Yes, but a long time ago. Unfortunately, it seems that I cannot post attachments (I would have thought 6 years would have been enough of a probation period!) I'll post a poser if I am ever permitted.

http://tinyurl.com/3jdm3vn

Mel Effluent: you don't have to post piccies as attachments; you can post a link to an image hosting site like photobucket, and the piccy will appear in your message. If you right click on any of the images and look at the properties, you'll see that they are all links to hosting sites.

The Wonderful Barn, Co. Kildare
http://www.irelandnow.com/castles/wbarn.gif

To mark the eastern vista of Castletown a conical shaped building - The Wonderful Barn - went up in 1743 with the stairs ascending upwards around the exterior of the building. The Wonderful Barn was built by Mrs. William Connoly built in Leixlip to give work to the poor during hard times, and located beside the Leixlip By-Pass.

The Barn stands 73 feet high. The exterior winding staircase has 94 steps and goes right up to the top. The building has 5 floors all with a hole in the centre. It is flanked by 2 smaller barns.

A granary, short tower and dovecote have all been put forward as reasons for building the unique structure. In Georgian times it was a custom to use doves as a delicacy when other animal sources of food were not in season. The height of structure would also lend itself to sport shooting, while a central hole through each of the floors would suggest a place to store grain, which were lowered and raised through the holes in the floors.

Open House, sirs!:ok:

Bloody hell. You pop out for your evening meal and there's another 2 pages!!

Correct Mel - wobbly Weobley :ok:

I'm not playing anymore!

Excuse me. Just trying out the instructions while it is quiet.

Thank you for patience and instructions.



http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy57/employee1_2010/IMG_1543.jpg?t=1303305481

Chile or Greece???:O

Thank you. No, wrong continent in both cases. I had another piccy of same place that would give a clue, but as I'm still learning, photo bucket didn't like it. I'll try to get pb to like it.

something looking west,;)
let's say,
Madagascar,west coast,
Or if I use my brain(limited option only available :p), than,
time is 02 50.
If it is your picture,than we may suppose that your camera is set up to BST, so it ,means that this location is 5 to 6 hours ahead of BST, that set us somewhere at the midlle of Asia, and if I have to bet ,than Sri Lanka, Iran is not, Gulf states aren't westerly oriented,except Sa but this is not 5/6 hours ahead of...

or it is two fifty in the morning than a little chance that it is somewhere in America, again westerly oriented
Florida, or Costarica, but very unlikelly
:ok:

This is something I cannot solve because I just happened to drive by the place.

Sun rising or setting, Northern or Southern hemisphere, exclude South America and the "continent" of Europe, September 30th 2010 (assuming the date stamp is correct). Then start tabulating the possible scenarios based on which time zone the clock is set (assuming it is correct to any time zone).

Need some Giggling, as my old celestial navigation tables are no longer physically available to me… :\.

Ho hum.

Or maybe I wait for the next picture for a clue :(.

Edit: How about looking for the weather satellite overlay for the date for GiggleEarth and screen that for the clouds in the picture.

Maybe not.

This gives better clues. If I can make photobucket work


http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy57/employee1_2010/IMG_1545.jpg?t=1303313747
http://s777.photobucket.com/albums/yy57/employee1_2010/?action=view&current=IMG_1545.jpg

More clues.

Rats. Too many clues

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy57/employee1_2010/IMG_1540.jpg?t=1303313977

Hmm, Sunset Cliffs, San Diego, California?

I am still playing, and have taken a huge chunk out of my remaining life to learn how to post a pic. Without help from nephews / grandchildren.

But because of the time lag that involved, I am probably totally out of synch with the game, so be gentle with me.

What about this?


http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab176/vikingphoto/20031130PICT000184.jpg

Be with you in a sec, wings.

Australia - Great Ocean Road?

Be with you in a sec, wings.

Please take your time. I see, as I feared, that I have totally upset the chrono.

Wherever AO's pic comes from, it is a breezy place.

Have you seen how those trees lean.

