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 defoxing party exited the chronodungeon with 4HP and a very respectable 78 jewels.
Pathfinder: ylla
Mapmakers:
v66 Phlebas
v67 Phlebas
v68 fitzevan
v69 Phlebas
v70 Phlebas
w66 fitzevan
w67 ylla
w68 Phlebas
w69 Electric Dragon
w70 ylla, Phlebas
x66 Viscount
x67 Viscount
x68 unacom
x69 Electric Dragon
x70 Colonel_K
y66 Viscount
y67 fitzevan
y68 Phlebas
y69 Viscount
y70 Viscount
z66 Colonel_K
z67 unacom
z68 Viscount
z69 Viscount
z70 Phlebas
Oops. Didn’t notice that it’s Friday, Foxer Day.
Luvverly Jubbly Jubilee, everyone. Ma’am.
B – Rejkjavik, Iceland (link to Google Maps), looking at the Óðinn.
The police emblem in i belongs to Kosovo.
ETA: Pristina International Airport “Adem Jashari” (founder of the KLA)
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5745134,21.0296991,3a,75y,281.55h,93.78t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNZtE9JHIHwBkBC9XI8MRVIGq0oRMs804Zz53FA!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNZtE9JHIHwBkBC9XI8MRVIGq0oRMs804Zz53FA%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya207.06413-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?hl=en
Also, if the connection isn’t 70 there’ll be calls for the hounds to be let loose on Roman.
I just spent ages hunting that down – I was on the wrong side of a border, because I thought the main language was Montenegran 🙁
H – Porchester Terrace, London (link to Google maps)
One of the house in the picture is flying the flag of Azerbaijan in street view, since we seem to be collecting lesser heard of countries…
H – Porchester Place in London
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5139614,-0.1849576,3a,75y,97.44h,81.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sltQflZSKF3U1zHRmXnRU0A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Lord Porchester (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Herbert,_7th_Earl_of_Carnarvon) was a very good friend of the Queen (some say, *very* close friend) so given the day, perhaps some kind of regal connection?
G – the airplane involved in the Catalina Affair of *June 1952*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_affair
K – Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow (link to Google Maps), looking at wreckage from the 1960 U2 crash.
A. looks to have the flags of NATO and Albania. Pasha Liman naval base has few photospheres near it, understandably.
It doesn’t look like many places in Albania would have that kind of view across water – but it’s not helping!
E – Saudi Arabian Consulate, Istanbul (link to Google Maps), site of the the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.
F. Monument a la mission Marchand, Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.8346447,2.4089758,3a,34.4y,214.79h,91.62t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1spkhpA1-QEC8gbNnd2Us9MQ!2e0!5s20171001T000000!7i13312!8i6656
ETA: Jean-Baptiste Marchand led a mission to Africa that ended up taking 4 years, during which there was the Fashoda incident with Lord Kitchener.
Affairs and Incidents?
B. Rammed during the Cod Wars (a bit weak)
E. the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
F. one of the men in the Fashoda Incident
G. Catalina Affair
H. Dikko Affair – attemped kidnapping
I. Stand-off between NATO and Russian forces occupying the airport (1999)?
K. Gary Powers’ U2
I like that – International Diplomatic Incidents
A – Corfu Channel Incident: https://goo.gl/maps/fpnBD3W8RWYoQCuS8
C – National Memorial Arboreteum, Alrewas, UK: https://goo.gl/maps/AQaj8wTJck5aF5tT6
Possible link: the Lafarge quarry in the background, so the Lafarge Syrian controversy
After quite a bit of searching and cross-referencing, that’s plot 405: Yangtze Incident memorial.
L – Flagstaff Hill incident: https://goo.gl/maps/6sC9Qi6fEwLBz6SP6
D – Zimmermann Telegram: https://goo.gl/maps/pusmNLw4cSGFgCM3A