Where am I?

[Lynnrose]

I got the idea for this new 'game' from this competition

The first person on this thread....that would be me ;D posts a picture of somewhere in the World, gives a few clues and you lot have to guess where it is and not necessarily just the town or city as that would be too easy.

My picture is......



.........in London...........clues
Fourth Plinth
Pidgeons
Nelson’s Column

Really easy, but it is just to start us off...the clues can be more vague and if no-one can guess where a place is, the OP (original poster) can give more clues.
The member who guesses correctly, posts the next picture.
The only problem I can foresee is, a member posting a picture, then forgetting to come back to the thread to let us know who gave the correct answer, so we could have a time limit....if the OP doesn't reply to a post within 48 hours, then the last poster gets to post the next picture.
Don't forget to re-name the picture before posting as it may well reveal the place on right-click
If you use our TinyPic uploader, then it renames it for you.
Now I have written all that, it sounds complicated, but it should be simple...

FreeFoto.com is the largest collection of free photographs on the Internet (link back and attribution required).

Anyway...........where am I?

[donski1]

Trafalgar Sqare, London.

[donski1]

Oop North

Used to have a wheel for a while but has the best railway museum I know of.

Parliament worked out of here in days historical.

[Lynnrose]

Correct Don, well done

Your turn x

[nocky2]

York.

This is the shortest street in York,maybe even in England. Lawbreakers were put in the pillory here in days of old.

[donski1]

Longest name for the shortest street, and well done.

[nocky2]

A famous old town,even further North.

Home team gave the English "visitors" a severe doing here. (twice) ;D

Think "Braveheart"

[donski1]

Twice indeed, and about 4 centuries in between.

That'll be the Wallace Memorial ye've depicted?

(dePICTed ~ geddit?)

And to give Lynnrose a clue, its what Susie Moss called the love of her life.

[nocky2]

That's the place Donski, though it's a Monument ;D in Stirling, my home town. Of course , Lynnrose would know where it is, she was born not too many miles away from there. ;D

Your go Don.

[donski1]

The North Yorkshire Coast.
A beautiful town ~ according to me.
Its where the tales relating to St Hilda and Bram Stoker may conflict.

[ken]

Scarborough, Whitby, I didn't know that Draculas fangs were quite so big.



Where am I?? Can someone point me in the direction of the light switch

KC

[elvisuk]

Trust you to come up with that KC ;D

[donski1]

So, is it Whitby or Scarborough?
Shall we include Filey and Guisborough as alternates?
I call it North Yorkshire, ...

Look South. Far South to Botany Bay for a clue?

[ken]

Looking at the Scarborough castle, I would say the picture is taken from Clougton. I thought Christopher Lee went ashore at Pinewood Studios and thats a long way from there. It must be about 12000 miles south east to get get to Botany Bay and thats not Sydney.

KC

[donski1]

So, not having received the correct answer, its still open.

[Lynnrose]

Chorley?

[donski1]

Not there, Lynnrose.

Lets see ...
Bram Stoker
St Hilda
(Not Scarbrough)
Captain Cook
Jet
Google them

D1

[ken]

Middlesborough is in Cleveland not North Yorkshire.

KC

[Lynnrose]

Whalebone statue

eskvalley

Whitby still retains much of it's 'old world charm' and is steeped in history,folklore and legend. It has been made world famous by the people who lived and worked here among which rank the explorer Captain James Cook, photographer, Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, father and son whaling masters of the Scoresby family and author Bram Stoker who was inspired by the town to write his world famous book, Dracula.

The Author Lewis Carrol wrote "Alice in Wonderland" after being inspired by the little alleyways and backstreets of Whitby, with the comparison being, the white rabbit running down the burrows.
www.eskvalley.com/whitby/

[donski1]

Hooray for Lynnrose

Your turn

[Lynnrose]

Clues...

Edward I
1284
military stronghold

That's all for now

[donski1]

Is that spelled with a "V", or an "F"?

[ken]

Caernarfon Castle.

Where Longshank's son Edward II was born in 1284 and presumably became the first Prince of Wales.

KC

[ken]

I am here, looking due north at Pedro Miguel. Where exactly am I. Name of the place please not the general location, thats too easy.

KC

[nocky2]

Are you at the Milaflores Locks on the Panama Canal KC?

[ken]

Bang on Nocky, well done. Its the only place you can see Pedro Miguel from the south. The village beside Pedro Miguel is called Corazal.

KC

[nocky2]

Cheers Ken, (Google was my friend ;D)

Here'a nice easy one, beautiful village on Dartmoor, a famous Fair is held there every year, and everybody probably learned the song in school. I did.

[ken]

Tom Pearce. Tom Pearce, lend me your grey mare,
All along, down along, out along lee,
For I want for to go to Widdecombe Fair,
Wi' Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon,
Harry Hawk, old uncle Tom Cobley and all, old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

And when shall I see again my grey mare?
All along, down along, out along lee,
By Friday soon, or Saturday noon,
Wi' Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon,
Harry Hawk, old uncle Tom Cobley and all, old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

Then Friday came, and Saturday noon,
All along, down along, out along lee,
But Tom Pearce's old mare hath not trotted home
Wi' Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon,
Harry Hawk, old uncle Tom Cobley and all, old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.


So Tom Pearce he got up to the top o' the hill
All along, down along, out along lee,
And he seed his old mare down a making her will
Wi' Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon,
Harry Hawk, old uncle Tom Cobley and all, old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.


So Tom Pearce's old mare, her took sick and died.
All along, down along, out along lee,
And Tom he sat down on a stone, and he cried
Wi' Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon,
Harry Hawk, old uncle Tom Cobley and all, old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.


But this isn't the end o'this shocking affair,
All along, down along, out along lee,
Nor, though they be dead of the horrid career
Of Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon,
Harry Hawk, old uncle Tom Cobley and all, old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.


When the wind whistles cold on the moor of a night
All along, down along, out along lee,
Tom Pearce's old mare doth appear ghastly white,
Wi' Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon,
Harry Hawk, old uncle Tom Cobley and all, old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

And all the long night be heard skirling and groans,
All along, down along, out along lee,
From Tom Pearce's old mare in her rattling bones
And from Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon,
Harry Hawk, old uncle Tom Cobley and all, old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

I used to do the pilotage both ways about twice a month Nocky, think I know every inch of that canal.

KC

[nocky2]

That's the place Ken, and you know all the words too. ;D

While searching for Canal information I found loads of livecam sites, spent a bit of time watching ships tooing and froing.Very interesting.

[ken]

The whole history is fantasic Nocky and the men that died building it. It gets a bit boring when your going through all the time. I used to like the night convoys, steering on the lights, keeps you awake most of the time. Although the pilots that knew me used to go to sleep and I would wake them up if in doubt, or I heard footsteps on the bridge stairs. I used to like going up the Rio de Plata at night as well, it used to scare me to death in daylight. Slippy sliding through the mud. with other ships boring down on you.

KC