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MadWelshie

Guess the Location

Base any photos of any location in and around Scotland only

We start here with this place



Where is snowy scene?
peter kemp

Caledonian canal, Neptunes Staircase at Banavie with Ben Nevis in distance , jist a guess.
MadWelshie

Well done, your turn  
peter kemp

What is the riverside in far distance called.
MadWelshie

Is it around Glasgow?
peter kemp

Yes right in middle
MadWelshie

Where is this sunset taken?



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BoB

Scotland      

Oh, you want me to be a bit more accurate!!!!      
Wee John

bobaroo wrote:
Scotland      

Oh, you want me to be a bit more accurate!!!!      


North Scotland        
BoB

Might even be the West Coast      
Wee John

Their again could be the East Coast.          
MadWelshie

It might also be South  
Wee John

mwl wrote:
It might also be South  


Eh ir in the middle.              
MadWelshie

Let me put you out of yer misery

Sunset at Morar, Camusdarach Beach
Wee John

mwl wrote:
Let me put you out of yer misery

Sunset at Morar, Camusdarach Beach



     Tah Affae Much.    
BoB

Come on then!  Another photo, make it easier this time  
MadWelshie

okay keep yer kilt on  



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scottybee

Caerlaverock Castle ?
MadWelshie

Aye yer right.    
Wee John

mwl wrote:
Aye yer right.    


Guid on yi scottybee.      
scottybee

Ta WJ & mwl




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Scottybee.
Wee John

Fort William
scottybee

sorry WJ but your HOT





:8-0:
Wee John

Fort Augustus  

A Shop on the Hill their had braw Puddin Suppers.        
scottybee

nope


clue...the name of this place was in before.
peter kemp

Neptunes staircase at Banavie.
scottybee

Sorry no
peter kemp

It's the Crinan canal for me.
Away from the wild foaming sea.
Those big ocean breakers wid gie ye the shakers.
It's the Crinan canal for me.............................................
scottybee

That's not it either unless there is two names.  
BoB

Is it somewhere on the Caledonian Canal?
scottybee

bobaroo wrote:
Is it somewhere on the Caledonian Canal?



DING DING DING we have a winner!

Caledonian Canal it is your up bobaroo
BoB

Far aboots is it though?

Anyway, I will go and find a photae  
BoB

Where is it?



No.  Blowing up the signs don't work  
MadWelshie

Erm is it Scottyland  
Wee John

A Park Someplace
MadWelshie

In a forest Somewhere
BoB

It is in Scotland.
It is in a Park.
It is in a forest.

You should be able to find it in most of the tourist sites that cover the Cairngorms National Park.

If you have a very keen eye you might spot the place in the photo in the background.  Might take you a while to find it though  

http://www.visitaviemore.com/attractions

Sorry I didn't reply earlier but was ill  
MadWelshie

 
BoB

Have you found it yet?
MadWelshie

Nope!!   Im still thinking  
BoB

Look on the link and have a look around.
MadWelshie

Landmark Forest Adventure Park
BoB

That was quick!

Your turn  
MadWelshie

I got good eyesight
MadWelshie

for us hill walkers where is this beautiful place


MadWelshie

Its somewhere in Scotland
BoB

Grampians
MadWelshie

nope
BoB

Cairngorms?
MadWelshie

Nope

Highland where a mutual friend works
peter kemp

A Wild guess The Fannchs and Deargs  An Teallach up around Loch Broom  Dundonell and Ullapool area
MadWelshie

Erm I thought the photo was around Ben Nevis area - is that close by where you said Peter Kemp?
peter kemp

UUooh I was jut having wild guess. If it was around Ben Nevis you would know the Ben straight away.
MadWelshie

Ok thank you.

Perhaps you would like to set the next picture?
peter kemp

What and Where
MadWelshie

Robert the Bruce?
peter kemp

OK correct... but where?????
MadWelshie

Union Terrace Aberdeen
peter kemp

Nope
MadWelshie

Stirling
peter kemp

Corrrrrrreeeecttttt your turn...
MadWelshie

Ok  

What famous horse is this and where




BoB

Red Rum?  Just a guess!  
MadWelshie

yes but where?
BoB

mwl wrote:
yes but where?


How would I know, I was lucky with the guess      
MadWelshie

Look it up - its on a race track  
peter kemp

Ayr??
MadWelshie

No its in englandshire
torryloon73

methinks it's in Scouseland...at Aintree ???
MadWelshie

   Correct
MadWelshie

Where is this place


MadWelshie

Ok This is the Stirling Star pyramid.


Quote:
utside the church is the Valley Cemetery. In past times was the site of jousting tournaments and markets. The Cemetery has a Pyramid, built by William Drummond in 1863.