That's what I thought but I've not seen those types of trees before.:{

Monterey Cypress trees. Could be any point on the Californian coast from the Big Sur down to San Diego. Possible La Jolla or Carmel.

With the type of ute in one of the pics and the mailbox in the other my money's on California as well.

The mailbox certainly looks American, and a west facing coastline could well be California, but other places may have similar mailboxes, but we are trying to identify a few random trees. A bit tricky, if you ask me.

What a shame.

Just when I learn how to post a pic you all seem to go off to bed or tuck into a single malt, but either way not post.

wings folded, I am still here.

First of all, congratulations for your posting a picture!

Your challenge looks Japanese to me, although may not be from Japan. Let me make a wild guess. Your garden, and not too far from Norwich airport….

PS: Mine is Brut d'Argent, a Pinot Noir Rose sparkling wine…..

Could AO's picture also be somewhere along the coast of Oregon?

Now onto yours for the moment, wingsf!

Are we not still awaiting confirmation of Ancient Observer's challenge?
I was under the impression it was still active.

That's right, sabredog, but we're just looking at wings' pic till AO returns.

Thanks for the information about the trees. :ok:

Sorry, I shall return to my book.
A pleasure, it is a beautiful coastline, with many such trees.

sabredog,

We are doing the bootcamp drill with wings folded while waiting for AO's call. Nothing unruly. Wouldn't dare :=.

All is revealed. Just "Rejoining the circuit" as it were, after an absence of some two years. Had quite forgotten the protocols.

sabredog, welcome back! Please rejoin the Silhouette Challenge, too. We need all hands on board there.

Reg

RegDep,

There is indeed a poor imitation in my garden, not that far from EGSH.

But my pic comes from a little further away.

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/47876/monaco_japanischer_08-04-27.jpg

Japanese Garden in Monaco, a nice place for relaxing.

from visitmonaco.com
This enchanting garden, designed by the landscape-architect Yasuo Beppu, covers 23,000 square feet right next to the Mediterranean Sea and has been blessed by a Shinto High Priest. The site is an authentic work of art that unites stone, water and vegetation in the most marvelous harmony.

The pine and olive trees are pruned in the pure tradition of the Land of the Rising Sun. Waterfalls and ponds, decorated with symbolically-shaped islands, add to the serenity of the surroundings and are admired by visitors as they walk through the garden. The natural stones were carefully chosen according to their shape, color and size.

The bamboo fences, Tea House, stone lanterns, tiles and wooden gates were all made in Japan. This exceptional garden situated at the foot of the sea-front high-rise buildings has a very special atmosphere, which is accentuated by the use of water sprays on the azaleas, rhododendrons and camellias.


http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/13702/japanese_garden.jpg

Spot on Sirikit.

Indeed a pleasant spot in a rather unpleasant place.

Commissioned by Princess Grace. I quite like the Roseraie Princesse Grace at Fontvieille also.

Rightho, wings folded.:ok:

Suppose better wait for Ancient Observer to give a judgement otherwise siseman will boss us.:p;)

Watch out, all of you.

I now know how to post piccies.

Last one was easy; await the next few.

Sorry about the delay. Out for a meal at Mr Blumenthal's pub. Bit expensive for a pub....

Calif. coast San Simeon. great restaurant overlooking sea and sunset near this motel. (Not in this motel). Much cheaper than Mr Blumenthal's pub.

Open House?

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy57/employee1_2010/IMG_1546.jpg?t=1303339211

Now that I can post, can I play now, please?

AO - be nice and abide by the rules and then certainly you can play.....but not before this one's been solved :}

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c92/allan907/P6080033.jpg

Let's try, Thailand or South East Asia.

I think it's sirikit turn to post,is it not?
In #1014, he posted;
"Hmm, Sunset Cliffs, San Diego, California?"

sabre - AO declared Open House but, I agree we're still waiting for a declaration on Sirikit's efforts. That's the trouble with running multiple challenges. We're going to have to tighten up or I'll set the dogs onto you :=

Singers - not Thai but very SEA. There's some squiggly writing on the building which, if you recognise it, should give the game away. :}

sabredog: "Sirikit" "he"? Uh-oh, you're in some trouble. :E

Told you Siseman would all make you polish your shoes! Open House....carry on!:ok:

Sirikit - If I wrote the word namesis would it make sense? No. :* However, nemesis would.

