Where was I? Vol 2

[durbster]

In case anyone's wondering, that London Bridge is in Australia along the Great Ocean Road.

[Amateurish]

Looks train related, 49 miles from somewhere. How about the location of the great train robbery? On the WCML near Hemel?

[The Don of Croy]

thismonkeyhere said:

The Don of Croy said:

Burlington bunker, Corsham?

It is.

Apologies...got distracted by work! No excuse etc.

[The Don of Croy]

peter tdci said:

Ooh, can I have a go? I got the last one, but I thought that it was now known as London Arch?

Anyway, not very exotic and maybe a bit nerdy?

Some patch of scrubland near a railway?

[thismonkeyhere]

Amateurish said:

Looks train related, 49 miles from somewhere. How about the location of the great train robbery? On the WCML near Hemel?

That sign looks like it is a cutting, but didn't the GTR happen mostly on an embankment (or whatever the opposite of a cutting is)?

That said, I cna't offer a better suggestion. Cna't even think of a significant railway location to have a wild stab.

[thismonkeyhere]

By a wild combination of research, deduction and pure guesswork, I think it is Bletchley Park.

Why I think this:

Educated guesswork: LE is London Euston the C and the 1 I have no idea about so could mean I am talking bks.

Only interesting thing I could find on the map roughly 50 miles up the WCML from Euston = Bletchley Park.

Feel free to ridicule my nonsense.

[durbster]

I'm going to go with somewhere along the Great Central Railway from Loughborough. My deduction is based on it being the only notable railway line I know of, and that LEC could mean Leicestershire...

Regards,
Columbo

[Bonefish Blues]

durbster said:

I'm going to go with somewhere along the Great Central Railway from Loughborough. My deduction is based on it being the only notable railway line I know of, and that LEC could mean Leicestershire...

Regards,
Columbo

Was the thought that occurred to me, too, perhaps where the Top Gear crew filmed the XJS on rails?

[peter tdci]

thismonkeyhere said:

By a wild combination of research, deduction and pure guesswork, I think it is Bletchley Park.

Why I think this:

Educated guesswork: LE is London Euston the C and the 1 I have no idea about so could mean I am talking bks.

Only interesting thing I could find on the map roughly 50 miles up the WCML from Euston = Bletchley Park.

Feel free to ridicule my nonsense.

Not Bletchley Park, but not far away! I didn't say it was interesting!

[Jos Notstoppen]

Flying Scotsman related?

Is it the place where the highest speed was recorded by a steam train?

[Bonefish Blues]

peter tdci said:

Not Bletchley Park, but not far away! I didn't say it was interesting!

Dull railway cutting somewhere in the South Midlands?

Is it a live railway of a railway centre like Bucks Railway Centre?

[peter tdci]

Jos Notstoppen said:

Flying Scotsman related?

Is it the place where the highest speed was recorded by a steam train?

It is on a main line, but not the one where the speed records was set.

It's an embarrassingly mundane location, but I thought that there might be some railway types here who could place the sign. The logic behind the Bletchley Park guess was correct.

[furtive]

Somewhere near Milton Keynes? Is it where the concrete cows are or something like that?

[peter tdci]

furtive said:

Somewhere near Milton Keynes? Is it where the concrete cows are or something like that?

I think that's close enough, I don't want to prolong it!

I was on a train from Euston to Manchester and it stopped at Milton Keynes Central station. The sign was alongside my window!

Over to you...

[bridgdav]

No movement over the weekend, here's one to be going on with..

[Bonefish Blues]

Daytona Beach?

[bridgdav]

Bonefish Blues said:

Daytona Beach?

Nope

[anonymous-user]

Long Beach? Laguna? Baja?

(Exhausts knowledge of CA beaches and environs and is clearly pure guesswork...)

[v15ben]

Pendine Sands?

[Bonefish Blues]

v15ben said:

Pendine Sands?

...was my second guess