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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9767 on: March 18, 2024, 10:17:36 AM »
Stewie - Your GTP = Somewhere near the Kent/Sussex border?

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« Reply #9766 on: March 18, 2024, 10:16:16 AM »
MartinR - I join Stewie in offering my best wishes for your treatment and wish you a speedy recovery.
John

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9765 on: March 18, 2024, 08:19:27 AM »
Thank you Martin R and best wishes for your treatment and a speedy recovery. The KHF needs contributors such as yourself!
I thought I might have a go at a map in the future should I get another turn. However Mrs Stewie has asked me to field this one for the time being, so what is the name of this building and where is it?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9764 on: March 17, 2024, 09:27:30 PM »
Yes Stewie.  The screenshot below is as close as I can make it to the map original's area.  Notice that although there have been new building, the ones shown on the map are still all there.  So is the duck pond.

(OT: I get the last round of this radium treatment on Tuesday, so I'd hope in 3 or 4 weeks to be able to get out a bit more.)

Over to you Stewie.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9763 on: March 17, 2024, 07:57:13 PM »
You beat me to it Stewie. :) :) The Friars,Aylesford Priory.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9762 on: March 17, 2024, 07:41:35 PM »
Is it Aylesford Priory?

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« Reply #9761 on: March 17, 2024, 06:15:43 PM »
Is there anyone there?  Time for another hint: the original occupants of the property were evicted, but eventually bought it back.

If there are no guesses by tomorrow evening (Mon), I'll go for it to keep things moving.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9760 on: March 17, 2024, 04:48:58 PM »
Is there anyone there?  Time for another hint: the original occupants of the property were evicted, but eventually bought it back.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9759 on: March 16, 2024, 02:21:08 PM »
Found it after a good search  :) .  I do enjoy these map GTPs - gives my brain a bit of exercise.

I'll hold for now as I've only just entered a GTP.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9758 on: March 16, 2024, 01:41:05 PM »
OK, time for a hint.  That blue at the bottom is navigable water.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9757 on: March 15, 2024, 11:45:19 AM »
As promised.

Location of John's Camera:
  • Nat Grid:                  TQ 53703 75649
  • Co-ords (WGS84):   51°27'32"N,000°12'40"E or 51.458955,0.211013

I'm sorry but getting out and about is still a problem, and I expect it to be so for at least another month, so we're back to maps.  Where's this?  Plenty of hints, I could have hidden much more if I was feeling rotten.  :)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9756 on: March 14, 2024, 10:18:58 PM »
Tomorrow ...

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9755 on: March 14, 2024, 09:02:55 PM »
River Darent upstream of the River Cray confluence?   Not found the site, but I'm running out of Kent and waterways.

That's close enough MartinR.  It's taken from a bridge on University Way.  The Cray confluence is just out of sight joining from the left.  The Kent and Greater London Boundary runs along the Cray and then along the Darent, so my GTP was only just within Kent.

Over to you ...

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9754 on: March 14, 2024, 08:31:55 PM »
River Darent upstream of the River Cray confluence?   Not found the site, but I'm running out of Kent and waterways.

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #9753 on: March 14, 2024, 04:17:05 PM »
Out on the Swanscombe Marshes somewhere?

Still need to go a bit further west.  Most of the area in the photo is in Kent.