Game: Name that road!

[ColinJ]

I had got a bit sidetracked by talk of 110 mile rides to the Llyn Peninsula but after enjoyable time reminding myself why I want to cycle there again, I was intending to head down to Pembrokeshire. Don't need to bother now!

I will check in again later to see if Monty's road is still unidentified. I can't see it properly on a small screen so I'll leave it until I am using my laptop.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Some strange tower to right of trees. But photo too low res to work out what. Almost like a radio telescope pointing up, but sure it isn’t Jodrell or anything like that.

 

[MontyVeda]

Did somebody mention brutal clues?

 

[GuyBoden]

Some strange tower to right of trees. But photo too low res to work out what. Almost like a radio telescope pointing up, but sure it isn’t Jodrell or anything like that.

I've checked Alston observatory.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Did somebody mention brutal clues?

Well I am Merciless

 

[MontyVeda]

it's not a telescope.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Looks more like a1950s style flying saucer to me. But not flying.

 

[MontyVeda]

it's 1960s

 

[Sea of vapours]

Aha - I know *what* that is and where it is; can't find the viewpoint, aka 'road' as yet though ...

 

[Dogtrousers]

it's 1960s

But it is a flying saucer, right?

 

[MontyVeda]

SoV's gonna get this I reckon.

Not a flying saucer, originally a restaurant, but fire regs put a stop to that.

 

[Sea of vapours]

That was remarkably hard to find. So many very similar roads around there with views of Forton Services tower on the M6.

 

[MontyVeda]

Well done SoV.
It took me ages to find a spot* where the tower wasn't too obvious nor too obscured... that was after not being able to find the road i wanted to post.
Over to you

Here's a closer view of the tower...

it's one of my favourite bits of brutalist architecture, hence the 'brutal' clue... but not many of you seem to visit that thread

*and it's only just dawned on me that the spot ended up being on a road i haven't actually ridden down

 

[GuyBoden]

Yes, well done, I knew it was the M6 services from the building's shape, I've driven past it and stopped enough times, I just didn't find the correct road. Well done. Seemingly easy, but difficult to find.

Edit: I genuinely went down that lane on Google map at about 12:30pm and completely missed it.

 

[Dogtrousers]

That was a good one. A non-obvious but soluble visual clue. (Not that I had any idea about it as I've never driven up there)