Wiggy is right about the street, it is the rue de Richelieu. I think the picture is taken from an upper floor of the Hotel Montpensier, looking roughly south. Through the arch of the Louvre building one can distinguish the Tuileries garden, next to the Carousel du Louvre.
But the Hotel Montpensier is on the left of the street and the view is taken from the right.
There is an explanation, however.
Finfly has scanned the photo back to front. That is why the Citroen DS beyond the tree is on the wrong side of the road. Flip the photo, and the Citroen is on the right (right :)) side of the road.
A small tip, finfly, old chap. Assuming that your photos are transparencies, there should a shiny side and a matt side. They should be viewed or scanned from the glossy side.
I am afraid I have no idea of the room number in the Hotel Montpensier, :hmm: but I think we are close enough.

I still say it was the blaring horns at 7am, as I pointed out, that was the most obvious clue

To avoid confusion I take it's sitgeltfel's "go".

He did get the where, I just got lucky with guessing roughly where the "where" was photographed from :uhoh:

Then you are on the wrong thread, wiggy! Get thee to the, "Where the Where on Earth" thread. :ok:

This thread seems dead. Try this one:

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i457/svhar/013.jpg

Notre Dame Cathedral, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Correct, Tawhiri. Your turn.

Open house ... it's a little late in the evening here to try and figure out how to post pics for the first time

You'll cross that bridge to posting.

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQOxVV9e0Q_WbbIbcr7-spVXG_rGstoOX9QbuWFvrr0WhpAL0n2eA

Venice, Rialto Bridge.

Open House if correct .... too late here.

Yes, correct.

If still OH, here's one (hint: returns to a previous theme):

http://i840.photobucket.com/albums/zz328/stephen09_photos/2004_0829_145306AAedit-1.jpg

Looks like a bicycle wheel.
Fabio Casartelli was an Italian cyclist and 1992 Olympic champion who crashed on the Col de Portet-d’Aspet during the 1995 Tour de France. He suffered a head injury and died while in transport to the hospital. A special sundial sculpted as a bicycle wheel and the Olympic flag now sits on the col de Portet-d’Aspet as a memorial to Casartelli. It is designed to highlight three dates throughout the year: his birth, his death, and the anniversary of his Olympic win.

OH

Yep, confirmed, it's just a relatively shortish ( by TdF standards) but neverthless leg busting ride from "Chez Wiggy".....it's all yours, (I'm off to find some more upbeat pics to upload).

http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/4682485.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/4682485.stm)

What, and taken from where?

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab176/vikingphoto/P1000534.jpg

Europe maybe?

I think this might be Lourdes; taken from the hill... the crucis?

Sirikit

Yes, but a little vague.....

ChitterneFlyer

Not vague, but not correct either

Not vague, but not correct either

If it's not vague does that mean it's spot-on? ie the opposite of not vague is what?

French hilltop village. Gourdon?

Southern Europe in olive growing country

TheChitterneFlyer

Well, I suppose that an opposite of "vague" can be "precise". Your answer was very precise, but unfortunately not the right one.

Capetonian

Right about French hilltop village, but wrong about Gourdon. There are not too many olive groves around Gourdon (see below).

lomapaseo

Right about the olives.

Keep trying folks, a clue will follow in a while.

It looks very much like the topography and building style of the hilltop villages around my neck of the woods?

Looking west across the valley of the Rhone. Haven't got a clue about where.

Meanwhile...

http://www.hmdb.org/Photos/8/Photo8147.jpg

You are getting much warmer; surprised you haven't identified it yet, sitigeltfel.

Part of the name involves the raw material for something much used in aviation

Les Baux de Provence.

Beat me to it. Bauxite ==> Aluminum

Les Baux de Provence it is, I think you said you were going there about a month ago, sitigeltfel. Vis 3 miles got the clue.

Neither of actually identified the name of the valley (Vallee de l'Enfer).

Fight it out between you who goes next, although viz already has.

I should have got that earlier given that I visited the place ten days ago :O


Open house.

Meanwhile...

http://www.hmdb.org/Photos/8/Photo8147.jpg

Plymouth Rock.....................Open House

TooLowTooFast got it, so sitigeltfel gets the next one. IMHO

Or OH, your choice.

easy one to keep the ball rolling. OH when it's got....

