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 hiver foxer theme: The war in Ukraine (defoxed by Zwack23)
azovstal (alison)
bayraktar (Zwack23)
bilohorivka (alison)
cope cage (alison)
deti (alison)
himars (Zwack23)
ghost of kyiv (Zwack23)
kherson (a_monk)
moskva (Zwack23)
mriya (Zwack23)
nafo (Zwack23)
patron (Zwack23)
saint javelin (alison)
saky (a_monk)
snake island (alison)
z (alison)
zaporizhzhia (Zwack23)
J – Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II, Rome (link to Google Maps)
Or Nero’s bridge in the foreground, revealed by the recent drought here in Italy.
C is Bowmore on Islay, with possibly the only round church in Scotland at the top of the road. (Bus to Port Askaig, but I think it’s only blurred out to not give away the answer…)
H is the replica of the Hector in Pictou, Nova Scotia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_(ship)
I’m wrong about the bus, but I don’t think Portnahaven is any more of a clue 🙂
L – is Winslow St in Liverpool – the end of the street is Goodison Park and the player is Graeme Sharp
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4386999,-2.9682706,3a,75y,99.36h,93.6t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIUIx-RUJghlX2n-3D9GkeA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DIUIx-RUJghlX2n-3D9GkeA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D280.3495%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
K – Alberto Picco Stadium in La Spezia
A – St Alphage High Walk, London (Link to Google, but I can’t find the exact spot)
Presumably looking at the old London wall, possibly a Roman bit – but I don’t see how Islay could fit into a Roman theme…
Noble Street, near Plaisterer’s Hall.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5169478,-0.0955546,3a,75y,28.8h,87.69t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sCR7x5YOdBl8rmMUltZLwvg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i36
The marker seems to be the ‘Streets ahead’ one https://www.hmdb.org/PhotoFullSize.asp?PhotoID=428812
We’re next to Lloyd’s Bank and Black Horse Limited, so those black horses would fit the theme.
G – Pont de l’Alma, Paris (link to Google Maps)
B: National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC
In the Udvar-Hazy Center hangar.
In case it’s relevant: It’s the Boeing hangar.
Boeing 367-80 “Dash 80” and Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross in the foreground.
Concorde in the background.
F – Shipwreck and Beachcombing Museum, De Koog, Netherlands (link to Google Maps)
H – Hector Heritage Key in Nova Scotia
There’s some kind of link here
Alberto Picco was an Italian footballer and soldier, who was involved in the conquest of Monte Nero. He was awarded the Silver medal for valor by King Vittorio Emanuelle of Savoy
I’m having difficulty making anything else stick, though.
I think it might be black?
Bowmore Black Whisky
Nero Means black (Nero’s Bridge and death on Monte Nero?)
Then again, can’t find anything linked to it either.
I also think black.
D is a kinetic sculpture by Tinguely at the isreal museum. He worked mainly with black metal
B is the home of the blackbird is it not
L – a black cat once invaded goodison park during a game…
E – Yuanmingyuan Park, Beijing (link to Google Maps, link to Wikipedia.org)
Apparently the building was called the Immense Ocean Observatory, which is a lovely name!
I – Place Stanislas, Nancy, France (link to Google Maps)
Another possible link
In Pictou county in Nova Scotia, there’s a place called Elgin, which is named after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, who was the guy who ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace at Yuanmingyuan during the second Opium War.