Game: Name that road!
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roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Practically the same place as the Devil's Staircase!
I only remember pain and suffering from Llantrwyd Wells to Tregaron, not the views
Venod
Eh up
I wouldn't have found it without your initial guess and @Aravis saying you were close, looks like there has been some felling if the OS map has not been updated, or some planting if it has, since the Streetview car was there, the road on the right below the plantation is a forest road.
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Solocle
Über Member
Venod
Eh up
Solocle
Über Member
Well, one big clue... the lake in a long valley. It also reminded me of the Yorkshire Dales...
I spent a month working in Leeds in 2018, although I didn't explore to the east particularly.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
If I can just rewind a little, you are of course right, @Venod.
My picture again:
And Ordnance Survey:
In the picture it looks as though the road comes up on the right before disappearing on the left to come up to the viewpoint. In fact, the "road" on the right is the track leading to Dolgoch YH, and what looks like a road on the left is a track heading northwards up the Tywi Valley. The section of road in the left foreground runs in the opposite direction to how it appears, the really steep bit of the climb being out of shot below the bottom of the picture.
I realised I've actually ridden the visible road twice, but not for a very long time. The picture is from 2014.
As you were!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
Sorry, but I don't think that one really fits the brief...
What I had in mind when I came up with the idea for the game, was that (1) We would be able to identify something in the picture and (2) That we would be tempted to go and ride there one day. That one looks like thousands of A/B roads round the country!
Any chance you could come up with an alternative? (Remember that you are free to use Streetview if you don't have a suitable picture handy. Just crop the picture to remove any identifying elements - see this post.)
Solocle
Über Member
OK, same location, same direction, but the view from the overbridge.Sorry, but I don't think that one really fits the brief...
What I had in mind when I came up with the idea for the game, was that (1) We would be able to identify something in the picture and (2) That we would be tempted to go and ride there one day. That one looks like thousands of A/B roads round the country!
Any chance you could come up with an alternative? (Remember that you are free to use Streetview if you don't have a suitable picture handy. Just crop the picture to remove any identifying elements - see this post.)
It was quite an enjoyable ride when the road was closed!
The bus stop is a hint, too...
Enough to go on?
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
Wow - talk about discovering roads that we fancy going to ride one day... I was just looking at one road that I have ridden probably about 10 times and noticed a nearby road that I hadn't seen before! There are not many interesting-looking rural roads in that area that I haven't ridden, but this one looks fantastic. I'll go and check it out some time.
First, here is the view I was looking for...
Name that road!
First, here is the view I was looking for...
Name that road!
Solocle
Über Member
Yep -roadworks
They were doing bridge works at Botley... I rode it twice, and the time I encountered a chap, he just said that I should leave at the Harcourt Hill exit. Not suitable for the weight of traffic the A34 normally sees, but fine for a bike!
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Looks a lot like the top of Scammonden dam, is it the minor road approaching the B6114?
