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:
the andromeda strain (defoxed by Aergistal and Colonel_K)
a1. piedmont (Electric Dragon)
a2. wildfire (Aergistal)
b2. scoop (Phlebas)
c2. pistachio ice cream (Phlebas)
c3. doctor stone (Colonel_K)
sir francis drake (defoxed by Colonel_K)
b1. diego (Colonel_K)
c1. judith (Colonel_K)
d1. tavistock (Electric Dragon)
e1. golden hind (Colonel_K, Phlebas)
d2. doughty (Phlebas)
gulls
e2. dolphin (Colonel_K)
d2. bonaparte’s (Aergistal)
e3. thayer’s (Colonel_K)
e4. laughing (Electric Dragon)
e5. lava (Colonel_K)
milan (defoxed by Colonel_K and Phlebas)
a3. the milanese nightingale (Phlebas)
b3. ambrose of milan (Colonel_K)
b4. milan central station (Phlebas)
c4. biscione (Zwack23)
d4. five days of milan (phlebas)
silence (defoxed by Colonel_K)
a4. silencers (Aergistal)
a5. the silent age (Electric Dragon)
b5. silent wings (Colonel_K)
c5. “el silencio es salud” (Electric Dragon)
d5. william the silent (Colonel_K)
Think B is the entrance to Manchester Piccadilly station, taken from the spot where the statue of WWI veterans is.
[Edit] Yep. It’s taken from the spot of this sculpture.
https://themanc.com/trending/whats-the-story-of-the-iconic-soldiers-statue-in-front-of-manchester-piccadilly-station/
F is the Kicker statue in Nuremburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kicker_Statue
E is presumably somewhere on the Southern Bug river https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Bug
H looks very much like Deal Pier
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.2237468,1.4066048,3a,75y,306.11h,93.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sChgMjTR3M04bG4_lqC-fMw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
D. The Button (officially, Split Button) at University of Pennsylvania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Button_(sculpture)
Bluff, deal, bug, stud, kicker, button, whale… Poker terms?
Would mean that “blind” is the link to B.
Bit cheeky/lucky to put whale already. Which one’s the stud?
i. Whales of Iceland / Icelandic Whale Museum, Reykjavik
https://www.google.com/maps/@64.155573,-21.9485697,3a,75y,65.33h,97.38t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOrm0XIUNgGalIpwj3BXWQVWqV7hh9GvVXRD58k!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOrm0XIUNgGalIpwj3BXWQVWqV7hh9GvVXRD58k%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya344.39456-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
K.
Looks like G is the USS Texas, reinforcing the poker theme.
J. Turning Two
Whereabouts is this? I still can’t find it!
Dixon Recreation Center: https://goo.gl/maps/gXpEEA2vmTTWbDhG8.
They have some statues, one called Turning Two and the one in front the “Fosbury Flop”. I got the wrong one.
C. The Rock
More specifically, here:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@37.8264328,-122.4221467,2a,75y,163.42h,108.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sciTVWkpsMJ4df6mGWSu46Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
A. I would say it’s Irish poker, no idea where though.
Well muck that, it’s actually Muck Island, Scotland.
L – Bluff Maritime Museum
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-46.5963555,168.3315665,3a,75y,52.12h,95.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXwE2Oq7JK7KUnHOZ6iFqdw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
K – The Stud Bar, San Francisco
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7725439,-122.4100324,3a,75y,341.28h,88.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sb_57cMBVUSzaP0uC3GAwNQ!2e0!5s20171001T000000!7i16384!8i8192