Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
The day I rode past this spot my ride also went through Barnsley, a day after Neil Robertson's visit.
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
- Start date
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roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
The water is heading for the Big Smoke, and it sounds as though the road behind might be doing the same.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Ha ha - I get it... Emergency search relocation system activated! 
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Aargh! I know what the clues mean and I am in the right area, but I haven't spotted it yet...
Me too, but I have to leave it for now, so to help it along, here are my thoughts.
Barnsley Gloucestershire
River Thames which rises at Kemble,
Don't know what the smoke clue is about but there is a place called Chimney close to the Thames.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yes - the snooker placed missed a match because he went to the wrong Barnsley!
Yes.
I was thinking Great Fire of London. Don't they call London 'The Big Smoke'? London Road - the A417?
The thing is... looking at the stretch of the Thames where it is 64 m above sea level, I can't spot the bridge!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
That’s right in my neck of the woods - I thought it felt familiar. I cycle through Buckland to get to my parents’ place. Should’ve spent some time on this one. 
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Great Brook flows into the Thames just to the east!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Well done @ColinJ.
To clear up the clues: chimneys emit smoke, nothing more than that, so if you'd ever seen the hamlet Chimney on the map you might've twigged straight away. Then I realised London is sometimes referred to as The Big Smoke, so there was a chance for a play on words. I don't think I ever said it was the Thames, just that the waters are bound for London, so it could have been any watercourse which flows into the Thames at some point.
The Barnsley thing was intended to suggest looking in and around the Cotswolds, but somehow you didn't seem to get my drift straight away.
I said 64 metres because on OS 1:25,000 it looks to me as though the junction is below the 65m contour line. I didn't mean it to be interpreted too precisely - the main point was to steer you away from the Somerset Levels and the like.
It's a lovely area to cycle in if you're looking for easy miles!
Edit: I think I agree it's @Venod's turn.
To clear up the clues: chimneys emit smoke, nothing more than that, so if you'd ever seen the hamlet Chimney on the map you might've twigged straight away. Then I realised London is sometimes referred to as The Big Smoke, so there was a chance for a play on words. I don't think I ever said it was the Thames, just that the waters are bound for London, so it could have been any watercourse which flows into the Thames at some point.
The Barnsley thing was intended to suggest looking in and around the Cotswolds, but somehow you didn't seem to get my drift straight away.
I said 64 metres because on OS 1:25,000 it looks to me as though the junction is below the 65m contour line. I didn't mean it to be interpreted too precisely - the main point was to steer you away from the Somerset Levels and the like.
It's a lovely area to cycle in if you're looking for easy miles!
Edit: I think I agree it's @Venod's turn.
I too was concentrating on the Thames so couldn't fit Chimney in my blinkered reasoning, should have thought to look at tributaries.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
What was the meaning of the road clue?
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
headed towards Chimney?
