MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Well done Colin... so my 'old lanes' anagram was wasted once again 
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Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
I certainly didn't spot it. Frustrating, isn't it?Well done Colin... so my 'old lanes' anagram was wasted once again
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Oh, I didn't either!I certainly didn't spot it. Frustrating, isn't it?
I am about to have a meal with a friend so I will think about my next road later after I get home.
Tribansman
Veteran
Priorities Colin! Your friend can bloody wait!Oh, I didn't either!
I am about to have a meal with a friend so I will think about my next road later after I get home.
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
I didn't find your pic of a WW2 Pillbox, but I found this WW2 Pillbox, which I quite liked, it's in a strategic position where the high moorland road over Widdop Moor joins at a road junction a few miles from Burnley and Nelson. Good stuff, an enjoyable thread.Whilst this lane doesn't have a name, you need to be looking at old lanes
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
That'll be the one Colin posted at the junction of Back lane and Halifax Road.I didn't find your pic of a WW2 Pillbox, but I found this WW2 Pillbox, which I quite liked, it's in a strategic position where the high moorland road over Widdop Moor joins at a road junction a few miles from Burnley and Nelson. Good stuff, an enjoyable thread.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
... and staring at a 6"phone screen isn't as good as using a nice 12" laptop screen!
I am back home with the laptop now. Let me think...
I need to get out on my bike more - I am running low on ideas!
Ok, here you go:
There at least 4 clues in that picture. Maybe 4.5?
Name That Road!
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
- - quarry?
- - lake/reservoir/river/estuary?
- - tree?
- - tarmac?
4.5 - layby?
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
2 of the 4.5!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
There definitely IS more than one tree but that would be a pretty poxy clue in this country! 
Maybe a good clue for somewhere where trees were very rare.
Ditto for tarmac!
Maybe a good clue for somewhere where trees were very rare.Ditto for tarmac!
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
This seems to be abusing the word 'clue'. 'Feature' might be more applicable !
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I am going to see how my crossword dictionary defines it...!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
"Anything which points to the solution of a mystery or puzzle"
There are 4.5 (ish) features which can act as clues to this mysterious puzzle!
There are 4.5 (ish) features which can act as clues to this mysterious puzzle!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Well done.
The other full clue was that it is a significant climb. That might not be obvious from the picture so if you hadn't worked out which road it was, I was going to post...
300m10p52c19s!
The translation is: 300 metres at 10% in a 52 tooth chainring and a 19 tooth sprocket - ouch!
That is a reference to one edition of the Humber Bridge forum ride in which we went up that climb to Swanland. I had not done my homework properly. I was expecting a gradient of only around 5% so I was a bit intimidated when that thing ramped up in front of me. That was probably the hardest climb that I have successfully climbed on my singlespeed.
I thought that someone might think that the distant river was the Humber and take a look at our routes.
After that year, we avoided Swanland!
The half clue was that the terrain was undulating but not seriously hilly.
Back to you for the next one!
The other full clue was that it is a significant climb. That might not be obvious from the picture so if you hadn't worked out which road it was, I was going to post...
300m10p52c19s!
The translation is: 300 metres at 10% in a 52 tooth chainring and a 19 tooth sprocket - ouch!
That is a reference to one edition of the Humber Bridge forum ride in which we went up that climb to Swanland. I had not done my homework properly. I was expecting a gradient of only around 5% so I was a bit intimidated when that thing ramped up in front of me. That was probably the hardest climb that I have successfully climbed on my singlespeed.
I thought that someone might think that the distant river was the Humber and take a look at our routes.
After that year, we avoided Swanland!
The half clue was that the terrain was undulating but not seriously hilly.
Back to you for the next one!
