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 cluster foxer:
‘Characters from The Lost World’ (defoxed by Colonel_K)
a1. Lord John Roxton (Viscount)
b1. Professor Summerlee (Aergistal)
a2. Edward Malone (Colonel_K)
a3. Maple White (Colonel_K)
a4. Professor Challenger (Aergistal)
‘Ographies’ (defoxed by Electric Dragon)
c1. Iconography (Aergistal)
b2. Cryptography (Electric Dragon, Colonel_K)
c2. Oceanography (Viscount)
d2. Biography (Colonel_K)
c3. Cartography (Colonel_K)
‘Cubes’ (defoxed by ylla)
d1. Wombat (captaincabinets, ylla)
e1. Kaaba (Electric Dragon)
e2. Rubik’s (Phlebas)
d3. Gelatinous (ylla, Phlebas)
e3. Ice (Viscount, Colonel_K)
‘Pawnbroking’ (defoxed by Aergistal)
b3. Hock (Colonel_K)
b4. St. Nicholas (Aergistal)
c4. Jabez Wilson (ylla)
a5. Zed’s chopper (Colonel_K, Viscount)
b5. Lombard banking (Colonel_K)
‘1908’ (defoxed by Electric Dragon)
d4. Lisbon Regicide (Electric Dragon)
e4. Monosodium Glutamate first prepared (Electric
Dragon)
c5. The Wind in the Willows published (Colonel_K)
d5. Don Bradman born (Electric Dragon)
e5. Tunguska Event (Colonel_K)
D looks like these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Certovy_hlavy
It is indeed… exact spot here (https://goo.gl/maps/ZkcevUPqxpFHLQxH8)
And L looks like a statue of a Tasmanian Devil outside Trowunna Wildlife Sanctuary, so is it Devils?
I suppose, technically speaking, the link is something like ‘the underworld’ then.
Devils it is. F is the Nariz del Diablo in Ecuador: https://goo.gl/maps/x1pUpp29VUZYVjse7
Which I’ve been to!
K is the double statue of Mephistopheles and Margaretta. Apparently located currently in the Salar Jung museum in Hyderabad.
A is presumably the Devil’s Bridge on the St Gotthard road, then
http://on-historic-routes.com/2019/08/07/devils-bridge/
I) Teufelsberg, Berlin (link to google maps)
German for Devil’s Mountain
G. Pont de Caronte, Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4032982,5.0256925,3a,75y,229.52h,99.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sly7VSph2cUXbSWkORBK5jw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
So far the Devil connection eludes me.
Maybe Caronte is a Dante’s Inferno reference?
‘Caronte is the Italian and Spanish name of Charon, the boatman of Hades, appearing in numerous versions of the legend of Orpheus’, according to Wikipedia
D. The Želízy Devil Heads: https://goo.gl/maps/JWVBnM2G1tmubPTw6
B. Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Jack’s Hack” at New England Air Museum: https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/08/e9/35/64/new-england-air-museum.jpg
E. Sincil Bank Stadium in Lincoln, England https://goo.gl/maps/gTjpvEt49orfHYFx9
Home of The Imps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C.
H. Devil’s Den, Gettysburg: https://goo.gl/maps/HXohGooABiTm8hfL7
J. Hell’s Kitchen Railway Museum in Ireland: https://goo.gl/maps/R8Pedv1CR72nZkPw6
I’d be interested in understanding how you found the place! Really stumped by this one 😉
1. Forestry company logo on the van ➝ Ireland
2. Old-fashioned mechanical signal that’s out-of-place but looks maintained, with no rust or sun faded paint, plus railway crossing sign on the façade ➝ preserved historical building and/or museum, railway related
3. Google search for Ireland railway museums with signal posts shows this on the first page of results, the entry really stands out based on the theme
That’s brilliant! Thank you Aergistal for the step by step.
E – Lincoln City FC – the Imps – https://www.google.com/maps/@53.219225,-0.5415351,3a,75y,165.14h,88.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s29vis5IexGlsIYGM-9MIRg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
C. Looks like a 40/60 Bofors anti-aircraft gun if that helps. Reference photo: https://flic.kr/p/pFCqPN
And found it, HMAS Cerberus Royal Australian Navy base entrance: https://goo.gl/maps/gqbvy34zFJeuwgmn6