Cryptic clues = station name

[John Griffiths]

Lumberjack at work here?

 

[Calthrop]

Felling (Tyne & Wear Metro)?

 

[John Griffiths]

TIMBERRRRRR...!

In other words, quite right. Your floor!

 

[Calthrop]

My thanks.

A couple of hours in, I've made so bold as to adjust the clue: making it perhaps microscopically more faithful to railway history.

Far from the scene, ill-wisher invokes curse of alopecia in Bath direction out of Templecombe -- ringing changes on "bald bonces, sully N. S&DR !"

 

[neilmc]

Scanning my rail map north to south I've come across:

Blundellsands And Crosby

 

[Calthrop]

Well anagram-unravelled -- your floor !

 

[neilmc]

Thanks Calthrop, try this one:

Take a punt here, students do (_ _ _)
In Bradford, this was white and blue (_ _ _)
This is long in German too! (_ _ _ _)

Answer is (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)

 

[John Griffiths]

Cambuslang?

 

[neilmc]

That one didn't last long - John is right of course.

River CAM, Bradford's BUS and the German (and Scottish?) word LANG.

 

[John Griffiths]

OK, here goes: Cover oneself with sugar.

 

[Calthrop]

Glazebrook??? (if one's name is Brook) -- I'm being facetious.

 

[John Griffiths]

Not that

 

[John Griffiths]

It's not a category E or F station.

 

[Calthrop]

I'm a dimwit about much of the modern railway scene -- have no idea what a category E or F station might be. (Obviously, explaining or not, is up to you -- if it would totally give the show away, you won't explain; fair enough !)

 

[John Griffiths]

You're clearly not a 'station connection' game follower, Calthrop - the categories feature quite a bit there ( which is how I first heard of them about three weeks ago). I can't cut and paste links on my kindle, but googling United Kingdom railway station categories will show you a Wikipedia page explaining the whole shebang and enriching your life immeasurably. If, understandably, you can't be bothered, E and F are very small stations.

 

[Calthrop]

Ah, thanks. Right -- so the covering-oneself-with-sugar place will not feature in the chap's book called Tiny Stations !

 

[John Griffiths]

Fair to say it won't

 

[John Griffiths]

Maybe considering types of sugar might help.

 

[Karl]

Demerara

 

[John Griffiths]

Not demerara, I'm afraid.

 

[DanTrain]

Lancaster?

 

[John Griffiths]

Getting closer...

 

[GusB]

Doncaster?

 

[John Griffiths]

Correct - well done, Gus, your shout.

 

[GusB]

Ta. Try this:

Sweep up!

 

[Calthrop]

Ta. Try this:

Sweep up!

"Combining posting and drinking", which one understands can be regretted; but if we weren't limited to the UK, I'd suggest Weesp in the Netherlands -- near Amsterdam, has indeed a station bearing the community's name.

 

[DanTrain]

Broome?

 

[GusB]

Broome?

Almost there - consider the "up" as well

 

[Calthrop]

Broomfleet? Though I don't know why.

 

[GusB]

Broomfleet? Though I don't know why.

Not Broomfleet, sorry. Still warm, though.