Sunday Times General Knowledge (Gk) Sunday February 11Th 2018

[Adrienne1941]

the answers to Where Was I?

[bookbinder]

How about: where was the clue? We don't all have the paper in front of us.

[goodgoalie]

There are quite a few of us here on AB who have enjoyed this puzzle for many years and often discuss the week's offering without giving away the answers.
There are other places on the internet that give the answers if that's all you want.

[Flonska]

Interesting offering, I thought this week, especially studying the detail in the OS Map of the area. I had also wondered how long it would be before the royal "diphthong" would be trotted out again. Perhaps too, Tilly may have enjoyed reading of the family connection that might be somewhat "close to home" as it were?

[Tilly2]

Hi Flonska. Could you give me the link please? :-)

[Flonska]

Here it is Tilly . . .

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/travel/where-was-i/

[goodgoalie]

Morning, F. Yes, quite tricky this week, and took me a fair old time to come up with the actual name of the trackway. Have you found that it has a few different spellings? Hope I have chosen the correct one - have already entered!

[Flonska]

Good Morning GG. My entry was submitted this morning too.

As well as different 'spellings' there are some a.k.a. variations.

So, it will be a case of "fingers crossed" for the right answer as well as picking the name from the hat (assuming . . . he still uses one)?

[goodgoalie]

For the trackway, I've put three words, each of one syllable....

[Flonska]

That sounds o.k. to me, GG - bon chance!

[goodgoalie]

Thanks, F. Did you go for I or Y in the third word? I chose Y

[Etch]

Always annoying when there are alternative spellings for one of the required answers!

GG, yesterday, whilst searching for the competition website (away from home and couldn't remember the URL) I came across the following article by Chris Fautley:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/for-the-1-000th-time-wherewasi-xmr2x29dd
I haven't registered to read the full article, but what is visible without doing so is interesting: he has been setting the puzzle since 1998, and my paper cutting (19 May 1996) is from the "first incarnation" of Where Was I?, before his involvement

[Flonska]

"Y" . . . yes I did!

[Flonska]

Who knows Etch, maybe he entered the comp - won a prize and got smitten with the idea? Can't tell from the map where he is but unlike "geographically challenged friend" who accompanies him from time to time, it does at least appear to be the right way up!

[Etch]

Ooh, I do like a challenge, F - where is he, or at least which part of the UK does the map show? I'm pretty certain it's the southern part of The Rhins (the setting for WWI? on 1 Oct 2017) with the Mull of Galloway at the top, of course, because of how the OS Landranger maps are folded: his index finger is pointing towards Clanyard Bay and his middle finger is in Port Nessock (or Port Logan) Bay

Is the scarf an attempt to remain icognito, or is it to guard against the terrible British weather that he often has to deal with? :-)

[Flonska]

Can't fault that at all . . . Etch - 6.0 for technical merit and 6.0 for artistic impression! (at present - am watching bits of the figure skating).

It always surprises me how many people I know who don't orientate a map to the direction being travelled in order to navigate.

I think the scarf is probably a bit of both you suggest - not so the hat - well, not like Paddy Burt's Pic which used to appear in the "Room Service" features in the Telegraph.

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Flonska.

My ancient trackway has only two words in the name. :-(

[Etch]

Don't worry Tilly, 2 words looks good to me. Can't see how Flonska and GG get 3 words, with the I/Y possibility in the last word: I reckon it's in the first word

[Tilly2]

Perhaps they've put 'Walk' as the third word?

[Flonska]

Sorry Etch and Tilly - I misread GG's post. My answer contains Y but the option is in the second word - or first in your case, as t'would appear without including def. art.

[Tilly2]

The ............? .........?

or .........? .........? Walk?

Ignore the number of dots! :-)