This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a whizz at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not lend a hand.
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 In, On, Or Close To The Channel Islands’ missing vowels foxer
1. jmb – jambo (Nutfield)
2. crpd – crapeud (Colonel_K)
3. cldch n – claude cahun (Colonel_K)
4. gn twvnpf fn – giant woven puffin (Nutfield)
5. chr mngbtty – charming betty (Nutfield)
6. jr rsspkr – jèrriais speaker (Electric Dragon)
7. pt tp lp – potato peel pie (Jimbob)
8. lt nntcl nlkrtst nr – lieutenant colonel kurt steiner (Colonel_K)
9. wtc hsstn – witches stone (Jimbob)
10. grv llhrd – grouville hoard (Colonel_K)
11. gj y – g-joey (Colonel_K)
12. sqrp n dcn – square pound coin (Nutfield)
13. cr tgnss – icart gneiss (Colonel_K)
14. jrsyvn ngps tjrnl st – jersey evening post journalist (Nutfield)
15. mrp y – mr pye (Phlebas)
16. mrt tvs – muratti vase (Electric Dragon)
17. l grsylt – lager sylt (Colonel_K)
18. h tdlg r nn – haut de la garenne (Colonel_K)
19. trd ntv – trident v (Colonel_K)
20. thbr clybrt hrs – the barclay brothers (Electric Dragon)
21. ln dnndr grndn ntnff tynnst ck – london underground nineteen fifty-nine stock (Electric Dragon)
22. hr ddp – hurd deep ()
23. sgnr – seigneur (Electric Dragon)
24. lt rdv n d – la tour de vinde (Colonel_K)
25. rtttrn qll – ruette tranquille (Electric Dragon)
26. bl ybyh llc lmb – bouley bay hill climb (Nutfield)
27. mssbt tlff lwr s – miss battle of flowers (Jimbob)
28. ry lgld ngrn sygt – royal golden guernsey goat (Colonel_K)
29. ldr nyrc – alderney race (Colonel_K)
30. cb bglf – cabbage loaf () or cabbage leaf (Jimbob)
31. llllngt ry – lillie langtry (Electric Dragon)
32. lc p – la coupée (Colonel_K)
33. ntrn tnlkd nysdp tt – international kidney seed potato (Zwack23)
I. Fiat section of Riga Motor Museum
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.9703163,24.2276457,3a,75y,31.16h,76.12t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMil3jr0jcSFleBuTgwS3mIHBiQ92bwcvo4KIhK!2e10!3e11!7i6912!8i3456?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
That yellow Fiat looks like a Fiat 509. 509 seems like an odd link but it’s two out of two so far.
Actually, it is a Fiat 514 mod
Here: https://www.google.com/maps/@56.9703164,24.2276859,3a,75y,337.88h,74t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipMczuFktn3Hy9vCXazHYleqccbt5nR3D8L6CNib!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMczuFktn3Hy9vCXazHYleqccbt5nR3D8L6CNib%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya263.6303-ro-0-fo100!7i6912!8i3456?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
A. “Spokes” sculpture in Cookeville, Tennessee
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1646367,-85.5090062,3a,75y,202.81h,91.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scQdTWxxPBP9oJTL8S-Edcg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Train in the background looks like this one in a slightly different paint job.
https://rgusrail.com/tnla509.html
J: Block Island Ferry, New London Connecticut.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3565251,-72.0938504,3a,34.8y,135.1h,93.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sulAMFMPclmi5SfCLDG6DSw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
I think we are looking for this ship: Cape Henlopen, which used to be USS Buncombe County (LST-510) and served during the D-Day, no less.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-510
F – 101st Airborne Division 506th P.I.R. “Easy” Company memorial of the Brecourt Manor Assault.
https://www.normandywarguide.com/place/easy-company-101st-airborne-memorial
G. Taipei 101?
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.0391311,121.5625059,3a,75y,171.08h,101.14t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sbdxl8MxPt9Fks3RkNY2eag!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i31?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
508m tall, will that do?
C – Golders Green Tube Station
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5714566,-0.1937027,3a,75y,327.66h,78.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4FhqO5buNkKDlBFP8uxXyg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Located on the A502 – so the link does look like 50x
B. RAAF Museum at RAAF Williams Point Cook, Victoria
https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.9304481,144.7487664,3a,75y,71.66h,73.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipM3wUYh9iJKSkuFCPVtWI5uzuCwyyuS8CI0MEoB!2e10!7i13312!8i6656?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
The biplane on the right is an Avro 504K.
I don’t know where E is (I’ve narrowed it down to ‘probably somewhere in Switzerland’), but the EMU there looks like a RABe 501:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBB_RABe_501
It is a driver’s cabin of the Giruno multiple unit (RABe 501) from Stadler at an old shed in Locorama railway museum, in Romanshorn.
Here: https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5596587,9.3762657,3a,75y,72.2h,87.4t/data=!3m10!1e1!3m8!1sAF1QipNZ2ICx8EKN8pa42Ld7x1PMVeoVxUlNphh0q7__!2e10!3e11!7i7680!8i3840!9m2!1b1!2i29!5m1!1e2?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Somebody’ll need to double check but I think D. will have 507 at the far end.
Section of bridge from mulberry harbour at Vierville-sur-mer. (inland from Omaha beach?)
You are correct, this is the Whale bridge in Vierville-sur-Mer. The number on the panel is indeed 507. It is alongside the road D517 for “Route Départementale 517”.
Here: https://www.google.fr/maps/@49.3773428,-0.9045821,3a,75y,352.54h,84.54t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNbUDO8jYTm2fqyGzDDibVg!2e0!5s20180801T000000!7i13312!8i6656?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
H. USS Midway Museum (CV-41), in San Diego, California. The plane is a Grumman A-6 Intruder number 151782. There is a different paint scheme on each side, so either number 511 or 512.
Here: https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7139458,-117.1748253,3a,90y,244.2h,80.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYxOCWGOOTNrgIw_jAjjO4Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
K. is 1700 East 56th Street, also known as 1700 Building, adjacent to Jackson Park and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. This Museum is the home of the German U-boot U-505.
According to Wikipedia, the U-505 “is one of just six German submarines captured by the Allies during World War II, and, since its arrival in 1954, the only one on display in the Western Hemisphere. The U-boat was newly restored beginning in 2004 after 50 years of being displayed outdoors, and was then moved indoors as The New U-505 Experience on June 5, 2005. Displayed in an underground shed, it remains as a popular exhibit for visitors, as well as a memorial to all the casualties of the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. Guided tours of the submarine are offered for an additional fee. Near the U-505 there is both a Mold-A-Rama machine and a penny flattening device. Both have U-505 designs.”
Here: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7917056,-87.5806932,3a,80.3y,324.56h,95.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spdGpzTLMBgHgqGNA4f8JnQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D