Cryptic clues = station name

[Calthrop]

Finchley Road & Frognal?

Sorry, no. (Where do you get Finchley Road from?)

 

[D6130]

(Where do you get Finchley Road from?)

FR - or, strictly speaking, Fr - is the abbreviated title for a priest or friar, I believe. (Actually stands for 'Father').

 

[Calthrop]

Ah -- got you. Have maybe led you there, along a bit of a false trail (as was my fiendish hope)...

 

[D6130]

Ah -- got you. Have maybe led you there, along a bit of a false trail (as was my fiendish hope)...

Drat!....Drat!....and double drat!

 

[Zamracene749]

Cheers. Another one I rate as easy.

Service cancelled due to a power cut. How the dyslexic vicar described it.

Okay, I'm rather late and out of sequence with this one but I'm liking 'Dymchurch'

 

[RDP]

Okay, I'm rather late and out of sequence with this one but I'm liking 'Dymchurch'

It was Dymchurch (RH&DR) and I think the current one is Newton Abbot.

 

[DaleCooper]

Okay, I'm rather late and out of sequence with this one but I'm liking 'Dymchurch'

Thank you.

 

[Zamracene749]

Thank you.

My pleasure- I liked how sneaky this one was, the reverend reference had me looking for spoonerisms at first eg somewhere lower(power)!

 

[Calthrop]

... I think the current one is Newton Abbot.

It isn't, I'm afraid; but, getting very definitely closer.

 

[DaleCooper]

It isn't, I'm afraid; but, getting very definitely closer.

I suspect it isn't NR, am I right?

 

[Calthrop]

It is NR.

 

[DaleCooper]

We might hear -- holy fathers, of their humane kindness, suffer amphibian to make progress by foot over them.

Newton St Cyres (sires)

 

[Calthrop]

Newton St Cyres (sires)

Thou hast it indeed rightly, sirrah. Next one thine, to set.

 

[DaleCooper]

Thou hast it indeed rightly, sirrah. Next one thine, to set.

Thank you.

Next clue:

There's more talk about this station than any other.

 

[RDP]

Chatham?

 

[DaleCooper]

Chatham?

No, not that one.

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you.

Next clue:

There's more talk about this station than any other.

Hint:

The station and all trains serving it are operated by SWR.

 

[Neo9320]

Mortlake?

 

[DaleCooper]

Mortlake?

Yes, an anagram of *more talk", your turn...

 

[Neo9320]

Yes, an anagram of *more talk", your turn...

Ah! I thought I may have overthought that one! I’m unable to monitor effectively today so open floor please!

 

[RDP]

Try this one.

The astronauts were told to stay by Mars.

 

[Loppylugs]

St. Mary's Bay (RHDR)

 

[RDP]

It is St. Marys Bay. I didn't think that one would last long.

Your turn at mission control.

 

[Loppylugs]

It is St. Marys Bay. I didn't think that one would last long.

Your turn at mission control.

Thank-you.

Bromine water mix will only react after the wet content is removed.

 

[Calthrop]

Manorbier?

 

[Loppylugs]

Manorbier?

Indeed it is: Bromine water minus wet anagrams as Manorbier, home to a wonderful old Norman castle.

All yours sire.

 

[Calthrop]

Gramercy, messire.

Preservation establishment devoted to one- or two-wheeled, human-powered, non-rail vehicles?

 

[Zamracene749]

Gramercy, messire.

Preservation establishment devoted to one- or two-wheeled, human-powered, non-rail vehicles?

Barrow Haven?

 

[Calthrop]

Barrow Haven?

That's it ! Over to you.

 

[Zamracene749]

That's it ! Over to you.

ok

FirstGroup meets with cockney that doesn't like his boss?