Until I settle on a theme for the THC game (This week the theme shortlist shrunk to just two candidates) my Chief Foxer Setter turned Senior Researcher /Lead Scenario Designer doesn’t have a great deal to do, hence the following foxer.
To fully defox this geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them.
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SOLUTIONS
Foxer #260 theme: boxes (defoxed by Colonel_K, Nutfield)
abdo guard (Viscount)
brownie (Colonel_K)
chocolate (Colonel_K, Nutfield)
egg (Mrs Nutfield)
gore vidal (Colonel_K)
ice (Nutfield)
jack in the (Nutfield)
kay harker (Colonel_K)
kite (Nutfield)
knightsbridge (Viscount)
lecil martin (Nutfield)
loot (Viscount)
mitre (Nutfield)
pill (Nutfield)
schrodingers cat (Colonel_K)
signal (Nutfield)
spanner (Viscount)
strong (Colonel_K, Nutfield)
take your pick (Colonel_K)
ticky tacky (Viscount)
tool (Viscount)
torsion (Nutfield)
C – Christ Church College, Oxford, with St Aldate’s church behind us.
J – Tottenham Hale tube station
K – Moi Avenue, Nairobi. Hilton Park to our left, Kenya National Archive to the right.
G – Santhome (St Thomas) Cathedral, Chennai
H. B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore – known as the Roundhouse
https://www.google.com/maps/place/B%26O+Railroad+Museum/@39.2854621,-76.632516,3a,90y,41.6h,88.26t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgIC46setkAE!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAPRy3c8axLWaImK8ahCHuSQrf4wE7AcgqwLy0jEbgQGhc-JbXmJvMnKLYPI-iJiyl4r6WQvTCpoRotcGoJ0Yv-bArHTo6EpWCAhylYeaJxvKAytGYfEU9Dqsp2sDLMVQ-qMZuAyxeEU4%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi1.7379924806448344-ya136.5958353929352-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c8049c2bac0e6f:0x8d1f347fa7024ae4!8m2!3d39.2854681!4d-76.6326119!16zL20vMDRsNnRr!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEwNi4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA3MUgBUAM%3D
E. Steel Bridge, Portland, Oregon
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Steel+Bridge/@45.5253466,-122.6697438,3a,75y,358.26h,88.09t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sJp76aiCoXIRcssvDMuRhTw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D1.9141450865905796%26panoid%3DJp76aiCoXIRcssvDMuRhTw%26yaw%3D358.2594395513331!7i13312!8i6656!4m6!3m5!1s0x5495a1007ce5ce63:0x3385a7c94d12c623!8m2!3d45.5277133!4d-122.6690355!16s%2Fg%2F11ykjvpxxh?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEwNi4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA3MUgBUAM%3D
(not the exact photo)
F. Tom Mathias Museum – https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tom+Mathias+Museum/@52.0517271,-4.6136652,3a,75y,31.67h,78.3t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1swAVJbbdES6TDReF-7yMRQA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D11.696604460800003%26panoid%3DwAVJbbdES6TDReF-7yMRQA%26yaw%3D31.673802898393745!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x486f2ff8fef25d9f:0x8a332836c5cd630c!8m2!3d52.0517975!4d-4.6135594!16s%2Fg%2F11v3kzc6ch?hl=en&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEwNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
He was a photographer whose pictures were posted after he died on in a ‘Can you identify this picture’ feature.
I wonder if this is a Foxer meta theme?
L – Achelous and Hercules at the Smithsonian by Thomas Hart Benson – https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/achelous-and-hercules-1910
i. TOMMY (statue) + Eleven ‘O’ One (poem)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tommy+World+War+One+Soldier+Sculpture+-+Eleven+'O'+One/@54.8398541,-1.3317332,3a,90y,192.84h,87.84t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgIDEkOK6uAE!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAPRy3c-RsNI2Rz5x0vEGkEsMERiSahISZLZXXvj1Loha6d_QBFqsrS6UUzIZb3dolMtWciZqvvTGp6Y254ttL1Qs5fSTUu1buETJq0sk_39ooxBcZpK_yMshvSLBrHuSX24jOxi3A_ga%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi2.1603594342519727-ya194.4284863963833-ro0-fo100!7i8000!8i4000!4m14!1m3!2m2!1sstatue+near+Seaham!6e1!3m9!1s0x487e60e6c026f853:0x22f6a319e28090ac!8m2!3d54.8398512!4d-1.3317895!10e5!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI!15sChJzdGF0dWUgbmVhciBTZWFoYW1aFCISc3RhdHVlIG5lYXIgc2VhaGFtkgENbWVtb3JpYWxfcGFya5oBJENoZERTVWhOTUc5blMwVkpRMEZuU1VSSU5WbzNVamhSUlJBQuABAPoBBAgAEEE!16s%2Fg%2F11b8zs1770?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEwNi4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA3MUgBUAM%3D
I – 1101 (better known as Tommy) by Ray Lonsdale, Seaham, County Durham