Cryptic clues = station name

[Zamracene749]

I'm impressed, I thought that was a bit of a stinker that would need a few hints. Your turn...

Thanks, it was a quality clue! I'm busy this weekend so

Open Floor

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks -- I'll have a bash.

This one might be construed to refer -- "being geographical" -- to one or both of Edenbridge's stations; in fact, though, it's neither.

 

[DaleCooper]

Thanks -- I'll have a bash.

This one might be construed to refer -- "being geographical" -- to one or both of Edenbridge's stations; in fact, though, it's neither.

Kentish Town

 

[Calthrop]

Kentish Town

I was actually thinking of Kentish Town West -- Edenbridge being the westernmost settlement in Kent -- but plain Kentish Town, fills the bill as per question. Your turn !

 

[DaleCooper]

I was actually thinking of Kentish Town West -- Edenbridge being the westernmost settlement in Kent -- but plain Kentish Town, fills the bill as per question. Your turn !

Thank you.

Next clue:

It was conceived through horseplay.

 

[Calthrop]

Thank you.

Next clue:

It was conceived through horseplay.

Coltishall (Bure Valley Railway) ??

 

[DaleCooper]

Coltishall (Bure Valley Railway) ??

No, it's a NR station.

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you.

Next clue:

It was conceived through horseplay.

Hint:

It's a small station in the Midlands.

 

[Calthrop]

Hint:

It's a small station in the Midlands.

Thorpe Hughroyals -- on the little-known branch line from Leicester to Lampton-on-Hoke ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Thorpe Hughroyals -- on the little-known branch line from Leicester to Lampton-on-Hoke ?

That was going to be the subject of my next clue.

Hint:

This one features in a poem.

 

[D6130]

Adlestrop?

 

[DaleCooper]

Adlestrop?

Closer than you thought.

 

[DaleCooper]

Adlestrop?

Closer than you thought.

I mean it is (was) on the same line.

 

[D6130]

Pershore?

 

[DaleCooper]

Pershore?

Correct, your turn...

 

[D6130]

Correct, your turn...

Thanks. So simple now when you look at it! I'm a bit busy just now....but I'll post a new clue later in the day.

 

[Calthrop]

Hint:
This one features in a poem.

Pershore?

I needed to resort to Google here: found that the poem was by John Betjeman -- one hitherto unknown to me. Like a number of the Forums' "Quizzes and Games": this one can be highly educational !

 

[D6130]

Next up: A South Eastern Lake District Hill?

 

[RDP]

Kents Bank?

 

[D6130]

Kents Bank?

Indeed....that was pretty easy, wasn't it? Your turn to deposit your savings in Maidstone.

 

[RDP]

Another easy one methinks.

You might buy your sandwich filling on this road.

 

[Calthrop]

Ham Street?

 

[D6130]

Ham Street?

 

[D6130]

Ham Street?

I'm happy to let @Calthrop have it, as he beat me to it by a millisecond!

 

[Calthrop]

I'm happy to let @Calthrop have it, as he beat me to it by a millisecond!

Thank you, kind sir.

Blood-and-thunder stuff to console this station for being the least-used in its county -- imagine James Bond encouraging his boss, captured by the bad guys -- as befits spy fiction, coded: respond with kack, M !

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you, kind sir.

Blood-and-thunder stuff to console this station for being the least-used in its county -- imagine James Bond encouraging his boss, captured by the bad guys -- as befits spy fiction, coded: respond with kack, M !

Your answer hasn't been confirmed as correct by the setter.

 

[Calthrop]

Your answer hasn't been confirmed as correct by the setter.

Sorry -- was, I think, imagining stuff posted and then expunged?? -- have stricken out what I had posted.

 

[RDP]

deleted

 

[Calthrop]

Apologies again. I'll "lay off" for a while.

 

[RDP]

Ham Street?

Ham Street?

Correct

Decide which one of you wants to set the next one.