Game: Name that road!

[Mr Celine]

Here we are:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.4...4!1sFguZIE-4IlfLFNci8H6pAA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camptown_Races

For those obsessed about the date, it was 15th April 2020. Not a road I would normally recommend but I took the opportunity of a lockdown ride on a glorious spring day all the way down the empty main road to the border at the Carter Bar.
This Camptown doesn't have a racetrack and is so small it wouldn't qualify as a one-horse town. It doesn't even have the speed camera anymore as it was torched years ago and has never been replaced.
The only thing it does have is an earworm which strikes every time I drive past the sign and ruins my doodah doodah day.

Well done @Aravis over to you.

 

[Aravis]

That was pure luck. I searched for "five mile long race track" which led be to the song, which I didn't know. I then searched for Campdown which led me to the spot. I wish they all worked out like that...

I did say I'd pass my next turn, so if anyone wants to step in, please do. I think I'll wait until 10pm and if no-one's posted one, I'll do so. Perhaps I'll find you're all clamouring for another one of mine. 🐷🚁

 

[Aravis]

The next one then. I hope you like this; it was taken on my first ever solo multi-day cycle tour, on Easter Monday 1984:

Unfortunately I failed to anticipate fully the requirements of this thread, and didn't see the need to include the road in the composition. It can just be glimpsed on the extreme right, and it follows the dry stone wall as far as it can be seen. This is a picture of the road itself, taken from the latest streetview images:

 

[classic33]

The next one then. I hope you like this; it was taken on my first ever solo multi-day cycle tour, on Easter Monday 1984:

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Unfortunately I failed to anticipate fully the requirements of this thread, and didn't see the need to include the road in the composition. It can just be glimpsed on the extreme right, and it follows the dry stone wall as far as it can be seen. This is a picture of the road itself, taken from the latest streetview images:

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That lens needs cleaning,if not the camera!

 

[T4tomo]

I do like the clue and I did know the song

Not the NC500, this racetrack is five miles long.

and I impressed myself with my snap starting thoughts

Lowland Scotland on a A road somewhere

 

[Mr Celine]

Lowland Scotland on a A road somewhere

[Pedant] Southern Uplands actually. [/pedant]

 

[MontyVeda]

The next one then. I hope you like this; it was taken on my first ever solo multi-day cycle tour, on Easter Monday 1984:

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Unfortunately I failed to anticipate fully the requirements of this thread, and didn't see the need to include the road in the composition. It can just be glimpsed on the extreme right, and it follows the dry stone wall as far as it can be seen. This is a picture of the road itself, taken from the latest streetview images:

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Looks vaguely Cumbrian, and is that a bit of a stone circle in the field? ...or just a few boulders?

 

[OldShep]

For those obsessed about the date, it was 15th April 2020. Not a road I would normally recommend but I took the opportunity of a lockdown ride on a glorious spring day all the way down the empty main road to the border at the Carter Bar.
This Camptown doesn't have a racetrack and is so small it wouldn't qualify as a one-horse town. It doesn't even have the speed camera anymore as it was torched years ago and has never been replaced.
The only thing it does have is an earworm which strikes every time I drive past the sign and ruins my doodah doodah day.

Well done @Aravis over to you.

I used to drive that bit of road regularly 40 years ago and didn’t recognise it
Can I have a consolation prize for being close to the date?

 

[OldShep]

Looks vaguely Cumbrian, and is that a bit of a stone circle in the field? ...or just a few boulders?

Looking at the way the dyke ( wall to some) is built I’d say definitely Scotland.

 

[Aravis]

Let me show you the equivalent view from Streetview in 2021, including the road properly this time. Unsurprisingly, little has changed, and the boulders can still be seen! To me they look as though they're sitting where the ice left them:

@OldShep is correct about the country - I'm impressed. I wonder if dry stone wall patterns are a bit like accents - if you know them well enough you can sometimes identify an individual street?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Name that stone!

 

[Aravis]

Sadly the stones aren't named on OS, but the Deer Park they're sitting in is.

It had sounded as though I'd made a small mistake by coming here.

 

[Aravis]

Maybe this needs a bit of spoon-feeding. A fine mountain ahead, m'lard! Unlucky for some?

 

[nickyboy]

I had a quick look at Scottish Deer parks but drew a blank. Also looked for Scottish towns that sound a bit like "error" (small mistake). "M'lard"? Duck?

 

[Dogtrousers]

I had a quick look at Scottish Deer parks but drew a blank. Also looked for Scottish towns that sound a bit like "error" (small mistake). "M'lard"? Duck?

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