Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It IS and I knew you'd get it if nobody else did, because you have mentioned Strines before in this thread.
It is the bridge in the dip at Ewden Bank.
Over to you!The first time I went up Strines (S -> N), I was not fit enough and my legs failed on Ewden Bank. I had to walk it but struggled with the Look cleats on my shoes so I had to take the shoes off and walk the bike in stockinged feet. A family in a car drove past me VERY slowly and the children seemed to find my predicament extremely amusing. I suspect that their dad had passed a comment about me as they approached ...
The second time I tackled the road was when I was diverted from Snake Pass which was closed for resurfacing. I was on a tough 140 mile ride back to Hebden Bridge from Coventry and was carrying a pannier on the bike. I was pretty fit that time and coped with the climbs without major difficulty
I rode it a third time and found it quite tough but my fitness hadn't completely recovered from my long illness.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
You're absolutely right @Venod
I googled 'Strines bend' and found a picture of a lorry stuck on one that looked hopeful. It wasn't... but a few miles up the same road...
Its a tough road, I think Ewden Bank is called Deliverance as a Strava segment, before they resurfaced the road the bend at the bottom was as hard as it gets going up.
Here is another, a popular road that no doubt some on this forum will have ridden.
Here is another, a popular road that no doubt some on this forum will have ridden.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I know that one well - it is one of the hilly little local lanes I use to avoid busy A-roads.
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
Chapel-le-dale. Photos and link to come.
https://www.google.fr/maps/@54.1656...TGp3SZp72Llvx3-tpKLw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
I'll put another up this evening, assuming these are correct of course, as I don't have one ready.
https://www.google.fr/maps/@54.1656...TGp3SZp72Llvx3-tpKLw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
I'll put another up this evening, assuming these are correct of course, as I don't have one ready.
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Correct, I thought you would get it.
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
About 6km from my house, probably 3km as the crow flies, so it wouldd be embarrassing not to (though that has certainly happened before).
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
That's a very nice road (as most of them are up there!)... I don't think that I have ever ridden that one.
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
It is a fine road, yes, though has a tendency to be littered with cows on occasion, which doesn't get my vote.
And here is another very fine road. Clearly, it's a Streetview screen capture, but I have ridden it a few times. I suspect it's on the easier end of the spectrum. It even has a signpost!
And here is another very fine road. Clearly, it's a Streetview screen capture, but I have ridden it a few times. I suspect it's on the easier end of the spectrum. It even has a signpost!
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
Correct. I didn't think clues would be required there! Your turn.
swansonj
Guru
My sister and BiL used to own a school in the western Lakes, and when our kids were the right age, we used to decamp there for our summer holidays (complete with bikes - the photos of my micro-stoker nephew helping me tandem over Hardknott that featured earlier in this thread date from that era). I have previously cycled over Ulpha Fell but I've much more often driven an over-laden car over it, and it's associated with the pleasurable anticipation of a joyful Lakeland couple of weeks about to start.
swansonj
Guru
This is a Streetview capture, because my own pictures of this road date from negative-and-print days, and I can't be bothered to scan them (but I am going back in a couple of weeks' time which is why it's at the forefront of my mind). It is also heavily cropped to remove some clues. Let's see if anyone gets it straight off, otherwise clues will follow.
Name that road!
