Game: Name that road!

[Alex321]

There is a part of Luton called the Chase. But it isn't near the airport, where your photo was taken

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.875...4!1srEHzn-sMQL5dHIoM3zUdqQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[T4tomo]

Well done, here is your prize....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaEjIlZsuTg

 

[Alex321]

Well done, here is your prize....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaEjIlZsuTg

I actually used to drink Campari (with soda) regularly at the time of that advert

You hardly see it nowadays.

 

[Alex321]

Ok, my next attempt. I suspect this will go quite quickly.

 

[T4tomo]

I actually used to drink Campari (with soda) regularly at the time of that advert

You hardly see it nowadays.

when Aperol Spritz became popular a while back, I used to refer to Aperol as a poor man's Campari.

 

[Alex321]

when Aperol Spritz became popular a while back, I used to refer to Aperol as a poor man's Campari.

I've always like bitter flavours rather. I remember as a kid, my parents tried to stop me biting my nails by getting the bitter aloe stuff to paint on them. I used to lick it off, then carry on biting the nails

 

[T4tomo]

so what is this stuff?

Lense distorts its slightly, but purple looks like a bridge, green has a look of a railway station sign, but cant be surely as its a hell of a tight turn to get over that bridge, and there is no station infrastructure / buildings. The blue looks like an old fashioned road sign, but its an odd road layout if there is a road behind that fence. There are a load of hanging baskets on the fence which would support the some sort of station theory. Possibly a miniature / enthusiast railway?

 

[Alex321]

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so what is this stuff?

Lense distorts its slightly, but purple looks like a bridge, green has a look of a railway station sign, but cant be surely as its a hell of a tight turn to get over that bridge, and there is no station infrastructure / buildings. The blue looks like an old fashioned road sign, but its an odd road layout if there is a road behind that fence. There are a load of hanging baskets on the fence which would support the some sort of station theory. Possibly a miniature / enthusiast railway?

Not a station. In fact there is a railway, going under the road at the far end, where it rises (not running parallel to the road). But yes, that is a bridge, not over a railway.

The sign with your green mark actually says "Horses prohibited".

The one you marked in blue isn't actually visible on streetview. I *think* the red bit on it is a large poppy.

This is that bit from closer up (a second or two later).

And this is on a signpost a few yards earlier

 

[Alex321]

Not a station. In fact there is a railway, going under the road at the far end, where it rises (not running parallel to the road). But yes, that is a bridge, not over a railway.

The sign with your green mark actually says "Horses prohibited".

The one you marked in blue isn't actually visible on streetview. I *think* the red bit on it is a large poppy.

This is that bit from closer up (a second or two later).
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And this is on a signpost a few yards earlier
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When I look at it in better resolution and angle (streetview), that is actually on a lamppost.

 

[Alex321]

The river crossed by that bridge has two super villages near each other.

 

[T4tomo]

Am I getting warm....Mr Peterston

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4764973,-3.3252463,16z/data=!5m1!1e4?hl=en-GB

 

[Alex321]

Am I getting warm....Mr Peterston

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Indeed you are

I went past it again this morning, on my commute to work. That red thing is definitely a poppy.

 

[T4tomo]

combine this one with the strange road signs thread

 

[lazybloke]

I've always like bitter flavours rather. I remember as a kid, my parents tried to stop me biting my nails by getting the bitter aloe stuff to paint on them. I used to lick it off, then carry on biting the nails

That digression reminds me how I learned of the sweetness of anticipation.
My history teacher in 1984 was a habitual pen chewer, so I thought myself clever to treat her pens with the bitter stuff.

She came back into a room of 30 smirking kids so immediately knew something was up and I had to fess up.
But that only made the anticipation even sweeter; she spent the lesson marking papers at her desk, and the class had to silently work on essays; but I knew without doubt that 30 pairs of eyes were fixed on Mrs Webb and we were all willing her to forget and chew her pen. Chew! Do it! Do it now!
We didn't have to wait long. The resulting verbal explosion and my subsequent detention were totally worth it!

 

[nickyboy]

combine this one with the strange road signs thread

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At first I thought it was more of an invitation "Slow Down, Beer" which would be a sign I could get onboard with