Tribansman
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You don't say 
Not clever enough to think up cryptic clues...it's somewhere in Lincolnshire!
Not clever enough to think up cryptic clues...it's somewhere in Lincolnshire!
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Is it here above Market Rasen?
Tribansman
Veteran
Certainly is 👍
Amazing view from up there. Just down that lane to the right you can see all over the Lincolnshire plain to Lincoln cathedral and beyond
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Rode along that road during London Edinburgh London audax in 2013. I was thinking it looked like that road and it was.
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Not much road showing in this photo from a very wet ride on Wed. But a big clue as to where to look to locate this road. Then a smaller one to confirm you have the right road.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
I think it must be here - Waterwick Hill near Langley in Essex, funnily enough. Several roads in the area, including this one, don't seem to have been visited by the google camera since 2009, so the changes are considerable. The boundary sign which was evidently new in 2009 is now much the worse for wear.
I'm hopeful that it's the right spot because the power lines are a fit, as are the positions of the larger trees on the horizon:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.9...4!1sK5MsFHjhk7-nx_HVzDJe9w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I'm hopeful that it's the right spot because the power lines are a fit, as are the positions of the larger trees on the horizon:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.9...4!1sK5MsFHjhk7-nx_HVzDJe9w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Well done that is in fact the spot, with a small stream marking the county boundary. It’s not scenery to make you go wow, but the lanes are very quiet as they meander, and mentally it’s a great area to ride in and switch off.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
I enjoyed the search!
Here's the next. It's not in Essex:
Here's the next. It's not in Essex:
Tribansman
Veteran
Agree, most of the Essex/Cambs and Essex/Herts border like that. Particularly like the lanes around Saffron Walden and North East of Ware
Usually pretty quiet too. A little further into Essex, Finchingfield a good contender for THE quintessential English village scene
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I guessed the same as youFound it in 45 seconds - HERE!
Although my guess wasn't quite as precise as yours, in that I didn't have a specific bit of Scotland in mind.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It looked like Scotland.
Judging from the shadows, I thought a stretch of E-W coastline or maybe NE-SW.
A coast road with a cemetery on it.
Aravis seems to like the west coast so I started on Arran. Nope.
Ooh, Kintyre, I remember him liking that...
A church on a coast road on the south side. Quick, over to Street view before anybody beats me to it...
HE SHOOTS... HE SCORES!!!
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Indeed. A very easy one (just softening you up). A significant part of what can be seen in my picture is Ireland.It looked like Scotland.
Judging from the shadows, I thought a stretch of E-W coastline or maybe NE-SW.
A coast road with a cemetery on it.
Aravis seems to like the west coast so I started on Arran. Nope.
Ooh, Kintyre, I remember him liking that...
A church on a coast road on the south side. Quick, over to Street view before anybody beats me to it...
HE SHOOTS... HE SCORES!!!
The nearest village is Southend - not the one in Essex. I'm sure you all grasped the significance of that.
Over to @ColinJ again for something seriously steep. 🧗♂️
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Ha ha - not this time!
I have prepared something easy (to ride and to spot), so this is more of a Fastest Fingers First round. I would expect it to take low numbers of minutes rather than hours. Here you are... 3, 2, 1 - GO!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I hadn't spotted that. I had gone straight to my OS map, then Street view and Ireland doesn't really show in the SV picture. Very obvious in yours though!
