classic33
Leg End Member
Temporary sign opposite the permanent sign, low down. "Roadworks" maybe?
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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I have found the location and edited the original post. It turns out that the two images in the original post are NOT taken from the same location facing in different directions, but rather about 0.2 miles away from each other, and facing the same direction.
Young Ed must have gotten off and walked. OH THE IGNOMONY.
In his defence it appears to be an incredibly busy road, if I were to ever visit it again I'd be sure to take a motorbike instead.
Young Ed must have gotten off and walked. OH THE IGNOMONY.
In his defence it appears to be an incredibly busy road, if I were to ever visit it again I'd be sure to take a motorbike instead.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Oh, so that is UPhill? That first picture looks DOWNhill to me! 
I suppose that would account for the delayed traffic...
I suppose that would account for the delayed traffic...
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
We have a winner
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Yep. It’s a great improvement and whenever I’m that way I now cycle down that lane. Previously I wouldn’t bother with the drivers shortcutting down it.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
both looking downhill, although god (& Edwardoka ) knows whereOh, so that is UPhill? That first picture looks DOWNhill to me!
I suppose that would account for the delayed traffic...
hard to tell if any of the text is a cryptic clue or just the rantings of a man who has had his head replaced by a dog.
They are both uphill, though somewhat deceiving. FWIW I didn't do any cropping or processing of these, apart from the obvious and questionable alteration to the third.
The first photo, taken from the same place as the third photo, is on a stretch that's about 4-6%, looking uphill. It looks downhill because I had zoomed right in, and the terrain rears up a fair bit.
The second, taken at the steepest part of the hill, is deceiving because of the hedges on either side. I must have crossed the road and was pushing the bike against the flow of traffic.
As for cryptic clues, there is an oblique reference to the location in my previous post, though I doubt it will make any sense until it is found.
There are no references or clues in this one.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Here's my wild guess. It's the old A3 going up the the Devils Punchbowl. Now replaced by the Hindhead Tunnel. I haven't looked at any maps or anything so it's probably wrong.
This is on the basis that: There were steep bits. Queues were likely (in fact, inevitable). It was about that wide. @Edwardoka doesn't know what county it's in. So that could be because it's way outside his Scottish haunts. Maybe he was on his way to Portsmouth to get a ferry.
When I get a moment I'll have a look at some images and prove myself wrong in a jiffy.
This is on the basis that: There were steep bits. Queues were likely (in fact, inevitable). It was about that wide. @Edwardoka doesn't know what county it's in. So that could be because it's way outside his Scottish haunts. Maybe he was on his way to Portsmouth to get a ferry.
When I get a moment I'll have a look at some images and prove myself wrong in a jiffy.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
on that basis we could be here til christmas if the clue can only be worked in hindsight and it might well be a road that is no longer there or the picture are from ages ago and its hard to tell if it going up or down from the pictures, so the chances of recognising it on street view are limited
A damn fine bit of deduction and a good guess based upon the information available - I cycled through Haslemere and Hindhead on my Brighton to Glasgow tour, but this is not that tour, this is not that road, and this county is not Surrey.
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Oh wellI think another clue may be in order @Edwardoka
It's proving very difficult to come up with uplifting clues that don't immediately give it away, but I'll give it a try before we all turn into fossils.
The "hill" is a lot more interesting than I'd previously thought. I didn't even know we had geology like this in the UK, not so far inland.
A cowardly handcyclist trying to go around the hill would find themselves coming to a bad end.
Yes, my clues are rubbish. Deal with it!
Edit to add: the last line is not a clue, before you go off to explore Kent.
The "hill" is a lot more interesting than I'd previously thought. I didn't even know we had geology like this in the UK, not so far inland.
A cowardly handcyclist trying to go around the hill would find themselves coming to a bad end.
Yes, my clues are rubbish. Deal with it!
Edit to add: the last line is not a clue, before you go off to explore Kent.
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