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"Sellin Pier"

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"But Tony," you say, "that looks suspiciously like there's sky in there. I thought you said no sky?" I did. That is not the No Sky. That was this:

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...a London Tube Map, which is printed in such a way as to make photographing it impossible, and putting it together only slightly less so lol.
 
Lorcan said:
I feel like I should preface this by saying I definitely don't just stare at a puzzle board and pieces 24/7 but I'll also not be upset if you don't believe me.

Jungfraujoch:
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New York:
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Funnily enough - I just bought the Jungfraujoch jigsaw myself today together with 5 others in an Oxfam shop in Leamington Spa which had just got a new lot of jigsaws in (they were still pricing and taping the last ones up). I think you may have also done the painting of Mevagissey harbour in Cornwall but I like the look of it.

The Jungfraujoch is a bit of a memory lane picture for me. I've never been on that train because it is just so insanely expensive but I have been skiing in that area with my family a couple of times and have also been hiking there on a school excursion before the prices went hyper because of the international tourism. I hope that all the green meadows and the rocky parts of the Eiger North face (the 'Ogre') and the Monch (the 'Monk') are not too tricky! The Jungfrau (the 'Maiden/Virgin') itself is out of the picture to the right.
 
Ah so it's the mountains they take the name from? Looks great, reminds me of my trip to Austria (many, many years back now). If the one you have is Huadada it's not too bad, but sections A and D were much easier to blast through. I've done a few harbours but I think @Betsy did the one you mean.
 
Lorcan said:
Ah so it's the mountains they take the name from? Looks great, reminds me of my trip to Austria (many, many years back now). If the one you have is Huadada it's not too bad, but sections A and D were much easier to blast through. I've done a few harbours but I think @Betsy did the one you mean.
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It is the huadada.

The 'Jungfraujoch' is the saddle (or in German the 'yoke') of the Maiden/Virgin between the Monk and the Maiden mountains; in the picture is the dip in the mountain just on the rightside rim.

The Grosse Sheidegg station in the picture is on the saddle between the Monch and the Mannlichen (the 'Manikin' mountain). Been there myself.
 
I wish I could remember where it was I stayed specifically. We had a large chalet (group of Scouts and Guides) in this very large valley surrounded entirely by this ring of mountains. We were sat in the nearby village one night (after dark in August for some unknown reason) watching a thunderstorm on this one peak - the thunder was literally circling just the one mountain. Ireland - north and south - has some gorgeous places but nothing like that valley.
 
Lorcan said:
I wish I could remember where it was I stayed specifically. We had a large chalet (group of Scouts and Guides) in this very large valley surrounded entirely by this ring of mountains. We were sat in the nearby village one night (after dark in August for some unknown reason) watching a thunderstorm on this one peak - the thunder was literally circling just the one mountain. Ireland - north and south - has some gorgeous places but nothing like that valley.
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Thunderstorms in the Alpine valleys can be thrown back from one end to the other so they go away and then come back. It is pretty noisy with all the echoes! That is one of my summer school camp memories. Nature can be truly awesome.
 
I've seen thunderstorms on the continent, France and Austria, and nothing compares over here. We did have one overhead in the chalet at one point and I'd never truly understood the phrase "diving for cover" til that afternoon. We barely had seconds before that hit and it hit hard.

Wherever we were, we were close enough to Germany to make the day trip to Neuschwanstein, when I was young and fit enough to make that walk up from the bottom. I think I was 12? It'd be nice to visit again if I could get over my crippling fear of flying lol.
 
Lorcan said:
I've seen thunderstorms on the continent, France and Austria, and nothing compares over here. We did have one overhead in the chalet at one point and I'd never truly understood the phrase "diving for cover" til that afternoon. We barely had seconds before that hit and it hit hard.

