Near as I can figure it, through the possibly flawed perceptual filters of my reality tunnel, the most likely answers this week, seem to me to be:
Q1. Monmouth
Q2. St Briavel's Castle
(N.B. for question 1, the name of the town is marked on some maps as Monmouth/Trefynwy)
The initial clues most likely place us in the town on Monmouth, in Wales . A royal who was born in the gatehouse of Monmouth castle c 1387, is likely to be Henry V. His brother was called Humphrey but their maternal grandfather, according to some references, was called Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford. Some sources claim that Monmouth castle was constructed between 1067 and 1071. The town does have an Agincourt square, where there seems to be a statue of the aviation pioneer Charles Rolls, said in some references, to be the first Briton to have died in a powered aircraft accident.
Traces were found of a Roman fort called 'Blestium' in Monmouth and on some maps, there is a street shown, called 'Blestium Street'. Walking south west from the castle would bring us to the river Monnow and the Monnow bridge, with its medieval fortified gate tower (allegedly built c 1272 or 1262 depending on which source you believe).
The aviator Charles Rolls, is said to be buried in the village of Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, which lies about two miles or so north west of Monmouth. A singer/songwriter who lived and died in Monmouth and who produced an album called 'Live Performance' c 1971 (EMI Records), is likely to be Jake Thackery.
Driving south\south east from Monmouth on the A466 would take us into the Wye Valley and close to the Offa's Dyke National Trail and the Wye Valley Walk but it is the Offa's Dyke National Trail which according to some sources has its highest point at 2297ft (700 m). There looks to be a junction off the A466 around five miles south/south east of Monmouth and if followed to the east, would bring you to St Briavel's castle, which according to English heritage, was constructed c 12 century.The gatehouse was built c 1292 by a power crazed sociopath called Edward I (who was allegedly a cousin of Henry of Almain). It seems to be a borderline decision on the author's part, because St Briavel's is in England and the village he ends up visiting, looks like it's in Wales.
Tintern Abbey (second cistercian foundation in Britain, said to have been founded c1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow), in said village was again put out of business by the notorious 'enry the Eighth and it's visitors centre seems to have been a station, which closed c 1959. The photographs of the abbey do indeed show that it is roofless. The lines "rolling from their mountain-springs/With a soft inland murmer" appear to originate from William Wordsworth, who may have composed them , a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on the banks of the Wye, during a tour c 13th July 1798.
The Eastender's Javascripts detect that the Thunderball machine continues to output words on the theme of deities, not content with generating ZEUS, ISIS, NIKE and LOKI it now produces
RAMA: any of Vishnu's three incarnations
Fri 23 Aug 13 [A] H J Y 39 G
Wed 21 Aug 13 E F [M] T 38 N
Sat 17 Aug 13 [A] D F 30 37 B
Fri 16 Aug 13 D [R] 28 32 35 K
Original data substituted as follows, shown below
1=A,2=B,3=C,4=D,5=E,6=F,7=G,8=H,I=9,J=10,K=11,L=12,M=13,N=14,O=15,P=16,Q=17,R=18,S=19,T=20,U=21,V=22,W=23,X=24,Y=25,Z=26
Fri 23 Aug 13 [01] 08 10 25 39 07
Wed 21 Aug 13 05 06 [13] 20 38 14
Sat 17 Aug 13 [01] 04 06 30 37 02
Fri 16 Aug 13 04 [18] 28 32 35 11
If you see the name of a god or goddess appearing in your data, taking a punt on the 'letter' which completes it, showing up in the next game, could on past performance, produce a positive result. Read more about this here.
Lotto Codewords in the Thunderball Game
link to the competition
Where Was I
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