Game: Name that road!

[Dogtrousers]

I think anonymous roads are fine, but we must be able to check them on Street View!

Perhaps 'Locate That Road' would be a better title but I don't think it really matters...

I don't have the inclination to wade through dictionary definition websites right now but doesn't the verrb "to name" have a meaning of "to specify" or "to identify"? For example, "name your price".

 

[Sea of vapours]

Correct. That's an impressive bit of road finding with no explicit clues! I think it's quite a distinctive junciton, if you've been there, but otherwise somewhat obscure. And yes, it's another fine little climb with multiple 'scenic zig-zags'.

doesn't the verrb "to name" have a meaning of "to specify"

'Specify' is a meaning of the verb 'name', yes; as is 'identify'. In the case of Tow Top and Tarn Gate, they're entertaining roads to name though :-)

 

[MontyVeda]

I've often wondered whether pictures of roads without any name are inadmissible, but I don't think anyone's ever complained (about my pictures that is).

I've posted a few unnamed roads but have made it clear that the roads have no name or number, just so whoever finds it doesn't spend unnecessary time trying find a name or number.

I wasn't being entirely serious when giving @Sea of vapours a well deserved ticking off... i was just in a mood because i didn't get chance to try out my 005 clue

 

[ColinJ]

Ok... I hope that I haven't posted this one before. (I did a quick search and couldn't find it.)

As I said above - this should be easy. I have a nice clue to give you if you need it, but I think there is enough in the picture for you to identify the road in minutes.

Name That Road!

 

[MontyVeda]

Initial thoughts were a prison wall but that search has proved fruitless.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I was thinking dam, but there’s a lot of them about. Damn!

 

[Alex321]

I was thinking dam, but there’s a lot of them about. Damn!

I was thinking Dam as well. That looks like a wide spillway, which reduces the number a bit.

 

[Venod]

Moselden Lane Ripponden

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.646...4!1swwhtG-VdDaq2i9w2jZuBmw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

 

[MontyVeda]

Well done everyone who didn't think it was a prison wall

 

[ColinJ]

Moselden Lane Ripponden

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https://www.google.com/maps/@53.646...4!1swwhtG-VdDaq2i9w2jZuBmw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Well done.

For those who didn't spot the extra features in the picture... I chose an angle that showed heavy traffic on the M62 on the hillside behind the dam. In the far distance, the spike on the horizon is the transmitter tower on Windy Hill.

The other clue which I was going to give you was this picture taken from the M62 nearby...

That is the famous farmhouse between the 2 carriageways of the motorway. I can't get my head round choosing to carry on living there!

I also wanted to post some pictures I took from just below the dam, after a period of heavy rain...

Over to you, @Venod!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Well done.

For those who didn't spot the extra features in the picture... I chose an angle that showed heavy traffic on the M62 on the hillside behind the dam. In the far distance, the spike on the horizon is the transmitter tower on Windy Hill.

The other clue which I was going to give you was this picture taken from the M62 nearby...

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That is the famous farmhouse between the 2 carriageways of the motorway. I can't get my head round choosing to carry on living there!

I also wanted to post some pictures I took from just below the dam, after a period of heavy rain...

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Over to you, @Venod!

I thought that was just tourists parked above the reservoir!

 

[ColinJ]

I thought that was just tourists parked above the reservoir!

Ok, if you insist... Some more information!

The car park used to be up here:

But it gained a reputation as a popular spot for, er, al fresco evening entertainment...

This is the new, less private car park! :

 

[MontyVeda]

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That is the famous farmhouse between the 2 carriageways of the motorway. I can't get my head round choosing to carry on living there!

Because a farm is much more than just a farmhouse

 

[ColinJ]

Because a farm is much more than just a farmhouse

I'd have to really love my farm!

I wonder if the family have ever had tests to see what the air pollution from thousands of passing vehicles is doing to them...

 

[Venod]

Bit of luck with that one there are a lot of reservoirs and dams up and down the country. Another to follow shortly.