Game: Name that road!

[roubaixtuesday]

I didn't think it would quite be possible but I hadn't stopped to work it out.

I did calculations once to work out how far one could see from a certain elevation, or how high a mountain peak one could see from sea level if nothing was in the way, but I have lost them. I will do the calculations again when I get back from the shops.

Without prejudicing the current challenge, I can confirm Wales is easily visible from the Peak. The Berwyn in particular, but many other hills are visible, and it's said Snowdon can been seen, though I'm less convinced of that.

The Wrekin and The Long Mynd are also clearly seen, at comparable distance.

 

[MontyVeda]

The flukiest of fluky drops on the first road in the Peaks i looked at....

and the other way...

Here

I can't see a name but it's close to the Paul Rey Viewpoint overlooking Leek

 

[roubaixtuesday]

The flukiest of fluky drops on the first road in the Peaks i looked at....
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and the other way...
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Here

As featured very recently here...

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-2063#post-6762040

Well done!

 

[MontyVeda]

Went past here on my ride yesterday...

...and spotted two things for the 'things that don't belong in a garden' thread. Bonus points for spotting them

 

[ColinJ]

As featured very recently here...

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-2063#post-6762040

Well done!

Which I, of course, had read!

I hadn't searched that far west.

 

[Gillstay]

The flukiest of fluky drops on the first road in the Peaks i looked at....
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and the other way...
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Here

I can't see a name but it's close to the Paul Rey Viewpoint overlooking Leek

Morrige Top I think its know as locally. Or atleast the road to the left goes there.

 

[MontyVeda]

I know you're all riding your bikes.
This one really shouldn't be tricky.
But come next Wednesday, when it's forecast for rain, here's three highlighted clues...

 

[ColinJ]

I was already thinking along those lines but haven't spotted it yet. I have been distracted by a momentous life event (losing my bank card! )

I'll have another search later this evening...

 

[ColinJ]

Well, it took a bit of finding, but I got there in the end! (Ston(e)y Ln near Forton - OS don't seem to be able to make their minds up about the 'e')

I worked out the direction of the road from the shadows and had realised that there was a stream or canal behind the building because of the railings on the bridge.

I'll get straight on with my next one. With the clues in the photo I expect this to take seconds or maybe minutes, probably not hours, and almost certainly not days!

 

[MontyVeda]

well done Colin.

of course yours will take days. it's that time of year!

 

[MontyVeda]

I never realised how few coniferous woods there were around the East Lancs/Yorks area until I began searching... it didn't take long to end up at Beacon Fell

 

[ColinJ]

Yes, towering over the terrain below. The arrow on the road shows the direction of the one-way system round the Fell.

Back to you!

 

[MontyVeda]

Thanks Colin.

This is where i initially looked for your road...

clearly it wasn't... but it'll do for my next name that road

 

[ColinJ]

HAH - Yealand Storrs!

Lots of trees, steep descent to left, cycleway rising to right... I spotted it in 2 minutes on the OS map!

I'll have a think for a few minutes before choosing another road...

 

[ColinJ]

Here you go...

Here's a starter clue... It may not be obvious to you, but that lane is steep! Steep down in the direction the camera is pointing, and steep up behind the camera.