Game: Name that road!

[nickyboy]

I think it's the road that links the Cat & Fiddle on the Buxton side with the A53....gonna have a check

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Well that thing on the horizon is the Cat and Fiddle pub, but if the original image isn't on Streetview then finding which road it is would be, for me, something of a guessing game involving comparing the OS map roads to those. Somewhere a bit east of Macclesfield I presume, but there are quite a few roads in there :-\

The original image is on street view. Though as I took it, so I guess strictly an equivalent image can be found in street view.

The one that can't be seen in Street View is the second one I posted. That was intended purely as a bit of whimsy and a minor clue and isn't the same road.

How I've made this so complicated I have no idea. Sorry all.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

A reminder, then that this is the road we're looking for... and it can be found on street view.

The view of the Cat and Fiddle was taken from the horizon. Or very close to it, not precisely sure exactly where it is on the pic.

 

[nickyboy]

Yup...thought I recognised it

 

[roubaixtuesday]

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Yup...thought I recognised it

Yes!!! But... Alas, that pic was just a clue - the clue being that it was taken from the horizon on this pic, which is the road we're looking for...

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I continue to offer my sincere apologies all round.

 

[nickyboy]

A reminder, then that this is the road we're looking for... and it can be found on street view.

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The view of the Cat and Fiddle was taken from the horizon. Or very close to it, not precisely sure exactly where it is on the pic.

I know that one too...it's the road from Longor to Sheen in Staffordshire. The giveaway is the pyramidal shaped hill in the background which is actually a spoil tip that's grassed over

https://goo.gl/maps/ggUztLqHF2xmeWrA8

 

[ColinJ]

I know that one too...it's the road from Longor to Sheen in Staffordshire. The giveaway is the pyramidal shaped hill in the background which is actually a spoil tip that's grassed over

Adds Staffordshire to list of beautiful counties to cycle in...

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I know that one too...it's the road from Longor to Sheen in Staffordshire. The giveaway is the pyramidal shaped hill in the background which is actually a spoil tip that's grassed over

https://goo.gl/maps/ggUztLqHF2xmeWrA8

Well done!

I don't think the hill is a spoil heap.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Wheeldon

 

[nickyboy]

I guess this means I get a go?

Thankfully it's just too murky for some real giveaway clues to be visible. The layout of the junction may be helpful?

 

[nickyboy]

Well done!

I don't think the hill is a spoil heap.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Wheeldon

Learn something new every day...I've cycled past it plenty of times and just....assumed....it was a spoil tip due to its geometric shape

 

[MontyVeda]

I continue to offer my sincere apologies all round.

I think it was more a case of the class not keeping up than anything on your part... i seem to recall a similar thing happening with a road heading towards Cockermouth I posted

 

[MontyVeda]

Well done!

I don't think the hill is a spoil heap.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Wheeldon

High Wheeldon is a different hill to the one I think @nickyboy is referring to...

...of course i could be wrong. I often am.

edit... the hill circled is Parkhouse Hill. Not a soil heap, but interesting none the less
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkhouse_Hill

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Adds Staffordshire to list of beautiful counties to cycle in...

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And some of the roughest roads in the kingdom.

 

[ColinJ]

And some of the roughest roads in the kingdom.

Unfortunately, I think many UK counties have a lot of rough roads these days!

You know things are bad when the RSTA** have to call for a national definition of the term 'pothole'...

Although there is widespread adoption of the ‘Well-Maintained Highways Code of Practice’ this only offers guidance as to best practice. It does not provide a national definition of potholes. As a result there are differing approaches throughout the UK. In Gloucestershire, a road surface defect becomes a pothole if it is 4cm deep and 30cm wide. Neighbouring Worcestershire has the same depth criteria of 40mm but a smaller dimension of 20cm. In Bath, a smaller depth of 3cm is accepted as being a pothole. However, in Hounslow, London, a pothole will only be repaired urgently if it reaches 7.5cm. In Warwickshire, a pothole of up to 5cm is not considered to be hazardous and will only be repaired as part of routine maintenance six months after being reported. Potholes up to 10cm will take up to 28 days to be repaired. However, in Trafford a pothole warrants repair at 4cm in depth. By contrast, Herefordshire County Council “aims to record and treat all potholes regardless of depth”.

** Road Surface Treatments Association