I'm starting to think old airfield after all
― StanM, Thursday, 10 June 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
those plants don't look very northern to me. trying to think of somewhere grim and railway oriented in the SW.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 10 June 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
> the cast iron fencing seems odd for a railway
God's Wonderful Railings:
https://www.google.com/search?q=gwr+railings&tbm=isch
― koogs, Thursday, 10 June 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
I've spent a lot of time on Google Street view looking at UK cities trying to find old brick walls near railroad underpasses. Definitely found some spots with a similar vibe, but so far no joy.
― o. nate, Friday, 11 June 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
I'll add a third picture when I get home this evening
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
The van is about to turn into the warehouse place - same logo on both: LA??.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 June 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
"LEAMINGTON ASS"
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Friday, 11 June 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
bournemouth
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
we're going to have to see the wall bruv
― StanM, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
(there's a yellow bus in the background of second pic and googling yellow buses had bournemouth as the first hit. BRO = bournemouth?)
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
I was wondering about the bus and Christchurch but I guess they probably share
― cherry blossom, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
apparently BRO = Bridge Of Orchy station (in Argyll, SCO) & doesn't look like it's it
― StanM, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
( https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/48541.aspx )
― StanM, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
As promised, view #3
https://i.imgur.com/ozFWMPx.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
that building on the left is probably the big clue here, is that W a well-known logo in Britland?
― StanM, Friday, 11 June 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
https://www.storageking.co.uk/
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
That's an IMO car wash. There are 269 of them in the UK apparently.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1960783,-2.207612,3a,75y,61.94h,92.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjh_DXw75FO8PUtxC7ORBLw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
i don't know if that was deliberate but making me click through ALL the storageking locations and have it be the very last one was mean.
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
wow!
― StanM, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
Well done Koogs, no of course that was not deliberate!
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
This was to be the fourth post
https://i.imgur.com/DIV5UZf.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
storageking helpfully had images of the stores right there on the individual pages and a 'view on map' link. and most of them were just giant sheds on industrial estates.
now to find the railway bridge...
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
I mean it won't take you very long
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
was more about confirming my theory about the sign
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1960421,-2.2081699,3a,15y,4.22h,82.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxIpcNSIseV2Al69qDXR1Qw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
BRBOWW12047
and ofc, the second line was the important one. (BRB = British Railways Board)
http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/o/oww.shtm
120.47 Shrub Hill Junction with WAH
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
be right backoff with wife
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 June 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
Haha I just lurk on this thread bit when I saw photo #3 I was going to drop in "that weirdly reminds me of Worcester but you all think it's in other parts of the country so I trust you".
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 11 June 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
it's the street I grew up on. Nobody thinks Worcester looks like this, people just know the nice bits.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link
my bit of tolly is much nicer, but it's still tolly
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
I was looking at a lot of brick walls in Birmingham, so at least I wasn't too far away.
― o. nate, Saturday, 12 June 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
Nobody really seemed to have any real idea which part of the country it was in though, "Close to a station" was the only real consensus!
Big collective failure over not looking for the second row of three letters
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 12 June 2021 05:21 (two years ago) link
I couldn't make them out - I somehow thought it was ENG OVV where it's actually BRB OWW :(
― StanM, Saturday, 12 June 2021 06:52 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/gkhxMKN0/eff.jpg
back to work
― cherry blossom, Monday, 14 June 2021 08:11 (two years ago) link
I see what looks like a US flag. Perhaps we are in Florida.
― nashwan, Monday, 14 June 2021 08:54 (two years ago) link
only one flag though
― StanM, Monday, 14 June 2021 09:44 (two years ago) link
couldn't work out what the big pink penis was there for a moment
― kinder, Monday, 14 June 2021 11:24 (two years ago) link
oh, two flags - anyway, yeah, Florida doesn't sound wrong - palm trees, pastel colors, holiday home type buildings - what does that concrete block say? K STREET ?
― StanM, Monday, 14 June 2021 13:02 (two years ago) link
Itβs going to turn out to be somewhere like Okinawa.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 14 June 2021 13:05 (two years ago) link
all the plants are green and there's a Christmas tree in the yellow house - Southern hemisphere? (or is it that hot in Floriday at Christmas time?)
― StanM, Monday, 14 June 2021 13:05 (two years ago) link
xpost yes! it also feels Japanese - no overhead power cables though
― StanM, Monday, 14 June 2021 13:08 (two years ago) link
I didn't actually notice the flag outside the yellow house but taking the two together that's surely a US flag. Both Miami and Tampa seem to use blue recycle bins.
― nashwan, Monday, 14 June 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link
looks dry for Florida imo, I'd guess California or even Arizona
― trap door to hell opens underneath (rob), Monday, 14 June 2021 13:37 (two years ago) link
the presence of multiple pedestrians might rule out AZ though
― trap door to hell opens underneath (rob), Monday, 14 June 2021 13:38 (two years ago) link
it looks like a desert climate and fairly densely populated. somewhere in LA?
― treeship., Monday, 14 June 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
Id guess Cali, too. Too many aquaphobic plants and xeroscaping to be Florida.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Monday, 14 June 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
looks like it could be tucson or san diego but the lack of sidewalks is kind of weird for most u.s. cities so idk, the us flag might be a red herring lol.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 14 June 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
i think it's too dry to be coastal cali though
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 14 June 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
It's not San Bernardino or Merced, from my initial searching.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Monday, 14 June 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link
The small lots and apartment building density suggests beach town to me. Beach towns can be dry.
― nickn, Monday, 14 June 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
Yeah, tbh it feels kind of like San Diego.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Monday, 14 June 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
yeah totally looks like The Strandway except without the red curbs
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7764379,-117.2528332,3a,75y,2.25h,68.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soerjgubayHaCF7jhmXeIsA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― a (waterface), Monday, 14 June 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link