SlytherinAlex

Just one. I'll start with some clues later today.

Zilch, nada, all wrong.

Reflective blue tac. Not that would be cool. a.

Apology accepted.

Three correct. I can hear the logic puzzlers sharpening their pencils already.

Two correct.

No, not even close

OK, slight extension to the base rules. No googling means no google maps. Or any other kind of maps. Anyone can look this one up, but from your memory and built in geospatial gps put the following places in order from west to east. Bristol, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Dundee and Carlisle.

If I had a chainsaw that could be damaged by a firetack, I'd want my money back. Lets keep this in perspective. Firetacks are smaller than a drawing pin. I have many chainsaws that cost in excess of £700 quid. The chainsaw wouldn't be damaged at all but the chain would. Sharpening a chainsaw chain is a time consuming task. But please, if you have more experience as me with these tools feel free to challenge what I had to say rather than quoting me and then making a different point. Read my quote again and see that I never once suggested the saw would be damaged but highlighted the maintenance costs ie sharpening the chain. Though it seems disingenous of me to quote and then challenge someone with such encyclopaedic knowledge of arboriculture. And to keep anything in perspective as you suggested you would first have to know your arse from your elbow. But obviously I have a lot to learn from you. 20 years in arboriculture is such a meaningless start it seems. I bow to your obvious superior knowledge. You are of course quite correct. I don't know my arse from my elbow when it comes to arboiculture but I do know about mathematics and probability. How many firetacks do you think geocachers would place in trees in a year and how many of those would be ultimately hit by chainsaws? Odds suggest not many. How many firetacks would you have to hit with a saw before you would need to sharpen the chain? Total cost to the Woodlands Trust in a year? Not much. I'll send them a fiver just in case.

Brownsea Island Three Red Squirrels

If I had a chainsaw that could be damaged by a firetack, I'd want my money back. Lets keep this in perspective. Firetacks are smaller than a drawing pin.

One can only hope so. Not a great start.

Yes, things have really changed in the last two years.

And a voice in the distance whispered............................... Cliffe Park Drive-By

In that case it wasn't Les Reed. No idea who else it could have been.

Are you sure it wasn't 2006?

Googled afterwards to get the picture. Knew the location already. Anyone else want to ask a question? I'm all out of good questions at the moment. alex

A view from ground level Paternoster Square and Paternoster column.

Same one that did the FA Cup? If so I don't know the name but its in Sheffield, Junction of Woodseats Rd & Abbeydale Rd - tiny little shop. Or that's what I was told in my youth. Yes they also made the FA Cup. but not in Sheffield. It was Fattorini, and all the trophies were made in Bradford. They are still around but now based in Birmingham. Interestingly the Crufts trophy is the same design as the Brass Band only scaled down. The story on Look North was about the Black Dyke (Mils) Band becoming the most successful brass band ever by winning the trophy of the 21st time. Over to the 'Gal for the next question.

Correct. Any idea who? (not part of the answer)

That's true. It one of my favourite films of all time. Watched it hundreds of times. OK, here's one that just came up as I was watching Look North on my Slingbox. It's an easy one. What connects Crufts, the Rugby League Challenge Cup and the British Brass Band Championships. a.

Bug ger, didn't read the question correctly. There were nine D'Ascoynes but that included Louis played by Dennis Price. So alec Guinness played the other eight. a.

Nine

The bit about making the hat was a red herring. Couldn't resist it.

Well being as the question was set by dodgydaved I'd hazzard a guess that its Guilds and not trade unions. Aye, but which two If anyone knows this without Google, Wiki or other outside help (I just looked it up) then I'll eat my hat. Maybe dodgydaved could make me one?