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Jonathan Scott said:
Thanks.

It's hard work finding a new one. I don't have a lot of time, having a full time job (IBM mainframe software support), a seriously time-consuming hobby (running and playing in two local orchestras) and two kids around during the summer break! Anyway, here's a quick one:

My daughter went to a concert recently about half an hour's drive from here in which her friends from youth orchestra were playing. The excellent concert hall is named after its strange shape, which has been likened to various things including the bow of a ship. Can you identify it?
One more clue please.
 
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I live near Southampton UK as it says in my profile. That's in the county of Hampshire.
 
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Sophia said:
This should be easy-peasy

All roads lead there
a place of amusement
a place of suffering
witnessed history
now depicted on a coin

i thought it was the white house in dc lol
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
I live near Southampton UK as it says in my profile. That's in the county of Hampshire.

is it the
Mayflower Theatre
 
hsdrop said:
is it the
Mayflower Theatre
Sorry, no. That's much less than half an hour away! What shape is a Mayflower anyway?
 
I'm working on it but still "sucking air". This answers post #725
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I'm only aware of three concert halls in the whole county of Hampshire, so I didn't expect this to take more than a few seconds of Googling.
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
I'm only aware of three concert halls in the whole county of Hampshire, so I didn't expect this to take more than a few seconds of Googling.
Okay, how about the anvil/forge?
 
1oldman2 said:
Okay, how about the anvil/forge?
Yes, The Anvil is the concert hall (and The Forge is part of the same complex). It's the best concert hall in the area, and Hampshire County Youth Orchestra performs there occasionally.

Unfortunately, it's outside the normal area for my orchestras, which have to use a school hall in Waterlooville (which is a good hall acoustically with raked padded benches for seating but lacks other facilities) and a theatre in Fareham (which provides nice seats, refreshments, box office and so on, but has dreadful acoustics).

The other nice concert halls in the area are very close to where we live; Turner Sims in Southampton (which is where my wife and I played in last year's "Beethovathon") and Thornden Hall in Chandlers Ford, which is also a school hall, but was purpose-built as a rehearsal and concert venue for the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra.

Anyway, over to you again!
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
Turner Sims in Southampton (which is where my wife and I played in last year's "Beethovathon")
That must have been great, I love "moonlight sonata", my favorite keyboard piece of all time. :ok:
Jonathan Scott said:
Anyway, over to you again!
I'm on it. :thumbup:
 
1oldman2 said:
I'm on it.
I've got it, I've got it! ... "I'm on it" . → . a horse in the .... :oldlaugh:

No ?.....:oldgrumpy:
 
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1oldman2 said:
I'm on it.
That was a...
:doh:DOH! - Homer Simpson.
clue, anyhow... so there! ...:oldtongue:
 
OCR said:
I've got it, I've got it! ... "I'm on it" . → . a horse in the .... :oldlaugh:

No ?.....:oldgrumpy:
Well, no but the Pryor's are a beautiful range. The article reminded me of the opening scene in "Billy Jack" :cool:
Here is a pic I took from my back porch the other day, It's the local Wildhorse hiding behind a rainbow.
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OCR said:
That was a...
No, just stalling while I come up with the next question. I live on "Indian time" so being specific on time frame is problematic.
 
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i got one guys if no one minds bending the rules
 
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hsdrop said:
i got one guys if no one minds bending the rules
Go for it!
 
This one should be easy:

I drift in the silence
feeling, touching heaven
flying over the world.
 
tionis said:
This one should be easy:

I drift in the silence
feeling, touching heaven
flying over the world.
My first thought was a cloud, but ISS would fit also.
 
ok mmmm the world's big menagerie without a single living thing
 
1oldman2 said:
My first thought was a cloud, but ISS would fit also.
Yeah, good guess, but no.
 
tionis said:
This one should be easy:

I drift in the silence
feeling, touching heaven
flying over the world.


is it the moon
 
hsdrop said:
is it the moon

No. Not the moon. Time for a clue:

A professor took a picture of me in the midnight hour
then I faded away like the freshness of a morning shower
 
tionis said:
No. Not the moon. Time for a clue:

A professor took a picture of me in the midnight hour
then I faded away like the freshness of a morning shower
url.jpg

the Aurora borealis??
 
tionis said:
lol No!
ok is it attached to the ground / the Earth if you don't mind me asking
 
Jonathan Scott said:
Yes, indeed. "Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River)" painted 1816-17.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatford_Mill_(Scene_on_a_Navigable_River)

We're planning to visit the area in a few days from now as part of our family vacation, which is why I thought of it.

The river is the River Stour, as in this hidden clue, which I believe in this case is actually correctly pronounced like the "tour" in "tourist". (There are other rivers with the same name "Stour" but pronounced differently).

The more famous picture painted in the same area but looking in a different direction is The Hay Wain:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hay_Wain
The river is considered the boundary between the counties of Suffolk and Essex, so one bank is in each county, but the Hay Wain is in the river, so it's not clear what county it is in.
After having actually visited it (and taken a very pleasant boat trip up to Dedham) I've found that some of this information (which I found in an article about the The Hay Wain) was incorrect. At that point, the original River Stour is indeed the county boundary, but the section at Flatford Mill is a man-made navigable section, pre-dating Constable, which bypasses a section of the original river (now partly called the "Dedham Old River") marking the boundary, so the whole of that section is in Suffolk!
 
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If no one else is going to pose a riddle i will post this one.
This angelic statue is 66ft tall and 177ft wide, where is it?
 
I thought we were still waiting for further clues from @tionis.

(And your new one is immediately obvious to me and I'd guess also to most people in the UK).
 
tionis said:
No. Not the moon. Time for a clue:

A professor took a picture of me in the midnight hour
then I faded away like the freshness of a morning shower
The Milky Way?