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« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2009, 17:51:14 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on April 18, 2009, 20:30:54
Isn't 4 Swindon, rather than 3?  Tongue

Ahhh, Typo on my part... Roll Eyes Yes I ment 4 = Swindon?? Turns out I was right after all Grin
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« Reply #16 on: April 20, 2009, 00:12:41 »
No problem, thetrout - I assumed it was a typo!  Wink

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Quote from: grahame on April 19, 2009, 08:23:28
Quote from: moonrakerz on April 18, 2009, 21:26:54
I knew it was Warminster because I am sure I saw that young lady with the luminous pink suitcase down there the other day !
Well - it was just a few days back that I was there - perhaps at the same time.
Perhaps we should start a "distinctive luggage" thread ... except  that it would be peverse to have it in "The lighter side", wouldn't it?

... I'm also fairly sure that I saw a remarkably similar young lady, with that distinctive fluorescent pink suitcase, at BTM▸ (Bristol Temple Meads (strictly, it should be BRI) but BTM is a commonly used alternative)), a few days ago - but it didn't help me at all with identifying where grahame's picture was taken!
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« Reply #17 on: April 20, 2009, 14:05:45 »
No 3 - North Camp?

A wild guess which probably wrong lol
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« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2009, 14:41:21 »
Quote from: Ollie on April 20, 2009, 14:05:45
No 3 - North Camp?

A wild guess which probably wrong lol

You're right that you're wrong, I'm afraid, Ollie.  They're four very recent pictures, and the furthest I got this month before I posted them was Newbury, Swindon, Salisbury.

Picture one is stumping everyone.   If I said that it's parallel to a whole load on canal locks that run about 100 yards to the north, would that help?
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« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2009, 17:50:53 »
north of Bedwyn?
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« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2009, 18:52:33 »
I'd say more west of Devizes - possibly the former location of Bromham and Rowde Halt?
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« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2009, 21:54:52 »
No. i is indeed west of Devizes - less than a mile from the former station, where the land has fallen away and the canal, the road and the former railway all drop down Caen Hill.
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« Reply #22 on: April 20, 2009, 21:56:29 »
Quote from: grahame on April 20, 2009, 14:41:21
Picture one is stumping everyone.  If I said that it's parallel to a whole load of canal locks that run about 100 yards to the north, would that help?

Ah, the Caen Hill flight of locks, on the Kennet & Avon Canal - so indeed, just west of Devizes?  Wink


Edit note - I posted this moments after grahames' confirmation!  Tongue
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