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/toolowtoofast/interesting-buildings-53-photos-34-1.jpg

I know you're upside down on earth down in god zone, but it's too late for me to look for a clock tower tipped over (upright?), and it doesn't look like LEGO, so I think I will call it a night.

Leaning tower of Wanaka (NZ).

Going away for the weekend so OH if I'm right.

If it IS OH, another one to which I don't know the answer myself.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/bucktaf/whereonearth2-1.jpg

Olive tree in The Hills of Athens

Thanks again, Lom. Happy Thanksgiving. OH.

Thanks again, Lom. Happy Thanksgiving. OH

Thanks for the OH, but it really does need confirmation :) like what in hell is that monument just behind the tourists?

Likabitos - Athens


TCF

It's a new week

Time for another one of my super easy ones :)

http://fromtheflightdeck.com/MEL/PPRune/04-11-99b.jpg

Looks a bit Oriental.

Hong Kong, Star Ferry ??

C.

That looks like the Aloha Tower so it must be Honolulu. SVHAR seems to have ID'd it correctly. Waiting for confirmation.

Of course svhar is correct:ok:

Confirmation can usually be had by using giggle earth views.

But for the life of me I couldn't find that damn monument site on Giggle for the Athens pic that Finfly posted

Thank you. Open House.

Regarding Athens, if you search Lykavittos Church bell tower, it will pop up.

Thanks for the OH, but it really does need confirmation http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/smile.gif like what in hell is that monument just behind the tourists?


Err, scuse me, thank you, scuse me... sorry, scuse me, but doesn't the confirmation of Likabitos warrant the offer of an OH?

Sod it... I give in!

TCF

Gentlemen please: order, order!:p

Well what is it?

Likabitos or;

Lykavittos ?

Finfly probably doesn't care but some accuracy is called for :)

and besides I had already won since the original poster didn't specify whether they wanted the continent, country, city or something else

According to Wiki, the hill has several more similar names, Lycabettus, Lykabettos and Lycabettos.

But the bell tower is of the Agios Georgius chapel on this hill.

I'm a bit confused but I think its OH. If so can I have a go with this?

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b229/Twyler/WoE1.jpg

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Family_Circus_-_Billy_Path_4284.JPG

Sorry, DB, missed your post. You have precedence. Mine's an aside.

P.S., DB, for some reason some skydiving friends took to calling the jump plane pilot by your screen name, for reasons I never fully understood.

One time we happened to be in the same restaurant he was, with a date, and the skydivers briefly started chanting your screen name. He was embarrassed. His date was confused.

I think she got over it, but I have no idea how the explanation went.

Given my observations re relationships on the Autism thread, I feel strangely moved by that!

I'm looking for the name of the village where the tower can be found by the way.

DB My guess would be on the west coast of the British Isles, perhaps Scotland, but the islands / land in the background would tend to belie that.

Plus, the castle looks too "modern", using a loose definition of the term, which somehow brings Italy to mind, but that doesn't seem quite right either.

It's not Scotland or Italy. Like many others in the area this place did once have a castle around 800 to 1,000 years ago. A few are still standing but there are no surface traces now of the one that stood here.

The tower was built just over 100 years ago as part of extensive restoration works.

#7056, looks Portuguese with Moorish influence on those arches. Might be somewhere near Cintra but more likely further south if Portugal. Caldas de Monchique?

Sorry not Caldas de Monchique.

I used the words 'extensive restoration works' before. On reflection delete restoration and insert new construction.

A lot of holes have been dug in the local cemetery (many more than the normal required for a village of this size).

Can you confirm it's in Portugal (or not!).

I'm out for the rest of the day, hopefully someone will have cracked it by this evening.

Sorry Cape, its not Portugal. It is definitely rather unlikely that there is any Moorish influence on any features of the new works.

Talking of the new works, the amount spent was far, far higher than would have been expected at the time or indeed now. Roughly £2.5m at todays prices. This has never been satisfactorally explained.

Tour Magdala, Rennes-Le-Chateau, France.

That's it svhar. The wild speculations surrounding the source of those funds eventually inspired Dan Brown's 'Da Vinci Code' book. (Also much surreptitious treasure hunting in the local cemetery!)

