This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a dab hand at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not help out.
To fully defox the following geofoxer, identify all eleven locations plus the theme that links them.
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s ‘33 Things Wot You Might Find on Rails or on a Train’ missing vowels foxer:
1. SNDT – sandite (Colonel_K)
2. ZTSPR – zatseper
3. CMRDL LY – camera dolly (ylla)
4. BN GFSL G – boeing 737 fuselage (ylla)
5. QRR YTB – quarry tub (Nutfield)
6. KRJNXPR SS – krajina express (Nutfield)
7. TRFBR NR – turf burner (Nutfield)
8. STRPHNGR – straphanger (Nutfield)
9. BMB RDRF LXTYSWFT – bombardier flexity swift (Phlebas)
10. RTH RCD GNWST – arthur cadogan west (Electric Dragon)
11. YRN V RL N – you are never alone (Nutfield)
12. CRR DRTNDR – corridor tender (Electric Dragon)
13. SNSP RL – sans pareil (a_monk)
14. TRP – torpedo (Colonel_K)
15. SK YTPLNG – skytop lounge (Nutfield)
16. BLDYT M – bloodeye tim
17. FRDD GR – fare dodger (Phlebas)
18. THTH NCLRG YMN – the thin clergyman (Electric Dragon)
19. LNFRN CCSSTT – lanfranco cassetti (Electric Dragon)
20. MNS LLWHL – mansell wheel (Nutfield)
21. LRDMNTB TTNSCF FN – lord mountbatten’s coffin (Nutfield)
22. HRR MNSHR BLT – harrimans herbal tea (ylla)
23. DRSN – draisine (a_monk)
24. SCHWRRG STV – schwerer gustav (ylla)
25. K MJ NGN – kim jong un (Nutfield)
26. DN DYWGN – dandy wagon (Nutfield)
27. CNTNRC RN – container crane (Phlebas)
28. QTCR RG – quiet carriage (ylla)
29. FBLKL XTRPD – fablok luxtorpeda (ylla)
30. TMT HMB – tom thumb (Nutfield)
31. PN MCN LML – panama canal mule (Phlebas)
32. VGV R TP C – vega vert-a-pac
33. FR M RMMB RFP RLMN TFRNF LDST HGT – a former member of parliament for enfield southgate (Electric Dragon)
E. The Happy Houseboat near London Bridge (Browns Butler’s Wharf/China Wharf?)
I – Fitzroy Place in London – the statue on the side of the house is of Francisco De Miranda, Venezuelan military leader, who lived there for a short time
F – All Soul’s Church in Langham Place.
Which is across the road from the entrance to BBC Broadcasting House
And the statue of Prospero and Ariel by Eric Gill (that was attacked a while back because of Eric Gill being a wrong ‘un) is just out of shot on the left.
Brown, Miranda and Gill Sans are all fonts, if that might be the link.
C – The Minack Theatre, Cornwall (Mrs Nutfield)
Minack is not a font, so that’s out.
Next suggestion – The Tempest.
Statue of Prospero and Ariel
First play staged at the location of the Minack theatre.
Miranda also a character in The Tempest.
Also, I’ve no idea where K is, but it’s clearly something to do with a shipwreck.
H is St Peter’s Church Bermuda, with a model of the Sea Venture
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UMzD34CPgCPTYrNB9
(Tracked down backwards, in that I knew the Tempest was supposed to be partly based off a true account of shipwreck, found the ship’s name, and searched for a model of it in a church!)
G: Statue of Eloy Gonzalo (Backwards search from Tempest characters!)
B is the south end of Blackfriars Bridge in London. Site of the discovery of the hanging body of Roberto Calvi, if that’s of any use.
Bit tenuous but Calvi was from Milan and Prospero was Duke of Milan. I suspect there’s a better link.
Calvi, like Prospero, was from Milan and the site is not that far from The Globe, but that’s all I’ve got for a connection.
The Tempest was apparently first performed at Blackfriars? Other side of the river, though.
https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/the-first-night-of-the-tempest
K. might be the wreck of the barque Trinculo (30th May 1879)
Golden Beach, Victoria, Australia
but someone would have to confirm it.
ETA: Trinculo is Alonso’s jester
Here it is:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Trinculo+Ship+Wreck/@-38.2528246,147.3500007,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipM96IE5YIfYzCzIW0iMO9TIo6wlzJS_qq7rbAgO!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipM96IE5YIfYzCzIW0iMO9TIo6wlzJS_qq7rbAgO%3Dw203-h152-k-no!7i3362!8i2521!4m9!3m8!1s0x6b2f1e95322806c9:0xd18200890ee9775b!8m2!3d-38.2528246!4d147.3500007!10e5!14m1!1BCgIgAQ!16s%2Fg%2F11b5pjn0dk?entry=ttu
J. is the Australian National Aviation Museum of Melbourne
The first one is a missile, but I can’t find much about it
Right behind is a French Mirage IIIO
The yellow plane in the back is a CAC CA-28 Ceres
Here:
https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.976695,145.0914886,3a,90y,323.62h,87.21t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNr1DqdKrBa8lHJQPEIJO3D7HF1_5zfuCfDOJf1!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNr1DqdKrBa8lHJQPEIJO3D7HF1_5zfuCfDOJf1%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya14.989342-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?entry=ttu
The missile is an Australian made anti submarine missile
Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikara_(missile)
A. Ariel’s Work, on A30 Road, Yeovil Rd, Crewkerne
It is the location of the Ariel Motor Company Factory
Here: https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8951418,-2.7693634,3a,75y,18.43h,79.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sg4WQzMhtgQqwYztOS0BO9g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
D – CALIBAN Book Shop & Cathedral of Learning in the background, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xawoczs97hMMsAHVA
You beat me by 10 minutes!
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4449703,-79.9487282,3a,64.5y,248.26h,93.32t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1syd1EXULrui2KqEQkL2BNsg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i22?entry=ttu