Mr Dinwiddy
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17. Fjell is right: I knew I recognised that ship, its the Scillonian ferry.
Where in the UK quiz
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Mr Dinwiddy said:
I have never been on it, but I recognise it. The crest on the bow means it?s one of the very last Royal Mail ships.
When she was nearly new I sailed there with my Dad in a folkboat from Milford Haven. We almost missed the Scillies in the dark due to a steady loss of position with the strong tides and mist. Comic. Sort of. I wasn?t very old. Fell asleep on anchor watch hiding behind Lundy with some fishing boats on the way back.
RichardB1983
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Fjell said:
Definitely right with these two. Did a Scottish roadtrip in August when lockdown was eased and visited them both. I've got a photo a bit like #9 at Dunnet Head - Great Britain's most northerly point - and my photo of the Ardnamurchan Lighthouse looks similar but is of the other side - the car park side - Great Britain's most westerly point (or close enough anyway)
RobinGriffiths
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15. Kinder Low trig point
hoehlenforscher
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2. is the summit of Cribyn with Penyfan & Corn Du in the background
RichardB1983
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24 is Buckfast Abbey in Devon
How many remain unfound?
How many remain unfound?
If you are ever north of Ardnamurchan, this is an ?interesting? restaurant. You can?t drive to it, take a boat or walk in.
http://www.theoldforge.co.uk/
It?s the sort of place where it can either go amazing well, or amazingly badly. The guy that runs it makes Gordon Ramsay look a model of absolute calm. They do a seafood platter that is obscene, order in advance. And be prepared that he gives your advance order to someone else, because that just seemed a good idea at the time.
Or you could just sit all day and look at the view of Knoydart.
http://www.theoldforge.co.uk/
It?s the sort of place where it can either go amazing well, or amazingly badly. The guy that runs it makes Gordon Ramsay look a model of absolute calm. They do a seafood platter that is obscene, order in advance. And be prepared that he gives your advance order to someone else, because that just seemed a good idea at the time.
Or you could just sit all day and look at the view of Knoydart.
tim.rose2
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Looks like between you you've got most of them. I'll leave a few days before posting the answers to give those not being public with their answers time to mull them over.
Those outstanding...
Not seen an answer for 14. It's not that obscure. I'll give a clue tomorrow if nobody gets it before then.
If I was being mean I'd ask for the location the photo was taken for 21 rather than what's in the background.
I'm well impressed with the collective lighthouse knowledge of UKcaving!
Those outstanding...
Not seen an answer for 14. It's not that obscure. I'll give a clue tomorrow if nobody gets it before then.
If I was being mean I'd ask for the location the photo was taken for 21 rather than what's in the background.
I'm well impressed with the collective lighthouse knowledge of UKcaving!
Mr Dinwiddy
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Re 14, Mrs D seemed to think it was The Cheviot. That fits with the eroded peat and the big path.?
tim.rose2
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Well I think they've all been got now so time for the answers:
1. Portland Bill, Dorset
2. Taken from the summit of Cribyn looking towards Pen y Fan & Corn Du, Brecon Beacons
3. High Force waterfall, Teesdale
4. An Sgurr, Isle of Eigg
5. Ardnamurchan lighthouse
6. Postbridge, Dartmoor
7. Scarfell Pike summit
8. Longstone lighthouse, Farne Isles
9. Dunnet Head lighthouse
10. Goatfell summit, Isle of Arran
11. Needles, Isle of White
12. The Cheesewring, Bodmin Moor
13. The Cantilever Stone, Glyder Fach, Snowdonia
14. The Cheviot summit, Northumberland - the trig point has been refurbished in recent years.
15. Kinder Low trig point, Peak District.
16. Falkirk Wheel
17. St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
18. Tobermory, Isle of Mull
19. Tamar Bridge, Plymouth
20. Thornton Force waterfall, Yorkshire Dales
21. Taken from the summit of Carn Mor Dearg, looking towards Ben Nevis.
22. Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall, Powys.
23. Butt of Lewis lighthouse, Outer Hebrides
24. Buckfast Abbey, Devon
25. Derwent Dam, Peak District
Anyone want to admit to getting them all without cheating?
If we're all still bored and people on here want one I'll do another quiz in a couple of weeks time. Something different obviously.
1. Portland Bill, Dorset
2. Taken from the summit of Cribyn looking towards Pen y Fan & Corn Du, Brecon Beacons
3. High Force waterfall, Teesdale
4. An Sgurr, Isle of Eigg
5. Ardnamurchan lighthouse
6. Postbridge, Dartmoor
7. Scarfell Pike summit
8. Longstone lighthouse, Farne Isles
9. Dunnet Head lighthouse
10. Goatfell summit, Isle of Arran
11. Needles, Isle of White
12. The Cheesewring, Bodmin Moor
13. The Cantilever Stone, Glyder Fach, Snowdonia
14. The Cheviot summit, Northumberland - the trig point has been refurbished in recent years.
15. Kinder Low trig point, Peak District.
16. Falkirk Wheel
17. St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
18. Tobermory, Isle of Mull
19. Tamar Bridge, Plymouth
20. Thornton Force waterfall, Yorkshire Dales
21. Taken from the summit of Carn Mor Dearg, looking towards Ben Nevis.
22. Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall, Powys.
23. Butt of Lewis lighthouse, Outer Hebrides
24. Buckfast Abbey, Devon
25. Derwent Dam, Peak District
Anyone want to admit to getting them all without cheating?
If we're all still bored and people on here want one I'll do another quiz in a couple of weeks time. Something different obviously.
