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Author Topic: Finn and JayMac's travels. Day 2 where were we?  (Read 4110 times)
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« on: May 05, 2026, 20:25:12 »

Yesterday's picture has confirmed the two countries I'm visiting for a holiday.

Here's a couple stations and a 'railway' location we visited today. One guess each.

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4. This is the start of a railway overbridge. What's the location and what's it's TV (Thames Valley, or TeleVision, depending on context) drama significance?
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2026, 20:34:11 »

3.  I know, but again I cheated, so I won't answer here yet. Lips sealed

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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2026, 21:23:51 »

3.  I know, but again I cheated, so I won't answer here yet. Lips sealed

How can you cheat? Have you secreted a tracker on me at some point in the past?
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2026, 21:35:10 »

3.  I know, but again I cheated, so I won't answer here yet. Lips sealed

How can you cheat? Have you secreted a tracker on me at some point in the past?

Gosh the secrets that could tell!   Grin
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2026, 22:10:06 »

As an administrator on this forum, I also have the powers of Albus DumbledoreGrin

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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2026, 22:20:17 »

3. ... is in Northern Ireland, by the way. Wink
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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2026, 22:37:54 »

3. ... is in Northern Ireland, by the way. Wink

So is 4. And 2. And 1.
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« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2026, 22:55:15 »

I know - but you said, "one guess each".  Grin
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2026, 21:00:45 »

Okay. It's been 24 hours. Free for all.

Some clues:

1. Yes, we had a lovely time the day we went here.
2. Double Masters.
3. (Yours CfN (Chris from Nailsea, an administrator on this forum))
4. Hastings - Like the battle.
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2026, 21:38:44 »

1.  Bangor.  That's the one in Northern Ireland, not the one in North West Wales - which I have actually visited, when our daughter was at University there. Wink
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2026, 21:48:47 »

And it was the Welsh Bangor that Fiddler's Dram sang about.
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2026, 21:56:28 »

Sorry, I've just noticed that I was given a 'free entry' to actually name another one.

3.  City Hospital station, Belfast. Wink
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« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2026, 22:25:11 »

And it was the Welsh Bangor that Fiddler's Dram sang about.

From YouTube - but beware, there's some serious hair in this 3 minute clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODu_ZWzLU6s  Grin
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« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2026, 22:48:31 »

Sorry, I've just noticed that I was given a 'free entry' to actually name another one.
3.  City Hospital station, Belfast. Wink

Correct. I took the train to Bangor from here as the parking was a lot cheaper than the city centre.
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« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2026, 01:15:12 »

I guess Northern Irish rail locations are a bit of a blind spot for the forum's collective wisdom, so here's the answers.

1. Bangor, County Down (CfN (Chris from Nailsea, an administrator on this forum))
2. Holywood. Home of two time Masters golf winner, Rory McIlroy.
3. City Hospital, Belfast (CfN)

4. Tates Avenue, Belfast. An overbridge crossing the Belfast-Dublin line. This location was used to film the denouement of series 3 of the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)'s excellent police procedural, 'Line of Duty'. Where DC (Direct Current) Kate Fleming confronted bent copper DI Matthew 'Dot' Cottan. The earlier clue was one of lead character Supt Ted Hasting's turns of phrases. 'Line of Duty' is set in a fictional English police force area, Central Police, but largely filmed in Belfast.

The location where DC Fleming confronts DI Cottan and she is knocked over by an OCG black Range Rover.
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And where her excellent markmanship takes out DI Cottan's OCG driver, from 200m away. The Range Rover crossing the top of the street in the top image.
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