Sharpen up girl.

:}

sisemen - No flies on me! I figured that out when pussy was a kitten!:O

Now...got to think some more.:O

Don't recognise squiggly. More clues?

I am all squiggled out!:{

People,

Can we make some progress, please?

I do not have the remotest clue about the pagoda thingy, but now that I know how to pop a picture into the thread I am yearning to do so (do you like the word "yearning"? I do...)

So, forwards and upwards, folks, or I will incur your collective wrath by stepping out of turn.

The Nepalese Pagoda, on the bank of the Brisbane River,Brisbane,
Queensland.

Phew! That's it, sabredog. I kept thinking that everything seemed rather new. If those pics are really taken in SE Asia then where are all the Asians, hmm?:ooh: :ok:

Come on then , Sabre, post somewhere I know so I can back into the game.

As far as I can recall, protocol dictates that we now wait for siseman to confirm the answer before proceeding. Perhaps sirikit can confirm this?

I think nemesis will be snoring his head off for another 6 hours! I think we are all agreed that you've identified his picture correctly. I say post on and we can await his confirmation.:E

Blame it on the boogie!:ok:

Thank you,Sirikit.
"Open House", due to technical problems.

OK - perhaps too easy for some:

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m591/rowdyfred/213133417_1c854e7c77_o.jpg?t=1303396640

Sorry folks. I'm not chained to the bloody 'puter :}

Brizzie it is. Summat to do with the Nepalese I seem to remember.

I am now totally lost as to who goes next, where we are at, and so forth.

So here is my submission, which you can feel free to ignore if I have made a mistake vis-a-vis the rather puzzling chronology of this thread

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab176/vikingphoto/P1010386.jpg

@<hidden>,
Canada?

Yeah, but where?

http://eu.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/citylights/citylights0905/citylights090500021/4887073-the-wooden-red-roof-of-the-old-church-of-tadoussac-also-known-as.jpg

Church of Tadoussac, Quebec. Red, white and blue a clue?

Sorry, but could answer this picture first so back to Spiny's also in Canada!:ok:

Tadoussac, Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadoussac,_Quebec)

Alberta. Lots of lakes there.

or, more clues???

Did you notice the grass in the piccy? To get grass like that takes kilos of fertiliser and kilos of weedkiller. All handily draining in to the lake and the water table.

http://www.dreamstime.com/athabaska-river-falls-rockies-alberta-canada--thumb2325379.jpg

Athabaska River Falls, Rockies, Alberta.

Open House, gentlemen!:ok: Snuck in behind AO.:O

Gee, don't think much of that grass, AO. It doesn't look half as good as mine which is similar to this. Took me months to get it so organic.

http://eu.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/snowturtle/snowturtle1007/snowturtle100700023/7417851-green-grass-with-yellow-dandelions.jpg

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy57/employee1_2010/P1010208.jpg?t=1303406067

Sorry folks - work intervened.

Canada it is and Alberta puts you somewhat close (but think colder. Yep - colder than Alberta!)

So it's not Alberta?:ooh::ooh:

Virginia Falls, Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America??

Sirikit - congrats (again!).

For those who might ever get the chance Virginia Falls is pretty spectacular up close (i.e. twice as high as Niagara) but is fly-in only. I must admit, landing on floats just upstream from the falls does give you pause to wonder what would happen if you lost power while taxiing to shore:sad:

Over to you...

AO - The weather looks British so guessing Britain?

Budleigh Salterton ?

I'm with the sabredog on this.

South coast of England, the Jurrasic Coast.

C.

I think south coast Budleigh Salterton is pretty d. close. Sabredog wins.

It is Branscombe, South Devon, UK. Lovely part of the UK.

Was in the news about 3 years ago as a container ship washed up there, and the natives got some "good deals", for "free".

