Game: Name that road!

[roubaixtuesday]

OK, so happy memories of a Long descent, Streetview image:

Name that road!

I suspect this will be fast, fingers on buzzers...

 

[Edwardoka]

Whilst Devon is not somewhere I've ever ridden a bike, I do not doubt your Dogesome's characterisation!

And the A9 to Lostwithiel tour sounds like a most excellent jaunt - I presume LEJOG?

T'other way round, yeah, though Dartmouth is a long way off the beaten JOGLE route, i was riding to a friend's place in South Devon for a half rest day and some fluid recovery (beer)

 

[classic33]

I know it isn't my turn, but my next road will be so difficult that you will need a year or two of extra time for your searches. Work on it as a background task...

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Station Road, Topsham

 

[Edwardoka]

Station Road, Topsham

No, it's clearly College Way, Dartmouth. I'd recognise that hatching and cats eyes anywhere.

As for @roubaixtuesday's image, no idea. the emphasis on long descent is certainly a clue. Worth looking at a list of the longest climbs in the UK.

 

[Dogtrousers]

It's the Long Mynd

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.5...4!1s_DxJCGedC-ytCNpc_kjoAw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'll go straight ahead as I'm confident I'm right.

I thought I'd "Do an @Aravis " and post a picture of which I don't know the location myself. If it doesn't work/proves impossible then I'll just let someone else have a go. Edit. It wasn't a good idea so I've posted a replacement below.

This picture is taken from a recent Cycling Weekly. The original image was on a 2x3 inch glass plate negative.

It's from the Tour of Britain, 1954 They don't say where it is but they do give us the route and it has an unusual background so may be recognisable.

The 1954 route travelled north from Great Yarmouth to Glasgow then south via Morecambe and Llandudno to Torquay. The race then headed eastwards via Bournemouth to finish in London.

Leading is Len Jackson of Ellis-Briggs Cycles in a four man team that included a young Brian Robinson and what looks like a rider from each France and Italy and one from BSA Cycles.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I'll go straight ahead as I'm confident I'm right.

Doggone, you are!

Memories of a happy day out with my then 14yo.

A very welcome descent after the climb of Asterton Bank. My word!

 

[Dogtrousers]

A bit of googling gives more detail on the route:
Great Yarmouth - Lincoln - Manchester - Harrogate - Whitley Bay - Glasgow - Morecambe - Prestatyn - Llandudno - Wolverhampton - Weston Super Mare - Torquay - Bournemouth - London
http://www.tour-racing.co.uk/html/1954_tour_of_britain.html
http://www.tour-racing.co.uk/html/1954_tour_of_britain_2.html

 

[classic33]

I'll go straight ahead as I'm confident I'm right.

I thought I'd "Do an @Aravis " and post a picture of which I don't know the location myself. If it doesn't work/proves impossible then I'll just let someone else have a go.

This picture is taken from a recent Cycling Weekly. The original image was on a 2x3 inch glass plate negative.

It's from the Tour of Britain, 1954 They don't say where it is but they do give us the route and it has an unusual background so may be recognisable.

The 1954 route travelled north from Great Yarmouth to Glasgow then south via Morecambe and Llandudno to Torquay. The race then headed eastwards via Bournemouth to finish in London.

Leading is Len Jackson of Ellis-Briggs Cycles in a four man team that included a young Brian Robinson and what looks like a rider from each France and Italy and one from BSA Cycles.

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Where's the railway line headed.
Despite the rural look of the place, possibility of trolley buses in the area.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

I'm going to have a guess that it's the Pontsticill Reservoir.

Here's why.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'm going to have a guess that it's the Pontsticill Reservoir.

Could be. That railway embankment/viaduct looks like it could be single track, and there's a single track railway there. But I can't pin down that viaduct/embankment on the map. (Edit: And the video is 1952, and the pic is 1954) Edit edit. Or at least it's probably 1954, As @Aravis says, it wasn't labelled, and the chap who found it worked out that it was 1954,

 

[Aravis]

Or you could make like @Aravis and instead post obscure cryptic clues that even after explanation make not sense?

[I will hold a grudge until my dying day over LLB, @Aravis ]

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And finally, to help you savages this post is tongue in cheek and not meant seriously!!!

I viewed Ben Lawyers from every conceivable angle as a result...

Should I bother entering the photo challenge this month?

 

[figbat]

It looks like the sun is quite high and they are heading directly towards it, so approximately north south.

 

[Aravis]

Could be. That railway embankment/viaduct looks like it could be single track, and there's a single track railway there. But I can't pin down that viaduct/embankment on the map.

From what I can gather, the guy who found the photograph deduced that it was the 1954 ToB by matching names written on the slides against start lists. Lets hope he is correct.

They're heading south in what looks like the middle of the day. Given the landscape it surely has to be around the middle of either stage 6, 7, or 9. Possibly 11 if it went via Exmoor.

 

[T4tomo]

I imagine it looks slightly different now on street view