Interesting. Thank you. Open House.

One for the thinkers.

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy57/employee1_2010/IMG_2780.jpg?t=1321894037

River Nile, Egypt?

Yup, right first time. I'll make the next one more difficult.!!!
YHC
AO

Athens or Aegina?

Long shot, but OH if correct.

Edit: Never mind. I can't even type fast enough for this crowd. :rolleyes:

Thank you, AO. Then post another. Open House.

I have uploaded some more. Here is one.

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i457/svhar/ppr4/DSC00734.jpg

For some reason Hong Kong comes right to mind. Most likely wrong.

Not Hong Kong. Sorry.

Not surprised. Wouldn't be Singapore, would it? I give up after this.

Sorry, not Singapore either.

Orchid Heights, at Jacob Circle in Mumbai?

It was the wires that made me think if India

Not India.

I am afraid that I have to withdraw this challenge. I took this picture in Ponta Negra, Natal, Brazil in 2005. At the time these two buildings really stood out.

Now I can see that the city has grown a lot and they just fall in with the other skyscrapers. So it is almost impossible to identify them.
I apologize and Open House again.

No apology necessary. Post another if you have one ready.

If it's OH ... otherwise Svhar has control :

http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee406/Helios340/WITW21NOv11.jpg

Lake Tahoe?

I thought this was easy, but maybe not. Not Lake Tahoe.

Puget Sound, Washington State?

Another negative!

:pJapan................;)

The ducks look Japanese....I really think so!:p.....Turning Japanese....:}

Lake Como?

That looks like Monte Rosa in the background which would make the water most likley Lago d'Orta?

The ducks look Japanese.

Naw, they're decoys to confuse us

I'll take a stab at Lake Geneva (ou Lac Leman) with "Les Dents du Midi" in the background.

I'll take a stab at Lake Geneva (ou Lac Leman) with "Les Dents du Midi" in the background.

Sultan Ismail Correct, over to you. I thought the Dents du Midi were a fairly distinctive shape. My photo was taken from Montreux, the one below is one I found via Google.

http://www.montreux-veytaux-ediths-bnb.ch/pics/dents_du_midi.jpg

Capetonian I don't care where it is. It's a gorgeous photo.

Thanks! Well I must admit that is partly why I put it up. Switzerland is so beautiful it is easy to take gorgeous photos.

I visited Switzerland when I was ten. When we were at one of the southernmost cities, somehow Lucerne springs to mind, but that doesn't seem right, two fighter jets from the Swiss air force were doing practice runs. Every fifteen (twenty?) minutes they'd come screaming overhead, do a really tight 180, to avoid blasting into Italy, then went away, presumably to the other side of the country, then did it again, and again, and again.

I thought it was great.

It was a stab, so Open House

Switzerland my second home. or is that third home, whatever

Here comes one:

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i457/svhar/ppr4/DSC06331a.jpg

It's on one of the Italian lakes. Near Stresa on Lago Maggiore? Need to check.

Edit : Monastery Santa Caterina.

Not Stresa, but you are warm.

In fact it is near Stresa, but what building is it?

Monastery Santa Caterina.

This was quick. Over to you Capetonian.

I've been there and recognised it but couldn't remember the name so had to Google it.

Too busy to put anything up so OH.

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy57/employee1_2010/Image007.jpg

AO:

The tanks look like Leopards. The soldier uniforms look NATO-ish. My guess is somewhere in Germany?

Not Germany.

Die Niederlande? The Netherlands?

No.
If people who come from Poland are called Poles, why aren't the people from Holland called Holes?

Well, Ancient, if you've ever been to Amsterdam you'd see lots of holes!!!!!!!

Back to the photo: Russia?????

National Day Parade, Madrid ,Spain.

Not Russia, not Spain.

And I used to commute about once a month between Bru and Rozenburg, so I know about the roads. They ought to ban all those lorries....

OMG! It's Tacklebury and he got it wrong.:p

It looks nice a sunny. Joburg?

No, not Joburg.

This is more difficult than I thought. Clues later. I'm glad I didn't use a better photo, tho', as a better photo would make it too easy.

Remember the good ol' days here when we used to have a laugh with RegDep. :{ It's all serious now.:ooh:

Not Spain, but the tanks look to be Spanish ... Melilla perhaps?