Does great scones with Devon cream and jam.

Thank you,AO.Here is the next challenge.
The location will suffice, rather than the name of the actual monument;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/IMGP0693.jpgt;

Buenos Aires.....Jacarandas and Palms?

Religious statue?

No,I am afraid not,Sirikit. Although I can see your line of reasoning.

The red british phone box has me intrigued!

Portuguese???

red british phone box
So Argentinian,
:E:E:E

Portuguese???
Rather Italian. Look at carpentry(tichlerei. de :})

red british phone box and double-yellow no parking lines.

Apart from the shutters it could be Tasmania. The subject is obviously pastoral care of prisoners (or could be Catholic church paedophilia - notice the no clothes and willy out of the young lad - very appropriate :}) so could either be further north in Oz or caribbean.

Or Gibraltar

Malta/Gozo?

Malta is correct. To be precise, Valetta.
The monument is dedicated to Dun Mikiel Auberge Xerri,a Maltese patriot executed by the French in 1799.
Hobo, you have control.

Ahem.

Hobo, you seem to be connected but doing much in the way of posting.

Get on with it!!

I like this game but do want to wait for a week between posts.

But, of course you may be busy........

That would be helpful. :ok:

While nothing much is going on, I thought I would try this:

Will keep idle hands busy until the thread wakes up again.



http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab176/vikingphoto/P1000235.jpg

Well it looks like a community in an extinct volcano to me but where I have no idea.

The Cirque de Navacelles, Gorges del la Vis, Cevenne , southern Massif Central.

Cirque de Navacelles, Gorges del la Vis, Cevenne , southern Massif Central. All right, you clever thing, but which département would that be, then ? Hein?

Lozere.



Not so, sabre. 'Tis in fact 34 Hérault.

Much if not most of the Larzac is in the Lozere, this bit is not.

And it is the deepest canyon in Europe, apparently.

Thank you.

Sorry w/f, and chaps, for the delay:-

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc245/hobo31/pmb.jpg

And it is the deepest canyon in Europe, apparently.

Are you sure?

I may bet that deepest in Europe and second deepest in the world,after Colorado Grand Canyon,is canyon of the river Tara, border beetwen Montenegro/Serbia and Republic of Srpska.
Around 1650 meters. unfotunatelly I have no Pics, but internet is full of them.
I will try to find letter on some links with pictures.
:ok:

As Hobo is now back online,and not to have two challenges running at the same time, I shall delete my earlier challenge.
Sabredog.

sabredog - What was the plane tail in the background?;)

Hobo - Pemberton?

Well spotted,Sirikit. It might give the game away,but it is a Russian built aircraft.
As you are no doubt aware, I have withdrawn the challenge due to Hobo's belated return!

You'll be able to stick it back up in a sec! ;)

Correct Sirikit. One of the famous 'climbing trees'.

Sorry to mess you about chaps, not to sure of the etiquette here, I'm more used to the shambles of the limerick thread!

Please stick your pic back up, sabredog!:ok:

Thank you,Sirikit.That is very civil of you. Here we go again;
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/dp1-1.jpg
Is anyone else having problems with the PPruNe Server "Timing Out"?

Yes, situation normal....!

So.....a Russian plane, a tower like monument, something to do with rivers, a wander, trees painted white.....!

Am clueless.:{

Is it a hot place?

It's not Berlin Schonefeld in the old days is it?

Also having 'time out' problems.

Sirkit;
Yes, a hot country, but not a monument to trees or water.
Has a military aviation connection.
Hobo;
Sorry not Berlin.
Server appears to be back now.

Guessing wildly....China?:O

India? - always used to see Russian Military in Delhi.

Sorry,Sirikit,not China.

Hobo,yes it is Delhi. Could you be more precise as to the location?

Hindon or Indian Air Force Museum????

