Every Friday, 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. All are welcome to participate.
Below is a list of ‘30 things wot you can see in Google Street View images taken on London’s Tower Bridge’ (‘things’ is used in its broadest possible sense). Entries have been stripped of vowels and numbers and have had any inter-word spaces repositioned*. For example, if HMS Belfast was present it might appear as HM SBLFST. Tourist would be TRST.
* Apostrophes are ignored and hyphens are treated as spaces
1. BR MNDSYBCH
2. Z MB K
3. D BLR DLNS
4. DLDH S
5. HND LBRMFFS
6. GRLW THD LPH N
7. PRTNVRL RDV TRN
8. M RH SSC HLT TBG
9. RND RDR NPN TD
10. SP TWH RTHTR DSMTR LSD
11. QTRFL
12. VCB D
13. TR TRSGT
14. MVTH MSDG GTT
15. MN M NTTT HG RTF RFLN DN
16. BX NGRNG
17. STNF RGT
18. LLHL LW SBYT HTW R
19. THW RLDSFR STFL TNGCS TMSH S
20. THL TNM T TFT HC T YFL NDN
21. T HWL KTLK
22. MRR VT STH NPPL
23. PS SVDBRSCL LCTR
24. GLSSF LRS
25. GNSC S SRLFT
26. HR RBLH STRSLG
27. SPRNT RFR MSTML SY
28. PR TFT HLND NMRTH NR T
29. DRTTHB RD GMST RSD NNGR M
30. DGFT HCN TR LLN DNCNG STNCH RGN GZN
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s wikifoxer letter: c
a1. cockaigne (Phlebas)
a2. celebrity equinox (Aergistal)
a3. crimean tom (Phlebas)
a4. chubu centrair international airport (a_monk)
a5. candlestick telephone (Colonel_K)
b1. catcher pouch (Aergistal)
b2. chilean army (Colonel_K)
b3. cray-1 (Colonel_K)
b4. crested ibis (Phlebas)
b5. cinder track (Colonel_K)
c1. cheroot (Colonel_K)
c2. chimney (AbyssUK)
c3. claude monet (Colonel_K, Phlebas)
c4. colmar pocket (a_monk)
c5. congo free state (Colonel_K)
d1. cyprus emergency (Colonel_K)
d2. calliope (Phlebas)
d3. cards aginst humanity (AbyssUK)
d4. checkmate (AbyssUK)
d5. corgi toys (AbyssUK)
e1. cave bear (AbyssUK)
e2. creamer (Phlebas)
e3. cider mill (Phlebas)
e4. crime scene (Colonel_K)
e5. crimp_(joining) (AbyssUK)
5. HANDLEBAR Muffs ?
I presume it’s insulating gloves for cyclists.
20. THE L TNM T T (two words) OF THE CITY OF LONDON
ETA: 21. THE WALKIE TALKIE – whichever stupid building
Latin Motto, probably. (I expected it to be parading aldermen of some ilk)
25. GN (?) SCISSOR LIFT
GENIE!
28. PART OF THE LONDON MARATHON ROUTE
ETA: 29. DOOR TO THE BRIDGE-MASTER’S DINING-ROOM ?
27. SPRINTER FROM EAST MOLESEY !!??
– would be astonishing if true as that’s my village
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5054077,-0.0754107,3a,75y,299.44h,81.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRJBAFU0l22GkpvBR6MzHCQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
14. M.V. THOMAS DOGGETT – sightseeing vessel named after founder of oldest continuous boat race in the world (for watermen and lightermen)
1 – BERMONDSEY BEACH
11 – QUATREFOIL
19 – THE WORLDS FIRST FLOATING CUSTOMS HOUSE?
3. DOUBLE RED LINES
16. BOXING RING
17. STONE FRIGATE
4. ADELAIDE HOUSE
2. Could be ZOOMO E-BIKE? Not that I’ve found one on the bridge yet
Edit: Spotted!
30. something OF THE CENTRAL LONDON CONGESTION CHARGING ZONE
DG should be easy to figure out… by someone who isn’t me. I’d like to think it’s DOG, and that there’s some little border collie running around collecting fees from the drivers
Ahh… could be EDGE, as in boundary
24. GLASS FLOORS (in the walkways above the road)
6. GIRL WITH DOLPHIN?
3 spaces so it ought to be 4 words: Girl With A Dolphin (1973)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wynne_(sculptor)
Though, in this day and age I suppose Girl with e-Dolphin or Girl with i-Dolphin are equally plausible.
13. TRAITORS GATE
15. MONUMENT TO THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
10. SPOT WHERE THE TARDIS MATERIALISED
could refer to this: https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Come_on_TARDIS,_let%27s_go_party_(illustration)
or also Resurrection of the Daleks in which the TARDIS materialised nearby.
23. PASSIVE DEBRIS COLLECTOR
– which I imagined was going to be some bristles somewhere, or possibly petrolhead jargon for bull-bars on the front of an SUV, but is in fact a floating litter strainer
26. HORRIBLE HISTORIES LOGO
– / Log / Leg / League?
9. REINDEER ? DR NPN TD (3 words)
– there is a light-up reindeer visible in December 2021 snaps on the South Bank upstream of City Hall.
18. ALL HALLOWS BY THE TOWER
8. MORE HOUSE SCHOOL TOTE BAG
7 has to be OPERATION OVERLORD VETERAN, although I have no idea where.
HMS Belfast
22. MORE RIVETS THAN PEOPLE??
Just leaving
9. RND RDR NPN TD (REINDEER … ?)
12. VCB D
I think.
12 – EAV 2CUBED (LaundryHeap, July 2022)
9 could be something like ‘area under drain painted’, but although it fits the letters it doesn’t actually make any SENSE 😀
You’re very close. ‘Area’ and ‘painted’ are correct.
AREA ANDRE DERAIN PAINTED.
Never heard of him, I have to say! Thanks for the hint 🙂
Wow, that really hits home, even visited the museum. They didn’t display any Tower Bridge paintings though.