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 hive foxer theme: rugby (defoxed by Colonel_K)
BLACK FERNS (Zwack23)
BLEDISLOE CUP (Zwack23)
GILBERT (Colonel_K)
GRUBBER (Zwack23, Colonel_K)
HAND OFF (Colonel_K, Zwack23)
INVICTUS (Zwack23)
KA MATE (Colonel_K)
LE CRUNCH (Zwack23)
LINE OUT (Electric Dragon)
MARK (Colonel_K)
OBOLENSKY (Zwack23)
OVERLAP (Electric Dragon)
PROP (Electric Dragon)
QUINS (Colonel_K)
RUCK (Colonel_K)
SCISSORS (Colonel_K)
TOUCH (Colonel_K)
WEBB ELLIS (Colonel_K)
B – Watson St, Manchester
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4780049,-2.2480718,3a,75y,8.02h,81.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s62pD3SDfFRVJoYez9kSZPA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
The blurred out word is “Fourth”.
The venue is Albert’s Schloss, which describes itself as a Bier Palace and, according to Wikipedia, “The “Rose Mojito,” which is a Mojito variation containing the rose-flavored spirit, Lanique, was first created at the Albert’s Schloss bar in Manchester, England.”
That’s most likely useless information, and so far I’ve not found out anything about the building.
Formerly Brannigan’s, which I would charitably describe as “notorious”. The upper floor has an impressive pipe organ from its origins as the Albert Hall.
https://untappedcities.com/2012/11/06/inside-manchesters-abandoned-albert-hall/
https://www.alberthallmanchester.com/the-history-of-the-albert-hall-manchester/
A – Mural commemorating DJ Derek. Stapleton Road, Bristol.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/im-very-emotional-huge-dj-5752834
There is a Prince Derek in Disenchantment.
G) – Beside the Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8826015,-87.6229669,3a,75y,231.33h,96.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFfkj2dIN4Q0FgWkXaqVLEQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
The big skyscraper in the background is the Legacy Tower, in case that’s relevant
Otherwise known as the BEAN, protagonist of Disenchantment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disenchantment_(TV_series)
I think we’re getting somewhere…
D – Mercury statue, Tugu Harmoni, Jakarta
https://www.google.com/maps/@-6.1676354,106.8210425,3a,30.2y,11.7h,97.96t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1s2nOTzoSQVwywPMTgt4IG7A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i40
The Cloud Gate sculpture is based on the look of liquid mercury, but I don’t think that gets us any further…
Also known as Hermes, as in Futurama’s Hermes Conrad.
Watson and Stapleton would suggest ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’. Here’s hoping that’s a mic drop moment.
L – Alpenhorn Statue, Main St, Smithers, BC
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.7815804,-127.1674097,3a,75y,59.44h,91.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc46tXTrpfvvI2wv26HDmtg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en-GB
H. Christchurch Bridge – crosses the Thames at Reading
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4621525,-0.9707088,3a,75y,2.27h,86.94t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipOqZt1yRny9dGUz1qt8JirA2_tcanCI03FS_ZXM!2e10!3e11!7i5376!8i2688?hl=en
ETA: the centre and left of frame show Fry’s Island, site of a trial by combat between Robert de Montfort and Henry of Essex.
Hmmm – Watson and Smithers are both assistants to people (Holmes and Mr Burns respectively)
Plus the island next to Christchurch bridge is Fry’s Island – Stephen Fry played Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster, another assistant
Mind you, Stephen Fry also read an audiobook version of Hound of the Baskervilles, so all still to play for.
F is the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_(Antwerp)
Also Nello and Patrache, in case that might matter.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nello-and-patrasche
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dog_of_Flanders
Antwerp is in (Ned) Flanders?
i. is somewhere on eBART, the extension of Bay Area Rapid Transit outside of San Francisco. Not sure which station yet, if that’s important.
I believe the trains are Stadler GTW coupled pairs (even less likely to be important).
It’s here, off the CA Delta Highway. Looks like a depot not a station.
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.9936705,-121.7703421,3a,47.8y,18.71h,85.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbfc7Nposk4oRB1CfblRv-g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Lighting looks different because Roman appears to be in June 2019.
In the city of Antioch, if relevant.
The stripy oval traffic light in J might put it in the Netherlands, but that’s as far as I’ve got!
E is an alameda, which is apparently Spanish for a tree-lined boulevard. Don’t know where it is though, but the lack of specific details made me think it might not be the actual location that’s the clue.
I believe E is in France, since there’s a “Merci” on the back of the bus.
More specifically I think in Rouen, with the Métrobus on the side.
Similarly, no particular clue on C.
It appears to be facing south, and there’s a comment-worthy long breakwater or something. Is it the base of a monument to some sort of surveyor’s tool?
It’s a bit like some views of Chesil Beach, but it’s not that. Definitely looks like it’s marking the centre point of something…
BART, Smithers, Fry, Brannigan? Matt Groening creations?
And I looked up Futurama to see if it was that…
Yes, also Van Houten, Bender etc.
With Zøg and Nelson it has to be Matt Groening characters more precisely.
C – Centre of New Zealand Monument, Nelson: https://goo.gl/maps/N7eQGpPKZGHyY3A77
J – C.J. van Houten monument in Weesp, North Holland: https://goo.gl/maps/UBBuVuJcVpuLRah56
K – Bender Fortress, Moldova: https://goo.gl/maps/vL9GYHzPNfH6FqTU9
E – Zog Boulevard, Tirana, Albania: https://goo.gl/maps/eWd4hXpqaWyx2uY8A
Zøg from Disenchantment.
Whoa, I was way off with Rouen on that one… bus must be a hand-me-down. How did you find it, by the way?
I am also interested to know how Aergistal always seems to wrap up the geofoxers pretty quickly on a Saturday – they’re like some omnipotent god that allows us mortals to have our fun on a Friday before tidying everything up the next day.
Sorry to disappoint you but it’s only image search this time. It’s a bit scary when you think how much it improved over the last years.
Out of all the unsolved entries I only managed to place J in the Netherlands thanks to the particular traffic light design.
If image search failed I could’ve brute-force the town sign since in Netherlands they use a single typeface for these: ANWB-Ee since the ’60s.
Reminder that this is a thing: https://github.com/bishopfox/unredacter