Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
I am happy to say I didn’t look anywhere for this one.
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
- Start date
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I am happy to say I didn’t look anywhere for this one.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I was convinced it was a road i'd been along so spent much of my time looking around Rossendale... turns out I've never been anywhere near it.
This is a road I'd like to ride again.
I'd say name that road but it doesn't have a name, so if you want to win name the fell instead
This is a road I'd like to ride again.
I'd say name that road but it doesn't have a name, so if you want to win name the fell instead
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Well done.
It saves me posting my clue: A local saying: "Easy to find, though sure to overlook". (There is a spectacular view from the road overlooking Shaw and other parts of Greater Manchester.)
Other interesting options for clues would have been to do with Dog Hill or Black Lad(d) [Pub higher up].
It's a fairly challenging climb on the way to a circuit of Saddleworth/Saddleworth Moor, the Buckstones climb, or a trip over to Marsden.
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Weren't we both standing at Grain bar to watch the tour of britain stage 8 in 2019.
It was, here's your photo, I should have guessed that.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/h...-tob-stage-8-sat-14th-sept-2019.252913/page-2
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
That was over the summit, but yes - we did go up Buckstones Rd to get there!Weren't we both standing at Grain bar to watch the tour of britain stage 8 in 2019.
It was, here' your photo, I should have guessed that.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/h...-tob-stage-8-sat-14th-sept-2019.252913/page-2
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GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
I was convinced it was Halifax Road, I followed every inch of dry stone wall trying to find the exact spot, but never found it, all good fun. Well done.I was convinced it was a road i'd been along so spent much of my time looking around Rossendale... turns out I've never been anywhere near it.
This is a road I'd like to ride again.
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I'd say name that road but it doesn't have a name, so if you want to win name the fell instead
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
You're in the right country but wrong county... and it's a nameless road on all the maps i've looked atI was convinced it was Halifax Road, I followed every inch of dry stone wall trying to find the exact spot, but never found it, all good fun. Well done.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Yep, done it several times. Always hard as it can only be done from Glossop by talking the road all the way at least to Milnrow. But at least when that one is done, there is just rolling all the way back to Glossop with just a relatively easy climb out of Stalybridge
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Is it in Lancashire?You're in the right country but wrong county... and it's a nameless road on all the maps i've looked at
The fells in Lancashire look inviting.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
it's not in Yorkshire and it's not in Lancashire, which leaves only one* other county in the whole UK in which I've cycled.Is it in Lancashire?
The fells in Lancashire look inviting.
This is just a few yards further down the lane...
...there's two clues to the county in the foreground.
But the biggest clue, which seemingly everyone has missed, was in post #5606
*That's actually not true, there was that trip to Norfolk when i was a youngster, but this isn't Norfolk
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Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
So that's a Cumbrian Herdwick on its holidays in Cheshire is it?
That lane is annoyingly familiar but I can't place it.
That lane is annoyingly familiar but I can't place it.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
it's not in Yorkshire and it's not in Lancashire, which leaves only one* other county in the whole UK in which I've cycled.
This is just a few yards further down the lane...
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...there's two clues to the county is in the foreground.
But the biggest clue, which seemingly everyone has missed, was in post #5606
*That's actually not true, there was that trip to Norfolk when i was a youngster, but this isn't Norfolk
Plus a compass in your screen shot shows you which way it is facing.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Look at the compass in the screen shot, it’s not pointing north.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Some friends of mine in Warwickshire rent out their fields to sheep owners. They had Herdwicks on there a couple of years ago. I guess they were on some kind of holiday.So that's a Cumbrian Herdwick on its holidays in Cheshire is it?
That lane is annoyingly familiar but I can't place it.
