Knotty Posted 23 December , 2020 Share Posted 23 December , 2020 2 hours ago, Fattyowls said: Intrusive street furniture and photographically sub-optimal cabling can be a separate chapter....... Or a footnote, use Photoshop or any other reputable photo enhancing software😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 23 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2020 1 hour ago, Knotty said: Photoshop or any other reputable photo enhancing software Sponsorship opportunity...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyman Posted 23 December , 2020 Share Posted 23 December , 2020 4 hours ago, Fattyowls said: But not forgetting Mr S's where is this from somewhere in pre Euro Europe. I was thinking of long straight possibly Roman roads crossing battlefields and I wondered about the Chemin de Dames, but the distant ridge looks wrong. It could be the Albert to Baupaume road crossing the Somme, but I've travelled that and I can't think of a building like that. So is it on the D939 between Arras and Cambrai? Or somewhere else entirely? Pete. I think I must add another clue. This is not to my knowledge actually 'on' a battlefield. However the homo sapiens who were here during the Great War did fight. Err, I think that should be sufficient for the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 24 December , 2020 Share Posted 24 December , 2020 8 hours ago, Knotty said: Or a footnote, use Photoshop or any other reputable photo enhancing software😁 if you want something free that works quite well, try GIMP M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 24 December , 2020 Share Posted 24 December , 2020 M Thats what I use, bit flaky with the new MacOS so I’m led to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 24 December , 2020 Share Posted 24 December , 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Holstein Posted 24 December , 2020 Share Posted 24 December , 2020 Sly, that's a brilliant photo. The humped shoulders of the Casemate by Fort Tavannes give it a menacing look until the snow turns it into a sort of fluffy pet. Christina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 24 December , 2020 Share Posted 24 December , 2020 Nice one Christina TR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 24 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 24 December , 2020 1 hour ago, Christina Holstein said: until the snow turns it into a sort of fluffy pet I'm not fooled; I know what lies beneath....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina Holstein Posted 24 December , 2020 Share Posted 24 December , 2020 You wait till you see the trial version.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 24 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 24 December , 2020 4 minutes ago, Christina Holstein said: You wait till you see the trial version.. Will it give me nightmares? I have enough trouble sleeping on Christmas Eve what with listening for Santa sliding down the chimney...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbo139 Posted 24 December , 2020 Share Posted 24 December , 2020 Not the best photo I know but just to enter into the spirit of things..............a beautiful area of Northern France ,I think often overlooked by visitors who get quite close but not close enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyman Posted 24 December , 2020 Share Posted 24 December , 2020 8 hours ago, Sly said: I would have thought 'Mr Fattyowls' would have got it. I suppose you have a name for the place Sly ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 24 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 24 December , 2020 41 minutes ago, stripeyman said: I would have thought 'Mr Fattyowls' would have got it I could have tried from now until Christmas and I wouldn't have...... I always like to rely on Sly and his local knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 24 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 24 December , 2020 13 hours ago, Marilyne said: if you want something free that works quite well, try GIMP Unfortunately having seen Pulp Fiction too many times I'm not sure I could bring myself to download it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 24 December , 2020 Share Posted 24 December , 2020 Quote I suppose you have a name for the place Sly ? As I said in a previous reply it's the location of the Vert-Galant airfield on the Amiens-Doullens road (the junction N25 and D117 road) in the Somme. I can't remember exactly where I have read or heard about it but I believe there are/were still some WW1 inscriptions or markings in one of the buildings of the farmhouse. Does someone know ? Sly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 26 December , 2020 Share Posted 26 December , 2020 Here's one for a Boxing Day quiz. Good camouflage, eh? Couple of clues: Not in Flanders, the wood behind, and the hill on which it sits, shares it's name with a lady who died in France, and is quite often in the newspapers. The observer in the post watched the British make preparations for what was to become a famous action. Any ideas? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 26 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 26 December , 2020 6 minutes ago, mebu said: the hill on which it sits, shares it's name with a lady who died in France, and is quite often in the newspapers. Is the newsworthy item the lady or the hill/wood Peter? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 26 December , 2020 Share Posted 26 December , 2020 Pete the name of the wood and hill is the same as the (died in France, not in WW1) newsworthy lady. Hope this helps, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 26 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 26 December , 2020 42 minutes ago, mebu said: Pete the name of the wood and hill is the same as the (died in France, not in WW1) newsworthy lady. Hope this helps, Peter Liking the clue but it's not helping at the moment. It's not you, it's me as they say........ Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomisitt Posted 26 December , 2020 Share Posted 26 December , 2020 Here’s an unusual WW1 cemetery. It contains 164 Italian soldiers from the Brigata Liguria, who died in the fighting on Monte Pasubio (6,500ft above sea level). The arch was built in 1935. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 27 December , 2020 Share Posted 27 December , 2020 Hmm, no-one's had a guess at the OP yet. Here's another OP (rear view), about 2km south of the first, this also gives a view over Manchester Hill (whoops, a giveaway clue). Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 27 December , 2020 Share Posted 27 December , 2020 San Quentin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebu Posted 27 December , 2020 Share Posted 27 December , 2020 Getting close. Remember the first clue, the location wood/hill shares it's name with a lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 27 December , 2020 Admin Share Posted 27 December , 2020 The on,y place I can think of with a view and the name is Boadicea redoubt, but I can't recall concrete up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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