please empty your brain below
I went there once using a means of transport that was not primarily walking.

Pedantic of Purley | 13.10.18 - 7:07 a.m. | #

I have seen this village before in an episode of a children's TV drama series, and recognised the large body of water from a particularly memorable scene. - wild stab in the dark - The Tripods?

Burntweenie | 13.10.18 - 7:10 a.m. | #

Looks like Leith Hill to me

Brian | 13.10.18 - 7:12 a.m. | #

The woods on that hill have a good show of Bluebells during Springtime.

John | 13.10.18 - 7:22 a.m. | #

If you are looking for new employment, a career as a Government spokesman awaits.

This must have been harder to write than readers might imagine.

Waterhouse | 13.10.18 - 7:58 a.m. | #

Tick,vg,DG. An excellent piece of work which will count towards your next gold merit star! 😂😂😂

Jo W | 13.10.18 - 8:24 a.m. | #

Clever construction, but a little silly.

Frank F | 13.10.18 - 8:39 a.m. | #

Oooh, the English language….

Leuconoe | 13.10.18 - 9:55 a.m. | #

Ooh. Looks like my favourite place. Used to take the train to one rail station, walk and return from another when I lived in the large city relatively nearby. Looks like you had the best day ever for views.

The pub is a little chi-chi for my usual tastes but I've certainly enjoyed a beverage there. Does anyone know the local connection with the chap the pub is named after? I've read he is buried in a major place of worship in an eastern county with some coast. I've not been able to learn the local connection though, perhaps another visit to the pub is required.

I've swam in that still body of water but have never seen the unusual landscape feature you show. I'm now off to look at a diagrammatic representation of the area of land showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.to see if I can work out where it is.

All very interesting. Thanks.

Lorenzo | 13.10.18 - 10:27 a.m. | #

Hmm. You nearly got me there. I am pretty sure I have visited this place before and possibly three times.

However, your attention to detail is amazing and I will now see things with fresh eyes.

I do remember having one beer, but can't remember what. But, it was the waterfall that clinched it for me. I saw it about half an hour after I had drank it (99 more words not written).

Ken | 13.10.18 - 10:27 a.m. | #

this post really about where this is, or is it about DG getting miffed again about some of the pedantry that abounds when he has taken the trouble to research and write for our entertainment?

MO | 13.10.18 - 11:43 a.m. | #

@FrankF. That's the reason a lot of us keep returning to DG's blog; sometimes serious, sometimes silly, always entertaining. After all a bit of silliness from time to time keeps us sane.

Tim | 13.10.18 - 12:24 p.m. | #

Like all good writing, DG's output defies attempts to categorise or pigeonhole it. As soon as someone says "that post is really about [whatever]" it becomes clear that it is also about [something else] and [yet another thing].

I enjoyed today's post and although I think I have not been to the places described, I believe have read about them, and their whereabouts are on the tip of my tongue. Thanks to all commentors for not spoiling the puzzle (or to DG, if applicable, for removing any spoiling comments).

Malcolm | 13.10.18 - 12:44 p.m. | #

Your credit card, more precisely, is composed mainly of polyvinyl chloride acetate. Please bear this in mind in future posts, thank you.

Peter T | 13.10.18 - 12:51 p.m. | #

Richard Hull was a determined completest just like DG!

Ironicsteve | 13.10.18 - 12:55 p.m. | #

At a time in the past, a person plus unidentIfied others walked the route, later to be illustrated by an anonymous blogger. Photos reveal the visits were accomplished at approximately the same time of year. All appeared to enjoy their walk.

B | 13.10.18 - 1:59 p.m. | #

Visited here in 1964 with the present Mrs A. We went to Coldharbour on a 433 GS bus. Has been a favourite place ever since!

Barry arnold | 13.10.18 - 3:51 p.m. | #

It must have been a still day, or an easterly breeze, to be watching the vehicles coming as opposed to those that were going.

NickW | Homepage | 13.10.18 - 6:01 p.m. | #

Dear DG,

I think that your blog is great and I read it every day. I never fail to be amazed that you find such a variety of things to talk about to such a high quality. However I think that you should take a more relaxed attitude towards readers finding errors. Inded you ahould encourage it: it proves that readers are engaged; it may trigger interesting dialogue; the articles are improved.

At present, I am nervous about making comments because I think that you may react negatively.

I think that the London Reconnections site is a good example of where the reporting of errors is dealt with positively, transparently and with thanks.

Please feel free to delete this post.

Regards

zin92 | 13.10.18 - 6:08 p.m. | #

Dear zin92

Your comments where you point out errors on my blog are always amongst the politest I receive.

Regards

diamond geezer | Homepage | 13.10.18 - 6:17 p.m. | #

Very nice arrangement of pixels.

Miles Archer | 13.10.18 - 6:27 p.m. | #

Brilliant!
Another DG classic - this time putting us in our place in the most entertaining way!

Cornish Cockney | 13.10.18 - 6:34 p.m. | #

It is said that, when Mark Twain was still a cub reporter, his editor once admonished him never to state as fact anything to which he could not personally attest.

It is claimed that Twain did just that and wrote this account of a gala social event:

“A woman giving the name of Mrs. James Jones, who is reported to be one of the society leaders of the city, is said to have given what purported to be a party yesterday to a number of alleged ladies. The hostess claims to be the wife of a reputed attorney.”

Ronnie MB | Homepage | 13.10.18 - 6:43 p.m. | #

Zin92 is my hero

Tim m | 14.10.18 - 12:12 a.m. | #

Just a little handy hint for all those other regular DG readers out there. In my case well over a decade by this stage.

After reading the latest installment I have taken to clicking on a random month in the top right corner of the page, the archive section, and whiling away yet more immensely enjoyable time reading previous posting from sometimes long ago.

Think of it as DG Blog Roulette.

Given the immense amount of material that has accumulated here over the years whenever I want to be informed, intrigued and sometimes bemused a single turn of DG Blog Roulette never fails to deliver.

jmc | 14.10.18 - 7:56 a.m. | #

Great post. I guess if you had mentioned that the effigy of a large carnivorous animal is cut on hillside chalk nearby, it would have given away the region...

dg writes: I am not aware of a large carnivorous chalk animal in this area.

French reader | 15.10.18 - 10:28 a.m. | #

I'm now trying to imagine a walk on which I am passed by an uncountable number of dogs going the other way.

drfoop | 15.10.18 - 1:21 p.m. | #

I'm sure I read another blog post about the tower recently, but can't find it now. Was it our author and they removed it?
I initially thought it was Ian Visits, but nothing there. I did see that DG visited the tower 1638 days before this.

James | 19.10.18 - 1:15 a.m. | #











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