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degravedi
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 		Edited the riddle from "pic a" to "pica". Pica is a genus of bird in the family Corvidae (like a crow). So "pica twice" might refer to Pica pica or the European Magpie.

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 		Have you considered it might be "If you go to London town, where sixty pounds gets you brown"? It rhymes a lot better!
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degravedi
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distilled wrote:
Have you considered it might be "If you go to London town, where sixty pounds gets you brown"? It rhymes a lot better!


Doh! Of course. That works much better. So Updated:
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If you go to London town, where sixty pounds gets you brown, three butterflies greet ladys noun... Keep left!!! Turn around.

Around in circles do we fly, all but one birds of the sky, guard is crow with his eye, yet pica twice points low no high.

Betwixt the stars where five can eat, three are found to sail or seat, dont be cross or incomplete, under circles by your feet.


So do we have any native Londoners here that might recognize the clues a little better? Or at least have someone in reserve to go to the location..

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 		I'm trying to work it out. "where sixty pounds makes you brown" seems to suggest a tanning shop but £60 is a lot for a tan! (EDIT:IGNORE THIS, SEE BELOW).

Lady's noun would suggest either "Lady" "Woman".

Poeas added a video of "Old Kent Road". I'm just trying to figure out whether there are any places which fit the riddles description around there. He also said on the chat that he likes nursery rhymes and kids games.
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of course england has differentversions to other countries - clue is cluedo, monopoly has differnet place names...


Another indication for Old Kent Road - a BROWN place on the monopoly board. It also costs £60

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Dagada wrote:
If we can work this out, I'm able to pop into London tomorrow for a search and collect. Fingers crossed!

Re "someone in reserve to go" question: Playing *happy-hour-catch-up* and noticed Dagada's previous page post.

Am truly Worshippy of degravedi and y'all. "Betwixt the stars where five can eat"=maybe 5 star restaurants?
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 		We are getting closer, you start at Old Kent Road - this also connects to New Cross road - hence "don't be cross". Either he is saying don't go towards new cross, or don't go as far as new cross.

We are theorising whether it is in Burgess Park. Calais (sorry, not sure of your name here) made the connection to the butterfly logo - it is also within walking distance of old kent road. Theres also a lake, so that would cover "sail and seat".

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 		I've now got major problems getting into London tomorrow, but I was chatting with Claire and she said she was going in and can look as long as we direct her.

I'm currently trying to use google earth to track down some of these clues....

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degravedi
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amandel wrote:
Am truly Worshippy of degravedi and y'all.

Thanks hon *huggs* ^^

So I'm about to give some brain splurts here, just random stuff I'm chasing in some hope that it might help someone else's brain click:

I was looking into various areas and other attractions around the London Eye (from your conversations with Claire, and the "around in circles do we fly"). From the same platform there are also dinner cruises on the river ("sail or seat").

I found mention of a "Big Brown Bus" tour on some tourist forums, but I can't seem to find the actual company.

Looking into the butterflies, there are a number of butterfly houses in the city. A new one just opened up on April 8th, called Butterfly Explorers at the Natural History Museum.

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 		I just picked a park randomly and found Burgess park near the area.
Check out this picture:

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 		I think you're right about Burgess Park. It has a lake, which appears to have boats on "sail and seat". Maybe find a cafe on the park grounds?
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Dagada
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 		Burgess Park, from top down, also appears to have a lake and seating area....

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 		Just north of the lake is a ring of 5 benches. "5 can eat"?

See: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/distilledwill/untitled-2.jpg
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celendis
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 		I cannot get any better resolution in google maps, but between two circles of 5 benches, there are 3 benches.

I can't see if there are any circles in the area though.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=old+kent+road&sll=51.47854,-0.054379&sspn=0.002649,0.004823&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Old+Kent+Rd,+London+SE1,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.486395,-0.077616&spn=0.000343,0.000603&t=h&z=21
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Dagada
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 		There's a cafe in Chumleigh Gardens in the park too, but I'm not sure about that being right.

If you look on google maps, there appears to be a playground area with lots of circles, but I think "don't be cross.... Circles" could indicate noughts and crosses. I'm looking for a nearby playground type area.

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