Where am I?

[nocky2]

Sounds pretty exciting Ken, definitely a plentiful supply of spare Y-fronts situation.

One of livecams I watched a couple times was a speeded up trip along the whole Canal. Forgot to bookmark it, so need to do another search. ;D

[ken]

Where am I? Every man and his dog must know the answer to this one.

KC

[ken]

Another clue

KC

[Lynnrose]

Errrrrrrm, I still don't know. Come on people, someone must know!

[nocky2]

Well, as I've already done a couple, I wanted to let someone else have a go, butseeing it's you asking LR ;D

"This statue of Jesus stands some 38 meters tall, atop the Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro. Designed by Brazilian Heitor da Silva Costa and created by French sculptor Paul Landowski, it is one of the world’s best-known monuments. The statue took five years to construct and was inaugurated on October 12, 1931."

[ken]

I thought that Sugar Loaf Mountain would have given it away Nocky, even if no one recognised the statue on Corcovado. Not many people want to play this game.

KC

[nocky2]

Yeah, looks like it Ken, but anyhoo, here's a fairly easy one to try and generate some interest. ;D

This famous bridge celebrated its 150th birthday a couple of weeks ago.

It links the two most southerly counties in England, and the builders first name was Isambard.

[ken]

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859)

Brunel's solo engineering feats started with bridges— the Royal Albert Bridge spanning the River Tamar at Saltash near Plymouth.



KC

[nocky2]

That was quick KC, and correct into the bargain. Your turn. ;D

[ken]

Nice easy one.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd & thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Where were they???

KC

[elvisuk]

This poem was written to memorialize a suicidal charge by light cavalry over open terrain by British forces in the Battle of Balaclava (Ukraine) in the Crimean War (1854-56). 247 men of the 637 in the charge were killed or wounded. Britain entered the war, which was fought by Russia against Turkey, Britain and France, because Russia sought to control the Dardanelles. Russian control of the Dardanelles threatened British sea routes.

Many in the west best know of this war today because of Florence Nightingale, who trained and led nurses aiding the wounded during the war in a manner innovative for those times. The War was also noteworthy as an early example of the work of modern war correspondents.


The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1.

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

2.

"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

3.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

4.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

5.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

6.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.

Copied from Poems of Alfred Tennyson,
J. E. Tilton and Company, Boston, 1870

[ken]

Well done Elvis.

Balaclava as it is today, with the infamous valley all built on



One of the monuments is an underground, formerly classified submarine base that was operational until 1993. The base was said to be virtually indestructible and designed to survive a direct atomic impact. During that period, Balaklava was one of the most secret residential areas in the Soviet Union. Almost the entire population of Balaklava at one time worked at the base; even family members could not visit the town of Balaklava without a good reason and proper identification. The base remained operational after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 until 1993 when the decommissioning process started. This process saw the removal of the warheads and low-yield torpedoes. In 1996, the last Russian submarine left the base, which is now open to the public for guided tours around the canal system, the base, and a small museum, which is now housed in the old ammunition warehouse deep inside the hillside.

KC

[Lynnrose]

Your turn Elvis.....

[ken]

Where am I now??

KC

[ken]

I expect nearly everybody in the country have been through it at sometime or another. Yet got no answers to it.

Waterloo Station.

The main pedestrian entrance, the Victory Arch, is a memorial to company staff who were killed during the two world wars.

[nocky2]

I recognised Waterloo Station Ken, but I was waiting for someone else to join in. It's a pity this game isn't generating much interest, it could be quite educational and fun too, if more people participated. (for instance,your Panama Canal post got me watching various interesting Live Webcams) ;D

[Lynnrose]

Clue......this must stink

[ken]

I think its the Crossness pumping station Lynnrose.

[nocky2]

My guess is the Abbey Mill Pumping Station.

Original Abbey Mill Pumping Station

New Abbey Mill Pumping Station

[ken]

I think your right Nocky, they are both very similar and better looking than the new one.


The Prince Consort beam engine at Crossness

The 2 pumping stations both had the biggest beam engines ever built.

[nocky2]

I was checking out "The Big Stink of London" when I realized I used to pass this place every day back in the 70s, when I travelled to work by rail into London from Essex. Couldn't remember the name, but your post gave me a hint of where to start looking. Ta ;D

[ken]

I love the names of all the pumps Nocky. Our royal family is the only one to be proud of having a sewage pump named after them. I think the Victoria is the biggest and most powerful one, naturally.

[Lynnrose]

Well done Nocky!! Must have been too easy for you ....how did you do it? x

[nocky2]

OK, a fairly easy one,here's a very famous table, where would you see it? ;D



ps .LR , your "clue" was a good hint. Helped me to sniff it out, so to speak. ;D

[ken]

You would be in Kaer Gituen or Winchester as it known in modern English Nocky. Whether it was ever Camalot, is another matter.

[nocky2]

In the Great Hall of Winchester Castle Ken.

The Round Table
Although now known to have been constructed in the 14th Century, and repainted in its present form for King Henry VIII, the table has for centuries been venerated by generations of tourists as the mysterious table of the 'Once and Future King' Arthur.

The names of the 24 knights are written around the edge of the 5.5 metre diameter table, weighing 1200kg, surmounted by King Arthur on his throne.

The first written accounts of the Arthurian story appeared in 1130 in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'History of the Kings of Britain', which maintains that Merlin had the 15-year-old Arthur crowned at nearby Silchester.

However, the first mention of the Round Table is Robert Wace's Roman de Brut (1155), which says that Arthur seated his knights at a round table so that all should be equal. In Thomas Malory's Morte D'Arthur, the table is a wedding gift to Arthur from Guinevere's father, Leodegrance.

The inscription round the centre of the Table and the names of the knights round the margin appear as follow:



This is the rownde table of kyng Arthur w(ith) xxiiii of his namyde knyattes.

1. S(ir) galahallt Sir Galahad
2. S(ir) launcelot deulake Sir Lancelot
3. S(ir) gauen Sir Gawaine
4. S(ir) p(er)cyvale Sir Percival
5. S(ir) Iyonell Sir Lionel
6. S(ir) trystram delyens Sir Tristan
7. S(ir) garethe Sir Gareth
8. S(ir) bedwere Sir Bedivere
9. S(ir) blubrys Sir Blioberis
10. S(ir) lacotemale tayle Sir La cotemal tail
11. S(ir) lucane Sir Lucan
12. S(ir) plomyd Sir Palamedes
13. S(ir) lamorak Sir Lamorak
14. S(ir) born de ganys Sir Bors
15. S(ir) safer Sir Saphar
16. S(ir) pelleus Sir Pellinore
17. S(ir) kay Sir Kay
18. S(ir) Ectorde marys Sir Ector
19. S(ir) dagonet Sir Dagonet
20. S(ir) degore Sir Degore
21. S(ir) brumear Sir Brunar
22. S(ir) lybyus dyscovy(us) Sir Guinglain
23. S(ir) Alynore Sir Alymore
24. S(ir) mordrede Sir Modred

[Lynnrose]

Clue...this is in the country that the person who's birthday it is today (he would be 140 yrs old) was from

[ken]

Its Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's 140th birthday today, so I guess it's India Lynnrose. I haven't figured out the exact location yet

[ken]

Could it be Raj Ghat in Delhi???

[Lynnrose]

India, yes

It's a monastery, but what's the name?