Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Nope, pause to review the location clues - you're too far west.
I'll give obvious clues today so this can finally be found.
lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Clue 2 : Ecclesbourne Valley Railway passes close by (within 2 miles)
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Well I can find this OK but I can't answer the actual question. I'd found what "blinkered" was referring to and was hunting in this area before the heavy hints started. But I still can't find the buildings, nor for that matter any clear views of the more heavily populated areas in the vicinity:
Perhaps I'll go and buy a bike.
Perhaps I'll go and buy a bike.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
That's because 'over the hill' was quite a long way over the hill!
I will yield to @Aravis on this because I hadn't spotted it without his help.
What IS the connection to 'blinkered'?
PS It IS less than 1 km from some of the roads that I looked at!
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lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Updated for legibility.
Thank god for that... painful.
Well done @ColinJ . Close, @avaris but no cigar, sorry if the 2nd picture misled you. I could have been more explicit that it wasn't taken from the same spot. Maybe i'll leave it to the regulars next time!
"Blinkered" was only supposed to indicate that the photo wasn't the only source of information. It's not uncommon for sleuths on this thread to find clues from other threads, no?
My recent Carsington Water photo posted earlier this month would have got you within a few miles of the location.
Robjh mentioned a large town in the valley (ie to the east). More like a small town and some villages I thought (unless Nottingham was lurking in sight somewhere.)
Oh, and "pause to consider the .. clues" would be useful only if you were searching on a service like Google maps, which shows "Paws Cattery" about 10 yards away from where I was stood!
The next clue would have been to hint at what's on the top of the hill.
Thank god for that... painful.
Well done @ColinJ . Close, @avaris but no cigar, sorry if the 2nd picture misled you. I could have been more explicit that it wasn't taken from the same spot. Maybe i'll leave it to the regulars next time!
"Blinkered" was only supposed to indicate that the photo wasn't the only source of information. It's not uncommon for sleuths on this thread to find clues from other threads, no?
My recent Carsington Water photo posted earlier this month would have got you within a few miles of the location.
Robjh mentioned a large town in the valley (ie to the east). More like a small town and some villages I thought (unless Nottingham was lurking in sight somewhere.)
Oh, and "pause to consider the .. clues" would be useful only if you were searching on a service like Google maps, which shows "Paws Cattery" about 10 yards away from where I was stood!
The next clue would have been to hint at what's on the top of the hill.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I got that it was at about the same elevation as Leith Hill - ~270 m.
I will donate the cigar to @Aravis though!
lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Quite, there was mention of moorland. Thought it useful to give a hint about how high I was.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Does this mean you're happy for me to post the next one? I can do so...
I went (virtually) past the cattery many times, but I think I was fixated on finding something that looked more uninhabited, so I kept looking past it. I had, however, correctly interpreted the "blinkered" clue, which meant I'd found the correct railway before it was named. And the "other direction" picture looked very much like a view I'd already seen!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yes - go ahead! I don't have any roads in mind at the moment so that will give me time to think up my next one for another time.
I don't get about as much as you and many other riders so my 'catchment areas' are smaller.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
OK then. This may benefit from a clue, SO:
6649
7737
8802
9022
What's my name?
6649
7737
8802
9022
What's my name?
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
I’d guess as incomplete grid references. If so, easy on pc, not so much on tablet.
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Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I tell you what, if it isn't to do with Grid references I have just found a REALLY spooky coincidence!!!
I was thinking of this "What's my name!"... (Muhammed Ali angry about being called 'Cassius Clay' by his opponent)
I took some of the numbers as a grid reference (7737 and 8802) and ended up here...
I can't find the road though!
I was thinking of this "What's my name!"... (Muhammed Ali angry about being called 'Cassius Clay' by his opponent)
I took some of the numbers as a grid reference (7737 and 8802) and ended up here...
I can't find the road though!
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I tell you what, if it isn't to do with Grid references I have just found a REALLY spooky coincidence!!!
Its your credit card number ? 😲
