Csail
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pilot boat?
Continual Quiz about The Bristol Channel(8)
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Csail
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vis in the water?
damo
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tonybarebones
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vis in the water?
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Clue... not in the sea but is highly dependant on water ! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
vis in the water?
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Clue... not in the sea but is highly dependant on water ! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
damo
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Price of red diesel? Marina fees? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Average depth?
Size of swell?
Average depth?
Size of swell?
solitaire11
Member
lynmouth cliff railway???
damo
New member
Hey, clever /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Sail area/windspeed?
Distance from the Equator?
Longtitude?
Sail area/windspeed?
Distance from the Equator?
Longtitude?
damo
New member
"when you go down what comes up?"
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mrbloto
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rain comes down water level goes up??
graham
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when you go up what comes down? and when you go down what comes up?
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Longtitude? ie go up to Portishead about 2° W or go down to Milford Haven which is about 5° W.
Or water in the bilges /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Just noticed Damos allready done Longtitude /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
when you go up what comes down? and when you go down what comes up?
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Longtitude? ie go up to Portishead about 2° W or go down to Milford Haven which is about 5° W.
Or water in the bilges /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Just noticed Damos allready done Longtitude /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Wai_Tapu
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Well, if you do the top of the tide races at PCC from a mooring in the Pill, the tide is coming in as you go down to Avonmouth, and vice versa. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
tonybarebones
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lynmouth cliff railway???
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Well done Solitaire2 absolutly correct... now it's over to you to pose a question /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
[edit] Origins
The high cliffs separating the two towns (then villages) were a major obstacle to economic development in the 19th century. Because of the remoteness of the area, and rugged geography, villagers had to rely on the sea for most deliveries of coal, lime, foodstuffs and other essentials, which had then to be carried by packhorses and carts up the steep hill to Lynton.
The cliffs also posed problems for the burgeoning tourist industry. Holiday makers began to arrive at Lynmouth on paddle steamers from Bristol, Swansea and other Bristol Channel ports, from about 1820. Ponies, donkeys and carriages were available for hire, but the steep gradients led to the animals having only short working lives.
The first proposals for a rail-based lift, able to carry passengers and goods, were made in 1881, although this first scheme was to have been steam powered.
[edit] Construction
The water-powered railway was designed by George Marks (later Baron Marks of Woolwich), and paid for mainly by publisher Sir George Newnes, (who owned a large residence at nearby Hollerday Hill, and who also backed the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in 1898, and the Lynton Town Hall in 1900).
Construction work — relying entirely on manual labour — began in 1887 and was completed in less than three years.
[edit] Operations
Opened on Easter Monday in 1890, the railway has been in continuous use ever since. An Act of Parliament formed the Lynmouth & Lynton Lift Company in 1888, and a further Act gave the company perpetual rights to the water from the Lyn Valley.
An unusual feature for such a line is a halt just below Lynton station, with road access, at North Walk. This was used to transport larger freight items (the car bodies can be removed to provide a flat load bed). Early motor cars were carried up the hill in this way. During rail replacement over the winter of 2006, the halt was used extensively for access and material storage.[1]
The railway is now classified as a listed monument.
[edit] Function
Cliff Railway car, showing the braking mechanism.The railway comprises two cars, each capable of transporting 40 passengers, joined by a continuous cable running around a 5ft 6in pulley at each end of the incline.
Water feeds through 5-inch pipes from the West Lynn River — over a mile away — into tanks under the floor of the upper car. Each car has a 700 gallon tank mounted between the wheels. Water is discharged from the lower car, until the heavier top car begins to descend, with the speed controlled by a brakeman travelling on each car.
The parallel tracks (which bow out at the centre point, to allow the cars to pass) rise 500 feet and are 862 feet long, giving the line a gradient of 1:1.75
lynmouth cliff railway???
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Well done Solitaire2 absolutly correct... now it's over to you to pose a question /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
[edit] Origins
The high cliffs separating the two towns (then villages) were a major obstacle to economic development in the 19th century. Because of the remoteness of the area, and rugged geography, villagers had to rely on the sea for most deliveries of coal, lime, foodstuffs and other essentials, which had then to be carried by packhorses and carts up the steep hill to Lynton.
The cliffs also posed problems for the burgeoning tourist industry. Holiday makers began to arrive at Lynmouth on paddle steamers from Bristol, Swansea and other Bristol Channel ports, from about 1820. Ponies, donkeys and carriages were available for hire, but the steep gradients led to the animals having only short working lives.
The first proposals for a rail-based lift, able to carry passengers and goods, were made in 1881, although this first scheme was to have been steam powered.
[edit] Construction
The water-powered railway was designed by George Marks (later Baron Marks of Woolwich), and paid for mainly by publisher Sir George Newnes, (who owned a large residence at nearby Hollerday Hill, and who also backed the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in 1898, and the Lynton Town Hall in 1900).
Construction work — relying entirely on manual labour — began in 1887 and was completed in less than three years.
[edit] Operations
Opened on Easter Monday in 1890, the railway has been in continuous use ever since. An Act of Parliament formed the Lynmouth & Lynton Lift Company in 1888, and a further Act gave the company perpetual rights to the water from the Lyn Valley.
An unusual feature for such a line is a halt just below Lynton station, with road access, at North Walk. This was used to transport larger freight items (the car bodies can be removed to provide a flat load bed). Early motor cars were carried up the hill in this way. During rail replacement over the winter of 2006, the halt was used extensively for access and material storage.[1]
The railway is now classified as a listed monument.
[edit] Function
Cliff Railway car, showing the braking mechanism.The railway comprises two cars, each capable of transporting 40 passengers, joined by a continuous cable running around a 5ft 6in pulley at each end of the incline.
Water feeds through 5-inch pipes from the West Lynn River — over a mile away — into tanks under the floor of the upper car. Each car has a 700 gallon tank mounted between the wheels. Water is discharged from the lower car, until the heavier top car begins to descend, with the speed controlled by a brakeman travelling on each car.
The parallel tracks (which bow out at the centre point, to allow the cars to pass) rise 500 feet and are 862 feet long, giving the line a gradient of 1:1.75
solitaire11
Member
wow iv'e won one...
ok this is very easy.. what s the rock called in the foreground...
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ok this is very easy.. what s the rock called in the foreground...
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mrbloto
New member
is it one of the stacks between st gowans to linney head on the pembrokeshire coast
chrishelen
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Thats the Ballmoral in the background(i think) does that count? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Csail
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No! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
solitaire11
Member
it is the balmoral but no extra point for that... damo will get it straght away... it's easy. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
damo
New member
The only thing I can think of is that it may be the stack just north of Hartland Quay, but I thought that was a bit further off the cliffs. (There is a V.Diff route on it with "Bear" in the name IIRC)
Could be the Devil's Chimney on Lundy, cos it looks more like granite than culm
Could be the Devil's Chimney on Lundy, cos it looks more like granite than culm
damo
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Needle Rock, on Lundy /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Easiest climb is a diff, also a couple of VS's, and takes 2 abseils to get to it from the clifftop. Not far from the Devil's Chimney and the Batteryon the west coast
Easiest climb is a diff, also a couple of VS's, and takes 2 abseils to get to it from the clifftop. Not far from the Devil's Chimney and the Batteryon the west coast
solitaire11
Member
correct.. over to you damo.
