Game: Name that road!

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Something says "Wenlock Edge" when I look at those pictures.

Go on, tell me I'm wrong!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Cowardly could be yellow. Possibly another geological reference.

or a yellow road on OS mapping

 

[All uphill]

A458 Harley Hill?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

But what’s with hand cyclist?

 

[All uphill]

I'm more confident of my wildish guess. Found the 12% sign, @Edwardoka mentioned taking his motorbike - possibly a hint towards Harley?

 

[All uphill]

But what’s with hand cyclist?

No idea!

The Edge is a geological feature. That's about as far as I get.

 

[Aravis]

But what’s with hand cyclist?

I thought that might have something to do with paralympic classification codes. I had a look at that several days ago but they all have numbers as well as letters.

There's also "OH THE IGNOMONY" which I thought might mean something like "I've got no money". So we could be looking at Penniless Cove Hill in Tenby, but I'm not convinced it's a perfect match:

 

[ColinJ]

I'm more confident of my wildish guess. Found the 12% sign, @Edwardoka mentioned taking his motorbike - possibly a hint towards Harley?

Yes, you are definitely right - well done!

 

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Yes, you are definitely right - well done!

Thank you.

I've finally worked out how to attach an image.

 

[All uphill]

Here's a picture from a ride I had on Friday.

Name that road!

 

[ColinJ]

I was thinking perhaps HGVs crawling up a steep, twisty road?

If you follow the Street View car's progress up the hill you can see that in action! It catches up with a car and a truck which cannot be overtaken on its grind up through Much Wenlock.

Ah - Much Wenlock...

Much Wenlock is historically the chief town of the ancient borough of Wenlock. "Much" was added to distinguish it from the nearby Little Wenlock and to show it is the larger of the two settlements. The name Wenlock probably comes from the Celtic name Wininicas, meaning "white area" (in reference to the limestone of Wenlock Edge), plus the Old English loca, meaning "enclosed place".

 

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I've driven along there a couple of times after visiting Shrewsbury and really wouldn't want to take on the traffic on a bicycle; it's a very good example of a busy road with fast traffic up a narrowing road. Scary!

 

[ColinJ]

I've driven along there a couple of times after visiting Shrewsbury and really wouldn't want to take on the traffic on a bicycle; it's a very good example of a busy road with fast traffic up a narrowing road. Scary!

It does look scary for cyclists on Street View.

Any cyclist riding up there would (hopefully!) slow the traffic down and that would be another cause for the delays suggested by the sign.

 

[Buck]

Here's a picture from a ride I had on Friday.

Name that road!

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Is the Street View on Google Maps very similar to your photograph?

 

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Is the Street View on Google Maps very similar to your photograph?

I took the photo from a bench, which some kind person had place there for the view, about 2m above the road, so the view is similar but not identical.

The bench is clearly visible on streetview.