Game: Name that road!

[T4tomo]

I'd got them down as Northumberland Blackface...but they could also be Red Herrings.

I thought Scottish blackface, but then you see them on the NY moors and Pennine hills as well so doesnt help much!

 

[ClichéGuevara]

I thought Scottish blackface, but then you see them on the NY moors and Pennine hills as well so doesnt help much!

I now know that despite us having more different breeds than anywhere else, they're the most common type in the UK. I also now know a bit more about Smit and Keel marks. None of it of any use to this.

 

[T4tomo]

indeed, as for the road, we are looking for a very minor road that goes alongside a tarn / moorland pond/ mini reservoir.

there are oodles of such bodies of water, admittedly, most are not roadside, but the one we are looking for is quite small, which doesn't help on a map search, and moorland covers a vast area of the UK, and you have to scroll right in to see the ponds and minor roads.

clue time....

 

[ClichéGuevara]

indeed, as for the road, we are looking for a very minor road that goes alongside a tarn / moorland pond/ mini reservoir.

there are oodles of such bodies of water, admittedly, most are not roadside, but the one we are looking for is quite small, which doesn't help on a map search, and moorland covers a vast area of the UK, and you have to scroll right in to see the ponds and minor roads.

clue time....

I can't help thinking the herd of mini buffalo between the sheep and the tarn should help narrow it down a bit.


Hmmm, is that Hadrian's Wall at the end of the lane?

 

[Dogtrousers]

indeed, as for the road, we are looking for a very minor road that goes alongside a tarn / moorland pond/ mini reservoir.

there are oodles of such bodies of water, admittedly, most are not roadside, but the one we are looking for is quite small, which doesn't help on a map search, and moorland covers a vast area of the UK, and you have to scroll right in to see the ponds and minor roads.

clue time....

Bear in mind where @Sea of vapours is based. So I'd start by considering Yorkshire Dales, Forest of Bowland, the Lakes, Pennines in roughly that order. Of course it may be further afield, but that's a starting point.

Some clever clogs can probably identify the distant hills/mountains. Or at least come up with some useful exclusions. I'll start: Not the Himalayas.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It most certainly is.

If you look very closely, and with a mirror on a stick, you may even see the impression left by my sweaty shorts on that bench.

🤮

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Too small for Malham tarn but almost certainly in the Pennines

 

[Sea of vapours]

there are oodles of such bodies of water, admittedly, most are not roadside, but the one we are looking for is quite small, which doesn't help on a map search, and moorland covers a vast area of the UK, and you have to scroll right in to see the ponds and minor roads.

Mmmmm...... that body of water is marked on the OS 1:250K map series, so not insignificant.

Hmmm, is that Hadrian's Wall at the end of the lane?

Nope.

Bear in mind where @Sea of vapours is based. So I'd start by considering Yorkshire Dales, Forest of Bowland, the Lakes, Pennines in roughly that order. Of course it may be further afield, but that's a starting point.

Whilst the subject is a Streetview capture, I am abiding by the spirit of the original rules in that, were I in the habit of carrying any form of camera on the bike, i could have photographed that stretch of road numerous times.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Too small for Malham tarn but almost certainly in the Pennines

Looks to be a reservoir (as is Malham tarn) - pretty sure the far shore is a dam. Unusual to get a relatively flat moor below the height of the hills beyond. Unfenced road.

Agree it looks like pennines.

Loads to go at there, back in 2 mins with the answer

 

[Deleted member 23692]

I won't argue, especially when combined with @T4tomo having got within about 700m of the right place. Still, barring a steward's enquiry, here's another one.

View attachment 588368

Sunbiggin Tarn looking towards the Howgills

https://www.google.com/maps/@54.465...4!1ss-c5jbcZj6M6eanfAkE6bQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Sunbiggin Tarn looking towards the Howgills

https://www.google.com/maps/@54.465...4!1ss-c5jbcZj6M6eanfAkE6bQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

There you go, told you it was easy.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

My Go then?

This has changed a bit since I was last there

 

[Sea of vapours]

Correct, @Ffoeg . Over to you.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

My Go then?

This has changed a bit since I was last there

View attachment 588402

I got all excited, right up until I looked at the Skye Bridge.

 

[Venod]

I think it says Pont Briwit, North Wales.