5. Cattle Crossing (could it be Hereford)?
8 The alphabetical value of 13
11 Sounds like a fabulous mount in a cowboy film
12 No showers here
14 Salty poems upset on the downs
26 17 sounds like part of London
23 Together with a short mackintosh they were a popular group
30 Maybe its the rescue truck that pulls your broken down car.
The 13th letter in the alphabet 1s M and there is a town in Hampshire called Emsworth - could this be the answer? Still need answers to 26 and 30 please.