+Omally Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 It has been brought to my attention that Sonya is standing next to some co-ordinates in what appears to be some sort of school hall or similar. I've put these co-ords into Mapsource and they appear to be pointing to a location in the North Sea, about 180 miles NE of the Faroe Islands. Clearly Sonya has been visiting either a very large Oil-rig or the Lost City of Atlantis (which, you may recall, was moved to the North Sea in the '50s due to some noisy French neighbours in the South Pacific). Anyone have any further ideas as to where that parquet floor actually is? "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Quote Link to comment
+stu_and_sarah Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 Could be that it's meant to be 52 degrees, which places it somewhere up in the north-west of England. Or, since the caption is 'ice', maybe she's standing on a North-Atlantic iceberg? Quote Link to comment
Sonya :-) Posted July 6, 2003 Share Posted July 6, 2003 Ha ha ha. A pint for the first correct answer. I'll give you a clue... It's at an airport Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted July 6, 2003 Author Share Posted July 6, 2003 Silly me: fancy not immediately recognising Keflavik Airport in Iceland! "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Quote Link to comment
Sonya :-) Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 Too good Omally. That's a pint for you in a fortnight then. Quote Link to comment
+stu_and_sarah Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 Ah... so it's 22 degrees west, not 2? Now it all makes sense! Quote Link to comment
Sonya :-) Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 It is indeed. N 63 58 06 W 22 36 20 Quote Link to comment
Ben Pid Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 Silly Question....But why an Airport in Iceland?? Pid -------------------------------------------------------- www.buckscaching.co.uk Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 Ummmm.....so planes can land, maybe? John Age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability Quote Link to comment
Sonya :-) Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 Went there in August 2002 to get a new surname. I got one. "Why Iceland" do I hear you ask? Why not? Quote Link to comment
+stu_and_sarah Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Sonya :-):Went there in August 2002 to get a new surname. I got one. "Why Iceland" do I hear you ask? Why not? Cool... I knew they were funny up there but I didn't know you could buy a new surname. How odd. I can almost guarantee that had we managed to get to 71°10'N (71°10'21"N 25°47'40"E to be moderately precise) last summer as we had intended, then there would probably be a photo of me with my coordinates! Stu Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted July 7, 2003 Author Share Posted July 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Sonya :-):Too good Omally. That's a pint for you in a fortnight then. I will hold you to that! quote:Originally posted by Stu & Sarah: I can almost guarantee that had we managed to get to 71°10'N (71°10'21"N 25°47'40"E to be moderately precise) last summer as we had intended, then there would probably be a photo of me with my coordinates But there's no airport there... Long old slog up through Norway to get to Mageroya (just along the E69, as it happens ) Of course, I'm only guessing as my mapping software is pants for that part of the world! What's up there then? Last bit of proper land before you get to the North Pole or something? Don't tell me: more geysers? You don't have to travel that far to see geysers. There's a load round my way. They keep trying to nick all the nice motors on my estate! "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Quote Link to comment
+stu_and_sarah Posted July 9, 2003 Share Posted July 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Omally:What's up there then? Last bit of proper land before you get to the North Pole or something? Yup. It's the North Cape - the northernmost bit of mainland in Europe. Not quite true, since Norway isn't in Europe politically, or debatably geographically; and Mageroy isn't mainland, it's an island, but that doesn't stop them charging you 32 quid for a cup of coffee (I think that's what I calculated on the exchange rate). Anyway, we hoped to get up there through Finland, and back through Sweden, but the ferry set on fire a fortnight before we left. Of course, further north there's always the island of Svalbard, where you have to pay your rescue fee as a deposit before you set out from any town. Quote Link to comment
+Omally Posted July 9, 2003 Author Share Posted July 9, 2003 And we reckon we have it tough over here... "Woof" quoth he. Oh, and "Grrr" also. Quote Link to comment
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