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mickthemaverick wrote: ↑20 May 2020, 12:54Had a very nice coffee and macaroon at Robin's Nest and we have now reached Sowerby Bridge where I discovered there used to be a thriving engine manufacturing plant.
So Pennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 3 Number 4 is: What type of engines were built here?
Had a lovely ride around the town and came across a vandalised picture on the wall. It appears to show some sort of gathering but the vandals have sprayed over the relevant part!
So Pennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 3 Number 5 is: What is going on in the picture?:
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mickthemaverick wrote: ↑20 May 2020, 15:56From here we'll peddle up to Widdop Reservoir to see its claim to fame and have a paddle.
Pennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 3 Number 6 is: What is the reservoir's claim to fame?
Regards NeilPennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 3 Number 4 is: What type of engines were built here?
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So Pennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 3 Number 5 is: What is going on in the picture?:
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From here we'll peddle up to Widdop Reservoir to see its claim to fame and have a paddle.
Pennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 3 Number 6 is: What is the reservoir's claim to fame
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This area has Geography field trip in 1976 written all over it, Limestone caves, limestone pavements, sink holes, gaping gill, glacial erratics, caves, stalactites and stalagmites, accommodation purposely designed to have a sort of imprisonment factor being miles from any potential over indulgence at local hostelries.mickthemaverick wrote: ↑20 May 2020, 20:23Morning Coffee in Gargrave:
Lunch in Settle:
Afternoon Tea in Ingleton:
B&B in Dent,
The famous Dalesman's Cafe in Gargrave
REgards NeilPennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 4 Number 1-How Far is it to Liverpool?
Regards NeilPennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 4 Number 2 and 3
2 Who built this Boathouse(well or had it built cant imagine he was much of a stonemason). 3. (allegedly) did the National Trust do when they ordered boats that were too big for the boathouse
(2017/18-ish)
This is the Very picturesque Settle StationPennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 4 Number 4
There is a Cave near Settle where fossils of mammoth, straight-tusked elephant, cave bear and hippopotamus, Bos primigenius, Rhinoceros leptorhinus and spotted hyenas (as a bed of hyena bones) were found, What is the name of the cave![]()
Both 4 an 5 are easily lookupable and 6 is just easyPennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 4 Number 5
The Footbridge over the Railway was removed from a Station on the East Coast Rail Line following its Electrification. Which station did it originally come from![]()
Regards NeilPennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 4 Number 6
What connects comedian Ken Goodwin with Settle![]()
Today has undoubtedly seen the pennines at their best, blue skies with the odd fluffy white cloud, clear and clean, bird song and spring blossom and meadows covered in wild flowers.![]()
REgards Neil
Regards NeilPennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 4 Number 7
What is the link between the author of "A Study in Scarlet" and Ingleton![]()
His mother lived near there?NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑21 May 2020, 17:15...and an Ingleton Question
Regards NeilPennine Cycleway Quiz Question Day 4 Number 7
What is the link between the author of "A Study in Scarlet" and Ingleton![]()
That is correct James. The wiki page on Ingleton also speculates that on visiting his mother there were associations with the name Sherlock and Holmes which may give credence to the name Sherlock Holmes being inspired by those connections.