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Ah yes, very familiar territory this morning - have visited the 'stark-looking' house (and most of his other work). Very easy questions, though; the name of the ruined castle or the cave would have been trickier....
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As you say, GG, very, very familiar, this week!
Had the puzzler not taken the left turn to view the 2073 ft peak and continued up the road a bit, he would have found himself back in the place which featured in an earlier competition where some ancients went "keel hauling," so to speak.
I also liked the attempt to thwart "easy identification" of the actress via the so called attribution of her cinematic debut. Still, judging by the rest of her career and credits, "the girl done good," as did the lass who took part in some of the TV engineer's experimental broadcasts.
Nice touch, I thought, to include part of a railway network specifically, so you could go to the foot of your stairs and mark off another "Beeching Closure" on t' map.
Unless she used a "nom de plume," in her entry, it appears that Tilly did not cop for the prize from last week - so, sadly, no cream tea invitation!
Wonder what's in store for us next Sunday?
Had the puzzler not taken the left turn to view the 2073 ft peak and continued up the road a bit, he would have found himself back in the place which featured in an earlier competition where some ancients went "keel hauling," so to speak.
I also liked the attempt to thwart "easy identification" of the actress via the so called attribution of her cinematic debut. Still, judging by the rest of her career and credits, "the girl done good," as did the lass who took part in some of the TV engineer's experimental broadcasts.
Nice touch, I thought, to include part of a railway network specifically, so you could go to the foot of your stairs and mark off another "Beeching Closure" on t' map.
Unless she used a "nom de plume," in her entry, it appears that Tilly did not cop for the prize from last week - so, sadly, no cream tea invitation!
Wonder what's in store for us next Sunday?
Hi F. Alas, that much-used railway map is England only - had to fold over Scotland when I had it framed!
Shame this week's was answerable without even having to follow the route: I think around Christmas time he usually does one where he can magically 'fly' and go to places that are really far apart; I remember being totally stumped one year, as there were six or seven questions to answer, not the usual two. But back in the day, I'm sure his description of his journey was much longer, and the puzzle more fun as it was trickier....
Shame this week's was answerable without even having to follow the route: I think around Christmas time he usually does one where he can magically 'fly' and go to places that are really far apart; I remember being totally stumped one year, as there were six or seven questions to answer, not the usual two. But back in the day, I'm sure his description of his journey was much longer, and the puzzle more fun as it was trickier....
Then . . . . Tilly . . . all I can say is that you were jolly unlucky not to have had you entry pulled out of the hat esp since that precis frock you got would have been the perfect number to wear at that Hotel!
Never mind, did you get and did you submit the answers this week or did the G.E. cramp your calligraphy?
Never mind, did you get and did you submit the answers this week or did the G.E. cramp your calligraphy?
so . . . did you deduce anything from the preceding text to establish the location. . .
The roll call of famous people associated with this seaside town is impressive. A television engineer (30 lines, 10 times a second) was born here, as was an actor in 1890; fame came though Bubbly in 1917. An actress also lived here as a young child. She made her cinematic debut in Contraband in 1940. And let’s not forget the architect (born 1868) who designed almost everything about this rather stark-looking 1902 house. The building, the interior, the furnishings, the decor… nearly all his work.
Leaving town, a six-mile drive northeast takes me to a lake whose shoreline totals 96 miles. There I head north. Two miles later, I pass a ruined 16th-century castle, occupied until 1770. Its walls are 7ft thick.
The road hugs the shore and, as I drive on, I glimpse, a mile from the castle and just offshore, an islet — perhaps 30yd across. Somewhere beneath its wooded canopy is a second ruined castle of 16th-century origin.
Seven northerly miles later, I turn left. The road leads to a sea inlet, literally Ship Lake?
The roll call of famous people associated with this seaside town is impressive. A television engineer (30 lines, 10 times a second) was born here, as was an actor in 1890; fame came though Bubbly in 1917. An actress also lived here as a young child. She made her cinematic debut in Contraband in 1940. And let’s not forget the architect (born 1868) who designed almost everything about this rather stark-looking 1902 house. The building, the interior, the furnishings, the decor… nearly all his work.
Leaving town, a six-mile drive northeast takes me to a lake whose shoreline totals 96 miles. There I head north. Two miles later, I pass a ruined 16th-century castle, occupied until 1770. Its walls are 7ft thick.
The road hugs the shore and, as I drive on, I glimpse, a mile from the castle and just offshore, an islet — perhaps 30yd across. Somewhere beneath its wooded canopy is a second ruined castle of 16th-century origin.
Seven northerly miles later, I turn left. The road leads to a sea inlet, literally Ship Lake?
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