Wherever we were, we were close enough to Germany to make the day trip to Neuschwanstein, when I was young and fit enough to make that walk up from the bottom. I think I was 12? It'd be nice to visit again if I could get over my crippling fear of flying lol.
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Never been as far as Neuschwanstein; just getting to Munich was a 5 hours train journey with two changes from Basel. :(

Our family home in Switzerland was on a hill right next to a little electric station which was hit regularly, often several times in a year, so I know all about just how loud it can be when lightning and thunder coincide! Once or twice it was truly deafening and you could feel the sheer power physically. But because of that little station that I have always felt safe. We have thunderstorms much more often than here in the UK because of the warmer summers.

As children we would often go up into the attic where we'd have a 180 degrees view of the the Jura mountain chain on the horizon and with a view into three valleys so watching fireworks on our National Holidy and larger thunderstorms playing across the mountains and valleys could be a truly mesmerising spectacle! It was also a special show-off for our cousins from flat Northern Germany. :D
 
We had a coach - flew to England, picked up the train coach, I think ferry to the mainland? I dunno if a coach can fit in the Channel Tunnel but my assumption is no and the Calais ferry doesn't take long anyway, and then we were driven from there to Austria with one night spent sleeping in the coach. But even for a coach trip we can't have been far from the German border, a couple of hours at most.

Being a redhead the sun is my natural enemy but I came home with an amazing tan, lol. I don't currently have a passport but I'm eligible for an Irish one so travel to the continent is easier than it might be, but I really suck at flying. Last time I flew anywhere and got over the panic, I was very hungover, had been kicked out of a bar the night before over a legitimate accident and promptly left my passport and purse in a carrier bag on the train. 🤷‍♂️ so I don't travel lol. Otherwise I'd head back in a heartbeat.
 
I've treated myself to a new folding craft table. It's much more stable than the old camping table. I can make 500 piece puzzles without dragging the board out of the loft. I have decided I will stick to 500 pieces for the summer to make life easier with our lack of space.

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Having a dedicated space to do them makes a massive difference - far fewer chances for pieces to go missing for a start.

I'd that a Gibsons? And if so, is it new (or new-ish)? Their piece quality seems to have taken a nosedive recently, but I'm wondering if I've just been unlucky.
 
Yes it's Gibson's. Gibson's used to be one of my favourite for quality but I agree the newer ones are not so good. This one is an older one and second hand. I have found a charity shop that sells checked puzzles so hopefully no more getting it home to discover a missing piece. This one is part of a set of 4, I was pleased to find them for £5! I also got a box with 2 Christmas puzzles in for £1 as it was out of season. I shall probably keep those for my visit to Wales next Christmas.
I had to move a small cupboard into the kitchen to be able to keep the table up but it's definitely worth it not to feel pressured to get on and finish a puzzle so I can Pack everything away again.
 
As stupid as it probably sounds, I feel like the shift came from when they started using thicker pieces - and now I'll open a bad and some pieces are bent/folded and some are peeling before I've had a chance to grab them. Ravensburger also has a folding pieces problem but not as bad. Hooray for puzzle glue :td:

On the flip side, Clementoni's stuff is better than it used to be. I've really been enjoying their puzzles lately.
 
"Le magnifique Mont Saint-Michel", somewhat overshadowed by the missing piece

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Edit: so I brought it downstairs still intact because I keep doing this with Clementoni puzzles, a piece is missing and I find it right after I disassemble.

I just went to take out the recycling and I found the piece, on the floor, just inside the front door. I couldn't make it up, lol.
 
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My OH has found a piece in the pile of newspapers we keep for piggy cages. He picked up a handful of papers to use in his workshop and the piece fell out. It looks like gingery coloured fur so must belong to the one I did with a puppy, cat, piggy etc. Goodness knows how it got there but I hope it's the only piece that missed the box or we could be some bits short never to be found. I will do the puzzle again soon to check it, not worth keeping it if it's not all there.
 
I'm forever dropping pieces but I'm usually aware I've dropped it. I might not be able to find it but I know it'll be in the room somewhere. This was worse than piece I lost from the foal puzzle that I found in the bathroom because I've probably walked that piece there last night when I was slightly under the influence lol. I apparently came close to walking it out of the house. :oops:
 
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