Game: Name that road!

[Sea of vapours]

For complete clarity: it's well under two hours pedalling from Bolton Abbey, not [necessarily] from Clapham.

 

[MontyVeda]

is that two hours pedalling up hill or down hill?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

is that two hours pedalling up hill or down hill?

If from Bolton Abbey must be uphill

 

[Sea of vapours]

Mmmm...... The image is of a section of road which is about 60m, +/- 20m, higher than ground level at Bolton Priory. There may be lumps en route between the two, however.

 

[ColinJ]

I could have sworn I looked at this one last night, but maybe I missed it because I was tired!

HERE.

 

[Sea of vapours]

Spot on ! Well found. A very nice little lane and much, much nicer than going up Greenhow Hill, in the sense of prettier and just about traffic-free, though a little steeper in places; meaning that place there.

Over to you.

 

[ColinJ]

[I typed this while you were posting!]

It looks like a nice way of avoiding the climb of Greenhow Hill, but I have never ridden it. I will give it a go this year. Maybe catch a train to Harrogate and cycle back that way.

Ok, here's one a little bit off the beaten track...

Name That Road!

 

[ColinJ]

I expect this to take minutes rather than hours or days!


PS Sunday minutes...

 

[ColinJ]

I expect this to take minutes rather than hours or days!


PS Sunday minutes...

Perhaps it would be out of line to give you a hint at this point!

 

[MontyVeda]

Perhaps it would be out of line to give you a hint at this point!

apart from within a 50 mile radius of Todd, and avoiding the hugely built up areas... i wouldn't know where to start looking. And knowing you it could be down in the midlands... or anywhere

 

[MontyVeda]

so far, I figure it's not lumpy enough to be in Colin's immediate area. There's a bridge visible on the RH side, but can't see any OH cabling so maybe a disused railway or possibly a canal aqueduct. Building in the middle could be a public house, and if the photo was taken around noon, the camera's pointing in an east-west direction.

edit... also a few curious things on the horizon (which could be dirt on the lens). A potential mast or tower between the two electricity cables... and those lumps... trees? buildings?

 

[ColinJ]

apart from within a 50 mile radius of Todd, and avoiding the hugely built up areas

Very much so, and just...

I figure it's not lumpy enough to be in Colin's immediate area.

Not 'immediate' but not an exhausting round trip on the bike either. It doesn't look as lumpy as it actually is, probably because it is on top of lumps looking across at other lumps.

There's a bridge visible on the RH side, but can't see any OH cabling so maybe a disused railway or possibly a canal aqueduct.

Well spotted...

Building in the middle could be a public house

It was a significant building at one time but is now private housing.

if the photo was taken around noon, the camera's pointing in an east-west direction.

Pretty much so.

also a few curious things on the horizon (which could be dirt on the lens)

That IS well spotted. I hadn't noticed those in the picture. Yes, there ARE significant things up there.

 

[MontyVeda]

Feck me my detectoring skills have come on leaps and bounds! 🔎

Still not found the road though... but i have been having a snooze

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I could be wrong but is there a blurred train moving through that landscape?

 

[ColinJ]

I could be wrong but is there a blurred train moving through that landscape?

Only if somebody switched on a temporal distortion field...