Where was I? Vol 3

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Saleen836

11,061 posts

208 months

Monday 6th August 2018
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Lincolnshire?

Kenty

5,029 posts

174 months

Monday 6th August 2018
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Saleen836 said:
Lincolnshire?
Yes to Lincs, getting warmer!

Bonefish Blues

26,443 posts

222 months

Monday 6th August 2018
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Stately home?

Kenty

5,029 posts

174 months

Monday 6th August 2018
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Banks did live in a stately home, Revesby, but not what i’m after.
The clue to the place i’m after is the gardens mentioned.

Wiccan of Darkness

1,837 posts

82 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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So it IS Mr Fydell's garden then. All we need to know is who was Mr Fydell and where did he live?

SlackBladder

2,579 posts

202 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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Wiccan of Darkness said:
So it IS Mr Fydell's garden then. All we need to know is who was Mr Fydell and where did he live?
Forgot to ask, what gave you the earthquake clue in my previous post with the hot air balloons?

Rosscow

8,723 posts

162 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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Wiccan of Darkness said:
So it IS Mr Fydell's garden then. All we need to know is who was Mr Fydell and where did he live?
In Mr Fydell's House, I presume!

Kenty

5,029 posts

174 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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Quite sure it has stalled a bit and probably time to move on.
I think Rosscow should carry on as the answer is the Garden of Fydell house, Boston.
Banks was a recorder for Boston and lived close by at Revesby manor. Fydell house is a lovely building next to the Guildhall.
Good guessing everyone!

Bonefish Blues

26,443 posts

222 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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I walked past the bloody thing only a couple of months ago when I had a potter around whilst staying at Swineshead overnight.

Typical eh, I can recognise things thousands of miles away, but when it comes to something under my nose...

Wiccan of Darkness

1,837 posts

82 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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SlackBladder said:
Wiccan of Darkness said:
So it IS Mr Fydell's garden then. All we need to know is who was Mr Fydell and where did he live?
Forgot to ask, what gave you the earthquake clue in my previous post with the hot air balloons?
It was the plethora of overhead cables and wires. Normally, domestic supplies for telephones, electric, broadband etc are routed using cables buried underground. In earthquake zones, subterranean cables will snap each time the earth moves, so to avoid having hundreds of miles of electric, telephone and communication cables snap each time there's a quake, they're all suspended in the air. Makes it easier to reconnect supplies after each earthquake.

Compare these two neighbourhoods. Random San Francisco street

And A random street in New York Manhatten

(probably not the best comparison as the US do tend to prefer overhead cabling, but you get the idea)

It's not region specific, but a more generalised notion that areas of tectonic activity sling their saggy cables above ground.

Here's a random street from Kobe, Japan

Note the electricity pylons above ground, along with telephone and communications. A well developed nation like Japan certainly has the ability to bury their urban electricity cables, but obviously they don't, due to the regional tectonic activity.

Another from Kobe

Random street in Dusseldorf

As I say, not a hard and fast rule, but for generalisation purposes it works well

Kenty

5,029 posts

174 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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Wiccan of Darkness said:
It was the plethora of overhead cables and wires. Normally, domestic supplies for telephones, electric, broadband etc are routed using cables buried underground. In earthquake zones, subterranean cables will snap each time the earth moves, so to avoid having hundreds of miles of electric, telephone and communication cables snap each time there's a quake, they're all suspended in the air. Makes it easier to reconnect supplies after each earthquake.

Compare these two neighbourhoods. Random San Francisco street

And A random street in New York Manhatten

(probably not the best comparison as the US do tend to prefer overhead cabling, but you get the idea)

It's not region specific, but a more generalised notion that areas of tectonic activity sling their saggy cables above ground.

Here's a random street from Kobe, Japan

Note the electricity pylons above ground, along with telephone and communications. A well developed nation like Japan certainly has the ability to bury their urban electricity cables, but obviously they don't, due to the regional tectonic activity.

Another from Kobe

Random street in Dusseldorf

As I say, not a hard and fast rule, but for generalisation purposes it works well
This exactly what happened in Christchurch NZ. After the earthquake all the buried services were destroyed, gas/electricity/telephone/internet/ sewer/water. It is costing $40billion and will probably never be completed. We went 2 years after and again 6 years - progress in repairing is very very slow. It was slightly better but a lot of plots are useless now due to liquefaction.

Rosscow

8,723 posts

162 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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Try this one guys:


Vaud

50,287 posts

154 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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Corfu?

Rosscow

8,723 posts

162 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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Yes.....

Vaud

50,287 posts

154 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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Rosscow said:
Yes.....
I have no idea where though. Not the tourist stuff on the east coast... so maybe in the north? It was a lucky guess, it looked Greek from the building styles, etc

thebraketester

14,191 posts

137 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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Vaud said:
Corfu?
Bloody hell.... that is impressive

Rosscow

8,723 posts

162 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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We have to be a bit more accurate than that, though!

alfie2244

11,292 posts

187 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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I had to take a double look at the 2 guys in shorts eek

Fluffsri

3,161 posts

195 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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alfie2244 said:
I had to take a double look at the 2 guys in shorts eek
Hahaha

Rosscow

8,723 posts

162 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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alfie2244 said:
I had to take a double look at the 2 guys in shorts eek
laughlaugh
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