Name the landmark

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Is 1. the 'empty' or fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square?
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TrevA wrote:The top one is Trafalgar Square


Postboxer wrote:Is 1. the 'empty' or fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square?



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Landmark #2 rings a bell somewhere. Windsor Great Park? (at first I thought Sherwood Forest, but no, not Robin-Hoodery enough....)

And I think Landmark #3 is the Xmas tree in Trafalgar Square, the annual gift from the Norwegians to apologise for getting to the South Pole first (or was it some other reason?)
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Si wrote:
That looks to me like the obelisk on the Holkham Hall Estate in Norfolk.


Yep, that's what I thought. But then I wondered if the drive looks too steep. Although, come to think about it we did get upto 30mph pretty easily on the tandem.

That's it.

Not sure fog counts as a landmark and I don't know the remaining three of the four...
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661-Pete wrote:Landmark #2 rings a bell somewhere. Windsor Great Park? (at first I thought Sherwood Forest, but no, not Robin-Hoodery enough....)

And I think Landmark #3 is the Xmas tree in Trafalgar Square, the annual gift from the Norwegians to apologise for getting to the South Pole first (or was it some other reason?)


#3 is correct - the xmas tree given each year as a thankyou to the UK giving refuge to the Norwegian royal family during the WW2 I think

#2 nearly right. not strictly Windsor Great Park but Virginia Water? Which has a nice ride around the lake.
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mjr wrote:Not sure fog counts as a landmark ...

I expect the legendary Fog on the Tyne does :wink: .
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mjr wrote:
Si wrote:
That looks to me like the obelisk on the Holkham Hall Estate in Norfolk.


Yep, that's what I thought. But then I wondered if the drive looks too steep. Although, come to think about it we did get upto 30mph pretty easily on the tandem.

That's it.

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mjr wrote:Not sure fog counts as a landmark...


IMG_0540.jpg


There's a well-known landmark there behind the fog and the scafolding...honest. I thought it would be too easy if it wasn't hiding slightly.

A couple of clues:
- at the time I took the photograph (August 2011) the landmark had been under repair and closed to the public for about 2 years
- The presence of my mountain bike indicates that it is close to one of my favourite bridleway routes
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This folks? Or should it be these?


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pete75 wrote:This folks? Or should it be these?


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That one is obscure as my #4 Lavender Garden ( that was a hint, but where?)

Yours look like chess pieces? I did a google and couldnt find them?
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mercalia wrote:That one is obscure as my #4 Lavender Garden ( that was a hint, but where?)

Yours look like chess pieces? I did a google and couldnt find them?



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Yew Tree Avenue, Clipsham

Looked familiar but I had to google for it, about twenty years since I was last there.
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gaz wrote:Yew Tree Avenue, Clipsham

Looked familiar but I had to google for it, about twenty years since I was last there.


Yep and it was bit different back then - the old guy who did them shaped some like well known parts of human anatomy... :D

What about this - land mark, sea mark and greatest of English towers....

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Some rather good pics on this thread.
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matlockmark wrote:
IMG_0540.jpg

There's a well-known landmark there behind the fog and the scafolding...honest. I thought it would be too easy if it wasn't hiding slightly.
A couple of clues:
- at the time I took the photograph (August 2011) the landmark had been under repair and closed to the public for about 2 years
- The presence of my mountain bike indicates that it is close to one of my favourite bridleway routes

Hardy Monument in Dorset
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since no one guessed it ( was a hard one )


#4 is The Lavender Gardens at Ham House nr Richmond, Surrey.

This pic shows them the best they have ever been, very architectural & perfect

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