I would say it's the Indian Air Force Museum in Palam, New Delhi.

http://www.indianholiday.com/images/best-of-india/museums-art-galleries/air-force-museum-new-delhi.jpg

image removed

Correct,Sirikit,and very well done in spotting the Antonov 12's fin and rudder. I fear that Hobo has jumped the gun ,again!
As a long standing member of this thread,could you enlighten Hobo as to the correct procedures for posting?
The answer to his challenge is Akoroa Harbour,New Zealand, as per the ident on his IMG!!!
Sirikit,you have control.

sabredog - Hobo really deserved that as he did all the spadework. I was in China and just jumped in.:O

sisemen will soon have him told.:E

Looks like it down to you to post a picture.:ok:

http://www.sylvarum.ro/_upload/_pics/_large/10_1_20080709224953.jpg

My thread, I make the rules. Anyone can post a challenge, but for sanity, one at a time is nice.

Yeah, yeah, totally obscure. Talk about snow blindness.

sabredog....oh dear .... if you are going to be so 'primary school playground', I shall leave you in peace...

Such defiance and insubordination!

OMG, there's going to be big trouble round the boondocks!:uhoh:

North Pole?

Hobo,sorry you have taken that attitude. Not"Primary school" at all,merely abiding by the rules of the game to prevent double challenges and consequent confusion. I have no further comment, other than to say that you are very lucky that it was I who posted and not siseman,as sirikit intimated.

No not actually North Pole...he is standing on some elevation.

I agree, sabredog!:ok: Hobo, you'll get to grips with it! Just don't rely on them not to right click and peek.:ok:

Siberia?

Baffin Island, Canadian Territory, We stand on guard for thee.

NEXT!

Rollingthunder - So you just guessed your own picture?????

sabredog - Please post up the next picture.

Realized was never going to get correct answer so provided answer.

It's going to be one of those days! One of them crazy old days....:E

sabredog - Please post up a picture.

Can't wait around

http://www.porthenys.org.uk/assets/images/autogen/a_Harbour03.jpg

Theme of children's book and animated film

Mousehole Harbour,Cornwall.

Correct........ pronounced "Mouseall"

Open House

Hobo,please check your P.M.s

Oh all right then....as long as it's my turn..

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc245/hobo31/Shropshirecanal.jpg

Thanks for the P.M.
Has to be;
Runnymede.
Open House,if correct.

Correct, almost...but near enough. This sign is actually on Long Mead, the Mead next to Runny Mead. Apart from the NT erecting miles of unlawful fencing, and several unlawful padlocked horse unfriendly gates on this land to which the public has an absolute right of access, hence this picture, they have also rewritten history by renaming the whole area Runnymede. Don't get me started....

As you say....open house...

you are very lucky that it was I who posted and not siseman,as sirikit intimated.

Not at all. The chap's a newcomer and can't be expected to know the rules and nuances of this game. Gently, gently and he will pick up the lingo.

And if, subsequently, he doesn't.......







....I'LL RIP HIS BLEEDIN' ARMS ORF! :}

http://a4.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/33/ca7f950001c792b900036eb3fc92af2d/l.jpg

Give me a break, boys!:E

Somewhere in Southern Spain?

The Mosque in Cordoba

Charlemagne's Throne.Aachen Cathedral?

Did you peek, sabredog?

He's correct! I would like to visit Aachen. I am very partial to Germany (Bavaria) and Austria. So beautiful.

Your call, sabredog.

Thank you,sirikit. Nothing to "peek" at, I am afraid.
Well worth a visit.
Open House,as I have nothing worthwhile to offer.

http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee406/Helios340/P1040357.jpg

Canada's Eternal Flame,Ottawa.
Open House,if correct.

It looks like you're right, sabredog!

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3015377-Vaduz-Vaduz.jpg

It is indeed the eternal flame outside the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, taken this morning in the pissing rain!

Some buildings have an Alpine look so Swiss or Austrian

Yes, but it's a different country.

Vaduz,Capital of the Principality of Liechtenstein. The main square. Supposedly the smallest Capital city in the world.
"Open House",if correct.

Praise, sabredog!

