A year or two before the 2012 London Olympic Marathon, the question of the original 1908 route was an actively-discussed topic. I was measuring the London Marathon route that year and had some free days, and John Disley took me to the start area at Windsor Castle. We poked around a bit but were unsuccessful in locating the 1908 Start Line. Close, perhaps, but no cigar.
John, however, had a nice piece of history to show me. See below:
This bronze plaque indicates that there are 25 miles to go. I have no idea when it was
installed in its present location.
Here I am pointing at the plaque. You can see the building details.
Now for the puzzle: Where am I, exactly? For some reason I wanted to know and did some detective work, and managed to locate the exact location using only online resources. Now I present it to you for a mind teaser.
First one to post the correct answer gets the glory. I will post it shortly after February 25.
