Every Friday at 1300 hours, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. Don’t be shy. All are welcome to participate.
To fully defox the following geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them.
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s ‘33 things wot you might find in New Zealand’ missing vowels foxer:
1. NVRCRGLL – INVERCARGILL (Viscount)
2. GRYWCK – GREYWACKE (ylla)
3. P NFT HR F – PANIA OF THE REEF (Colonel_K)
4. TM TNG HR – TE MATUA NGAHERE (captaincabinets)
5. W LBM – WOOL BOOM (Phlebas)
6. THL LWH TS – THE ALL WHITES (Viscount)
7. MRLBRG HSVGNNB LNC – MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON BLANC (ylla)
8. THBL CKFL CNS – THE BLACK FALCONS (Viscount)
9. NGMRS H – NGAIO MARSH (Electric Dragon, ylla)
10. LPNPR RTS – ALPINE PARROTS (ylla)
11. DTC TVKRS TNSMS – DETECTIVE KRISTIN SIMS (ylla)
12. TRKK – TREKKA (alison)
13. THN LYR WRT HYV RN SNM K – THE ONLY AIRWORTHY AVRO ANSON MK I (Colonel_K)
14. JN HLM – JONAH LOMU (captaincabinets)
15. LL LYCK – LOLLY CAKE (Phlebas)
16. TTR – TUATARA (Phlebas)
17. JNBT TN – JEAN BATTEN (Phlebas)
18. BGTR – BIGATURE
19. THDV LPRFR LLN GL N – THE DEVELOPER OF ROLLING LINE (Phlebas)
20. BGN D – BAG END (Colonel_K)
21. TR R – TE ARAROA (alison)
22. SL VRFRNRL CR – SILVER FERN RAILCAR (Colonel_K)
23. FR DDF R – FREDA DU FAUR
24. RG RNMC SNDRTHNS – ROGERNOMICS AND RUTHANASIA (Phlebas)
25. MRPN M – MERE POUNAMU (Colonel_K)
26. THSC N DLC TDH DFGVR NMNTTG VBR THW H LNF F C – THE SECOND ELECTED HEAD OF GOVERNMENT TO GIVE BIRTH WHILE IN OFFICE (Electric Dragon)
27. RCH NCMPLMNS – ARACHNOCAMPA LUMINOSA
28. TNGWMM RL – TANGIWAI MEMORIAL (captaincabinets)
29. BZ ZYB – BUZZY BEE (captaincabinets)
30. THP NKN DWH TTR RCS – THE PINK AND WHITE TERRACES (Colonel_K)
31. LRLHB BRD – LAUREL HUBBARD (Electric Dragon)
32. P – PĀUA (Phlebas), POI (alison), or PĀ
33. TMTWHKTNGHNGKTMTTRPKKPKMNGHRNKPKWHNKTNTH – TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPUKAKAPIKIMAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU (Electric Dragon, captaincabinets, Viscount)
i) Statue of / dedicated to Franz Kafka
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0901098,14.4206683,3a,75y,114.47h,95.74t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sLKcf8zhgqc8dSJKUuM6z9A!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DLKcf8zhgqc8dSJKUuM6z9A%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D316.99585%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
G) Pont Neuf, Paris (link to google maps).
j) Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2383343,8.8961963,3a,75y,74.56h,95.61t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPrFj7AYTJrxVuMdBJ5Acz5nsVQKHXIZ6eoKMOX!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPrFj7AYTJrxVuMdBJ5Acz5nsVQKHXIZ6eoKMOX%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya323.90454-ro-0-fo100!7i11000!8i5166
B) Brick Lane, London (link to google maps).
Under the Truman BLACK EAGLE brewery
C: Puy De Fou in the Sign of Triumph (Why don’t I know about this place, it looks awesome!)
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8852196,-0.92738,3a,75y,350.92h,84.78t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOSOlW88-k-YupN2z8pBkBmt_guT2Roob-HGenq!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOSOlW88-k-YupN2z8pBkBmt_guT2Roob-HGenq%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi1.5914482-ya158.85307-ro-0.6871129-fo100!7i7200!8i3600
I presume h) are the via ferrata (‘iron roads’) in the dolomites; I have the feeling that lake might have been a Windows 10 lock screen at some point.
F: “Speed” (with an SR-71 Blackbird overhead) at the Science Museum in Richmond, Virginia.
L: Bar Freytag on Böttcherstrasse, Bremen
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.0750171,8.805662,3a,75y,239.09h,99.14t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipMFY9r2WNi6S2UK6DX3HNORYqCEvwbSes80FXFe!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMFY9r2WNi6S2UK6DX3HNORYqCEvwbSes80FXFe%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya274.57104-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!9m2!1b1!2i49
D) Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, Washington D. C. (link to google maps).
Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in the background, in case that’s relevant.
The boat in the foreground is the PCF-1, if that’s relevant.
E) Barrack Square, Perth, Western Australia (link to google maps).
H) Ptarmigan Trail, Montana (link to google maps).
K) Cormorant Fishing, Minatomachi, Gifu (link to google maps).
I wonder if we have an avian connection? Cormorant fishing, Ptarmigan trail, a Swift boat, Swan bell tower, a Blackbird?
Apparently Kafka means ‘crow’ in Czech
There’s a Condor on Böttcherstraße.
I think we have:
A) Drongo
B) ?
C) ?
D) Swift
E) Swan
F) Blackbird
G) ?
H) Ptarmigan
I) Crow
J) Coot
K) Cormorant
L) Condor.
B) Black Eagle Brewery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Eagle_Brewery
The historical theme park in C)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puy_du_Fou
apparently has trained rooks that fly around the park picking up cigarette butts and other bits of litter.
A: Restaurante DRONGO
https://www.google.com/maps/@-23.4032088,-51.4293592,3a,75y,303.02h,86.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9Tgkb1O17kNAZ2vx4vY7hQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en