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Valentine's Free Search 2008

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:07 pm
by haggis
Another up and running. On the results of the first google'ing attempt it looks like it could be in the south west - another of Ade's little gems maybe????

http://www.isisadventure.co.uk/start/free-clue.php?id=111

Haggis

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:28 pm
by Sue
I thought this one might be Dartmoor :D but Barton Fell in the Lake District looks like a better match, I could be wildly wrong. :?

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:31 pm
by haggis
My original thoughts on Devon dont look right on Google earth.
Back to the drawing board...

Haggis

PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:40 pm
by Sue
I haven't given up on Dartmoor 8) then there is Exmoor and Bodmin Moor to look at too :?

It will all have to wait, it's Valentines night and there are other things to do :D

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:57 am
by Skizz
My first thought on reading the clue was 'Homer's Odyssey' (get it?). Barton Fell sort of fits except for the 'heavy' part.
Having traversed Dartmoor a few times, that grey block in the distance looks a bit like the Cranmere Pool letter box.
Just had a good look at the photo and it looks like the photo is taken looking northish if that dark blob to the bottom right is a shadow, which might rule out the pool if I remember correctly as the terrain slopes downwards going north not up as it's the source of three rivers. But it has been a while. However, it does look more SW than N (i.e. no craggy terrain)

Skizz

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:50 am
by JTobcat
Man I wish I was in the UK, I have a great theory on where it is that fits the clue perfectly and google maps shows it as being a flat area. Though if I were there I'd have no clue really where to look once i got to the area b/c I don't see how the clue can be an exact location unless its hidden under that green rock looking thing in the middle of the picture.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:46 am
by Sue
Skizz wrote:Barton Fell sort of fits except for the 'heavy' part.

Skizz


Bart = Simpsons
ton = heavy weight
fell = trip

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:50 am
by thelightjockey
Skizz wrote:However, it does look more SW than N (i.e. no craggy terrain) Skizz

Not been on the moors much up here?
- think I might go a roamin' this weekend... was down that way last weekend.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:35 am
by Lodgecrest
Well done Sue right on it, I think it's at Swarth Fell(barton fell's stone circle)

If you look at the Photo I think you can see one of the small stones.

Come you lot up there get your hiking boots on. :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:11 pm
by smartybones
i used to spend hours up in the lakes when i was a bit younger... i knew this place very well... !!!!!

lol, i dont think i am fit enough to make it up the fells these days...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:53 pm
by Adriaantje
been just randomly checking out new stuff on this whole ISIS adventure...to find something that makes sense to me... since the dutch free search doesn`t at all at the moment.

I`m from holland, so I can`t check wether this actually is the place to be, but it looks a little like it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goeXvwIbvSs

I believe this is in Dorset

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:16 am
by Sue
We were travelling back from somewhere when we saw that and laughed our socks off. :lol:

It

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:21 am
by anima999
Im English and not much of it makes sense.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:30 pm
by thelightjockey
Too cold for walking this weekend so ended up going to Loch Lomond... give's peeps another week to go on the trek for this. The BBC have a nice route mapped out :mrgreen:

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:45 pm
by smartybones
lol, like it would not have been cold up there....

there is a really nice cafe in luss.... all the waiters wair traditional kilts and all that..... food is exelent too.... the soup of the day with home made bread is to die for.....