Not melilla.
I'm off to sleep now.

On the same day, in the same town, they do this sort of thing....

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy57/employee1_2010/DSC01486.jpg

I guess it wasn't a communist country or you and your camera would not have lived to tell the tale.

Santiago, Chile?

Those are Mirages ?. Israel ? Tel Aviv ? Merkava's ?

Edit; sorry, if I'm right. which I doubt, OH

The diamond formation is lopsided, what does that tell you?

I think it is the Bastille Day Military Parade, Paris, France.

I think the Bastille Military Parade takes place at midday, and it's in July, so you wouldn't have so much shadow. That photo was taken early morning or more likely late afternoon.

The lopsided diamond? Well,the cynic in me says it might just be sloppy formation flying, but that's unfair and unlikely!

Capetonian,
Good point about the Communist world.
The Military Parade might start at mid-day - ish, but they take hours and hours getting ready. Lots of tanks near our hotel.

svhar is correct - it is Bastille Day in Paris, France.

The first piccy is just so unlike my idea of what Paris looks like.....

svhar - YHC

Thank you. Here comes one more:

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i457/svhar/ppr4/DSC01228.jpg

Lisbon (Lisboa) Expo.
Open House,if correct.

Correct Tacklebury. Open House then.

i reckon all those people are sitting with their arms folded are thinking 'i wonder when that person who is lying down is going to get up so we've got more room on here'....

Another from the parent collection. I have NO clue...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/bucktaf/whereonearth4.jpg

It looks like Italy.

It looks like a PPrune get-together zzzzzzzzz:p.

It is the parliament (Stortinget) building in Oslo, Norway.

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i457/svhar/Parliament.jpg

Amazing. I would never have said it was up north! I was thinking Italy or Romania too.

Well done Hvar!

It looked to me like either neo-renaissance or neo-romanesque architecture. And this popped up. But I was fixed on France in the beginning.

Open House then.

This should be easy. Another old photo of someplace I've never been.

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3954898-md.jpg

"... and sending people picture postcards of places they don't even realise they haven't been to." (Monty Python Travel Agent Sketch)

I've climbed to the top of those steps but I can't for the life of me remember where it is. For some reason, Jordan comes to mind (the country!). Or India.

I also seem to remember it was very hot and humid.

Pyramid of the Moon, Mexico.

I win, for possibly being the furthest away!

Well done Hvar!

Is it correct visibility3miles?

If so, try this one:

http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i457/svhar/ppr4/DSC01484.jpg

Seville, spain

Sorry, not Spain.

But right continent.

It's one of Francisco Calatrava's Bridges ... I googled but couldn't find this one.

There are a couple you see on on the way from Alphen aan den Rijn to Schiphol, near Hoofdorp. It might be one of them.

A vague memory says Germany. A61 autobahn crossing the Rhine just to the east of Speyer?

Not Germany either.

Capetonian, I cannot find information about the designer, you could be right. I can only find an engineering firm listed. But neither is it in the Netherlands.

Swietokrzyski Bridge, Warsaw, Poland. :cool:
Open House

(This should be post #7150?)

This is the one at Speyer. Definite family resemblance!

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr224/jythill/Speyer.png

I have to go to bed. If anyone can identify it positively, please continue the game.

This bridge is a landmark in a capital city in Europe.

My challenge got misplaced as 7151.

I have deleted it.

Swietokrzyski Bridge, Warsaw, Poland. http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/cool.gif
Open House

(This should be post #7150?)


Correct, im from uranus.

Something is wrong with the posting system.

It might, indeed, not. I shall wait a little while longer before scattering a clue of two. ;)

In response to Capetonian's at 7157.

Threadbaron's Challenge is;
Hong Kong. Open ,if correct.
Timed at 1813.

'Tis indeed, TB! The Jamai Mosque, Mid Levels.

How so quick, young man?

Posted @<hidden> 1928

Is the House Open?

Yes, that is what "im from uranus" said.

Looking at St Basils with Lenins tomb to the right.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/threadbaron/4fe9b16c.jpg

To confirm: This posted at 1411

It might be in the Malay Quarter in Cape Town. It also might not be but there are some very similar buildings there.

