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Offline Yorkie

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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2685 on: May 21, 2013, 05:38:58 pm »
Bell Rock Lighthouse
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2686 on: May 21, 2013, 05:42:22 pm »
No, not right this time Yorkie.


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« Reply #2687 on: May 21, 2013, 05:48:37 pm »
With approx 90 lighthouses in England, I think I'll need a clue for this one.    ZXZ
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« Reply #2688 on: May 21, 2013, 07:01:32 pm »
It's one of the other ones!  ;D  ££$
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« Reply #2689 on: May 21, 2013, 07:32:05 pm »
Looks like it is Hoad Monument, Ulverston, England
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« Reply #2690 on: May 21, 2013, 07:55:52 pm »
Ah! A replica of the third Eddistone Lighthouse, no wonder I was confused!  Great quiz item.   :D
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« Reply #2691 on: May 21, 2013, 08:51:52 pm »
Well done ME. I couldn't trick you then!

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« Reply #2692 on: May 21, 2013, 09:48:57 pm »
I had assistance from my good friend Mr Googleimages!  ;D
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« Reply #2693 on: May 22, 2013, 12:34:46 am »
Isn't Bell Rock lighthouse many miles out in the middle of the Atlantic Yorkie?

I saw a brilliant documentary about how they built it.  Brave, brave men...
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2694 on: May 22, 2013, 07:08:42 am »
Perhaps the tide was out when the picture was taken!  :laugh:
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« Reply #2695 on: May 22, 2013, 07:38:43 am »
I was  certainly a few miles off course but it was the first one that came into my head!  And that's got a few dents and holes in it nowadays!     ;D
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« Reply #2696 on: May 22, 2013, 03:48:58 pm »
Funny place for a lighthouse!
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« Reply #2697 on: May 22, 2013, 07:07:31 pm »
Not really so funny!   Not if you're a sailing person.  Many a fine lighthouse is placed on land that is some distance from the water.  They are used to give a bearing to the navigator and warn of danger, not as a homing beacon!  My favourite is North Foreland as it guards against the treacherous Goodwin Sands and is a homely sight before entering the Thames Estuary towards London (when I lived there).

The tallest land based lighthouse is North Ronaldsay in Scotland.
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2698 on: May 31, 2013, 06:21:25 pm »
Where was I during this week ?
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Re: Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)
« Reply #2699 on: May 31, 2013, 10:00:57 pm »
  As most of you know I don't enter the quiz arena very often.

   BecauseI'm no goo at them.

   But to me this looks a bit like part of Clovelly in Devon