Game: Name that road!

[Tribansman]

I'm getting a chalky, dry valley vibe

You need to moisturise

 

[ColinJ]

I'm torn between being a sad smartarse who finds it after 37 hours of scanning the entire GB OS 1:50,000 map, or being a curious normal person who comes back in a day or two to discover where some sad smartarse found it after 37 hours of scanning the entire GB OS 1:50,000 map!

 

[lazybloke]

Clue time: it's an A-road

 

[ColinJ]

Clue time: it's an A-road

I was already thinking that it might be (or a biggish B-road), but having it confirmed is actually a BIG help because I can scan the entire GB map (if necessary!) at 1:250,000 scale rather than at 1:50,000.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I can scan the entire GB map

 

[lazybloke]

they look like cows in the distance and there are virtually no cows in the Peak District, just sheep

Those hills look pretty high compared to the lowland off to the right, got to be getting on for 1000ft. South Downs? The hills don't look particularly glaciated

They're Belted Galloways.

There's a lot of Belties near me in Surrey, but this photo must be somewhere else because I see a coastal path.

Footnote -it's also a heavily zoomed image.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

OK so now it's easy.

If that's a coastal path, presumably the brown broken ground is actually the sea cliffs, and even if not this road is *very* close to the sea.

A roads right by the sea in England (we've been told not Wales or Scotland I think) in hilly terrain without habitation are vanishingly rare.

So, having mocked @ColinJ earlier, I've just looked round the entire coastline.

The Isle of Wight gives the closest match and...

...no gravy. Still stumped.

Maybe somewhere Cornwall or Devon, but candidates are few and far between.

 

[ColinJ]

The Isle of Wight gives the closest match

I had a look there too...

I've not looked again since last night so I'll have another go now.

And doing it when not tired obviously pays off!

 

[ColinJ]

Those hills really did look a lot higher, which is what was misleading me!

 

[lazybloke]

I had a look there too...

I've not looked again since last night so I'll have another go now.

And doing it when not tired obviously pays off!

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Well done Colin.
I thought someone might notice my "cows" reference (Cowes) as a pointer to the Isle of Wight!

Those hills look bigger because of sneaky camera angles and zoom, and also because the landscape is unusually bare for Southern England - you'd expect to see far more trees, shrubs & hedges.

As for the road, I've cycled it twice in the opposite direction with StuAff on his annual "night ride around the island".
It's also part of the Randonnee route (which sadly has been cancelled again this year).
The view west to the Needles is spectacular in early morning sun.

Over to you Colin!

 

[ColinJ]

Over to you Colin!

And as promised, I'll donate my turn... @figbat , @Willd and @ClichéGuevara - first come, first served; one of you post a picture of a road to name!

 

[figbat]

And as promised, I'll donate my turn... @figbat , @Willd and @ClichéGuevara - first come, first served; one of you post a picture of a road to name!

Thanks @ColinJ . Name it!

 

[BrumJim]

My first guess would be Lincolnshire Wolds, probably from the Louth side.

Hmm - had a look again, and my second choice would be that we are looking at the Cotswolds Escarpment here.

 

[lazybloke]

Hmm. I've been looking at the Chilterns/North-Wessex Downs. Not very familiar with the area so should probably focus on other bits & bobs (like my work)

 

[figbat]

Hmm. I've been looking at the Chilterns/North-Wessex Downs. Not very familiar with the area so should probably focus on other bits & bobs (like my work)

You’re in the right sort of area.