Cryptic clues = station name

[John Griffiths]

I've had a crack at this recently, so open floor.

 

[Calthrop]

Hoping not to be trespassing too badly against etiquette rules; I'll have another shot.

Perhaps, advice concerning budget-accommodation-quest, to lagomorph (bewildered) -- dearer hotel ! scram, bunny

 

[John Griffiths]

Hmm. I cunningly deduce that the station name includes the word 'and', which narrows it down.

And I have learned what a lagomorph is.

Edit:

More likely, Mycroft will be tut-tutting at the lamentable decline of my deductive powers. No 'and', but the mix of letters resolves itself, perhaps, into Burnley Manchester Road?

 

[Calthrop]

Burnley Manchester Road is absolutely right -- indeed an anagram.

Lagomorph -- mammal of the order including the hares, rabbits, and pikas -- a splendidly grandiloquent word to employ for the ordinary old rabbit... (someone in another message board on which I take part, uses the wondrous posting name of "Laughing Lagomorph").

As the world turns -- the floor is once more yours, should you choose to take it.

 

[John Griffiths]

Thank you. And now for something seasonal, maybe.

Rudolph's by the French station.

 

[johnnychips]

Hessle

 

[John Griffiths]

Hessle is correct, despite my (unintentional) misspelling of Rudolf, well done Johnny. All yours.

 

[johnnychips]

An argument next to a wide tidal river near this station.

 

[PaulJ]

An argument next to a wide tidal river near this station.

Berney Arms?

 

[johnnychips]

No sorry.

 

[johnnychips]

It’s only served by Northern trains.

 

[johnnychips]

...because famous Postman finds turbulent air (at a station in his home county)!

is an alternative clue.

 

[Calthrop]

Aspatria?

 

[johnnychips]

It is:

An argument = a spat
Wide tidal inlet = ria

Because = as
Famous Postman = Pat
Turbulent air = ria

and of course, Greendale is in Cumbria

All yours!

 

[Calthrop]

Thank you; but I feel that in the end, you had to all-but give it away. I'll ask for "open floor", please.

 

[johnnychips]

If nobody is up for it, I’ll do a straightforward one to set us up for the weekend:

Because, Geoff, a lot of trees have recently grown at this station...

 

[John Griffiths]

Hurst Green? Hurst because, well, 1966 and all that; Green because trees, the greenwood...

 

[johnnychips]

You are on the right lines - pun intended.

 

[neilmc]

Palmers Green?

 

[johnnychips]

No, sorry... JG was nearer.

 

[John Griffiths]

How Wood (the Geoff being Mrs T 's nemesis, Sir Geoffrey Howe)?

 

[johnnychips]

Your Geoff was right first time!

 

[ls2270]

Ashurst New Forest?

 

[johnnychips]

Yes it is

Because=As
Geoff=Hurst
Trees recently grown = new forest.

Your turn, have a good weekend.

 

[ls2270]

Thank you! Here goes...
General might be inclined to live here.

 

[Calthrop]

I'd suggest Grantshouse; but alas, it's closed.

 

[duncanp]

Wellington (after the general who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo)

 

[ls2270]

Neither Grantshouse nor Wellington.

 

[duncanp]

How about Wellesley Road, a tram stop in Croydon, after Arthur Wellesley, who was the Duke of Wellington.

 

[ls2270]

You’re thinking along the right lines but not got the right one yet! Geographically Wellesley Road is the closest to the correct answer.