Cryptic clues = station name

[D6130]

Althorpe?

 

[DaleCooper]

Althorpe?

Althorpe is correct, your turn...

 

[D6130]

Thanks. How about this one:

Rose trains vine in convoluted public relations.

 

[Purple Train]

Inverness Airport?

 

[D6130]

Inverness Airport?

Spot on! You're on the next flight out.

 

[Purple Train]

To solve this puzzle you'll need, initially, a knight,
Two rings arrayed before him, after you've gone right,
Then after you have done this, the way to gain the prize:
Complete this quest by turning to face the gold sunrise.

 

[RDP]

Eastbrook?

 

[Purple Train]

Eastbrook?

Good logic but not quite...

 

[Calthrop]

To solve this puzzle you'll need, initially, a knight,
Two rings arrayed before him, after you've gone right,
Then after you have done this, the way to gain the prize:
Complete this quest by turning to face the gold sunrise.

I think it's Oosirarorua; on the Waikikamoukau to Toutaikouri branch line of the New Zealand Railways .

 

[RDP]

East Kilbride?

 

[Purple Train]

I think it's Oosirarorua; on the Waikikamoukau to Toutaikouri branch line of the New Zealand Railways .

Eastbrook is geographically closer.

 

[Purple Train]

East Kilbride?

Again, close but no cigar.
Eastbrook's closer, but the order is a little mixed up.

 

[DaleCooper]

Again, close but no cigar.
Eastbrook's closer, but the order is a little mixed up.

Roose

 

[Purple Train]

Roose

Indeed it is, over to you.

 

[Calthrop]

@Purple Train -- facetiousness aside: please, where does the knight come into it?

 

[DaleCooper]

@Purple Train -- facetiousness aside: please, where does the knight come into it?

Sir

Indeed it is, over to you.

Thank you.

Next clue:

Though in Weston this station is not in Somerset.

 

[Calthrop]

Sir

I'd never have got that (criticism directed at myself for being thick -- not at the setter !)

Though in Weston this station is not in Somerset.

Stoke Mandeville? (S.M. village lies cheek-by-jowl with Weston Turville.)

 

[DaleCooper]

I'd never have got that (criticism directed at myself for being thick -- not at the setter !)

It took me quite a while.

Stoke Mandeville? (S.M. village lies cheek-by-jowl with Weston Turville.)

No

 

[Loppylugs]

Though in Weston this station is not in Somerset.

Westhoughton

 

[DaleCooper]

Westhoughton

Well done, your turn...

 

[Loppylugs]

Well done, your turn...

Thank-you.

Where you would find stolen catkin suppliers.

 

[johnnychips]

Newton le Willows?

 

[Loppylugs]

Newton le Willows?

Not Newton-le-Willows.

 

[Calthrop]

Thank-you.

Where you would find stolen catkin suppliers.

Seems I can only think of daft responses these days -- if only Prickwillow station (Ely -- Norwich line) were still with us: it was open only from 1845 to 1850. The thief might be equipped with spike-type gadgets, with which he would prick / pierce the willow catkins, and make them part company; or it could be a variation on the old cant word "prig", to steal ...

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank-you.

Where you would find stolen catkin suppliers.

Kinton Castle needs a station.

 

[Loppylugs]

Seems I can only think of daft responses these days -- if only Prickwillow station (Ely -- Norwich line) were still with us: it was open only from 1845 to 1850. The thief might be equipped with spike-type gadgets, with which he would prick / pierce the willow catkins, and make them part company; or it could be a variation on the old cant word "prig", to steal ...

The willow is not the only tree bearing catkins.

Kinton Castle needs a station.

Sorry, Tonkin Castle is much nicer.

 

[DaleCooper]

The willow is not the only tree bearing catkins.

Aldershot

 

[Loppylugs]

Aldershot

Yep. The alder bears catkins and if stolen....they're hot. All yours.

 

[DaleCooper]

Yep. The alder bears catkins and if stolen....they're hot. All yours.

Thank you, open floor...

 

[Calthrop]

This might, on hearing, conjure up mental picture of author mopping his forehead; while having a hard time chronicling Mr. Quatermain's daring exploits.