Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
OK then. With the recent relaxation in the rules, this one qualifies - I've checked! An early morning shot from October 1985:
When I looked for this spot on street view, I was able to find the house but the immediate surroundings seem to have changed drastically in the 32 years since the picture was taken. The mountains should be completely distinctive though. At this point I'm about to ride perhaps the most romantic section of coastline in the UK, something I'm proud to have on my list.
When I looked for this spot on street view, I was able to find the house but the immediate surroundings seem to have changed drastically in the 32 years since the picture was taken. The mountains should be completely distinctive though. At this point I'm about to ride perhaps the most romantic section of coastline in the UK, something I'm proud to have on my list.
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Pap of Glencoe perhaps, from near the old Ballachulish ferry?
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
No, it's not that part of the world.
It's always difficult to judge how big a clue to give. When I said it's a early morning shot, that was intended to help with the direction of view, implying that it's likely to be an east coast scene.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I have gone back and edited the first post to show the relaxed conditions, but I still think we should stick to the UK so I have not changed that requirement.
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Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
I'll say that the mountain outline makes it the Mountains of Mourne in Northern Ireland, going by stock images such as this:
As for the exact location, I'm going to guess at the approach to Dundrum, and possibly here (from google maps)
- it could well be the same house, but some of the angles and the size of the mountains look wrong - maybe different types of lens between your photo and google maps?
It took a lot of googling of east coasts to get this far.
As for the exact location, I'm going to guess at the approach to Dundrum, and possibly here (from google maps)
- it could well be the same house, but some of the angles and the size of the mountains look wrong - maybe different types of lens between your photo and google maps?
It took a lot of googling of east coasts to get this far.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
I believe that is a bullseye! I agree, it's difficult to get a perspective that looks identical, perhaps due to different focal lengths. Those new trees on the left don't help either. But that's definitely where I was.
Riding the Mourne coast road - Where the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea - is unforgettable.
Anyway, congratulations. Over to you...
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
OK then.
Where am I?
Where am I?
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Wales somewhere...
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yes - I cheated and spotted that!
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
Yes but I don't feel I can give the point for narrowing it down to a Wales-sized area. A bit more precision please gentlemen!Yes - I cheated and spotted that!
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
You are at the Bwlch Oerddws car park, on the A470 between Dinas Mawddwy and Dolgellau, looking North-West. So it's morning!
The Wales clue was pretty helpful. It looks like a pass and the road looks like an A road, leaving only a handful of possibilities. It's a road I've not ridden. Although I've cycled a lot in Wales, I don't think I've been north of the Severn on a bike, or if I have, only just.
I have one more suitable piture if you're all interested. After that I think I'm probably out.