Recognised it from a visit some eight years ago,Threadbaron. Initially thought it might have been Singapore though.
The thread appears to be somewhat shambolic regarding the times of postings!!
Open House

From "the collection" with continuing thanks for your collective expertise & willingness to share same.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/bucktaf/whereonearth5-1.jpg

This one is easy. It is the Red Square in Moscow. Open House.

This should follow the Red Square photo:

http://download.agefotostock.com/fotos/bajaage/cached/579423/WR0102787.jpg

Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

If correct, Open House again.

Correct (and the correct time stamp.)

One more from parentos--am thinking Scandanavia most likely.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/bucktaf/whereonearth5.jpg

Ukeblad is a Norwegian magazine so Oslo may be a good start.:ok:

Thank you. They did visit there, so I shall so label it.

OH unless anyone has more specificity.

Berlin ?


SHJ

In reply to wingsfolded :)

An easy one for the morning (at least here it is morning, but pprune may whizz me back to last night - who knows?)

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab176/vikingphoto/100MLT09PICT0001125.jpg

Amsterdam .....

Not Amsterdam.

Guessing cos I ain't got the time to sits and thinks....Berlin.:p

Not Berlin either.

Perhaps the time stamp fairy will let someone post the answer before the question is asked?

Russian Orthodox influence?

Russian Orthodox influence?


Architecturally very debatable, and theologically emphatically not.

Hamburg ?



SHJ

Afraid not.


By the way, how did you guess Berlin 6 minutes and one post before I put the picture up? Pprune time warping I suppose. It is not, never was and will not be Berlin (nor Hamburg)

Current World Time (GMT) (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/current-time/)

+/- N, where N is a random number from 0 to 24

Well, this is Neo-Gothic" or "Gothic" architecture. The brick implies they had easier access to clay to build bricks rather than use stone (unless quarrying was too time-consuming.)

It definitely looks European because of the age of the bricks, and the style of surrounding buildings. That many oldish (1800?) buildings packed that close together imply an old well established city, but that bridge looks like a foot/car traffic bridge incapable of handling major shipping (i.e., nothing larger than pleasure boats.)

Too bad there are no leaves on the trees. Obviously deciduous and in winter or fall, and the angle of the shadows should indicate a maximum longitude if it was taken at high noon, as well as indicate the orientation of the river if we knew what time of day the photo was taken. (i.e., before or after noon.) This assumes it is the Northern hemisphere.

[P.S., the shadows seem to go from left to right in the photo, implying the church is on the West-NorthWest side of the river. The shadows seem long, so Berlin was a good guess, but perhaps someplace further south or on the same longitude.]

The three spires indicate a belief in the trinity.

Can't tell if that's a canal or river in the foreground. Could be called either. Very unlikely to be a lake.

Several churches in Poland and Germany pop up, but none have that triangular feature near the top of each tower. Only churches I've spotted that do, neither of which are correct, are Episcopalian or the following Methodist Church in Munsey, Tennessee:

http://munsey.org/clientimages/42161/1908churchsm.jpg

You have made a detailed analysis, viz3:D

It certainly has elements of Neo Gothic, but the architecture is composite with Romanesque, Baroque and Byzantine influences.
Last decade of the 19th century.
Picture was taken in late January at 13:20 zulu.
It is indeed a river in the foreground, or rather one branch of the river, which passes either side of the island from which the photo was taken.
The branch/branches is/are not navigable to major shipping.

Finfly, re your 7167 I think the building in the very background is the same as the one shown by Svhar in 7133 http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/442413-where-earth-357.html#post6824836

What's happening now?:ooh:

Nothing.
I am waiting for OH, to set up challenge , adequately designed just for you.
:E

SINGA dear....I await your challenge with bated breath.....mmmm!

MWAH!:p

Double boring water challenge,
First one Boring, blue and non inspired...
question, the name of coutry?

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab53/SINGAPURCANAC/Grcka%202/IMGP9855.jpg

the second one much easier, but I want detailed location....

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6044/6305175211_b199111a4b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64630681@<hidden>/6305175211/)
WallpapersMojaPostira58 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64630681@<hidden>/6305175211/) by SINGAPURCANAC (http://www.flickr.com/people/64630681@<hidden>/), on Flickr

note: the 2nd is not mz picture but teh name of author is presented .... :ok:

The first one is a hot country.:O

Belive or not ,picture is taken, barely 30 km from their big ski center.
:E:E:E:E

Yes it is hot country....

