Game: Name that road!

[ColinJ]

I thought that the bridge was over a river, not a pond, but then I discovered that there was a character in Doctor Who named Pond who had a daughter named River, so...



... I'm getting totally confused!

 

[Buck]

It was Amy’s Choice


Skenfrith bridge

 

[Buck]

https://goo.gl/maps/QzAqH3kJPopcoTKM9


Edit to add: my son remembered the Dr Who episode and helped pinpoint it!

 

[Aravis]

Well done @Buck, your turn again.

...there was a character in Doctor Who named Pond who had a daughter named River, so...

This I didn't know! I had the picture before the clue this time; with Gilbert's End it was the other way round. My days of Doctor Who fandom were many years earlier, but I remember enjoying the snippets of Matt Smith I did see "live", and also this episode today on iPlayer. I may have found another guilty pleasure.

The B4521 from the A49 to Abergavenny is quite a cycling classic. At Broad Oak, the village at the top of the hill next to Skenfrith there's a small garage where I refilled my bottles on a very hot day a few years back.

 

[Buck]

Good clues @Aravis and without my son’s help I may have not got it as quickly as I did!

 

[Buck]

My photo of this spot doesn’t actually show the road so here is a picture from t’internet.

 

[nickyboy]

Wheatlands Lane near Baslow in the Peak District. I've ridden it and wondered at the time what on earth that stone structure was

https://goo.gl/maps/X7qxcG6ZWJcEEi5fA

 

[nickyboy]

This should be straightforward but I like the photo so I've been waiting to post this one

 

[Buck]

Bingo! We’ll done @nickyboy - I had you as a strong contender to get it! (I don’t know what the structure is either.)

As a bonus here is the other photo of this location

Over to you.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

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This should be straightforward but I like the photo so I've been waiting to post this one

I’d say Goyt’s Lane looking towards Long Hill.

https://goo.gl/maps/P8HFaUuAjXQEPCta7

 

[nickyboy]

I’d say Goyt’s Lane looking towards Long Hill.

https://goo.gl/maps/P8HFaUuAjXQEPCta7

I was hoping for more than 13 minutes!

But yes, correct. Long Hill is a....long hill. Whaley Bridge to Buxton and never more than about 3% except the first couple of hundred metres so very pleasant. It also links to Goyt Valley which is one of the nicest roads in the area

 

[ColinJ]

Wheatlands Lane near Baslow in the Peak District. I've ridden it and wondered at the time what on earth that stone structure was

I don’t know what the structure is either.

I found THIS interesting document which talks about it.

 

[Buck]

I’m always amazed at how fast some of these are correctly named. I guess some just stick in people‘s minds or something clicks and they are able to find them from the visual or written clues.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I was hoping for more than 13 minutes!

But yes, correct. Long Hill is a....long hill. Whaley Bridge to Buxton and never more than about 3% except the first couple of hundred metres so very pleasant. It also links to Goyt Valley which is one of the nicest roads in the area

I used to ride Stockport to Buxton and back as a kid. We always went up and down Long Hill or sometimes via Taxal or Kettleshulme way or via the reservoirs. Around the late 70s from aged 10 upwards.

I picked the right spot for the view, first time.

I‘ll put a road up (for all to guess) later.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I’m always amazed at how fast some of these are correctly named. I guess some just stick in people‘s minds or something clicks and they are able to find them from the visual or written clues.

Ha the last few I haven’t had a clue and been a quite a way from where a road was.