Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Several of the objects I was staring at turned out to be dust on my laptop screen! 
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Is that a mahoosive distant radio mast on the RH side?
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I'm guessing that your local one is Holme Moss and judging by the image it's no more than a couple of miles away... but having scooted all round Holme moss, I'm thinking the one in the image is not Holme Moss
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It is almost certainly Emley Moor mast again!
Correct! So that narrows down the area somewhat. Now to find the road.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It is tricky! I am definitely within a few kms of the road but I haven't spotted it yet.
Meanwhile... here's a close-up of the main mast that I took on a ride over 10 years ago. I must ride over there again some time soon.
It doesn't look it, but that tower is over 1,000 ft (330 m) high.
Meanwhile... here's a close-up of the main mast that I took on a ride over 10 years ago. I must ride over there again some time soon.
It doesn't look it, but that tower is over 1,000 ft (330 m) high.
roubaixtuesday
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I think it's Linfit Lane, you can see the mast on this grab, but I can't find the exact spot
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
That road isn't minor enough, and I also reckon it is too close to the mast?
I have been doing some research... There is currently a temporary second mast which was erected in 2018 but older Streetview pictures will not show that. OTOH, Buck's SV picture may have had the second mast which was clipped off the side of the image.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I've been instantly discounting every road with markings on as Buck's road is just a lane
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
This is tricky!
It has to be somewhere not built up, further than (say) 3 kms from Emley Moor and less than (say) 8? I reckon at 200-300 m elevation, most likely 200-250. It is just a case of going through all the little lanes pointing approximately 1.5 kms to the side of the mast (using the 300 m mast for scale).
It has to be somewhere not built up, further than (say) 3 kms from Emley Moor and less than (say) 8? I reckon at 200-300 m elevation, most likely 200-250. It is just a case of going through all the little lanes pointing approximately 1.5 kms to the side of the mast (using the 300 m mast for scale).
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Oh, in a wooded area and without any bigger hills in between the viewpoint and the mast! With a road, farm entrance, (whatever) off to the right.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'm taking a break from Lovely Yorkshire Hilly Lane Watch! I'll check back in later to see if anybody has found it, and if not I will have another try.
PS I must stop trying to do this on my phone - I didn't even spot the mast until it was pointed out!
PS I must stop trying to do this on my phone - I didn't even spot the mast until it was pointed out!
