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Mon 09 Oct, 2023 8:57 pm
Anyone can go. I'm heading out of town tomorrow.
Mon 23 Oct, 2023 6:47 pm
Well either this games dead or perhaps on palliative care.
this ones in England and it's pretty hard so I will accept the best inacurate answer if it means reviving the patient.
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Tue 24 Oct, 2023 8:27 pm
Yes, well, sometimes it is cruel to unnecessarily prolong the suffering.
Tue 24 Oct, 2023 9:04 pm
Slapp av. Perhaps your expectations for this version are too high. A popular search engine tells me you are at the St Bees seafront beach. It's possible I didn't need to search.
Tue 24 Oct, 2023 10:31 pm
Sadly I will accept St Bees as it's close enough .
And I've also learned some Norwegian today so all is not lost, or last as it were!
Slap Av indeed.
Wed 25 Oct, 2023 11:51 am
What is the correct answer Greg? Next, Europe.
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Wed 25 Oct, 2023 1:06 pm
Last: the correct answer was 50 m from St Bees Beach.... talk about being pedantic.
As for this picture of yours I'll throw Akerhus Fortress into the mix.
Wed 25 Oct, 2023 1:31 pm
GregR wrote:Last: the correct answer was 50 m from St Bees Beach.... talk about being pedantic.
As for this picture of yours I'll throw Akerhus Fortress into the mix.
I found the information pillar on a search engine including an image but failed to look for a scale to calculate distance. Will try harder in future.
Not Akershus Festning. Correct sort of feature but a long way from there.
Wed 25 Oct, 2023 1:44 pm
Things look a little lean for tourists in this country. That doesn't look like EU approved signage. Is that an Olive Tree? Somewhere in the Balkans?
Wed 25 Oct, 2023 2:06 pm
vagrom wrote:Things look a little lean for tourists in this country. That doesn't look like EU approved signage. Is that an Olive Tree? Somewhere in the Balkans?
Lots of tourists in this country, part of the EU, can't comment about the signage or the plants. Yes to the Balkans, using the Wikipedia definition.
Wed 25 Oct, 2023 4:13 pm
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I found the information pillar on a search engine including an image but failed to look for a scale to calculate distance. Will try harder in future.
I wouldn't it's probably closer to 15m now that I've checked google earth.
Ahh...whats life without a bit of whimsey
For now I'm off to research the Balkans
Thu 26 Oct, 2023 8:07 pm
Klis Fortress in Croatia? Not many others in the EU yet.
Thu 26 Oct, 2023 8:46 pm
vagrom wrote:Klis Fortress in Croatia? Not many others in the EU yet.
No. It's a bit more mainstream.
Sun 29 Oct, 2023 3:43 pm
Wheelchairs excepted, Is everyone supposed to take the travelator up the steps for safety, and then climb that massive exposed ladder?
Mon 30 Oct, 2023 12:53 pm
johnw wrote:Wheelchairs excepted, Is everyone supposed to take the travelator up the steps for safety, and then climb that massive exposed ladder?

Thankfully there is a main entrance. This is the somewhat precarious disabled entrance. There's a small carriage at the top that the victim travels in. A head for heights or a blindfold would be required. A bit of a joke really because the site at the top is very uneven, not good for wheelchairs.
This is a well known site.
Mon 06 Nov, 2023 6:16 pm
Last wrote:
This is a well known site.
A VERY well known site
Tue 07 Nov, 2023 7:36 am
Last wrote:Last wrote:
This is a well known site.
A VERY well known site
Good grief, The Acropolis!
Tue 07 Nov, 2023 9:04 am
Correct john.
Tue 07 Nov, 2023 10:09 am
NZ:

- Looking across Lake Wakatipu towards Queenstown, Otago New Zealand
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Tue 07 Nov, 2023 1:50 pm
You look to be in a boat? Looking at Queenstown?
Tue 07 Nov, 2023 2:28 pm
eggs wrote:You look to be in a boat? Looking at Queenstown?
Yes eggs. Looking across Lake Wakatipu from the TSS Earnslaw. We went over to the Walter Peak farm for dinner.
Wed 08 Nov, 2023 9:40 am
Are we still in the same general area? Just thinking you could be up around Ben Lomond?
Wed 08 Nov, 2023 12:13 pm
No - not near Queenstown
Wed 08 Nov, 2023 2:37 pm
Port Hills area of Christchurch? Ohinetahi Reserve Circuit, Governors Bay?
Wed 08 Nov, 2023 3:09 pm
Yes John - Port Hills on an amazing morning
Wed 08 Nov, 2023 4:57 pm
eggs wrote:Yes John - Port Hills on an amazing morning
Unfortunately we couldn't get over there due to the massive wildfire that sprang up in 2017. Saw it from the city billowing up one evening and remained the principal news topic the rest of our visit.
Let's go across the Pacific to Canada. One for the rail buffs:

- Canadian Locomotive Company CN U-1-a 4-8-2 locomotive Number 6015 at Jasper, Alberta Canada
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Thu 09 Nov, 2023 2:56 pm
John, haha, it looks like you have enticed me back into the game with a craftily chosen picture. What you have there is a big 4-8-2 Mountain-type loco built by the Canadian Locomotive Company. Produces a nassive 49500 lbs tractive effort which is in the same ball park as a NSW 60 Class Beyer-Garrett, phew! Google tells me that this example, # 6015, is rusting in peace in Jasper, Alberta. I don't know if there are any "live" examples still out there?
Thu 09 Nov, 2023 3:29 pm
GregG wrote:John, haha, it looks like you have enticed me back into the game with a craftily chosen picture. What you have there is a big 4-8-2 Mountain-type loco built by the Canadian Locomotive Company. Produces a nassive 49500 lbs tractive effort which is in the same ball park as a NSW 60 Class Beyer-Garrett, phew! Google tells me that this example, # 6015, is rusting in peace in Jasper, Alberta. I don't know if there are any "live" examples still out there?
You've done your research well Greg. I read the information plaque on the locomotive when we visited Jasper but can't recall the details now. It's definitely a big mountain loco but I didn't realise it's in the same power range as the Beyer-Garrett. I think there is still one of those down at the Thirlmere rail museum, close to prime bushwalking territory. I don't know if the Canadians are still running this engine live anywhere but I'd be surprised if there isn't a volunteer group maintaining the heritage.
Fri 10 Nov, 2023 4:20 pm
Thanks John. Keeping with the transport theme, where in the UK did I spot this aircraft? (Yes, there is a hint in the picture of the same kind that helped me locate John's mountain loco).
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