Cryptic clues = station name

[Karl]

Lostock Hall?

 

[RobertsN]

Nor is it Lostock Hall.

 

[John Griffiths]

Hatch End?

 

[RobertsN]

Hatch End?

Not noisy enough.

 

[Calthrop]

Desperation time -- Great Missenden ??? Homophones "great" and "grate" -- and some allusion somewhere, involving "Missenden" and "admission" -- wildly far-fetched, I know .

 

[RobertsN]

Sorry @Calthrop , not that one.

Further hint: "What can make something cause a nasty rasping sound and where would that be?"

Those that live in rural areas will have come across it more often, particularly in bad weather.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Rash, sheep scab?

 

[RobertsN]

Rash, sheep scab?

Other than the noise of scratching oneself (or saying "Ugh")... No, not the answer.

Final hint:
Imagine the flagstones when you arrive at your property
(I think this is making it maybe too easy).

 

[John Griffiths]

Stepps?

 

[RobertsN]

Stepps?

Nice try, but no (where's the rasping noise - unless you're dragging your feet).

 

[Calthrop]

Final hint:
Imagine the flagstones when you arrive at your property
(I think this is making it maybe too easy).

Now I keep thinking of Longpavement (first station out of Limerick on the line to Athenry): but as a station closed a heck of a long time ago, and in the Republic of Ireland, I don't think it makes the grade...

 

[RobertsN]

Now I keep thinking of Longpavement (first station out of Limerick on the line to Athenry): but as a station closed a heck of a long time ago, and in the Republic of Ireland, I don't think it makes the grade...

This one is still open (between 8 and 9 am today) and on the "mainland".

 

[Karl]

York?

 

[John Griffiths]

Other than the noise of scratching oneself (or saying "Ugh")... No, not the answer.

Final hint:
Imagine the flagstones when you arrive at your property
(I think this is making it maybe too easy).

When you say easy, are you actually meaning very difficult?

 

[Karl]

Was it not York flagstones?

 

[RobertsN]

Was it not York flagstones?

Sorry not York (where would the noise be?)

Won't help much but, it's about 1/2 hour out of London on a busy line.

Another hint (different interpretation of meaning but same station): Why is this so heavy?

 

[plymothian]

Clickey-Clacton-on-Sea?

 

[duncanp]

Ingatestone?

 

[RobertsN]

Ingatestone?

That is the one!!!



Your floor.

 

[duncanp]

OK, the next clue is:-

Man hides woman in Essex

 

[John Griffiths]

What was the rasping noise? (Sorry, Duncan)

 

[RobertsN]

When a stone is stuck at the bottom of a gate and you open it over stones on the floor (such as flagstones) you'll have an awful rasping sound.

 

[John Griffiths]

Ah, I get it. Thank you.

 

[Calthrop]

OK, the next clue is:-

Man hides woman in Essex

Could it possibly be one which we had quite recently, with a different clue: Billericay? -- letters of "Billy", around those of "Erica"

 

[duncanp]

Could it possibly be one which we had quite recently, with a different clue: Billericay? -- letters of "Billy", around those of "Erica"

Yes, you are correct, it is Billericay,and you reasoning is spot on as well.

Your turn.

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks.

Tinkering a little with the more-than-one words of this station's name; one might see an allusion to a nation or conglomerate's stockpiled "mountain" of one particular foodstuff, being moved around.

 

[John Griffiths]

Butterley (Midland Railway)?

 

[Calthrop]

Butterley (Midland Railway)?

'fraid not -- a different foodstuff, for one thing.

 

[RobertsN]

Maybe Runcorn East?

 

[Calthrop]

Maybe Runcorn East?

I like that one (and the food does belong to the "vegetable kingdom"); but the correct "answer station" name actually suggests a large agglomeration of the stuff.