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Posted on 31/07/26 07:57:35 AM

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Challenge 1116: Eton mess

I’ve just spent a very enjoyable weekend boating down the Thames, from Chertsey to Maidenhead. On the way we stopped at Windsor, and there’s the castle in the distance. This photo is taken just over the bridge in Eton, home to the famous school that has produced more Prime Ministers than any other.

Eton itself – the village, not the school – is quaint, cobbled, and very old fashioned. It’s Hogsmead brought to life. And given that, I really think it could do with some wizards…

High res is here.

Posted on 31/07/26 12:31:51 PM

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Re: Challenge 1116: Eton mess

I did use AI to enhance the window lighting.

Posted on 31/07/26 1:07:19 PM

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Wow Ben. That's setting the bar high! And so quick ........ or does Brisbane give you a twelve hour advantage?

I am a bit disadvantaged here having never read a Potter Book or seen a Potter movie, to which ignorance you can add a profound dislike of Ms Rowling. (The two things are not related my kids were simply too old when they came out).

I think I shall have to source my wizards elsewhere .........

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Posted on 31/07/26 1:13:57 PM

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And so quick ........ or does Brisbane give you a twelve hour advantage?

Steve's post arrives around 5pm AEST, I can't resist tackling it immediately. Like you I haven't read or watched Harry Potter & spent the first hour Googling wizards etc. I was lucky to find the group - it fitted well. Only disadvantage of tacking early is now I don't have a challenge to do till next week.

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Posted on 31/07/26 1:13:58 PM

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Posted on 31/07/26 3:17:57 PM

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There was a technical problem here. Someone must have fixed it.

Posted on 31/07/26 5:06:20 PM

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Mariner wrote:
There seems to be a technical problem here. Is it me or is it the site?

Site problems.

Posted on 31/07/26 5:40:51 PM

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Ben Boardman wrote:
Only disadvantage of tacking early is now I don't have a challenge to do till next week.

You can do a different answer to this one .......

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Posted on 31/07/26 7:03:12 PM

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A devious wizard seeks a suitably malleable Eton graduate to help achieve his own ambitions.

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Posted on 01/08/26 1:47:53 PM

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Posted on 02/08/26 10:44:18 AM

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Now that's what I call a Gigantic Eton Mess

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Posted on 02/08/26 6:47:46 PM

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Still strangely stuck for ideas. This has nothing to do with Eton or Potter but everything to do with magic. My favourite enchantress, sadly, about to undergo an unpleasant transformation.

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Posted on 02/08/26 8:46:30 PM

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GKB wrote:
Now that's what I call a Gigantic Eton Mess

Ah, as a cook, I might find that close to a Pavlovian response.

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Posted on 02/08/26 9:15:29 PM

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DavidMac wrote:
My favourite enchantress, sadly, about to undergo an unpleasant transformation.

I have no idea who she is David... was she turned into a frog?

Posted on 02/08/26 9:16:57 PM

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Posted on 02/08/26 10:47:48 PM

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Back in time

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Posted on 03/08/26 10:48:50 AM

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Loyd wrote:

DavidMac wrote:
My favourite enchantress, sadly, about to undergo an unpleasant transformation.

I have no idea who she is David... was she turned into a frog?

Helen Mirren as Morgan La Fey (Morgana) and Nicol Williamson as Merlin in John Boorman's "Excalibur". At the close of the film Merlin casts a spell on Morgana. Fumes pour from her mouth becoming a fog in the midst of which she ages to an old hag.

(A scene remembered by many young men because of Ms Mirren's 'interesting' suit of armour.)

Sorry Steve ...... off topic diversion ....... but quite a pleasant one!

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Posted on 03/08/26 11:23:56 AM

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dwindt wrote:
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That's really nice and simple Dennis. I like it.

Does their magic only affect what is directly in front of them or are traffic signs immune?

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Posted on 03/08/26 12:42:47 PM

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DavidMac wrote:

Loyd wrote:

DavidMac wrote:
My favourite enchantress, sadly, about to undergo an unpleasant transformation.

I have no idea who she is David... was she turned into a frog?

Helen Mirren as Morgan La Fey (Morgana) and Nicol Williamson as Merlin in John Boorman's "Excalibur".

A movie I've never seen... with anatomically correct armor.

Posted on 03/08/26 12:58:06 PM

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DavidMac wrote:

dwindt wrote:
Back in time

That's really nice and simple Dennis. I like it.

Does their magic only affect what is directly in front of them or are traffic signs immune?

Thanks David. Don't let the simpleness deceive you. It had its fair share of challenges.

Were the magic perpendicular to their direction of travel, the left half of the brief image would be eliminated. The image is self-explanatory really, void of the necessity of a lengthy explanation.

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