This is the St. Lukas Church, Munich, Germany. (Challenge 7171)

Correct, svhar.

I thought that I had given a whopping clue by saying that the branches of the river "is/are", since the river is the Isar.

It is an Evangelical Lutheran church, so not really Orthodox at all.

I think you should have control, svhar, but I see that singapurcanac has taken control without authority. :=

I would squawk 7500 if I were you, and retake control if you can.

not intentionally.
sikirit asked for it. i had to.:E

never mind. i am out for two days so play without my challenges.
ciao
:ok:

Thank you, wings folded.

Since this is out of the way, here comes an easy one:


http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i457/svhar/ppr4/DSC00241.jpg

My pleasure svhar.

I thought mine was easy but it took a while.

You say yours is easy, but it is not so for me.

I have no idea.

(As an aside, you are pretty good at this game. Just out of curiosity, do you recognise the places because you have been there or seen pictures of the place, or are you skilled at researching from clues in the picture or text, or both, or even all three? Whichever, I admire your abilities!:D

SING Not knowing where on the time line this thread is, second photo is
Bol island, beach, Brac, Croatia

Zlatni rat Bol beach photo album :: Bol island Brac Croatia (http://bolcroatia.com/photo-gallery/zlatni-rat-bol-beach-brac-croatia.html)
http://bolcroatia.com/images/photo-gallery/zlatni-rat-beach-bol-croatia/zlatni-rat-beach-bol-brac-szabolcs-emich_s.jpg

Open House

(or where and when is that OH?)

For those of you playing along at home, svhar's challenge #7193 is the current open one.

Sing withdrew.

SINGA is a very naughty boy but we like playing with him.:p

Is it in Europe?

Has there everrrrrrrrrrr been a photo from Israel yet, hmm?:ooh:

Bulgaria, I believe. Veliko Tarnovo. Church of the Blessed Saviour - Tsarevets Fortress.

Indeed it is, Tigger Too. Over to you, sir.


Thanks, wings folded. A little bit of each of the three, I guess.

I thank you.

And, by special request .....

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr224/jythill/WITW-28Nov.jpg

CAn't remember the name of the church but it is in Jerusalem, so and Israel photo for Sirikit.

Jerusalem it is. Well done Smeagol. I didn't think this would last long, but I thought Sirikit might appreciate it. :)

Anyone for the name of the church - just for completeness? It's not too difficult :8

St Mary Magdalene

Assume I can post a picce now? Never played this before - only looked on with interest and admiration at the speed various individuals identified obscure locations.

As I have access to only a few pictures on photobucket - and I don't know any other way to post a photo - here's one that has been used for a separate thread.

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m491/freds7/DSCF3248.jpg

Aw, thanks guys. You always bend over backwards and go to the ends of the earth for me - except for Capetonian.;):E

Blythe, Northumberland?

Where does one crunch one's carrots?

Sorry Sirikit, not Blyth, the offshore wind farm there is only 2 turbines.

(Maybe I should have said that there is an offshore wind farm just visible in the far distance of the photo - that was the point of the shot! - and it's 10+ kilometers out.)

Where carrots are crunched is not relevant - that's just where I live :)

I would hazard a guess that this wind turbine is near Flimby, near Workington, on the Solway Coast. Probably West Lakes could confirm.

Edit : the offshore wind farm may be the Robin Rigg installation and the coast in the far distance is Dumfries and Galloway.

Captain Pugwash you have control!

It is indeed a turbine from the Siddick wind farm and Flimby is just up the road. The Robin Rigg wind farm is in the background. For more views of the latter under construction see the other photography thread here on JB.

I never cease to be amazed, a nondescript lanscape with a common type of turbine and the second person identifies the location exactly.

Smeagol,
I have passed the site many times, as we often spend the February half-term at skinburness, further up the coast.
As I may never have another opportunity, here is one to have a go at-

http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr94/Pugwash08/Misc11-1382sml.jpg

Cpt_Pugwash:

Somewhere in Wales?

No, not Wales.

Ireland. From the number plate.