Have you been there? I thought it is lovely.

http://kitweonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Dag-Hammarskjold-Memorial-Site-kitweonline.jpg

I mean it, boys....don't do it!:E

If you need another picture because you're struggling:E, please let me know and I'll post a second photo of this place.:O

Clue: There is an aviation link.

Another view.....

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/17964080.jpg

Or even

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m599/wodrick/Scan0227email.jpg

That's the very one, Wodrick!:ok:

Your turn.

How about ..........

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m599/wodrick/scan0018email.jpg

Singapore?

It's the right part of the world, this is something Very Specific.

Masjid Jamek,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.The confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers.
"Open House",if correct.

Very good !

from Wiki

"Kuala Lumpur has its origins in the 1850s, when the Malay Chief of Klang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klang), Raja Abdullah (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raja_Abdullah_bin_Raja_Jaafar&action=edit&redlink=1),[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur#cite_note-9) hired some Chinese labourers to open new and larger tin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin) mines for tin prospectors.[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur#cite_note-virtual-10) The miners landed at the confluence of Sungai Gombak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Gombak) (previously known as Sungai Lumpur, meaning "muddy river") and Sungai Klang (Klang River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klang_River)) to open mines at Ampang, Pudu and Batu. These mines developed into a trading post which became a frontier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier) town."

As Sabredog says Open House

You did say Open House:

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/ab176/vikingphoto/P1000148.jpg

Looks like a cheaper knock-off of the Palais Elysee.

But where?

Charlottenburg Berlin?

Seacue:

Wrong, but close.


Siseman:

Wrong. Simply wrong.

It's a beautiful building.

Bordeaux or Austria?

'Tis indeed a bit pretty.

But you are way off.

Somewhere in China, methinks.

lars,

You are not paying attention.

Close to the Elysee and you come back with China?

Back to the posting and drinking thread!:}

needs a clue methinks

Yes, please can you post up a clue. I have been working hard trying to crack this, wings, but am clueless!:{:{

Please reconfirm if it is situated in Paris. Better not be EuroDisneyland!:O

sabredog, how come you've gone quiet? You have normally cracked this by now unless we're all looking in the wrong place.;)

Where is RegDep, hmm? Where is his bloodhound nose these days? :O

Please someone get it because it's driving me wild!:E

Pull up your socks, boys!

Please reconfirm if it is situated in Paris.


Confirmed


Better not be EuroDisneyland!:O



Emphatically not.

The idea of the Elysee was close in both distance and function.

L'hôtel de Lassay depuis le jardin des quatre colonnes.
Rue University,7th,Arrondissement,Paris,France.

L'hôtel de Lassay depuis le jardin des quatre colonnes.


Exactement. C'est la résidence du Président de l'Assemblée Nationale.

Au suivant !!

Thank you, an excellent challenge.
Open House.

OMG! I thought it was a hotel with those red chairs in the window but didn't follow my instincts! My suffering is over! I am eternally grateful, sabredog!;)

House Closed

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/Foto-2.jpg

Hiyall!

Schloss Schwerin.

Schloss Schwerin

Sabredog, this was meant to stay longer than that :uhoh:.

Yes, Schloss Schwerin, the current seat of the Landtag (State Parliament) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Meck-Pom or McPomm among friends.

Picture from yesterday afternoon.

Your turn Sir.

Apologies,Regdep. The architecture was very distinctive!
Another very easy challenge,though somewhat less imposing.http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/mosquito633/PRH.jpg

Please, Sir, mine lasted 19 hours before somebody got it.

Can I have a chocolate?

Help yourself. You can have two for being SOOOO good.

I've got a little inkling that this one is going to take longer than 19 hours to crack!:{

First wild guess of the day: Holland?

Somewhere in Arden.

Henley?

Sirikit;
Not the Netherlands. As times passes,I am sure it will be snapped up.
Wings;
Also a negative for Henley or Arden, although I can see your thought process.

Has a pub-like sign and a pub-look. Apparently new, though. Gas light, maybe even genuine, with a sign in the post for those who can identify them (I cannot). Nondescript tile building attached to it (or v.v.). Could be a small restaurant in Massif Central, say, in Clermont-Ferrand.

