Game: Name that road!

[roubaixtuesday]

LOL... sometimes you've gotta get in there quick on this thread; post the answer, then sort out the screen shot .

OK... no pylons this time.

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Hopefully this'll take a bit longer than 10 minutes.

Looks Northern, probably Dales?

Beyond that, no clue whatever.

 

[MontyVeda]

it's definitely northern.

 

[ColinJ]

I think that I recognise the sheep, but they have moved since the last time that I saw them!

 

[MontyVeda]

forget the sheep, the clue is on the horizon.

 

[ColinJ]

forget the sheep, the clue is on the horizon.

Yes, I was looking at that!

I had an idea but can't quite find the right road to see it from there, and I think it might be slightly beyond your usual riding range...

 

[ColinJ]

In the course of my searches I have found some very interesting lanes that I haven't ridden before. I was just checking one on Streetview and I think I have found the UK's longest ford! It seems that the stream just goes a long way down the lane. At first I thought it was just a lot of mud from farm vehicles but on checking the OS map I was right - over 110 metres of stream/lane!

Take a look HERE! I think that I will give that a miss...

 

[MontyVeda]

All I'm going to say today is that 'my' road is going to be tricky for this game in so much as I can't actually find a name for it.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Notable obelisks and towers considered and rejected:

Stoodley pike
Captain cook's
Cracoe war memorial
Wainman's pinnacle.

Of these, the road beside the latter, Buck Stone Lane, is a close match but no cigar.

 

[Milkfloat]

In the course of my searches I have found some very interesting lanes that I haven't ridden before. I was just checking one on Streetview and I think I have found the UK's longest ford! It seems that the stream just goes a long way down the lane. At first I thought it was just a lot of mud from farm vehicles but on checking the OS map I was right - over 110 metres of stream/lane!

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Take a look HERE! I think that I will give that a miss...

Take a look here for people fascinated by long fords http://www.wetroads.co.uk/long.htm

 

[Venod]

This is a Longford.

 

[MontyVeda]

Notable obelisks and towers considered and rejected:

Stoodley pike
Captain cook's
Cracoe war memorial
Wainman's pinnacle.

Of these, the road beside the latter, Buck Stone Lane, is a close match but no cigar.

regarding posts #956 and #957... you'll notice that I confirmed only one of your assumptions.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

regarding posts #956 and #957... you'll notice that I confirmed only one of your assumptions.

I did indeed, your careful language raised my suspicions One step at a time...

 

[Venod]

Is that moument on Hoad Hill ?

 

[MontyVeda]

Is that moument on Hoad Hill ?

All I'm going to say is, despite appearances, it's not a lighthouse

 

[MontyVeda]

OK... no pylons this time.

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Hopefully this'll take a bit longer than 10 minutes.

Todays clue... and i think a few of you are already looking in the right area...

If you've cycled the Bay Cycle Way, you've been within a mile of this lane.