Cryptic clues = station name

[Buttsy]

Looks like Ashton-under-Lyne to me.

Correct

 

[DaleCooper]

This station's nameplate isn't the kind you fix with nails or glue.

 

[Springs Branch]

Wedgwood ?

 

[DaleCooper]

No, but you're thinking along the right lines.

 

[Springs Branch]

OK, I'll try...... Lockwood.

 

[DaleCooper]

No, wood doesn't come into it.

 

[backontrack]

Lockerbie?

 

[DaleCooper]

Another imaginative attempt but still not correct.

 

[backontrack]

Erm...Enfield Lock?

 

[Darren R]

Stone?

 

[DaleCooper]

Erm...Enfield Lock?

Stone?

No and no.

 

[backontrack]

Brixton?

 

[DaleCooper]

Oh so close, at first glance I thought you'd got it.

 

[backontrack]

Flixton?

 

[AndrewR232]

Bolton?

 

[DaleCooper]

Bolton?

Yes, have a cigar and set the next question.

 

[backontrack]

GAAAH!
Oh well, at least I came close.

 

[AndrewR232]

I'll ignore the cigar but gladly set the next, anagrammatic, clue:

Front snail intro ahead

 

[backontrack]

Ashford International?

 

[AndrewR232]

Ashford International?

That's the one!

Your turn...

 

[backontrack]

Here's an easy one, shouldn't take too long...

Secure the misspelt disease immediately north of Helmsdale

 

[DasLunatic]

Kildonan?

 

[DaleCooper]

Could it possibly be Penzance?

 

[backontrack]

Kildonan?

Could it possibly be Penzance?

Neither, I'm afraid. Kildonan is a good guess but I'm afraid not. I'm intrigued, where are you coming from with Penzance?

Here's a hint: The clue does not necessarily mean a place north of Helmsdale, but a geographical feature.

 

[DaleCooper]

I'm intrigued, where are you coming from with Penzance?

That was a bit convoluted so to satisfy your curiosity:

Pen = secure, as in to pen a sheep
Caen (a place north of Helmsdale) is an anagram of acne (disease) and ance
As for the z - I can't justify that but it fitted.

 

[backontrack]

That was a bit convoluted so to satisfy your curiosity:

Pen = secure, as in to pen a sheep
Caen (a place north of Helmsdale) is an anagram of acne (disease) and ance
As for the z - I can't justify that but it fitted.

That's clever, better than my actual solution!

It's a geographical feature north of Helmsdale, not a place like Caen though.

 

[Springs Branch]

Recapping the riddle

Secure the misspelt disease immediately north of Helmsdale

Loch Eriboll ? (Loch = secure and a geographical feature, Eriboll = misspelt Ebola & a sea loch on the Scottish north coast)

Forget it, I'm in the wrong quiz. The solution is supposed to be a railway station!

 

[backontrack]

Not it, I'm afraid. But you're very close, certainly along the right lines.
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Secure the misspelt disease immediately north of Helmsdale

I'm actually going to flip two words around to make this a little clearer.

Secure the disease misspelt immediately north of Helmsdale

 

[DaleCooper]

Lochailort?

 

[backontrack]

Correct!

Loch = Lock
Ail = Ailment
Ort = The Ord of Caithness, a geographical feature immediately north of Helmsdale (misspelled)

Your floor.