Not a Public House,Regdep,and most certainly not France.
Has historical significance.

The masonry of the plinth has a wee look of the Aveyron about it, but not so much the rest.


Oh bugger, you have just said it is not in France

Boston or Philadelphia, perchance?

Giggling 'birthplace' returns 650,000 pictures and some masonry, too.

BTW, a fierce thunderstorm over here right now…..

Wings;
Spot on, with one of those locations you mention.
Will be off the air for a short while,but I am sure you will nail this very quickly .

I knew that I had seen it (I don't cheat with giggle), but it could have been either place.

I am going to say Beacon Hill, Boston, so it is probably Philly.

Paul Revere's house, Boston's North End

(now need to find out who HE was :()

Ach, the tea party-goer!

Boston's North End

Not to be confused with Preston North End.

Ach, the tea party-goer!
Indeed. A tea party without cucumber sandwiches and scones. How very odd.

Didn't think you'd all be that quick when I turned my back!:E

OK, so who's go is it now, then?

IIRC, Mr Revere rode out to Lexington & Concord to announce that "The British Are Coming" -- thus alerting the locals.

Edited to add: Thanks to sabredog (below) for the correction.

Paul Revere (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere)

OK, so who's go is it now, then? Reg by my reckoning

Regdep is correct.
Slight misquotation has come about over the years, as he actually cried out ,
" The Regulars are coming",i.e. regular British soldiers. They were, at the time, all British subjects!
Well done,Regdep.

It will not be 19 hours before you post your riposte, will it, RegDep?

Next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/DSC06112.jpg

It will not be 19 hours before you post your riposte, will it

Not a bad idea, wings. At least I get more air time that way :ok:

Oops

I thought I had got it straight away, but when I was there, the puffin was a metre or so further to the left, so that cannot be it.

I give up.

Well that's a Puffin and no other clue to me.

Flatley Island

A long shot;
Chiswell Islands; Kenai Fjords National Park,Gulf of Alaska?

wings, no that was another puffin.

Wodrick, not Flatley, quite the opposite.

sabredog, not Alaska.

wings, no that was another puffin.

How on earth do you know that?

He swore he has never seen you or even been there at the same time as you.

Greenland?

Not Greenland Sirikit. Not Hawaii either.

He swore he has never seen you or even been there at the same time as you.
Well, he would, since he was palpably guilty of stealing a gull's egg. Never trust the word of honour of a puffin.

Puffin Island?

Process of elimination - Scotland?:O

McPuffin!:p

Process of elimination - Scotland?

Not Scotland, although we have not eliminated all countries mentioned :8

Agree. Never trust a puffin.

I didn't get where I am today trusting puffins.

Iceland, then.

You and your rocks, Reg!:{

Ireland?

c rather than r, wings and Sirikit.

I didn't get where I am today trusting puffins.

Quite opposite, you are.

A bit cryptic, your response, but can I think I was right?

Plain, this once for you, wings:

Iceland, but the opposite side.

Project Puffin - Anywhere here?

http://projectpuffin.org/images/map_big.gif

Well I think you can rule out the Channel Islands, the rock doesn't look right. :8

Sirikit the rock is exactly one dot in your map, and pretty much on the center of weight of the spots.

Beaufort, Sir. Not Channel Islands and not Rockall.

Canada, perhaps?

No, silly.

Faroes?

But wings my son.

Zatzatzat.

Told you Iceland already :bored:

But the other side than Flatley, as told to Wodrick.

You have confused the excretia out of me.

So I got Iceland.

Do you want me to name the rock?

I think it might be called Desmond. Or maybe not.

Follow the continental rift from Flatey and stop before Surtsey.

Edit, corrected spelling of Flatey.

And don't get suffocated while going over Eyjafjallajökull.

Come on guys! This thread cannot be killed by a puffin who even wasn't there :ooh:

Aviation Content Warning!