William Drummond was a land surveyor and nurseryman whose immediate descendants were a well known family in Stirling. They were responsible for a wide range of activities both locally and nationally. These included the establishment of an agricultural museum in the 1830's, an extensive seed and nursery business, exploration in Africa and the Drummond Tract Enterprise, the foremost 19th century publisher of religious pamphlets.  William was the eldest son of the well-known Stirling family which included Peter Drummond and his nephew Henry. He was one of the instigators of the Valley Cemetery and his obsession with religion can be seen in the Martyrs' Monument and the Star Pyramid (also known as Salem Rock).

He commissioned the Star Pyramid from William Barclay in 1863 - note the white marble Bibles incorporated by Barclay round the base of the edifice and the names of religious tracts (published by his brother Peter's "Drummond Tract Enterprise").  The Pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom in the cause of civil and religious liberty in Scotland. William planted a Pleasure Garden round the Pyramid, complete with trees and plants. He also paid for five of the six statues seen in various parts of the graveyard and donated trees to be planted round the National Wallace Monument.

This area was laid out as a public pleasure ground by local nurseryman and evangelist, William Drummond. The Star Pyramid, with its texts and emblems, was nearing completion in April 1863, when a bible and the Confession of faith were sealed into a chamber within the structure. It recalls the principles of the Reformation and publicised the famous Drummond Tract Enterprises.

The pyramid is on a raised plinth of 4 steps and has a set of steps leading to it. Each of the faces are very similar. On one face is a circular marble plaque, the text of which is very worn and some of the lower part is readable.

Each of the sides has (from bottom to top):
   ▪  sunken relief text with a reference to verses from the Psalms:
       ▫  Union Banner, XLV CIII
       ▫  Rock of Ages, XCV
       ▫  Covenant Rest, CXXXII CXLV
       ▫  Thrown of Right, XCVI XCVII          
   ▪  marble bible
   ▪  carved circular rosette
   ▪  thistle
   ▪  crown


Look here
MadWelshie

Does anyone want to do another guess the location?
eloise




It's in the South West of England.
MadWelshie

I have not a clue  
eloise

It is Alfreds Tower in Wiltshire.

Alfred’s Tower

In the mid-18th century, a renewed interest in the Middle Ages led to a Gothic revival and the fashion to idolise past heroes.

King Alfred is known for defeating the invading Danes at the battle of Edington. It is this victory which Henry Hoare II sought to commemorate by constructing the triangular redbrick Alfred's Tower, beginning in 1762.

Lying 2 miles north-west of the garden, the 50m high Tower stands on the spot where in 879AD the King raised his standard after emerging from hiding.

The Saxon King Alfred was commonly revered by the British; for it was believed that they inherited their freedom from their Saxon ancestors.

The stone tablet above the door on the east face of the tower reads:

ALFRED THE GREAT
AD 879 on this Summit
Erected his Standard
Against Danish Invaders
To him We owe The Origin of Juries
The Establishment of a Militia
The Creation of a Naval Force
ALFRED The Light of a Benighted Age
Was a Philosopher and a Christian
The Father of his People
The Founder of the English
MONARCHY and LIBERTY


The plane crash

On 10th July 1944 a military plane heading for Zeals Airfield and carrying five American airmen flew into the conical roof of the turret in thick fog.  The plane crashed and all five occupants were killed.  This website previously described the plane as being a de Havilland Norseman, but we now believe it was a Noorduyn C-64A Norseman, a Canadian design built under licence by the Americans.  The 1948 and 1951 editions of the Stourhead guidebook, published by Country Life for the National Trust,  state: "Owing to war damage the Tower is dangerous and cannot be open to the public at present".  However the writer of the guide, James Lees-Milne, tantalises the reader by describing the view from the top of the tower: "...the panorama embracing Salisbury Plain, the Blackmore Vale bounded by the Dorset Downs, and the levels of Sedge Moor is one of unending trees and fields of English green".  The turret was repaired in the 1986.  On the display board inside the tower there is a photograph of the new cone being lifted into place by a Royal Navy helicopter (NB in late March 2003, when the tower was reopened for the 2003 season, this photograph had been removed from display - we shall see whether it reappears later).

PS I have climbed to the top, the views are lovely
MadWelshie

Thank you.  Would you like to post another one for us    
MadWelshie



Where would you find this bridge?
MadWelshie

It was in Ayr.  
BoB

MadWelshie

Anyone else wish to post a picture or should I remove this thread

Your thoughts please?
albatora

Where is this?

torryloon73

Scotland !!  
albatora

torryloon73 wrote:
Scotland !!  


You're on the right trail  
MadWelshie

Is it one of the Islands or the mainland?
albatora

Mainland  
MadWelshie

Is it near Aberdeen
albatora

Not too far from Aberdeen  
MadWelshie

Nairn area?
albatora

South of Aberdeen  
MadWelshie

Stonehaven?
albatora

Getting closer  

Got to go to scholl now, to pick up the wee fella, so you should have it by the time I get back  
MadWelshie

arbroath
albatora

 Go North  
MadWelshie

Montrose
albatora

More North  
MadWelshie

Johnshaven
albatora

Now you are really close  
eloise

Oban ?
MadWelshie

Gourdon

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