Guess the Place

[MartinR]

Not in a boat, but very nearly there.

[John Walker]

Were you sitting on a boat in the Thames looking toward Sheerness/Queenborough?

[MartinR]

Close-ish but not quite there.

[grandarog]

Photo taken from somewhere near Briele Way taken across Peel Port Turbines with the Thames Fort and Essex in the background.

[MartinR]

OK, here is an easy one to restart the ball rolling.  Where are these wind turbines, and where was I sat?

[John Walker]

Okay, it's time to hold my hand up and admit a mistake. Shoot99 and Grandarog are right and in the spirit of absolute fairness, it really should be Shoot999's turn. If he's happy to let MartinR have it, then that's fine with me. I can only offer my sincere apologies to MartinR and to the rest of the players.

In mitigation, I did take the photo more than ten years ago and for some reason, managed to convince myself that it was in the grounds of the church in Upchurch. Looking through all my photos, I can see that I did take a bunch of photos around the church in Lower Halstow, the intention being to upload them to my PC and have a play with some photoshop-like software I had acquired.

Easy done StuartWaters  .   It made the GTP more interesting.  I'd never have found this one even if you had got the right church.

[stuartwaters]

Okay, it's time to hold my hand up and admit a mistake. Shoot99 and Grandarog are right and in the spirit of absolute fairness, it really should be Shoot999's turn. If he's happy to let MartinR have it, then that's fine with me. I can only offer my sincere apologies to MartinR and to the rest of the players.

In mitigation, I did take the photo more than ten years ago and for some reason, managed to convince myself that it was in the grounds of the church in Upchurch. Looking through all my photos, I can see that I did take a bunch of photos around the church in Lower Halstow, the intention being to upload them to my PC and have a play with some photoshop-like software I had acquired.

[John Walker]

Ah, so I didn't get it, but then I was only following Stuart's clues.

Is Shoot99 correct?  Where did you get the photo John?  Presumably it's now over to Shoot99.

I put St Margaret's of Antioch Church in Google Images and the photo came up with the correct title of the church which confirmed shoot999's guess. 

[shoot999]

Ah, so I didn't get it, but then I was only following Stuart's clues.

Is Shoot99 correct?  Where did you get the photo John?  Presumably it's now over to Shoot99.
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Happy for you to have it Martin as you followed the clues and played the game. Mine was merely a suggestion to grandarog of where to look as the other church is just down the road.

[grandarog]

    Thanks for your Photo JohnWalker.
    It is always worrying when you know you are right to dispute something but don't have the answer to clear up the problem .

[MartinR]

Ah, so I didn't get it, but then I was only following Stuart's clues.

Is Shoot99 correct?  Where did you get the photo John?  Presumably it's now over to Shoot99.

[John Walker]

A more recent view - only found it due to shoot999's post.

[shoot999]

   Stu's GTP had me completely fooled having known Upchurch for over 25 years and lived here for the last
 12.
To throw the cat among the pigeons. i have done a lot of renovations and repairs to the Graves here and am very familiar with the Churchyard.
  There is no background view from any where in the churchyard (old or new part) that match's the picture. Certainly not with gravestones against a wall. The only wall with similar brickwork is flat topped and is tight to the wall of the Crown Pub, which has a brick out building, that would be in the left of the picture but isn't. I can be pretty sure the photo was not taken in St Mary's  at Upchurch. I have spoken with a couple of longer term residents and they do not recall a tree trunk cut into a seat either. Hopefully the GTP can be resolved

Maybe a trip down the lane to St Margaret's of Antioch Church at Lower Halstow to match up the background?

[grandarog]

   Stu's GTP had me completely fooled having known Upchurch for over 25 years and lived here for the last
 12.
To throw the cat among the pigeons. i have done a lot of renovations and repairs to the Graves here and am very familiar with the Churchyard.
  There is no background view from any where in the churchyard (old or new part) that match's the picture. Certainly not with gravestones against a wall. The only wall with similar brickwork is flat topped and is tight to the wall of the Crown Pub, which has a brick out building, that would be in the left of the picture but isn't. I can be pretty sure the photo was not taken in St Mary's  at Upchurch. I have spoken with a couple of longer term residents and they do not recall a tree trunk cut into a seat either. Hopefully the GTP can be resolved

[stuartwaters]

Yes, I did know that but seeing as that kind of spire is quite rare,I wanted to avoid any reference to it.