I suspect it's that famous sequence where the car goes over the harbour wall, the crane goes to hoist it out and goes over too, followed by a second crane.

Cape,
Good guess, but not Ireland, in spite of the number plate. Not that video either, good though it is. There is an obvious clue in the pic, so this won't last too long.

Just to speed things up, here is another spot in the the same place, located at the crossroads behind the white building at the centre left of the original pic.
http://i473.photobucket.com/albums/rr94/Pugwash08/Misc11-1393sml.jpg

Is it British or French?

Is it in Europe?;)

Europe, & British

Going offline now, so I will leave this up until the morning. Back online at 0700 GMT, DII permitting!

Ah - the jumping off point for Stornoway - we never did get ashore in 2004, just kept running up and down the loch until it was calm enough to head for Balamory!

Here's the ferry butting out into the swell again

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk231/45596/20040827011OutboundSunlitImg_0072.jpg

TBirdFrank,
I can't see your pic due to the fun police on DII, but you are correct that the location is Ullapool, ferry port for Stornoway.

You have control.

OK! And a clue - it ain't in the UK

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk231/45596/020816002BrushCreekBridgesideelevation.jpg

OK! And a clue - it ain't in the UK

I think the cars provided that clue!

Bush Creek Bridge, on Route 66 near Riverton, Kansas

Correct - on the whole eleven miles of Route 66 in the State of Kansas!

Taken in 2002 when we drove all the way from Chicago to Santa Monica along the route of 66 with a group of TBird owners

Over to you!

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc400/Tawhiri27/_MG_3336.jpg

First time pic posting, so we'll see how this goes ... staying with the bridge theme

Moret-sur-Loing....

OH if correct.

Ouch, that didn't last long

If it is still OH, how about this,
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr144/pugwash09/Misc1-1204.jpg

It reminds me of the village near RAF Kinloss, but it probably isn't. Nearest town is Forres.

Oh, so close, Cape. Forres doesn't have a beach.
Have another go.

I believe it's Findhorn, where I had a lovely dinner at the Kimberley Inn last summer.

Not Findhorn, try looking in the other direction. Perhaps this close up will help. Sorry for the aviation content :hmm:
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr144/pugwash09/Misc1-1191.jpg

Somewhere in Iraq.

...a while back.

Lossiemouth Village, Scotland.

Lhanbryde maybe?

Svhar has it. A view from East Beach towards St. James church on Prospect Terrace, Branderburgh, part of Lossiemouth , Moray.

You have control.

Thank you. Open House.

OK--try this:

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j35/helokat/caption%20pics/DSCN0088.jpg

Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, maybe near Skyline Drive?

Not Virginia no. There is a "clue" in the picture...

I'd go for the Coast Range in Northern California, Oregon or Washington state.

The original "voice" of Smokey Bear was Jackson Weaver, morning man on radio stations WMAL Washington, DC, for decades (with Frank Hardin).

But the picture still looks "western" to me.

Not in the NW... Cpt_Pugwash was closer

Still think it is in the Appalachians, possibly Mount Mitchell area in North Carolina.

Right area....maybe I am being too specific but think about the bear..

Near Raleigh, North Carolina, thinking of the giant Smokey Bear statue?

or Cherokee, N.C in the Smoky Mountains.

Close enough.... It is Smokey Bear flying in the Smoky Mountain National Park. I did a series of aerial ignition controlled burns there back in 07, then ended up on wildfires in the Cherokee mountains with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Over to you Cpt_Pugwash..

Thanks, Gordy. Nothing in the pipeline , so Open House.

As no one has posted a challenge, here's a quickie,. I don't expect it to last too long.

http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr144/pugwash09/Misc2010091.jpg

Bermuda ....

Sadly, not Bermuda.

Barbados... ?

Poole Harbour ?

Tacklebury, you are correct.
A view from Sandbanks across Poole Harbour towards Brownsea Island, during the period when volcanic ash was causing weird sunsets.
You have control.

Buggah! I only drove down that very road for the first time 3+ weeks ago, 'twas dark though. :rolleyes:

Thank you,Captain Pugwash.
Open House

Open House? Easy one..

http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n630/imnotfromuranus/P1010369-1.jpg

I'm on nights so off bed, OH if you know..

Pevensey castle ?
If correct,
Open House