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clicking through 14 pages (out of 25) of 368 photos tagged 'church with square tower': https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=168441618&page=14

a proper database of uk churches would have been helpful.

ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 13:43 (three years ago)

Ha wow, all off the first pic we didn't even need the others!

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 13:52 (three years ago)

> a proper database of uk churches would have been helpful

i'm pretty sure there is one - i remember reading something about church near home and it was stupidly detailed, like someone had been around and taken notes.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1153103?section=official-list-entry

"Anglican parish church. C12, C13, late C14, and C15, restored 1889 and 1931, small mid-late C20 extension. Nave; random limestone. Clerestory; coursed squared and finely dressed limestone and sandstone. South porch and tower; large blocks coursed finely dressed limestone. Artificial stone slate roof to chancel. Leaded roof to nave. Red tile roof to C12 nave with C15 clerestory. Nave south wall; two raking buttresses (possibly added C14). Narrow C12 round-headed window with cable moulding at top. Early studded plank door with strap hinges and later fillets within a pointed casement-moulded surround within porch..."

x 10

koogs, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 18:16 (three years ago)

no searching via architectural style or features though (looks like the tower block database doesn't have that either.)

ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 19:34 (three years ago)

ledge your go choose rome or paris or something.

Fizzles, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:40 (three years ago)

lost city of gold pls

link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:42 (three years ago)

atlantis looks a little rough around the edges

ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:43 (three years ago)

not as grim as wensley upon heathshire though, at least there are blue skies

ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:44 (three years ago)

brb, googling 3d maps of middle earth.

I can post a (real) one tomorrow.

ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 21:15 (three years ago)

OMG - someone on Twitter posted a picture of some cobbled street and I googled the shop name in the background to find out where it was and it was only bloody KEIGHLEY, NR BRADFORD! I don't deserve to post on this thread :(

kinder, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 23:28 (three years ago)

#1

https://i.imgur.com/nHEdMvC.jpg

ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 08:57 (three years ago)

technical difficulties...

https://i.imgur.com/BbOiVnS.jpg

ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:00 (three years ago)

Kishoreganj, Bangladesh?

Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:26 (three years ago)

wtf!

ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:36 (three years ago)

lol nice

Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:36 (three years ago)

i officially retire in perpetuity from setting these, it's back to you cherry blossom.

also, how?

ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:37 (three years ago)

I didn't guess the city, zelda zonk did, I'd never even heard of it!

I just went to a satellite map of the city and went to where the water was

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:38 (three years ago)

lol

StanM, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:40 (three years ago)

Bit of a cheat really. I put the pic into Google lens which threw up other pics of watch towers, one of which was remarkably similar looking...

I don't have time right now to post a pic, if someone else wants to have a go you're welcome, otherwise I'll post something tomorrow.

Love this long running game btw, thanks to cherry blossom for keeping it ticking over...

Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:41 (three years ago)

https://i.ibb.co/VYcXFK3/nottingham.jpg

🤔

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 05:13 (three years ago)

what gave it away?

StanM, Monday, 7 November 2022 08:43 (three years ago)

I snipped those two distincitve tall buildings and put them into Google Lens, it was the first hit

I'm not so into setting these so someone else can kindly proceed

lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 08:49 (three years ago)

Hmmmm, is Google lens ruining our game? I suggest the next person who puts one up checks first that there's no obvious google lens giveaway

Zelda Zonk, Monday, 7 November 2022 08:52 (three years ago)

Or we just agree not to use it.

ledge, Monday, 7 November 2022 08:53 (three years ago)

Or we just agree that it's a perfectly fair way to get the answer.

lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:14 (three years ago)

we've been reverse image searching bits of these photos for years

lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:15 (three years ago)

we have? :-)

StanM, Monday, 7 November 2022 09:21 (three years ago)

I haven't! I assumed it was CHEATING!

kinder, Monday, 7 November 2022 09:39 (three years ago)

Other than the previous two cities, I feel like this hasn't played much of a role? Keighley took 4 photos, and feels like most of the previous cities took some time to get also

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:43 (three years ago)

For the most part it feels uncommon for a city to get guessed quickly, these being something of an exception. Maybe because two in a row?

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:44 (three years ago)

Still seems like a bit of a cheat to just go 'computer, where is this city?'

ledge, Monday, 7 November 2022 09:50 (three years ago)

https://i.ibb.co/BgtZtKp/Screenshot-2022-11-07-at-11-22-18.png

🤔 II

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 10:29 (three years ago)

Well google lens is certainly no help! Pretty thin selection of beer in this cafe. The balloons give me an Asian vibe but any script I can see looks Latin. The packets of stuff on the counter look a bit Italian.

Zelda Zonk, Monday, 7 November 2022 11:26 (three years ago)

The window appears to say gelado or perhaps helado - portuguese/spanish?

ledge, Monday, 7 November 2022 11:36 (three years ago)

the Pilsen beer brand is Paraguayan

big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 11:40 (three years ago)

Ulaanbaatar

The S to the right of the fridge is the logo of the cafe.

Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 11:45 (three years ago)

(on the other hand it's also ripped off from the Sistema Espresso logo so this might be a dead end)

Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 11:47 (three years ago)

nope, it appears to be a Spanish (I think) brand of Italian coffee

https://www.esecafe.com

big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 12:00 (three years ago)

Found an importer and seller in Paraguay, so more chance of that being there than the beer making it out. Plus I think the window says Helado Gratis and Paraguay has a free ice cream day.

Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:20 (three years ago)

Amandau might be the ice cream chain based on orange

Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:23 (three years ago)

Paraguay has a free ice cream day

this is the information we crave

big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:25 (three years ago)

Amandau staff wear the exact same outfit (orange/brown) - however, there are many branches in Asunción alone

big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:32 (three years ago)

https://amandau.com.py/nuestros-locales

big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:35 (three years ago)

they had over 190 branches in the country in 2017 - this could potentially also be a copycat parlour, don’t see the Amandau logo anywhere - also would they even sell beer?

big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 14:03 (three years ago)

Lonely guy just thinking baout Paraguayan ice cream parlours

big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 14:05 (three years ago)

gotta say i think going straight to google lens or whatever is a bit of a hack... i was only comfortable doing it when we had been stuck on that same mud flat pic for like two weeks

micah, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 13:02 (three years ago)

https://i.ibb.co/QdGB2zJ/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-10-51-54.png

A second look

Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:04 (three years ago)

yes, it is Asunción, Paraguay:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nzhk96DAqyE7g6kW9?g_st=ic

big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:51 (three years ago)


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