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Any chance that over time members of the FCF can post up an original photograph for every single "traditional County" on the map of Great Britain. :?: Doesnt have to have been taken on or after Sunday 22/11/2020 at 10.12am, can be from your own photographic collection...as long as they are originals.


So first come first served, only one photograph required to claim a County, after that the County is off the list.

Too hard to join in......I dont think so.... :-D. Might help fill in the long winter nights.......with a dip in from time to time.

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Who is going to get the ball rolling :?:

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Here's my initial submission for Northants
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This is in a village called Barnston in Wirral. Historically Cheshire although it's now a Unitary Authority.

This isn't a public, or even a permissive, footpath. It's private ground that I used to range over 60-odd years ago as a kid. This time we asked permission of the farmer (the same one as farmed back then) before going exploring.
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This one is certainly not an exemplar for the county concerned. It dates from about 1979/1980 and was taken in Brogyntyn Park, which is just to the north west of Oswestry. That means it's in Shropshire.
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Exxcellent start Thanks Jim and Paul,

A few stars on the map already :-D
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A quick buzz down the road yielded our iconic County Hall with which I claim Hertfordshire! :-D
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Can I claim London please? This is the Woolwich Ferry with the Millennium Dome in the background.
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Essex is so close and this is one of its lovely attractions:
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The added beauty is supplied by Bob's grandaughters!! :-D
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As Paul has claimed London :-D and we are working with the map shown I will claim Lancashire with this shot of the Mersey bankside in Liverpool:
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Paul-R wrote: 22 Nov 2020, 11:17 Can I claim London please? This is the Woolwich Ferry with the Millennium Dome in the background.
Paul you certainly can, but I cant put star on the map because refreshingly London isn't on it! :-D Woolwich used to be in Kent but I'll reserve Kent for something more obviously Kent if you dont mind :-D
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This is (I think) mostly Hampshire, maybe with a whiff of Surrey, but we won't count that :-D The golfballs are at Oakhanger.
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mickthemaverick wrote: 22 Nov 2020, 11:35 As Paul has claimed London :-D and we are working with the map shown I will claim Lancashire with this shot of the Mersey bankside in Liverpool:
I'll have to get my topiary pig or hadrians wall splendid isolation photo in too before my territory is stepped on :-D

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I was tempted to post Hadrian's but thought I'd leave it to you Neil! However I am wondering what happened to my green star border in Essex? :-D
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mickthemaverick wrote: 22 Nov 2020, 11:48 I was tempted to post Hadrian's but thought I'd leave it to you Neil! However I am wondering what happened to my green star border in Essex? :-D
Too big or not a consistent shade? These things can be corrected :-D

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It seems to be an inconsistent shade, the size is proportional to the space it occupies nicely. :-D
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