oldandslow
Guru
I wondered about that. Happy memories of my early years of cycling as a teenager, many decades ago.
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
This feels a bit harsh. If you make a list of the possible rivers, it won't be very long. And it shouldn't be too hard to figure out what the walls might've been built for.
Don't worry, if everyone's really stuck I have a cryptic clue ready.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
Looks to me like a railway went across there.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I think it probably IS enough to go on! I haven't spotted it yet but I already found another bridge with similar railings so I reckon I might not be too far away. I'll give it another 15 minutes now. If I don't find it, and nobody else beats me to it, I will take another look tomorrow some time.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Has anyone come across the map collection at the National Library of Scotland? Free unlimited online access to nearly all Ordnance Survey maps of Great Britain ever issued, provided they're old enough for copyright to have expired, and a great deal else besides.
Here's an example:
https://maps.nls.uk/view/197236676
Here's an example:
https://maps.nls.uk/view/197236676
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
By pure coincidence, that is the area that I had been looking at. I was also looking at a map showing disused railway lines; you might be surprised by how many that there are in that area!
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
River Usk, west of Brecon
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.954...try=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.954...try=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgxNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Well done @roubaixtuesday, I knew that one would go quickly. I left the trail, but it wasn't a short cut.
Over to you!
Over to you!
The map I linked to shows the railway lines in use, which helps to make their features stand out more clearly.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
TBH, it is pretty obvious on the modern map too...
I wasted a lot of time looking at the Wye and clearly hadn't gone far enough up the Usk. Still, it was fun looking at nice Welsh countryside trying to find it!
I wasted a lot of time looking at the Wye and clearly hadn't gone far enough up the Usk. Still, it was fun looking at nice Welsh countryside trying to find it!
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Name that road!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I think that I need to switch to my laptop - my ageing eyesight isn't great with small screens. I think that I can see something familiar but I need to 'see the big picture'!
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
There are details much clearer on my photo than the corresponding google image...
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'm on the laptop now and it does look like what I thought it was. Switching to the OS map now...
I'm guessing Peak District near Buxton to start my searching
