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Offline DVT

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6195 on: March 26, 2018, 01:12:28 pm »
Quite correct Nemesis ... it has been used on the Three Castles event in June a few times.  It cannot be used as a full timed blast, there has to be some stop astride lines and cone chicanes to ensure the speeds do not get dangerously high.  I have marshalled at the top of the hilll and it's a wonderful noise as some of the old cars negotiate the tricky bends.

We used to get about 20 cars to the top then stop the timed runs to convoy them down, then run the next batch.  We had radio link between the top and bottom to monitor all the cars.  Most years we had glorious weather although there was one very damp one I recall, not a nice place to be then and not good for the open cars occupants!

In my role as Chief Marshal for four years on the event I have driven up there many times, but not at competitive speed!

Another hillclimb used was the road up to the Marchlyn Lake above Llanberis, choice of two courses there, both equally challenging!


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« Reply #6196 on: March 26, 2018, 06:32:38 pm »
Thanks for the description DVT. It brought back great memories of 'rallying' in my teens, the worst being left to look after the car, a Morris Minor whilst the others went for help after they had 'run out of road'. It was pitch dark on Saddleworth Moor and it wasn't until much later that I found out that I had been left hanging on the edge of a steep cliff. ! My Mother went nuts when I got home. :o
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« Reply #6197 on: April 18, 2018, 04:52:30 pm »
I came across this on a walk today in N Wales.  Where would you see it?

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6198 on: April 18, 2018, 10:19:53 pm »
Perhaps another photo may help?

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« Reply #6199 on: April 19, 2018, 10:38:40 am »
The panels tell you a bit about the area so there may be a few clues there

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« Reply #6200 on: April 19, 2018, 11:51:24 am »
This place at one time had its own fleet of ships?          ???

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« Reply #6201 on: April 19, 2018, 12:59:03 pm »
There are loads of these panels on the railings where the boats moored, here's one more

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6202 on: April 19, 2018, 02:40:36 pm »
Pure guess, Connah's Quay?
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« Reply #6203 on: April 19, 2018, 02:54:34 pm »
A good guess ME but it's not correct .

As they sat in Catchphrase,  say what you see as the clues are there.

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6204 on: April 19, 2018, 04:04:10 pm »
Time for another photo

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6205 on: April 19, 2018, 04:55:00 pm »
Is it somewhere around Point of Ayr or Talacre with the coal mining connection?

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« Reply #6206 on: April 19, 2018, 05:02:53 pm »
Well done Jack, you are spot on.   


The railings are on the spot where the Colliery's own fleet of boats sailed from.     If you saw the spot a few hours before high tide you would wonder how any boats could get there but the tide comes in very quickly there as we found out when we walked past later

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6207 on: April 19, 2018, 09:12:03 pm »
Marking on the buoy is all wrong.

Green on bottom part should be Black.

How did i work that out ?



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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6208 on: April 20, 2018, 10:02:26 am »
Marking on the buoy is all wrong.

Green on bottom part should be Black.

How did i work that out ?
I must confess I hadn't even realised it was a buoy.   I've looked them up since and the top bit suggests it's a South Cardinal Mark.
https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/mariners-information/navigation-buoys/cardinal-marks

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #6209 on: April 20, 2018, 12:02:28 pm »
Marking on the buoy is all wrong.

Green on bottom part should be Black.

How did i work that out ?

Perhaps it's been in the Irish Sea too long, to be sure