Game: Name that road!

[slow scot]

I think the hill is Schiehallion. Almost certainly not Lawers, which is high, but doesn’t stand alone like Schiehallion.
It could be the road which comes out of Aberfeldy, then climbs up and then down to Loch Tummel.
I could be totally wrong, but I’m concentrating more on Rosenkavalier right now.

 

[straas]

I think the hill is Schiehallion. Almost certainly not Lawers, which is high, but doesn’t stand alone like Schiehallion.
It could be the road which comes out of Aberfeldy, then climbs up and then down to Loch Tummel.
I could be totally wrong, but I’m concentrating more on Rosenkavalier right now.

I'm not sure the profile of Schiehallion is right, doesn't seem pointy enough.

 

[MontyVeda]

That was an excellent puzzle. It didn't occur to me for a long time to go that far down into Conwy, assuming that it was well out into the country. I convinced myself that the two roads joining from the left were to do with a holiday site or perhaps a military base. It was much simpler.

For the next one, a slight deviation if @ColinJ is OK with it. This is one of my late mother's pictures from the mid 2000s; I probably haven't ridden this road, and I don't know where it is, so I'll be telling you all I know instead of drip-feeding clues. If I end up being first to solve it I'll award the win to whoever gave the most help, in true House of Games style:

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It's obviously Scotland, and I think it's most likely to be somewhere between Auchterarder and the Loch Torridon area. Given that, you'd think the big mountain in the distance ought to be Ben Lawers, but I've singularly failed to achieve any sort of match so far. It looks distinctive enough to be recognised though.

Just prior to reading this post, I was also thinking of (one day) posting a photo of a road i don't know... from a 1930s family photo album i found in a junk shop depicting a trip to Conwy (hence it crossing my mind).

Other than that car might be a Honda, I've no idea about your road... sorry

 

[slow scot]

I'm not sure the profile of Schiehallion is right, doesn't seem pointy enough.

From the north the profile is about right. I think the photo was taken from the B847 rather than the B846 I mentioned yesterday. That would place it close to Trinafour. There are not many high “stand alone” hills like the one in the picture. Ben Lomond comes to mind, but I don’t think it’s that one.
I’ll send the photo to my hill mate and see what he thinks.

 

[straas]

I was looking up Scottish hill profiles and ben Lomond looked promising but I'm not sure there's anywhere you'd get an uninterrupted view of it like in the picture.

Hills have a habit of looking very different from different places!

 

[BrumJim]

Correct sir!

The hill is conwy mountain.

Nice walk from here to the top of the "mountain" for great views of North Wales and the sea

Should have got that. Been up Conwy mountain a few times.

 

[swansonj]

I think the hill is Schiehallion. ...It could be the road which comes out of Aberfeldy, ....

This is the Ordnance Survey's 3D view of Schiehallion from about south-east, so indeed in the Aberfeldy road direction. I reckon the shape of the peak is close enough so I reckon you're right. If I knew how to drive that 3D engine where I wanted it to go as opposed to clicking random controls and dragging it in random directions, I might be able to get closer

 

[ColinJ]

I reckon you are right...

Street view.

 

[Aravis]

Well done folks. I was sure you'd find it. Trying to retrospectively predict what my mother would have done, I hadn't looked at that road, but it was always one of the possible routes depending on what she wanted to do.

I think that's a win for @swansonj assuming no-one disagrees.

Sorry I've been away from the forum for a few days. Did this variant work, do you think?

 

[straas]

Scotland is just amazing

 

[Tribansman]

Yep, wish I lived closer. The best cycling I've ever done has been in Scotland. Have a rough 1,500 mile tour planned out in my head that takes in my favourite areas when I have the time and money!

 

[MontyVeda]

... Did this variant work, do you think?

I'd say yes... but mostly because I've got some 1930s photos that I'd like to find out precisely where they are

 

[swansonj]

I think that's a win for @swansonj assuming no-one disagrees.

I'm not sure about that - it was @slow scot who pointed at Schiehallion, and @ColinJ who found the right road!

But as someone has to go next, here you go. This is severely cropped to remove the top three-quarters. My plan is to post a new version once per day, moving the crop incrementally upwards to reveal more of what lies above, until someone gets it. Of course, having revealed that plan, someone will probably get it straight away

 

[ColinJ]

Did this variant work, do you think?

I was happy with it. I'd still like to stick with British roads though because things would get VERY silly if we allowed any road , anywhere!

Maybe I should change the wording in the first post to "The object of the game is to identify where a photograph was taken. It should be taken on a British public road which you have ridden OR WOULD LIKE TO RIDE." (Addition in bold type)?

This is severely cropped to remove the top three-quarters. My plan is to post a new version once per day, moving the crop incrementally upwards to reveal more of what lies above, until someone gets it. Of course, having revealed that plan, someone will probably get it straight away

Interesting - I wonder what well-known structure awaits us!

 

[straas]

Render on the houses and the greeny yellow lichen on the roof suggests very close to the sea.

The hidden walls to the sides of the road suggest Cornwall?