Game: Name that road!

[ColinJ]

A82, near Glencoe waterfall, Scotland?

Well done. I just spent 20 minutes looking round Skye so that saves me wasting more efforts up there!

had anyone other than Colin ridden over it, It would have gone very quickly given the very memorable "walling" that supports the cutting.

It's a nice climb. I used to ride over to Oxenhope from Hebden Bridge then turn right and do the whole of that climb. I'm not too keen on the A-road at the far end though so these days I tend to turn left just before the pub and take the tiny lane to Manywells Height instead.

 

[Sea of vapours]

That looks like Spen Brow, coming down from Lowgill towards Mewith Lane ... Image to follow if it is.

 

[MontyVeda]

Well done SoV. I presume you've cycled that very road?

I didn't even need to give any clues, such as 'excellent cycling country' or hint at my signature link... my sister's 'really nice' holiday cottage is in the middle of your screenshot

Over to you

 

[Sea of vapours]

Well done SoV. I presume you've cycled that very road?

I've been up, or mostly down, there a few times and I'd also previously noticed that the barn in your signature is along that road.

My last one was too easy so I'm hoping this is more challenging, whilst still possible. I've been up this road twice and I'm confident I'd recognise it immediately from this Streetview image.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Somewhere with millstone grit dry stone walls.

Peak District Dark Peak and north then.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I'll check back through them...

• Footpaths. You can see where they split on an OS map or on OSM. There can't be too many roads with a footpath splitting like that over the road

You’d be surprised I found rather a lot but not on the right road.

 

[ColinJ]

Peak District Dark Peak and north then.

But we had established that it was NW of Monty's guess, so no!

Anyway, on to the hunt for SoV's road...

 

[ColinJ]

I've been up this road twice and I'm confident I'd recognise it immediately from this Streetview image.

Unless you have the memory span of a gnat, that isn't really a surprise - you only posted it 3 hours ago!

I thought of a couple of possibilities. They did look very similar, but were not the road in question.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

A82, near Glencoe waterfall, Scotland?
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Bloody hell, one I would have got straight away as well.

 

[Sea of vapours]

Unless you have the memory span of a gnat, that isn't really a surprise - you only posted it 3 hours ago!

Hmph ;-) What I mean is that it's recognisable from the Streetview capture as a distinct place I would have recognised even if I'd not just chosen tot post it. It's already lasted nearly three hours longer than my last one so that's a result

Bloody hell, one I would have got straight away as well.

Me too, as did the two people I forwarded the photo to. It's clearly a very memorable location (not a surprise).

 

[Aravis]

Bloody hell, one I would have got straight away as well.

Me too, as did the two people I forwarded the photo to. It's clearly a very memorable location (not a surprise).

Surely you're not complaining it was too easy? I'll try to put that right next time.

 

[Sea of vapours]

Surely you're not complaining it was too easy?

I most certainly am not, no.

I do think it's genuinely interesting how good human visual recall is for distinctive things of various sorts. Clearly, that cutting is dramatic in itself and the drama of the whole of Glen Coe and Rannoch Moor seems to mean that a wide variety of people recognise them instantly. That said, I'd recognise my road above instantly too (whatever Colin might say!)

 

[ColinJ]

That said, I'd recognise my road above instantly too (whatever Colin might say!)

I'm just hoping that it is one that I don't know because I haven't managed to recognise it.

There have been one or two roads on here that I recognised straight away, including (impressively) a naughty offering from the Costa Blanca. (The fact that I cycled that road 3-4 times a week x 2 (weeks holiday) x 8 (holidays out there) made that slightly less impressive though! )

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Well the latest one is gritstone , Dark Peak, South Pennines, Skipton and west, and Lancashire for that rock. Yes also in Leicestershire but they don’t tend to build their walls out of it. I also think we have beech trees at the location.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Looks like it’s quite high up a hill with a mini viewpoint ahead. Hill looks quite steep right to left, and possibly craggy and mossy like Hardcastle crags area.