Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Excellent, that was a good find.
I had no idea where it was, I had to look it up on the OS map. Well done.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
an image search for 'hairpin bends in yorkshire' led me to this...
...which looked like a good contender
...which looked like a good contender
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
OP
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I wonder if it is the one that I crashed in...?
Actually, it won't be - that was in a dip.
I will have a search when I am using my laptop. Mobile devices are okay but I prefer to play NTR on the bigger screen.
Actually, it won't be - that was in a dip.
I will have a search when I am using my laptop. Mobile devices are okay but I prefer to play NTR on the bigger screen.
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Near long lane, Sykes Farm, Nether Wyresdale.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.9...4!1sfNftTYhIPJCnmY2LU3Py3A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.9...4!1sfNftTYhIPJCnmY2LU3Py3A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Well found Guy.
over to you
over to you
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
There's a popular club ride in these parts.
Name that road.
Name that road.
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Well done @MontyVeda
No I don't mind, just been out for 40 mile, mostly off road, you couldn't forget where you are with all the riders passing the other way greeting you with an "eh up"
Mill Lane decends to the River Don, at the other side is Sprotborough, this is where Douglas Badder spent his childhood, so the next clue was going to be.
He may not have found it a problem to climb as a child but as an older man he wouldn't have had the legs for it.
No I don't mind, just been out for 40 mile, mostly off road, you couldn't forget where you are with all the riders passing the other way greeting you with an "eh up"
Mill Lane decends to the River Don, at the other side is Sprotborough, this is where Douglas Badder spent his childhood, so the next clue was going to be.
He may not have found it a problem to climb as a child but as an older man he wouldn't have had the legs for it.
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GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
A famous landmark in the area depicts a story that ends in a strange elopement.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
The strangest elopement I can think of is the Owl and the Pussycat
But I'm struggling to find any landmark that depicts that. Maybe a pub sign?
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Got it! Details to follow shortly...
Buxton Old Rd.
I was thinking of giving up but gave it one more go.
Buxton Old Rd.
I was thinking of giving up but gave it one more go.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
My reasoning...
It looked like the fringes of the Peak District looking across Cheshire.
Where might cyclists from Warrington head for? One such iconic destination would be the Cat & Fiddle climb from Macclesfield.
Ooh, Hey diddle diddle, the [landmark] cat and the fiddle... [strange elopement...] the dish waltzed away with the spoon!
Buxton Old Rd was the second road that I looked at below the Cat & Fiddle.
It looked like the fringes of the Peak District looking across Cheshire.
Where might cyclists from Warrington head for? One such iconic destination would be the Cat & Fiddle climb from Macclesfield.
Ooh, Hey diddle diddle, the [landmark] cat and the fiddle... [strange elopement...] the dish waltzed away with the spoon!
Buxton Old Rd was the second road that I looked at below the Cat & Fiddle.
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GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Well done @ColinJ excellent deductions and decryptions. Over to you, after your well deserved sleep.
I thought that @Dogtrousers would find it, when he nearly decrypted the second clue, guessing a probable "Owl and the Pussy cat" pub sign.
All good fun.
Edit: "The Cat and Fiddle" climb is not enjoyable anymore, due to sharing the busy road with too many large HGV's. It's not very steep either.
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