Game: Where-is-it? (international)

[Graham51]

Yes it’s Padstow. I thought Stein on the cafe door was enough clue but then I noticed the little sign on the door on the left says Padstow, Cornwall so it was a bit of a give away.

[eggs]

Some walking to get to this one
So some precision required - where was I?
In Europe

[Tyreless]

Thanks eggs - I very much enjoyed identifying some landmarks in your photo then lining up sight lines on google earth to pinpoint the location. I’ll leave it out there for a bit to enable others to go through the same enjoyable sleuthing process. If there are no guesses within the next 24 hours I will have the answer ready.

[Tyreless]

From the Eiffel tower. Sacre-coeur and Notre-Dame in view.

[eggs]

Yes - we were climbing the Eiffel Tower

[Tyreless]

This place has been in the news recently. Europe.

[Tyreless]

The current owner inherited this property 9 days ago.

[GregR]

Very Scottish design so I'm going with Balmoral

[Tyreless]

Very Scottish design so I'm going with Balmoral

Correct!

[GregR]

Thanks,

This ones also in Great Britain and the owner is also allowed to have an army just like Charlie Chuckles at Balmoral.

[johnw]

That be Blair Castle, near Blair Atholl village in Perthshire. Hame of the said private army, the ceremonial Atholl Highlanders, under the command of the Duke of Atholl.
They have a pretty good pipe band too.

[GregR]

That be Blair Castle, near Blair Atholl village in Perthshire. Hame of the said private army, the ceremonial Atholl Highlanders, under the command of the Duke of Atholl.
They have a pretty good pipe band too.

that it be Boyo.

Aye, over to wee John

[johnw]

Slàinte Mhath Greg. Probably better said with a dram of the finest whisky in my hand .

Staying in the same hemisphere, I'll try this novelty entry from North America:

[GregR]

Skagway Alaska and I hope I'm wrong.

[johnw]

Skagway Alaska and I hope I'm wrong.

Right state, not too far away, but a fair bit downstream from there.

[johnw]

I don't know if you can still buy them here but a once popular brand of T shirt has the same name as this town.

[johnw]

H - - - - -

The movie White Fang was filmed around here.

[Last]

presumably you're referring to Haines t shirts

[johnw]

presumably you're referring to Haines t shirts

Yes, and Haines, Alsaka. Over to you Last.

[Last]

thanks john, next. Europe

[creeping_moses]

On the byfjorden looking at Sandviken in Bergen?

[Last]

On the byfjorden looking at Sandviken in Bergen?

correct

[creeping_moses]

UK this time:

[ribuck]

It could be just about anywhere in England. But ... is it Oxford?

[creeping_moses]

Indeed it is. From Boar's Hill.

[ribuck]

Thanks Moses.

Still in the UK, what mountain is this?

[ribuck]

Hmm, does this help to identify the mountain?

[ribuck]

Despite the quirky presentation, I'm surprised this hasn't been guessed. Anyway, this UK mountain has a flat summit cairn.

[micmar22]

Hmm, does this help to identify the mountain?

Ben Nevis

[ribuck]

Ben Nevis

Correct, micmar22, your turn next.

For those who are puzzled, I have to admit that I was experimenting with AI-generated images. The first one was an image generated in response to the request "Kangaroos around a campfire in front of Ben Nevis". The second one was in response to the request "The summit of Ben Nevis as a stained glass window", and the third was "Bushwalkers at the summit cairn of Ben Nevis".

I wanted to see how convincing the AI images were, and I'm actually quite impressed. If anyone wants to try AI image generation for free you can do so by registering at
https://labs.openai.com/

PS: The real summit cairn, with bushwalkers on top (me on the left), looks like this in winter.