Lockdown non-touring quiz

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Ceffyl haearn I think?
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Mike Sales wrote:Ceffyl haearn I think?

Ceffyl haearn is cycle

This is rheilffordd bach yn orsaf fawr, a little train in a big (standard gauge) station, there are not so many of those
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Cyril Haearn wrote:
Mike Sales wrote:Ceffyl haearn I think?

Ceffyl haearn is cycle

This is rheilffordd bach yn orsaf fawr, a little train in a big (standard gauge) station, there are not so many of those


It also translates as Iron Horse, which in English can mean railway engine: I was trying a little joke.
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Mike Sales wrote:
Cyril Haearn wrote:
Mike Sales wrote:Ceffyl haearn I think?

Ceffyl haearn is cycle

This is rheilffordd bach yn orsaf fawr, a little train in a big (standard gauge) station, there are not so many of those


It also translates as Iron Horse, which in English can mean railway engine: I was trying a little joke.

Makes sense, explains why I love cycles and trains :wink:
Going for a trip on a draisine soon, a sort of cycle on rails
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Cyril Haearn wrote:Makes sense, explains why I love cycles and trains :wink:
Going for a trip on a draisine soon, a sort of cycle on rails


Should be fun.
Does "draisine" have any association with "draisienne" I wonder?
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Blaenau Ffestiniog?
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A bit of a wild guess: Fairbourne. If not, I suspect it is somewhere else in Wales.
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Both wrong, there are many more Great Little Trains :wink:
Tis in Wales of course
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Llanuwchllyn, Bala Lake Railway?
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Right, it is a narrow-gauge line on the standard gauge formation, part of the line from Ruabon - Barmouth Junction
The Corwen - Llangollen section is used by standard gauge steam trains
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Here's another one for you :
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PT1029 wrote:Here's another one for you :


The church at Long Compton, Oxfordshire, near the Rollright Stones.
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Yes! I'll have to make them harder, I have one in mind if/when I have another go.
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This lonely hostel was a welcome refuge. Where is it?

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Looking at the field boundary wall, I'd say sort of Wales/Pennines/Scotland (as opposed to Cotswolds/Chilterns/South of England).
Not that precise a guess, but you have to start somewhere!
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