kudos, ledge! was this the longest it ever took to solve one?
I'm happy to report the building in pic 1 can indeed be found in the Tower Block UK database that I've been consulting every time a promising-sounding city was mentioned:https://www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/development/ebenezer-square
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 12:34 (one year ago) link
Ah good, glad someone finally got it. What was your path to it, ledge?
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link
clicking through 14 pages (out of 25) of 368 photos tagged 'church with square tower': https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=168441618&page=14
a proper database of uk churches would have been helpful.
― ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 13:43 (one year ago) link
Ha wow, all off the first pic we didn't even need the others!
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 13:52 (one year ago) link
> a proper database of uk churches would have been helpful
i'm pretty sure there is one - i remember reading something about church near home and it was stupidly detailed, like someone had been around and taken notes.
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1153103?section=official-list-entry
"Anglican parish church. C12, C13, late C14, and C15, restored 1889 and 1931, small mid-late C20 extension. Nave; random limestone. Clerestory; coursed squared and finely dressed limestone and sandstone. South porch and tower; large blocks coursed finely dressed limestone. Artificial stone slate roof to chancel. Leaded roof to nave. Red tile roof to C12 nave with C15 clerestory. Nave south wall; two raking buttresses (possibly added C14). Narrow C12 round-headed window with cable moulding at top. Early studded plank door with strap hinges and later fillets within a pointed casement-moulded surround within porch..."
x 10
― koogs, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 18:16 (one year ago) link
no searching via architectural style or features though (looks like the tower block database doesn't have that either.)
― ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link
ledge your go choose rome or paris or something.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
lost city of gold pls
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
atlantis looks a little rough around the edges
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
not as grim as wensley upon heathshire though, at least there are blue skies
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:44 (one year ago) link
brb, googling 3d maps of middle earth.I can post a (real) one tomorrow.
― ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
OMG - someone on Twitter posted a picture of some cobbled street and I googled the shop name in the background to find out where it was and it was only bloody KEIGHLEY, NR BRADFORD! I don't deserve to post on this thread :(
― kinder, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 23:28 (one year ago) link
#1
https://i.imgur.com/nHEdMvC.jpg
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 08:57 (one year ago) link
technical difficulties...
https://i.imgur.com/BbOiVnS.jpg
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:00 (one year ago) link
Kishoreganj, Bangladesh?
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:26 (one year ago) link
thats right
https://www.google.com/maps/@24.4399936,90.7760848,3a,75y,130.04h,87.93t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPu5O6yQc0GDTvZHbV-F2t1mKHZ4HsCK98Kmexk!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPu5O6yQc0GDTvZHbV-F2t1mKHZ4HsCK98Kmexk%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya154.02943-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:35 (one year ago) link
wtf!
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:36 (one year ago) link
lol nice
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:36 (one year ago) link
i officially retire in perpetuity from setting these, it's back to you cherry blossom.
also, how?
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:37 (one year ago) link
I didn't guess the city, zelda zonk did, I'd never even heard of it!
I just went to a satellite map of the city and went to where the water was
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:38 (one year ago) link
lol
― StanM, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:40 (one year ago) link
Bit of a cheat really. I put the pic into Google lens which threw up other pics of watch towers, one of which was remarkably similar looking...
I don't have time right now to post a pic, if someone else wants to have a go you're welcome, otherwise I'll post something tomorrow.
Love this long running game btw, thanks to cherry blossom for keeping it ticking over...
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:41 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/VYcXFK3/nottingham.jpg
🤔
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 05:13 (one year ago) link
Monrovia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@6.319949,-10.8019046,3a,75y,220.35h,96.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMCMdcpTgyHm3e0iPwtnSax1t9wKSwkhN0fwkUs!2e10!3e11!7i7680!8i3840
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 08:16 (one year ago) link
what gave it away?
― StanM, Monday, 7 November 2022 08:43 (one year ago) link
I snipped those two distincitve tall buildings and put them into Google Lens, it was the first hit
I'm not so into setting these so someone else can kindly proceed
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 08:49 (one year ago) link
Hmmmm, is Google lens ruining our game? I suggest the next person who puts one up checks first that there's no obvious google lens giveaway
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 7 November 2022 08:52 (one year ago) link
Or we just agree not to use it.
― ledge, Monday, 7 November 2022 08:53 (one year ago) link
Or we just agree that it's a perfectly fair way to get the answer.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:14 (one year ago) link
we've been reverse image searching bits of these photos for years
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:15 (one year ago) link
we have? :-)
― StanM, Monday, 7 November 2022 09:21 (one year ago) link
I haven't! I assumed it was CHEATING!
― kinder, Monday, 7 November 2022 09:39 (one year ago) link
Other than the previous two cities, I feel like this hasn't played much of a role? Keighley took 4 photos, and feels like most of the previous cities took some time to get also
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:43 (one year ago) link
For the most part it feels uncommon for a city to get guessed quickly, these being something of an exception. Maybe because two in a row?
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:44 (one year ago) link
Still seems like a bit of a cheat to just go 'computer, where is this city?'
― ledge, Monday, 7 November 2022 09:50 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/BgtZtKp/Screenshot-2022-11-07-at-11-22-18.png
🤔 II
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 10:29 (one year ago) link
Well google lens is certainly no help! Pretty thin selection of beer in this cafe. The balloons give me an Asian vibe but any script I can see looks Latin. The packets of stuff on the counter look a bit Italian.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 7 November 2022 11:26 (one year ago) link
The window appears to say gelado or perhaps helado - portuguese/spanish?
― ledge, Monday, 7 November 2022 11:36 (one year ago) link
the Pilsen beer brand is Paraguayan
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 11:40 (one year ago) link
Ulaanbaatar
The S to the right of the fridge is the logo of the cafe.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 11:45 (one year ago) link
(on the other hand it's also ripped off from the Sistema Espresso logo so this might be a dead end)
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 11:47 (one year ago) link
nope, it appears to be a Spanish (I think) brand of Italian coffee https://www.esecafe.com
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 12:00 (one year ago) link
Found an importer and seller in Paraguay, so more chance of that being there than the beer making it out. Plus I think the window says Helado Gratis and Paraguay has a free ice cream day.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:20 (one year ago) link
Amandau might be the ice cream chain based on orange
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:23 (one year ago) link
Paraguay has a free ice cream day
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:25 (one year ago) link
Amandau staff wear the exact same outfit (orange/brown) - however, there are many branches in Asunción alone
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
https://amandau.com.py/nuestros-locales
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:35 (one year ago) link
they had over 190 branches in the country in 2017 - this could potentially also be a copycat parlour, don’t see the Amandau logo anywhere - also would they even sell beer?
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
Lonely guy just thinking baout Paraguayan ice cream parlours
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 14:05 (one year ago) link
gotta say i think going straight to google lens or whatever is a bit of a hack... i was only comfortable doing it when we had been stuck on that same mud flat pic for like two weeks
― micah, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 13:02 (one year ago) link