Alliterative Antics

March Hare · February 22

Yucky Ynyslas

Sipech · February 22

As far as I'm aware, there are no stations beginning with Z so I think @March Hare gets to pick the next topic.

March Hare · February 22

Shall we try composers?

Awesome Allegri

Nick Tamen · February 22

Buxom* Buxtehude

* in older senses of the word

stetson · February 22

[This has already been done, I think.]

March Hare · February 23

So it has - apologies to all.

Wars and battles?

Awful Antietam

Sipech · February 23

Brutal Boyne

Net Spinster · February 23

Catastrophic Cannae

Baptist Trainfan · February 23

Piglet wrote: »

Quintessential Queen Street (Glasgow)

[We have one in Cardiff, too!]

I can't think of any British stations beginning with Z.

stetson · February 23

Destructive Dunkirk

The_Riv · February 23

Effective Edington

Baptist Trainfan · February 23

Fatal Flodden Field

Nick Tamen · February 23

Ghastly Gettysburg

March Hare · February 23

Humbling Horns of Hattim

The_Riv · February 23

Insidious Iwo Jima

Piglet · February 23

Joyless Jutland

Anna_Baptist · February 23

Killer Khartoum

Baptist Trainfan · February 23

Lengthy Siege of Leningrad

March Hare · February 23

Misty Marston Moor

Nick Tamen · February 23

News-making New Orleans

Sipech · February 23

Overwhelming Orgreave

Lyda · February 24

Precipitous Princeton

The_Riv · February 24

Battle of Quebec (take your pick from 1691, 1711, 1759, 1760, or 1775)

TheOrganist · February 24

Rapid Ramillies

The_Riv · February 24

Severe Siege of Sevastopol -- 1854-1855, or 1941-1942

Nick Tamen · February 24

The_Riv wrote: »

Battle of Quebec (take your pick from 1691, 1711, 1759, 1760, or 1775)

I think you forgot the alliteration.

Thermic Thermopylae

The_Riv · February 24

??‍♂️

Quixotic Battle(s) of Quebec!

On to U!

Sipech · February 24

Umbral Uhud

Lyda · February 24

Virulent Vicksburg

Baptist Trainfan · February 24

Woeful Waterloo

Net Spinster · February 25

Xiphosfilled Xiangyang (1267-1273)

TheOrganist · February 25

Yawning Yalu River

The_Riv · February 25

Zealful Battle of Zama

I'm happy for someone else to pick a new category, as I've done so recently.

Net Spinster · February 25

We could go with Lakes

Lily Pad · February 25

Abundant Athabasca

Baptist Trainfan · February 25

Beautiful Buttermere

The_Riv · February 25

Charismatic Champlain

Boogie · February 25

Delightful Derwent Water

Nick Tamen · February 25

Eerie Erie

Piglet · February 25

I assume that lochs and loughs are allowed as they're just the Scottish and Irish versions?

If so:

Fine Fyne

stetson · February 25

Genteel Geneva

Anna_Baptist · February 25

Humongous Huron

March Hare · February 25

Islay's Indaal

Roseofsharon · February 25

I am assuming that any inland bodies of water qualify, so:
Jolly Jumbles Reservoir

TheOrganist · February 26

Kingly Kariba

Net Spinster · February 26

lone Lonar Lake

stetson · February 26

Misplaced Michigan

Lyda · February 26

Noticeable Nicaragua

Boogie · February 26

Outstanding Ontario

Sipech · February 26

Perilous Pinatubo

Ship of Fools

Alliterative Antics

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