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Offline Gwynant

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2475 on: January 31, 2013, 05:32:56 pm »
                  Hugo, I thought it looked like the Afon Glaslyn, but I must admit that I checked on Google maps and if you zoom down onto the bridge over the river to Sygun Mine and turn downstream you will get practically the exact view that you had on your photo.

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« Reply #2476 on: January 31, 2013, 06:44:22 pm »
I'll go for Pant-yr-Ynn, Lord knows where the mill is though!   :D

If that's not the answer then someone else can have a go!  And if they get it wrong I'll wonder what the World is coming to!   ZXZ
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« Reply #2477 on: January 31, 2013, 08:02:58 pm »
I'll go for Pant-yr-Ynn, Lord knows where the mill is though!   :D

If that's not the answer then someone else can have a go!  And if they get it wrong I'll wonder what the World is coming to!   ZXZ

That's a great guess Yorkie, but I'm afraid that it's wrong         $hands$

First prize to Gwynant.    &well&
I took the photo from the bridge over the Afon Glaslyn when I did a Beddgelert and Cwm Bychan walk. 

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« Reply #2478 on: February 01, 2013, 10:20:12 am »

I took the photo from the bridge over the Afon Glaslyn when I did a Beddgelert and Cwm Bychan walk. 
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                Hugo, I did that walk about 20 years ago after camping out overnight in Cae Du just outside Beddgelert. The weather that day was beautiful and the views from Mynydd Sygun were brilliant in all directions. We took a small detour over to look down onto the village and then back down to Pont Aberglaslyn through Cwm Bychan. I was interested in the aerial tramway pylons which are still there from the time when they were used to carry the copper from the mines down to the railway. An added bonus then was that we could walk back to the campsite through the W.H.Railway tunnels which were not in use then. There was a huge puddle in the centre (and darkest part) of the longer tunnel and we didn't know how deep it would be as the floor was quite uneven but Mrs.Gwynant led the way!
           There are some great pictures of the walk on www.mywainwrights.co.uk>2009walks cwmbychan (4th July 2009) online by Gary Richardson, one of which features your photo of the waterwheel, and also of his journey up from Waunfawr on the WHR.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2479 on: February 01, 2013, 03:24:18 pm »
Thanks very much for posting that link, that's a nice website and the photos of Cwm Bychan were quite unusual because it is not normally as wet as that in the valley.
Those pylons are still there and the area around Beddgelert is beautiful. The film Inn of the 6th Happiness was filmed not far from that watermill and it is lovely recognising the scenery when I have been watching  the film.
That camp site at Cae Du has been much improved in recent years by the owner Tony and his Dutch wife. My wife's Aunt and Uncle used to take their caravan there every year and we have seen all the improvements taking place over the years.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2480 on: February 05, 2013, 01:40:52 pm »
Which city is this?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2481 on: February 05, 2013, 04:51:18 pm »
Dubai by any chance?   :D
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2482 on: February 05, 2013, 05:08:07 pm »
Seville?  or Cadiz?
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2483 on: February 05, 2013, 05:12:21 pm »
Fester is the closest and Fester you have been there yourself!

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2484 on: February 05, 2013, 07:41:51 pm »
Lisbon?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2485 on: February 05, 2013, 08:15:42 pm »
No, sorry Bri, not Lisbon.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2486 on: February 05, 2013, 09:20:35 pm »
What about Cannes? 
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2487 on: February 05, 2013, 09:26:52 pm »
or Malaga?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2488 on: February 05, 2013, 09:30:05 pm »
No, neither of those. here is another photo clue taken from the same rooftop.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2489 on: February 05, 2013, 09:35:36 pm »
Almeria?