Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
There is the Roman road of Dere Street which is North of the wall, but that is all now the A68, and the road in the image here is not the A68.
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
Deer's treat went as far as Veluniate (Crammond) on the Forth and beyond Northumberland very little is under the A68.
Have a closer look at a 1:50000 map.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
I'm not sure there's a need for additional rules like this. Endless variety is one of the features of this thread, not least in the way clues are constructed. Quite naturally some take longer to solve than others.
There was one I posted back on page 38 when I thought the reason it wasn't being solved had to be that no-one was looking, so I let it run. At that time the thread had been running for about 2½ years, and a couple of months later everything came back to life. Less than two years later we're on page 330, so we must be doing something right.
As a setter I always hope the picture creates interest and is solved reasonably quickly. A few angst-ridden posts always add to the entertainment. Judging when you've offered enough help for the time being becomes much trickier when there's silence, so perhaps there's an equal onus on those who are searching to keep the theories coming.
Of course if I really think I'm onto something I keep that well to myself.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Looking closer
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
This is the actual spot:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.4...4!1scquEJhT6gf3BoIiSU_Ca8A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.4...4!1scquEJhT6gf3BoIiSU_Ca8A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Fair enough.
I would prefer to avoid an early 20 questions approach to finding the answer though. "That dry stone wall looks like it is in West Yorkshire?" seems ok, but "Is it England" [yes], "Is it northern England? [yes]", "Is it Yorkshire? [yes]", "South?" [no], "North?" [no], "West?" [yes], "Within 8 km of Leeds railway station?"... I'd not be keen on.
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
@Aravis has it spot on but @Ming the Merciless is only a matter of a hundred Roman paces south and he got there 10 minutes earlier so I think he's the winner.
This short stretch of on-road Dere Street is very Roman - straight but very steep.
This short stretch of on-road Dere Street is very Roman - straight but very steep.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Your decision, but I disagree. It is impossible to match Ming's view with your picture, so it doesn't demonstrate that the correct road has been found. I'm not even sure it was being offered as a solution - it looks more like a "it must be this road but I can't quite find the spot" kind of post.
Make it a good one, @Ming the Merciless. You'll get my next one soon enough.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I found Dere St but the bit I found was in England, so I skipped it. I normally post my theories on here in the hope of moving things along quickly, but I actually dismissed that one as being too far fetched. Doh.
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
Dere Street is 226 miles long https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dere_Street so it needed a second clue for the actual location.Dere street / deer's treat was a good clue in itself, but where the road is marked as Roman Road on street view its a bit of a shoot one....
The sniper clue referred to the name 'Shotheids'.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Here we go, no Romans in view
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I don't like complicating things with extra rules, but I think that if it hasn't gone after a day or so then it would be jolly nice if the setter started providing unambiguous information, rather than clues. A kind of honour system rather than rules.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I suppose 'rules' was the wrong choice of word. Something more like "It would be jolly nice if the setter started providing unambiguous information..." 
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I'm a great fan of the Sergeant Wilson approach. "Would you mind awfully ..."I suppose 'rules' was the wrong choice of word. Something more like "It would be jolly nice if the setter started providing unambiguous information..."
