ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
As he was sporting previously, and I have nothing prepared, I'll hand this to @Willd to post his fiendish one.
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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As he was sporting previously, and I have nothing prepared, I'll hand this to @Willd to post his fiendish one.
Damn, I have ridden that road in both directions many times and did not recognise it at all. I had to go and check it out on my Strava heatmap to be sure.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
To be fair the tower is only about a third the size of Emley moor so easily missed
I blame my head down, arse up approach, trying to hang on riding buddy's wheels.To be fair the tower is only about a third the size of Emley moor so easily missed
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I thought it was very prominent when I cycled down there, which is why I made sure that it and its sister tower were in the SV picture - they were the main clue.To be fair the tower is only about a third the size of Emley moor so easily missed
Funny you should mention the Emley Moor mast though... I pointed it out in the distance to people on my forum walk a few weekends ago. Despite being a massive mast on a big hill, we can't actually get a signal in the steep-sided valleys round here. We have local booster stations to fill in the blind spots. (The local transmitters don't provide a full Freeview service, which is rather annoying - they only do 'Freeview Lite'. I went for Freesat instead.)
Other clues in my original picture... The farmyard on the left. The small pond down to the right - you can't really tell how big it is, but it looks like it is water. The main clue apart from the towers was that it is on a small hill above a large flattish area.
I was going to mention that I had just passed through a small village and had climbed a short, steep hill.
If nobody had got it from that I was going to mention cycling from one sister's house to the other's but not mention where they lived. (I have mentioned both locations many times on the forum.) Final clue would have been to say it was a ride from Coventry to Towcester. It wouldn't take long to spot it on an OS map then.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
in a bizarre case of threads converging, there was a clue on another thread
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-water-tower-baggers-thread.274734/page-7
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-water-tower-baggers-thread.274734/page-7
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Ha ha! I've added a photo of the Emley Moor mast over there. I took a photo there many years ago, but I can't find it so I used one from Wikipedia instead.in a bizarre case of threads converging, there was a clue on another thread
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-water-tower-baggers-thread.274734/page-7
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
, in the meantime I'm sure someone else has something in reserve 
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
A hill I attempted to ride up on my heavy three-speed on one of the hottest days of 1976. It didn't end well...
Whipsnade:
Whipsnade:
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
I think the road might have been used before in this thread, which probably helped be to think of it.
The fence looks pretty heavy duty, but not maximum security. So a zoo is a strong contender, more so than a prison or a secret establishment. It also looks like chalk downland, suggesting that it could be Whipsnade. And I remember my suffering all those years ago very clearly.
I have a good one, I think, but I'll try to wait for confirmation.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
yes its Whipsnade / Bison hill. I even included a bit of the chalk Lion , and I thought the fence was a good clue - I think its its just an extra overflow fence in case something breaches the inner stuff, as that is just a field adjoining the road.
It is also one of those Hills that if you ride up it you don't forget it.
@Dogtrousers
I think like a lot of these entries, if you've ridden the road you can dredge it out of your memory very quickly , if not then its a more forensic trawl of google maps/ street view
It is also one of those Hills that if you ride up it you don't forget it.
@Dogtrousers
I think like a lot of these entries, if you've ridden the road you can dredge it out of your memory very quickly , if not then its a more forensic trawl of google maps/ street view
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Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
The next one then. I don't think we've strayed into this area very often.
I rode this once, and it's a thoroughbred. Rather than an unsatisfactory Street View image, I've nicked a much better picture from the 'net. There didn't seem to be any copyright statement but naturally I'll acknowledge the website - after it's been solved, obviously.
I rode this once, and it's a thoroughbred. Rather than an unsatisfactory Street View image, I've nicked a much better picture from the 'net. There didn't seem to be any copyright statement but naturally I'll acknowledge the website - after it's been solved, obviously.
