E: 30/09 Win A 2010 Summer Holiday To Greece

Goldenview

crd3000 wrote: »

Ok!! Long story short...... I was searching for ages using various searches (I don't give up!).... Eventually I put 'English Village' into Google, then I found a similar photo where you could zoom into the buildings. One of them was called The White Hart Inn.... More searching for The White Hart Inn in Google images and I found the same buildings!! Took me ages though!
It is a village in the Cotswolds called............. Winchcombe!!

Dunno if I can post links on here....?
But..... if you search Google images for 'Winchcombe', the first pic that comes up should be very similar to the comp pic. This one has bicycles in it.

Also, if you search 'Flickr.com for 'Winchcombe' but go into 'advanced search' and put 'the exact phrase' in the first box, towards the end of the first results page you can also see the roof of that weird chimney building. It has a Hula Hoop type chimney but I can't see the little door type chimney although the photo is taken from the other side.

Phew..........


Caz x

OMG! I was half-joking that we could find the village on t'internet! Caz, you are a genius! That's some detective work.

Right, next step - coach trip to Winchcombe for a site-vist. Who's joining me! Lol. :rotfl:

soblivion

With all that fantastic hard work from caz - thank you, I managed to find a brilliant photo of the door, cupboard, handle etc

I went to this page here http://www.flickr.com/photos/papabear9/2673949720

clicked on the magnifying glass that says all sizes, then clicked on download the large size.
That saved it on my windows picture and fax viewer. Then I could use that little wheel thing on my mouse to zoom in and get a very close look and you'll see it is a chimney breast/stack and a bracket holding an aerial.

Goldenview

soblivion wrote: »

With all that fantastic hard work from caz - thank you, I managed to find a brilliant photo of the door, cupboard, handle etc

I went to this page here http://www.flickr.com/photos/papabear9/2673949720

clicked on the magnifying glass that says all sizes, then clicked on download the large size.
That saved it on my windows picture and fax viewer. Then I could use that little wheel thing on my mouse to zoom in and get a very close look and you'll see it is a chimney breast/stack and a bracket holding an aerial.

Thanks so much Soblivion!!!!! What amazing team work from everyone. Guess that means it IS Times Square and we have all 30 as per BigRichG's list. Hurray!!!!:T

soblivion

On the competition photo there is a green square on the wall by the chilli. On the photo I found above, it clearly shows the name of the shop is 'vegetable'. Have they put the green square there to protect it's identity or is it a clue?
Destinations, I am hopeless at them but using google I found a green square in Tripoli Libya, Copenhagen and Dataran Merdeka in Malaysia.

crd3000

You are very welcome !
Soblivion, well done, I couldn't find a chimney pic!

But... to put a spanner in the works (and cos we have New York already.....),
Why are the clock hands set to midnight? (or midday)!?
Could it refer to Greenwich..... or the Midnight sun maybe (Norway?)?

Just a thought!!

Cheers,
Caz

cestlavie

.. finding the village high street was... sheer genius

niccy_ulverston

crd3000 wrote: »

You are very welcome !
Soblivion, well done, I couldn't find a chimney pic!

But... to put a spanner in the works (and cos we have New York already.....),
Why are the clock hands set to midnight? (or midday)!?
Could it refer to Greenwich..... or the Midnight sun maybe (Norway?)?

Just a thought!!

Cheers,
Caz

im pretty certain (like 99.9% certain) that the clock is symbloic of Times Sqaure, why else have a SQUARE clock? its asking for holiday destinations, people especially go to times square for new year...hence the midnight timing... if it were from greenwich (which really, isnt much of a holiday destination) then why have the symbolism of a SQUARE clockface? surely theyd use a normal one. or doctor the clock that was originally in the photo with a changed time. im sticking with times square, besides having buffalo and new york (big apple)

pab1959

still not sure whether its hong kong or gibralta for the monkey???? and thats still just 29

niccy_ulverston

pab1959 wrote: »

still not sure whether its hong kong or gibralta for the monkey???? and thats still just 29

there is definately 30 on the list

1. Apple - New York
2. Hat - Panama
3. Birds - Canaries
4. Chile - Chile
5. Deli Sign - New Delhi
6. Brussel Sprouts - Brussels
7. Whales - Wales
8. Wellies - Wellington
9. Tin Cans - Cannes
10. Envelope - Manilla
11. Tea Cups - China
12. Bufallo - Bufallo
13. Star in Pavement - Hollywood
14. Bell with A+ - Belgrade
15. Turkey - Turkey
16. Cigar - Havana / Cuba ?
17. Square Clock - Times Square
18. Kangaroo sign - Australia
19. Red C - Red Sea
20. Maple Leaf - Canada
21. Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal
22. Easter Eggs on Island - Easter Island
23. Monkey - Gibraltar ?
24. Pizzas - Pisa
25.Cod in Cape - Cape Cod
26. Red Square - Red Square
27. Cork - Cork
28. Perfume Bottle - Cologne
29. Angel? on Blue Flag - Phoenix
30. Loaf of Bread and Sugar Cubes - Sugar Loaf Mountain (Rio)

niccy_ulverston

This is the monkey from King Kong (Hong Kong)
and from Gibraltar:
i'da thunk it was pretty conclusive that the monkey in the image:


is more the gibraltar monkey than it is a gorilla

and is it just me or was king kong not set in manhatten?