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 ‘33 Things Wot U Might Find In A Toyshop or Toy Museum’ missing vowels foxer:
1. BCKR – buckaroo (Phlebas)
2. ST MPRCKT – stomp rocket (ylla, Nutfield)
3. LN CLNLGS – lincoln logs (Nutfield)
4. CLDDWN T NBBY – cluedo downton abbey (Nutfield)
5. STRTCHRMST RNG – stretch armstrong (Nutfield)
6. SCH LCHSLWL RS – schleich slow loris (Electric Dragon)
7. TC HSKT CH – etch-a-sketch (Electric Dragon)
8. MDKTC HN – mud kitchen (Electric Dragon, Phlebas)
9. TRMP – trompo ()
10. MMDS TMRD STR – mamod steam roadster (Nutfield)
11. GL BR TT WHNDR DNDTH RTYG HTT MCN R GYLB – gilbert u-238 atomic energy lab (Electric Dragon)
12. KNDM – kendama (Nutfield)
13. GRGNT – gorgonite () or gargant (Nutfield)
14. PRT NP TSCN – operation pet scan (Electric Dragon)
15. FR ZNCHRLTT – frozen charlotte (Nutfield)
16. RD MSPRM – rodimus prime (Phlebas)
17. MN CMT RWYSS TNMR TNDB – minic motorways aston martin db6 (Phlebas)
18. MCH NCLPC NCDG – mechanical picnic dog (Electric Dragon)
19. VRTBR DK NGNLG GNGCPTR – vertibird okanagan logging ‘copter (Colonel_K)
20. BY KBL DNGST – bayko building set (Colonel_K, ylla)
21. JH NN YSV NNM NRM YGN – johnny seven one man army gun (Nutfield, Phlebas)
22. LMCWHG GN – al mcwhiggin (Nutfield)
23. CKH – eckha
24. THBT TLFHR RBLHML TNP LYS T – the battle of horrible hamilton playset (ylla, Electric Dragon, Nutfield)
25. WL LMHMLY – william hamley (Nutfield, ylla)
26. ST RJXSTRN – astrojax saturn (Electric Dragon, Colonel_K, Phlebas)
27. PP PPGVC MCL NR – peppa pig vacuum cleaner (Phlebas)
28. BR TNSSWPPT – britains swoppet (Nutfield, ylla)
29. SPLLKNS – spillikins (ylla)
30. BR BCLD RSH PTMDL LPLY ST – barbie eco leadership team doll playset (Phlebas)
31. CRY LNTRLBTDNSTY RN – acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (Electric Dragon)
32. RDF LYRZG GL – radio flyer ziggle (Nutfield, Colonel_K)
33. WRF HR NGGNNGLN D – wir fahren gegen england (AbyssUK)
B is Castle Street in Edinburgh
I looks like Atrani on the Amalfi Coast. Lovely place.
Actual location on the Strada Statale Amalfitana, outside the Collegiata di Santa Maria Maddalena, looking west.
I: I knew it was Amalfi!… Il Dragone (Probably the link) https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6357094,14.6100459,3a,75y,223.07h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXGKeMNg7E-xq324NSwgk5g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Edinburgh’s dragon is in Arthur’s Seat, though.
https://edinburgh.org/blog/edinburghs-mythical-dragons/
Link – Dragons
That restaurant on the left on Castle Street is the Golden Dragon and Atrani is on the river Dragone
J – Stade Gilbert Brutus, home of Catalans Dragons rugby league team
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.7228148,2.884103,3a,75y,112.66h,88.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9uHxZvxnmF6rZQtLrsbV6w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
I feel like H must be the Dragons miniature railway in Stockport – the sign is right here, but I can’t find the train! https://goo.gl/maps/Hb7ckcDXcrZ7UjBb6
August 2016
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.400986,-2.0966174,3a,75y,23.72h,83.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sPzdYoCO70XumIXufj3asTw!2e0!5s20160801T000000!7i13312!8i6656
H looks like the Dragon Miniature Railway in Marple, Stockport, trying to find the exact spot.
It seems to be more a case of finding the right date – August 2016!
https://goo.gl/maps/u28t6pmwHu3cJBSx5
E is the Short Solent at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland. Wikipedia has Short Hythes flying the Dragon route to Hong Kong but not sure whether Solents did too.
The Short Solent is a red herring. The biplane right at the front is a de Havilland Dragon Rapide.
D – Nine Dragon Wall, Chicago
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8528891,-87.6314618,3a,75y,70.23h,91.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWOIqUh-xuXNUVSDs2sGQ_Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
I suspect C is Wawel Castle in Krakow. Has a dragon, along with a dragon statue which breathes fire when you text it, or at least did in about 2007.
It is indeed
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0531642,19.9336061,3a,90y,105.88h,79.82t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipM1fJA7cq5QE4kiJ4lCZk6YpIKZnW5DiUvCJHHy!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipM1fJA7cq5QE4kiJ4lCZk6YpIKZnW5DiUvCJHHy%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya326.78418-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
As Google has it, the ‘Legendary fire-breathing dragon statue’ is to the lower right.
L. HL Dragon Fruit Eco Farm, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
https://www.google.com/maps/@2.6813314,101.7430224,3a,75y,184.85h,90.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBjj2XYXnom2RXsliQ2OUgg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en-GB
ETA: Available food in the restaurant includes: “Dragon Fruit Enzyme Chicken, Carbonara Seafood Spaghetti with Dragon Fruit Bread Bowl, Grilled Prawn with Dragon Fruit Sauce, Dragon Fruit Smashed Potatoes and so on.”
For beverage, we have Lokal series dragon fruit juice /smoothies. It is called as ‘Dragon Breath’. It is a must drink beverage for your excitement trip to Sepang. ”
ETFA: #Malaysia’s 1st Dragon Fruit Theme Restaurant
A – looks like the M132 self-propelled flamethrower
I thought that as well, if they had flattened the front a bit…
Anyhoo, Dragonland USA (Colorado)
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8492904,-104.5538419,3a,41.3y,300.12h,92.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0OEVi-IOju75n6-hcyhqWQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=0&hl=en
F – Efteling, Netherlands. “Joris and the Dragon” coaster.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.646988,5.0527584,3a,75y,275.38h,88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNKoVbmztu8f_-JOtvdfCUg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
G – Komodo Island: https://goo.gl/maps/WYDP7gCwj5rvC7BC6, like the lizard.
Sometimes a physical old atlas holds the answers:
K. DRAGON’S MOUTHS STRAITS (Bocas del Dragón) between Trinidad and Venezuela
https://www.google.com/maps/@10.69878,-61.7523417,3a,90y,129.89h,71.78t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOpXI-p7KeC-Jm2CGNSmwD8jWn3ZtGAWUQWv9RM!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOpXI-p7KeC-Jm2CGNSmwD8jWn3ZtGAWUQWv9RM%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya311-ro-0-fo100!7i4608!8i2304