Cryptic clues = station name

[DaleCooper]

Hayle? I dont get the Cheshire bit though? Open floor if so cos i'm on nights next few days....

I think you're right (although to go with "fellow well met" it should be "Hail")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale,_Cheshire

 

[Calthrop]

Not being stroppy: but in post #4759, I submitted Hale ("Cheshire", understood) -- one station south of Altrincham, on national timetable T88; setter responded "Nope, but nearly...". I fail to see how Hayle in Cornwall is, instead, the correct answer.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Not being stroppy: but in post #4759, I submitted Hale ("Cheshire", understood) -- one station south of Altrincham, on national timetable T88; setter responded "Nope, but nearly...". I fail to see how Hayle in Cornwall is, instead, the correct answer.

Hale is (apart from one additional "unknown" letter), Hayle. If that's not nearly, then I'm Thorin Oakenshield.

The unknown (mathematically) is either x or y - hence the additional unknown letter.

This.conversation is getting to Sidorczukesqe levels of tediousness
(which takes.some.doing!)

Whoever the hell it was on the last page said Hayle was right...

 

[Calthrop]

All right, all right -- apologies. I'm innumerate: mathematical subtleties are lost on me. "Hayle" is correct -- end-of.

 

[Zamracene749]

Chill lads! Homophone stations are swell, and I seem to be whoever the hell, so it's open floor

 

[Jona26]

If I may take the open floor...

Need for quiet due to poorly headlice?

 

[DaleCooper]

Nitshill?

 

[Jona26]

Nitshill?

Did that take much head scratching?

Your floor...

 

[DaleCooper]

Did that take much head scratching?[/B]

I had some help from Nitty Nora.

Next clue:

What Carroll's fabulous creature might do when pursued by Tesla.

 

[Comstock]

Hornbeam Park

 

[DaleCooper]

Hornbeam Park

Sorry, Hornbeam Park isn't the answer.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
.
Time for a hint:

The creature is the Jabberwock.

 

[Comstock]

The creature is the Jabberwock.

Ah, I thought it was a unicorn.

 

[DaleCooper]

Another hint:

There is no station named Burblet in the UK

 

[Zamracene749]

There is a Whifflet though ?

 

[DaleCooper]

There is a Whifflet though ?

I thought you'd get it.

From Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll:

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

Your turn...

 

[Comstock]

So what was the connection with Tesla?

 

[DaleCooper]

So what was the connection with Tesla?

Whiffle + T (symbol for "Tesla" the SI unit of magnetic field strength)

 

[Comstock]

Whiffle + T (symbol for "Tesla" the SI unit of magnetic field strength)

OK thanks.

My logic, such as it was, was that Tesla was working on a beam weapon when he died. Add that to a unicorns most prominent feature and you get....Hornbeam (park)..

Anyway, I was wrong.... :cry:

 

[Zamracene749]

See how long this lasts
fictional Edinburgh trainspotter in Strathclyde

 

[johnnychips]

Renton?

 

[Zamracene749]

Yep, Renton it is. From the quality book and film Traisnpotting by Irvine Welsh

 

[johnnychips]

King, in 80s pop group, is also army man.

 

[Zamracene749]

Wrexham General?

 

[johnnychips]

All yours!

 

[Zamracene749]

confused dads try hard, on this station

 

[DaleCooper]

Ystrad Rhondda?

 

[Zamracene749]

Yep Ystrad Rhondda it is. Isn't punctuation amazing

 

[DaleCooper]

Isn't punctuation amazing

If it wasn't for full stops I'd never know when to end a sentence.

Next clue:

It's not a good year for Americans who retire here.

 

[Calthrop]

It's not a good year for Americans who retire here.

Douglas?

 

[DaleCooper]

Douglas?

It's not Douglas.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
.
Hint:

This station is in Scotland.