May 17, 2025, 15:51:46 »
Enjoying the simple architecture, the quiet places and the magnificent mountains as I took the train to the end of the line.  Wait - that is not Lymington! Anyone able to place any of those pictures?

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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2025, 17:58:56 »
Number 4 looks like the Isle Of Wight, so I'll have a guess at Cowes.  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2025, 18:01:17 »
2 is, unavoidably, Amsterdam Centraal. Seen across a rather damp bus station.
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2025, 20:54:13 »
I have inside information, so I can't comment - other than to say that none of them are Taunton.
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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2025, 05:52:39 »
Harlington Haven and Amsterdam Centraal - both, yes.  For the afternoon, I took the train out from Amsterdam to Leeuwarden then a semi-random regional branch line which I lucked out on.  A part I have never seen / looked at before.    The flat picture with the cows is in this area - I don't have an exact locations.  The final picture is at Zwolle where I changed trains - would not expect anyone to have identified that.  Onwards today ...
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« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2025, 14:19:50 »
Steve Marsh was at Zwolle having gone from Aachen to Zwolle in a day. He was very taken with the place. At the moment he is living it up in style on the QM2.
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