Where Was I 21/3

[funtimefreddie]

Name of museum at all? I seem to be up north

[Etch]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/travel/where-was-i/

I did find it quite difficult to get into this week. Any ideas/thoughts about the various "clues"?

[Chinajan]

Possibly:

Ceramics collection at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, part of Aberystwyth University.

The park, I think, will be the former Plas Penglais, now Parc Natur Penglais, where rare plants were apparently collected. The profligate former owner would have been High Sheriff Roderick Richardes.

http://orapweb.rcahms.gov.uk/coflein/C/CPG164.pdf

[Etch]

Chinajan - the setting for this week's puzzle is not in Wales
funtimefreddie - I can nudge you in the right direction if you give me an idea of where your thoughts have led you so far

[Chinajan]

Have you got the correct answer Etch? Can you give us a clue?

[Buenchico]

I've not bothered with working my way through it all but I simply copied "ancient ceramics and jewellery in a campus museum" from my screen and bunged it into Google.

The first link offered looked interesting, so I pulled up the location on Google Maps, which showed abbey ruins nearby, conveniently located just over a river.

A bit more googling found that the same town was once home to a biscuit factory that employed 6000 people.

I'm not guaranteeing that I was on the right track but it looks like a strong possibility to me.

[Etch]

It just goes to show you can be too clever when it comes to googling - I tried searching on [campus museum "ancient ceramics" "jewelry" uk], which was no use whatsoever! But in the end I still got to the location that Buenchico seems to have found.

[Chinajan]

Was it the same one you were thinking of Etch? I think I've found the biscuit factory and museum but I've not yet located the rare plant park and its profligate owner.

[Etch]

Chinajan - the rare plant park forms the campus of the university that is home to the museum - sounds like 2 similarly coloured chess pieces.

[Chinajan]

Ah yes, got it - thanks. And to Chris.

OP - have you got it now? You can change the best answer.

[funtimefreddie]

hi Etch..I was edging towards reading

[funtimefreddie]

got it ta!!!! thanks to etch

[LouSwire]

You're not reading the clues properly.

[funtimefreddie]

all good ta

[TedUB55AW]

As I wasn't 'reading' it right, I hadn't thought that Gilderoy Lockhart may have gone to two schools, so I spent a long time in another country. Thanks Sean