Lockdown non-touring quiz

[andrew_s]

Yes.
Have you ridden up it?

[Cyril Haearn]

No, not sure if that is even allowed, walked there often enough, the most beautiful place
I did cycle to the top of the Worcestershire Beacon once

Posted this before, no right answers

Queer tractor thing

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What savoury vegetable is being harvested by migrant labourers here?

[Mark S]

What savoury vegetable is being harvested by migrant labourers here?

Pickles?

[Cyril Haearn]

What savoury vegetable is being harvested by migrant labourers here?

Pickles?

Right again, pickling cucumbers, the contraption is called a Gurkenflieger, cucumber flier, made of a tractor with two 'wings', it is driven slowly over the field, the workers lie on the wings and put the cucumbers on a conveyor, hard work

Over to you

[Mark S]

Where was this former youth hostel?

[Mark S]

I guess the hostel is a bit obscure given it closed some time ago and more recently the site has been redeveloped, unless you happen to have stayed there of course.

So here’s a clue so someone else can have a go:

The location is home second largest spire In Britain, after Salisbury.

[jgurney]

I guess the hostel is a bit obscure given it closed some time ago and more recently the site has been redeveloped, unless you happen to have stayed there of course.

So here’s a clue: The location is home second largest spire In Britain, after Salisbury.

Assuming St Pauls is not counted as a spire (although technically there is one on top of the it's dome), that would mean Liverpool Cathedral.
Apart from the two current Liverpool YH's, the first of which opened in 1997, there was one located at Mulberry Court, Oxford Street, which both opened and closed in 1984, and so despite it's location could count as obscure due to it's short lifespan. Is that it- Liverpool (Mulberry Court)?

[Cyril Haearn]

Norwich?

[Mark S]

Norwich?

Correct, well done. I believe St Paul’s and Liverpool maybe higher but I was referring to the size of the spire. Back to you Cyril.

[Cyril Haearn]

I guessed Norwich actually, never been there
This monstrous holy building is bigger, at least higher, even than Salisbury cathedral. It is in a 'double town'

Where is it, how many steps lead to the viewing platform not far from the top?

[rotavator]

I googled it in a few minutes but I won't spoil the fun just yet....

[Bonefishblues]

I reckon between 3 & 4 secs to do it (but I'm not sure why Google was so unaccountably slow, seemed to churn for a while?)

[jgurney]

I guessed Norwich actually, never been there

I have, I stayed two nights there, but didn't recognise it

[Cyril Haearn]

I googled it in a few minutes but I won't spoil the fun just yet....

Took me more than a couple of minutes to ascend the xxx steps
There is an unusual modern library nearby, if anyone needs a clue

[andrew_s]

Having recognised Ulmer Münster, as a result of googling for Norwich spire earlier (which I would have posted but I checked my watch and realised I had other priorities), I'll reveal that the answer is 768 steps.

Assuming that wikipedia is correct, where's this?