Take the nearest airport of Flatey, which is Aureyri (BIVM) and an initial heading 204. Fly 164 miles. There is a Rock that sometimes rocks. Ask the natives the way to the most dishonest puffin they know (the all know Desmond). Approach him carefully, he is not to be trusted and has only one thing in his mind. They all have. See the rock? You should.

Lundy has lots of Puffins. The Norwegian for Puffin is Lunde Fugl-how about that!

Vestmannaeyja

Attaboy Wodrick!

Vestmannaeyjar

The place to rock.

All your's Wodrick :ok:

But I have never been there, and refuse to giggle my way through life.

So I could look up your really helpful indications, but I will not.

I like this game.

I like it when somebody recognises the spot, because they have seen it in real life or in photo.

I like it when relatively accessible but perhaps less known sites are posted.

I like it when, as in your most recent challenge, there are geological indicators (or details in the pictures) which allow a degree of deduction..

And I like it when the clues given are indirect but pertinent.

Not got long as food calls (I'm cooking)

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m599/wodrick/scan0141email.jpg

pineridge: Lunni in Finnish and Papagaitaucher (diving parrot) in German.

Been there seen one (he was Desmond's great granpa in 1973). This pic is from my in-laws last summer.

I love this game, too.

Another hotel?

No certainly not a hotel !

Can anyone guess where the number plate registration is?;)

What about the steering wheel?:O

Before I shut down, my e-mail told me that "Regdep" had posted which seems to have been deleted, well 'twas warm although the location was stone cold, which may have been the reason for the deletion.

I'm guessing maybe Singapore?

Looking at the design it's a church. The vehicle is RHD so is ex British colony. The bloke looks a bit Indian so my guess would be India, South Africa or Singers.

Swaziland.

Mbabane possibly.

Alternatively Lesotho, in which case Maseru.

But what the use is, don't know.

Good whatever in your time zone.

All wrong for location, it is a church though, and the Colonial suggestion is right.

St. Michael's and All Angels Church, Sandakan, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (Borneo)

Traced with the registration plate (SA for Kota Kinabalu).

Praise! I gave you that one, Reg!;) I couldn't read the A after the S though! You must have a big magnifying glass!:O

You must have a big magnifying glass!

The funniest thing of all (within a reason, of course :O) is that I tried to enlarge the picture in many ways, but the A was most clear in the original picture, original size. Then just go to Wiki for registration plates and see ex-British colonies. The first that had SA was Malaysia Kota Kinabalu.

Just a note about using Giggle: I don't find myself cheating using newspapers for reading news, either :).

All yours Reg.

Part of Wod's "Wildlife Tour" of Malaysian Borneo, we did the Orangutan thing, saw Turtles and released them into the sea, then they took us here !

Thanks Wodrick. Apparently a place worth visiting.

Here's next

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/g472/RegDep/IMG_3534.jpg

Italian???

Yes, Italian…..

I thought initially it was the ruined town of Campomaggiore Vecchio, Basilicata but that's too ruined.:O

This one is not a town, although it carries the name of the town on the foot of the hill in it's full name. Ruined, a bit yes, but not enough to prevent partying.

ok, which airport?

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j401/Helol2/BKI6.jpg

Helol, just hold your posting until the previous challenge has been solved and called. But please join us in solving it, and then playing along!

Reg

Sirikit, the world is counting on you!

Oops, my apologies. The words bull, china and shop spring to mind.

I am having a lovely tour of Italy, Reg!:O

Just a note about using Giggle: I don't find myself cheating using newspapers for reading news, either :).
Reg,
Just for clarification, it is nothing more than my own preference not to "cheat" as I termed it, by using giggle.

I have no argument with those who choose that aid; it is just that I enjoy the mental exercice involved in either trying to remember where you saw the damned place, or working it out from the contents of the piccie, but using my own knowledge.

I did not intend to be critical. Can I still play, please?

I don't think anyone thought you were not play away

It's just that this is a nice cosy thread andI do not want to evoke shops, bulls and china. You have all had longer than me to evolve an etiquette.

Just courtesy, I suppose.

Remember that? "Courtesy"

If you do, you must be getting as old as me.