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Offline Hugo

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #525 on: January 05, 2011, 05:24:14 pm »
Our retirement walks in that area are usually led by another Head Forester who always stops there to tell the story so I did have an advantage.   ;)
That's also the place where I ran down the steep section into the village and caused the start of my knee trouble.  :(

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« Reply #526 on: January 05, 2011, 06:18:04 pm »
Where are these gates?


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« Reply #527 on: January 05, 2011, 06:36:08 pm »
Llanwrst Almshouses and Museum.
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« Reply #528 on: January 05, 2011, 06:41:14 pm »
Where is this and what claim to fame if any?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #529 on: January 05, 2011, 07:38:19 pm »
The Caen Hill locks, on the Kennet and Avon Canal, Devizes, Wiltshire, England. The sixteen locks of Caen Hill (seen in this picture), and a further 13 locks, stretch over only 2 miles of the canal. The large side ponds are not seen here. The white "fences" are bridges across each lock.
The building of these locks in 1810 marked completion of the whole 57 mile distance from Newbury to Bath.
Is this what you asked for Yorkie?


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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #530 on: January 05, 2011, 07:51:36 pm »
OK, clever clogs!   :D   Real mine of information this Forum!   D)

The only thing you missed is that this is NOT the largest flight of locks in the UK, this honour belongs to the Tardebigge Flight, comprising 30 narrow locks on a two and a quarter mile stretch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. 
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #531 on: January 06, 2011, 08:53:36 am »
Where is this bridge?

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« Reply #532 on: January 06, 2011, 09:19:58 am »
Hmm, I've seen this one on my travels but can't think where it is!  ΒΆΒΆ##

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« Reply #533 on: January 06, 2011, 09:27:34 am »
By the look at what's going on I reckon it is in someones imagination!     :D

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #534 on: January 06, 2011, 09:48:48 am »
It's in Snowdonia, I think, not too far from Betws Y Coed?

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« Reply #535 on: January 06, 2011, 10:17:17 am »
Packhorse Bridge, Pont Pen-y-Benglog Ogwen
Link:http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/38034

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« Reply #536 on: January 06, 2011, 11:17:00 am »
BrianP has got it.   It's on the A5 directly under the bridge built by Thomas Telford when he built the road and he left the original packhorse bridge intact.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #537 on: January 06, 2011, 12:18:06 pm »
Two parts to this:-
Name of the lake in the foreground
The name of the mountain the photo was taken from

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #538 on: January 06, 2011, 02:02:28 pm »
Llyn Bochlwyd (foreground) and Llyn Idwal (background)
Photo taken from Tryfan

I recognised the view, but had to get the OS map out to name the lake.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #539 on: January 06, 2011, 03:10:00 pm »
Well done Jason but no extra point for getting Llyn Idwal in the background.     From the angle I took the photo, Llyn Bochlwyd looks like the outline of Australia.
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