Location: At the back of the train, quitely doing exactly what you'd expect.
Random guess - Wycheproof?
Where is it? Victorian Country Cryptic Edition
railblogger
Chief Commissioner
Location: At the back of the train, quitely doing exactly what you'd expect.
duttonbay
Minister for Railways
Not Wycheproof.
For the new page:
timetable man
Incorrect guesses Buloke, Whycheproof.
It's only been four days. I will wait another couple before giving a clue - although it's hard to give a clue without giving the game away. It's really quite a simple cryptic (I think).
For the new page:
timetable man
Incorrect guesses Buloke, Whycheproof.
It's only been four days. I will wait another couple before giving a clue - although it's hard to give a clue without giving the game away. It's really quite a simple cryptic (I think).
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
Bradshaw?
duttonbay
Minister for Railways
Bradshaw?
Phew. I was just about to give a clue of some sort, but Calgully came to my rescue.
Here's the man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bradshaw
If you look at Mark Bau's site you see that Bradshaw also produced a guide for the VR, more than 100 years ago: http://www.victorianrailways.net/timetables/tthome.html
It's over to Calgully.
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
Could you could buy your takeaway haggis at the Church fete here?
Valvegear
Oliver Bullied, CME
Location: Richmond Vic
A stab to get things rolling:- Bannockburn?
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
A stab to get things rolling:- Bannockburn?
Not Bannockburn. But you do have the right ethnic reference.
LEGEND711
Junior Train Controller
Location: NEAR SHEPPARTON
Could you could buy your takeaway haggis at the Church fete here?
Going out on a limb here, Wonthaggi ?
Valvegear
Oliver Bullied, CME
Location: Richmond Vic
Argyle ?
Alamein_Line
Chief Commissioner
Sutherland ?
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
Not Wonthaggi (though amusing)
Not Sutherland
Not Argyle
In fact the answer is not a scottish town name, but you will need knowledge of a wee bit of Scots dialect to solve this one.
Not Sutherland
Not Argyle
In fact the answer is not a scottish town name, but you will need knowledge of a wee bit of Scots dialect to solve this one.
Alamein_Line
Chief Commissioner
Galaquil ?
In Scotland ( or certainly parts of it ) a fair & sports event is called a Gala
In Scotland ( or certainly parts of it ) a fair & sports event is called a Gala
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
Not Galaquil.
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
Time to help out a bit. Given we've got the Scottish link, we can contract the clue to the relevant bits:
Buy at Church fete here
Buy at Church fete here
Valvegear
Oliver Bullied, CME
Location: Richmond Vic
Fairview ?
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
Not Fairview.
What might you expect to find at a church fete?
Where might you buy a takeaway haggis?
What might you expect to find at a church fete?
Where might you buy a takeaway haggis?
Alamein_Line
Chief Commissioner
"Kirk stall" with the last "k" dropped = Kirstall
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
"Kirk stall" with the last "k" dropped = Kirstall
Yes, Kirkstall it is. A Kirk is a scottish church and you might buy a haggis at a stall at a fete.
Not sure what you mean about dropping the last "k" though.
Over to you.
Alamein_Line
Chief Commissioner
Not sure what you mean about dropping the last "k" though.
Thanks , Calgully
The station name is one of those words your mind "warps" into recognition of what it knows
I am guilty of the same with this one -- it is actually Kir - stall , not Kirk-stall
Footwear call out
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
I am guilty of the same with this one -- it is actually Kir - stall , not Kirk-stall
It is actually Kirkstall - (with two ks). I'm talking about the place between Koroit and Port Fairy.
duttonbay
Minister for Railways
I am guilty of the same with this one -- it is actually Kir - stall , not Kirk-stall
It is actually Kirkstall - (with two ks). I'm talking about the place between Koroit and Port Fairy.
Interestingly the VR maps (at least Andrew Waugh's 1940 version) show it as Kirstall: http://www.vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1940.pdf - incorrectly I suggest...
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
Interestingly the VR maps (at least Andrew Waugh's 1940 version) show it as Kirstall: http://www.vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1940.pdf - incorrectly I suggest...
As far as I can tell official VR timetables got it correct (with a second k). Eg 1928
http://www.victorianrailways.net/timetables/1928country/45_46.html
Alamein_Line
Chief Commissioner
My apologies , Calgully 
As duttonbay suggests , there is a spelling error in the Andrew Waugh maps I used as a reference
Checked my 1922 VR Map and , sure enough , it is shown as Kirkstall
Should have checked a second reference before writing
As duttonbay suggests , there is a spelling error in the Andrew Waugh maps I used as a reference
Checked my 1922 VR Map and , sure enough , it is shown as Kirkstall
Should have checked a second reference before writing
Calgully
Deputy Commissioner
Location:
My apologies , Calgully
No need to apologise mate. It's just a discussion about facts - and you were most civil about it.
Anyway, my guess is Womboota.
Alamein_Line
Chief Commissioner
Cheers , Calgully
Unfortunately , not Womboota
Footwear call out
Unfortunately , not Womboota
Footwear call out
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