Game: Name that road!

[nickyboy]

I'm sure anyone who'd seen that bridge would recognise it instantly, and I don't. It seems odd that it's so heavily engineered. Railway and canal seem to have been ruled out, and road seems even more unlikely, so there's not much left other than a river.

The road on the other side seems to go through a cutting, which probably it took quite a lot of effort to dig, and I wonder if the road was originally a tramway of some kind. If that's right there's a bit more chance that it's passing over a road, and it might help to explain the heavyweight bridge.

All clutching at straws of course. Black and white looks like a clue.

It's a river, and a very picturesque one at that

 

[nickyboy]

Whilst we were a long way up, it wasn't quite The Roof of the World

 

[Mr Celine]

Whilst we were a long way up, it wasn't exactly The Roof of the World

Clearly.

 

[nickyboy]

Hmmm...seems a bit of help may be required as my clues are perhaps too obtuse

It's on my LEJOG route and it's quite close to a road that has featured in the thread recently

 

[ColinJ]

Hmmm...seems a bit of help may be required as my clues are perhaps too obtuse

It's on my LEJOG route and it's quite close to a road that has featured in the thread recently

I had worked that out. The problem is finding your route! I had a quick look for it but got distracted...

 

[nickyboy]

Here's another photo of the same place I took. But beware, this is at 90 degrees to the first one (so I'm standing on the road in question and photographing knackered LEJOGers and a side road off it)

 

[Aravis]

I think it's here:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.2...4!1sV-p4_G-fEnIclpEExd63Hw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

And the river is the Black Esk, just before it meets the White Esk. I'd previously spent many fruitless minutes looking along the Whiteadder/Blackadder rivers.

 

[nickyboy]

I had worked that out. The problem is finding your route! I had a quick look for it but got distracted...

The clues are all there in black and white

 

[Mr Celine]

Tibet is the roof of the world.
Did you pass this place on your LEJOG?

Countryside looks right as well. I sometimes ride as far as the Dumfriesshire boundary but that's the limit of my range.

 

[nickyboy]

I think it's here:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.2...4!1sV-p4_G-fEnIclpEExd63Hw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

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And the river is the Black Esk, just before it meets the White Esk. I'd previously spent many fruitless minutes looking along the Whiteadder/Blackadder rivers.

@Aravis is the winner!

As I said, it's all in black and white. And the river is very picturesque

The Roof of the World clue referred to the Tibetan monastery which is a few miles further on to the Tushielaw Inn (which featured a few days ago)

It's actually a fabulous little road that connects from Gretna to Eskdalemuir and I can recommend it

 

[Aravis]

That was a good one @nickyboy. I'm a little disappointed with myself in not spotting the -esque reference. I couldn't think of any other Black/White rivers apart from the Adders and I didn't get round to figuring out a search.

You are all invited to name this road. It sounds as though it might have been on the route of a recent Tour, a day of many tears:

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'm glad I never bothered trying to find out where they make Black and White whiskey (the one with the two little dogs on the label - one black and one white)

 

[nickyboy]

I'm glad I never bothered trying to find out where they make Black and White whiskey (the one with the two little dogs on the label - one black and one white)

I kept telling you I would check all the guesses (groan.....)

 

[Dogtrousers]

It sounds as though it might have been on the route of a recent Tour, a day of many tears:

So potentially a homophone for a place on a recent Tour de France (or maybe another Tour like T of Flanders). So possibly a village called Venntwo or Alpydwezzy or something like that.

A day of many tears. Could be a straightforward literal reference, eg a place name on the recent Redon-Fougères stage which ended with Cav in floods of tears.

Or it could be a more obscure use of the word "tears". eg a stage that went through a place called Larmes several times.

 

[Speicher]

Tears or tiers, as in cake?



Rose Topping?

Roseberry Topping?