+Moote Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Where is the furthest point (on the surface of earth) from the centre of the earth? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Where is the furthest point (on the surface of earth) from the centre of the earth? It's going to be on a mountain somewhere close to the equator, so I'll go for Kilimanjaro. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 I believe we've had this question before... Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I believe we've had this question before... Aye I think we may have done so too, the answer is a mountain in Ecuador, but the name escapes me just now ... I think it begins with something like chimp though. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=3375107 tells me the answer was/is Mount Chimborazo Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Ha ha! Too funny! Seems I couldn't recall the exact name last time either, but am ever so slightly closer this time ... Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=3375107 tells me the answer was/is Mount Chimborazo Yes that is correct, sorry never knew the question had been added before Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) No worries Moote- it was a while ago (March) and you can't expect to remember every question. Taking my ding and running with it, who can tell me the name of the animal this monument recalls? Edited December 10, 2008 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I like hiho9's guess much better than my own, 'cos I love elephants, but .... My own guess is that it's an English folly and therefore it's likely that it was built, or at least paid for, by an Englishman who liked his horse's arse more than his wife's. Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I like hiho9's guess much better than my own, 'cos I love elephants, but .... My own guess is that it's an English folly and therefore it's likely that it was built, or at least paid for, by an Englishman who liked his horse's arse more than his wife's. i couldn't think of a sensible answer though Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 It is an English folly, and it was a horse, but I'm looking for its name. Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 My guesswork was good. Now I have to guess the name of the horse's arse? Sally? Sarah? Elizabeth? Am I getting warmer? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Was it Wellington's horse, can't remember it's name right now but it might come to me. Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Buggah! I was guessing the wrong boot entirely. Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 wellington's horse was called Copenhagen i think... Quote Link to comment
+kennamatic Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Well, if it was Wellingtons horse was it's name Copenhagen? If it wasn't Wellingtons it was someone elses so the horses name is Copenhagen. That's my guess Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 It looks like farley Mount - in which case it was a horse called beware chalk pit. (I used to live 3 miles away in Hursley....) Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) a horse called beware chalk pit. Oh how I wish that the horses I ride would carry such sensible safety names/warnings on their manes! Edited December 10, 2008 by The Forester Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 It looks like farley Mount - in which case it was a horse called beware chalk pit.(I used to live 3 miles away in Hursley....) Ding Dong! Beware Chalk Pit it was. From Geograph, "The monument at Farley Mount: This pyramidal obelisk was erected to the memory of a racehorse called "Beware Chalk Pit" which won the Hunters Plate at Worthy Down races in October 1734. The plaque at the monument say that 'Underneath lies buried a horse the property of Paulet St John esq. that in the month of September 1733 leaped into a chalk pit twentyfive feet deep a foxhunting with his master on his back'. The story is that his master was so grateful that his surefooted horse prevented his early death that he had this monument built. Probing during the recent restoration revealed no evidence of a horse's remains under the mound. It is possible that the mound is a bronze-age bowl barrow, but no archaeological work has been carried out to confirm this." Over to you keehotee Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 OK Staying with the theme - and within the same county.... What's this? (and I need a specific answer) Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I have a feeling it is called the Sway tower or something like that, remeber driving past it a few times when I had to deliver press cars to a journo down near Milford on Sea and after I had seen it I did some investigation on the net to see what it was. The picture rung a bell but I do knowe that there is two towers near to Sway and not exacrly sure which one this is. Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 the pictured one being the first one so a prototype for the second which has a rounded side? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 the pictured one being the first one so a prototype for the second which has a rounded side? ... gets you the ding Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 in Yorkshire this time.name the monument Quote Link to comment
SlytherinAlex Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 (edited) in Yorkshire this time.name the monument Withernsea lighthouse no.. not Withernsea, Spurn Head. Edited December 11, 2008 by SlytherinAlex Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 (edited) its not a light house,and it is inland (i hope i aint got the wrong picture) Edit: added another picture Edited December 11, 2008 by hiho9 Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 It looks a bit like the Hoober Stand/Tower thingy near Rotheram Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 It looks a bit like the Hoober Stand/Tower thingy near Rotheram yup ding to DrDick&Vick Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Looks like all the driving around the country wasn't wasted after all. Ok lets stay on a similar theme What am I called and where am I?? Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 ill leave this one for some one else Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 My Shire book of Follies says it's Wappingthorn Tower, near Steyning north of Worthing. Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 DING A LING DING to Paul. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 I love a good folly, me. Where's Jack the Treacle Eater's Tower? (There's a cache there) Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Like Hiho9 before I will let someone else jump in for this one. Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 and I'll keep me nose out of this one as well Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 (edited) double post.... 6 minutes apart Edited December 12, 2008 by hiho9 Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 (edited) By mentioning that there is a cache at the location, is that (or is that not) allowing use of GC.com to locate the answer, (as we all know that a general search using a search engine is not allowed)? Edited December 12, 2008 by careygang Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 By mentioning that there is a cache at the location, is that (or is that not) allowing use of GC.com to locate the answer, (as we all know that a general search using a search engine is not allowed)? Does GC.com not use its own search engine on the database then? Not that that's stopped people in the past....... Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Using GC.com to search is fine Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 no one else playing? or you all braving the rain to find boxes? Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 no one else playing? or you all braving the rain to find boxes? Maybe it's just you, me and Paul who have an interest in follys! It would have to be a really brave cacher out there today. Lanes round this way are flooded as the ditches are all full and the footpaths are soggy to say the least. Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 theres keehotee as well... Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Using GC.com to search is fine OK then, it's near Yovil in Somerset and the cache would be GCKAHH... Quote Link to comment
+hiho9 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 that's what i have wrote down as well Quote Link to comment
+drdick&vick Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Yup me to. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Using GC.com to search is fine OK then, it's near Yovil in Somerset and the cache would be GCKAHH... Good enough for me, and for a Ding!Barwick Park, just a mile south of Yovil, is home to some of the UK's most unusual follies, including Jack the Treacle Eater's Tower, pictured below. Over to you careygang. Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) OK, my questions have been a bit easy, and this one probably is too, but lets change to a geography question... I'm currently living in the Las Vegas Valley, which has an average elevation of around 2,500 feet. Around an hours drive and I can be Caching up at around 9,000 ft in the neaby mountains. Now the question... If I increase my driving radius to a little over 2 hours, how low could I be Caching? I should now go out and get some quick caches, as my postings has just equalled my finds!! Doh!! Edited December 13, 2008 by careygang Quote Link to comment
+The Hornet Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 How about -85 metres in Death Valley? Quote Link to comment
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