Cryptic clues = station name

[Calthrop]

My ignorance of both football; and card games; is immense -- but I'll try.

 

[John Griffiths]

Think of the grounds.

 

[Calthrop]

For me, grounds likewise; however, "thinking cap on".

 

[Calthrop]

If the station is not "... something ... Bridge", I'm lost indeed. Have worked my way through the entire alphabetical list of National Rail stations; and remain totally "at sea". Just to offer something -- got to be wrong, see nothing remotely grounds-related -- how about Hawarden [pronounced approximately like "harden"] Bridge? They're very fond of cards, thus prone to temptation -- so they "harden" their hearts vis-a-vis their expectant fans, skive off the football match, and play bridge instead .

 

[John Griffiths]

I think maybe my clue was a bit obscure. If you find a football ground, but lose the bridge, you may get there. But I did like your Hawarden Bridge argument.

 

[Calthrop]

Alas, I basically "don't know from" football grounds. We need a participant who is more into "the beautiful game" than I am -- i.e. pretty well any other human male on the planet .

 

[Henffordd]

Must be Stamford, then.

Aren't the terraces at Stamford Bridge built from the soil extracted to build the Metropolitan Railway?

 

[John Griffiths]

Stamford is correct, well done. For the sake of m'lud, Stamford Bridge is the home ground of the association football team Chelsea.

Interesting about the spoil heap terraces.

 

[Henffordd]

Must be my turn then. Ellapat sounds close.

 

[DaleCooper]

Must be my turn then. Ellapat sounds close.

Lydney

 

[Henffordd]

You must be a forester! Your turn.

 

[DaleCooper]

You must be a forester! Your turn.

I'm no forester but I know a capknee when I see one.

Next clue:

There's no Estuary English here.

 

[Calthrop]

Morfa Mawddach? -- on an estuary, but not in the English tongue ...

 

[DaleCooper]

Morfa Mawddach? -- on an estuary, but not in the English tongue ...

Not that but it's the right country.

 

[Henffordd]

Abertawe? - no, usually English as Swansea
Abermaw? - no, Barmouth.
So Aberystwyth?

 

[DaleCooper]

Abertawe? - no, usually English as Swansea
Abermaw? - no, Barmouth.
So Aberystwyth?

None of those but very close.

 

[D6130]

Bow Street?

 

[DaleCooper]

Bow Street?

No

 

[Calthrop]

Aberdyfi

 

[DaleCooper]

Aberdyfi

Not that either.

Why is this taking so long?

 

[RDP]

Welshpool?

 

[DaleCooper]

Welshpool?

No

Not that either.

Why is this taking so long?

That was a hint, here's another:

It's too long.

 

[RDP]

Llanfarpwll?

 

[DaleCooper]

Llanfarpwll?

No, that's also too long.

 

[Henffordd]

Then Aber?

 

[DaleCooper]

Then Aber?

Aber is correct, your turn...

 

[Henffordd]

Since we seem to be in Celtic mode, sounds like llug

 

[DaleCooper]

Since we seem to be in Celtic mode, sounds like llug

Wem

 

[Henffordd]

Well spotted! Your go.

 

[Calthrop]

Call me stupid -- but please could somebody explain the above one?

ETA -- hey ! -- I think I may have got it: words spelt backwards -- seagull, and its old-time synonym seamew ?