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Carn Brea, Cornwall, England. August 1999.

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helen.2006 says:

I've been to this place and can't remember where it is! My first thoughts turn to Portland Bill so I'll give that a go.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

helen.2006 says:

Me again. Scrub Portland Bill. Is it the Heinz "gift to the nation" at Cape Cornwall?
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Yersinia says:

Neither of those, I'm afraid, Helen.
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skuds says:

Lot of people there. Was there something special going on that day?
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Yersinia says:

Yes.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

It almost looks like one the mass trespass on Kinder Scout, but I fear that might be a little bit out time-wise... And a dig through the archives says it's not Studley Pike, so I won't guess that either ;-)
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tiny_tear says:

Looks like Scotland...

At first I thought Arthur's Seat but the thingy is shorter there...
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Yersinia says:

Arfer's seat is much craggier. Not Kinder Scout or Studley Pike, either.
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Justin Kibble says:

Tennyson Down Isle of Wight?
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Yersinia says:

Afraid not.
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Terry Wha says:

Is it the Peel Tower on Holcombe Hill near Bury?
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Yersinia says:

No, not there.
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rrollriver says:

I'm guessing that this is a scanned print and wasn't actually taken on Tuesday this week, in which case... were they gathering to watch the solar eclipse in 1999? That would probably mean Cornwall, and there's something similar to that monument at the Dodman Point, if memory serves me right?
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Yersinia says:

The date is correct, and yes, it is Cornwall, but not Dodman Point.
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mrpb27 says:

That was a fantastic event. I was on top of a multistorey carpark in Paignton at the time.
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rrollriver says:

Yeah, didn't think it was the Dodman really, but the column there looks very similar.. same builder / designer?. (This could actually be inland? ).
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Yersinia says:

Yes, it's a little way inland.
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rrollriver says:

That doesn't look like Bodmin Moor to me, not Penwith either.
That little tower must be visible from the sea. Plenty of people could get there, cars too at a pinch.
Guess! A high point about a mile in from Black Head, that thing that stops the Lizard being visible from Dodman?
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Yersinia says:

No. It's further inland, and nearer to the north coast than the south coast.
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martin97uk says:

Is this Carnbrea, near Redruth.
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Yersinia says:

Yes, well done!

I thought this'd go much faster.

Congrats to rivolver too, for guessing the occasion.
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martin97uk says:

The eclipse was quite an occasion - even though it was cloudy!

I was on a hillfort in Devon at the time and this is the best I could do with my camera:

Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Yersinia says:

That's still quite impressive, even if cloud masked the whole effect.
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rrollriver says:

Yes, you did very well. I was part of a crowd gathered near Chapel Point, (the Dodman would have been a bit of a hike for one or two of our party), you could see beyond the umbra out to sea, there was a curtain of soft light right across the horizon below an inky black velvet cone of sky. A person at work, when I showed them the photo, was disappointed and dismissive... "oh.. it's very dark...", what on earth they expected the light levels to be during a total solar eclipse puzzles me to this day... wish I could find that photo!
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bufflet01 says:

We`were down near Penzance - I remember standing on the top of a hill a little further up the south coast, seeing thousands of flahbulbs going off, as everyone took "that photo" - I'll have to dig through boxes of pre-digital stuff to find it, but now it must be found....
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