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:lol: :lol:

Leif had already spotted the location. I couldn't think at the time who IKB was (notwithstanding that.. I didn't even notice the bridges!) :roll:

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It is indeed over the Menai strait :)
I thought they were engineered by George Stephenson and Thomas Telford, not Brunel?
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Correct Jonesey.. this made the IKB ref even more odd. It worked though cause I'd no idea where it was (not spotting the bridges didn't help) :lol:

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LOL -- Telford!!! bugger being a clever dick failed again

I always thought the Menai Bridge was Brunel's

Anyway it is a gorgeous screenie -- is that stock FSX scenery?

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Heh as if, this is Horizon's VFR scenery with the 3d object demo that covers a small part of North Wales :)
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A great Spit pic - it looks real!

There's a very interesting lecture transcript by LTC Rolt ( the very great transport historian, and I would recommend his books to anyone interested in transport history) on the connections between all 3 engineers and the bridges at http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/history/ikb/lecture/

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That's a good read :thumbsup:
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So that village in the top left on the Anglessey side is Llanfairpwllgygyllgogerycwyndrobllllantisilyiogogogoch???

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Easy for you to say! ;-)

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