Game: Name that road!

[Buck]

@roubaixtuesday - good guess but not right.

 

[Buck]

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.

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It doesn't look it, but that tower is over 1,000 ft (330 m) high.

And it’s a grade II listed building!

 

[Buck]

The photo is a little tight but purposely had the mast showing to the north and at times I certainly like cycling away from the main roads.

 

[Aravis]

Gunthwaite Lane:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.5...4!1sTarrE3Fap6dNflU92G6B3A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

As so often, it's the tree you see first!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Gunthwaite Lane:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.5...4!1sTarrE3Fap6dNflU92G6B3A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

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As so often, it's the tree you see first!

Ha I’d worked out it was roughly 6 miles from the mast and was currently a mile away from this lane.

 

[Buck]

Gunthwaite Lane:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.5...4!1sTarrE3Fap6dNflU92G6B3A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

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As so often, it's the tree you see first!

Excellent work. I was worried I had chosen something a little too obscure.

My next clue was linked to Denby.

The pull up to Gunthwaite Hall at the end of a long ride feels as though it goes on forever and just before this photo the lane is nicknamed cow shoot alley as it’s part of the farm which is attached to Gunthwaite Hall

Little fact : the cruck barn on the farm was built in the mid 1500s and covers half an acre.


Anyways, over to you @Aravis

 

[ColinJ]

Ha I’d worked out it was roughly 6 miles from the mast and was currently a mile away from this lane.

I was working my way out but had only got as far as a 5 km radius.

Just looking back at my deductions...

• 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).[Correct - the lane points to about 1.5 km west of Emley moor]
• I reckon at 200-300 m elevation, most likely 200-250. [Near enough - 199 m]
• It has to be somewhere not built up... [Evidently]
• ... further than (say) 3 kms from Emley Moor and less than (say) 8? [Yes - actually, 6.5 km]
• ... in a wooded area... [On one side, yes]
• ... without any bigger hills in between the viewpoint and the mast. [Yes... see profile below]
  
  
  
• With a road, farm entrance, (whatever) off to the right. [Evidently]

Well done (again), @Aravis!

 

[Buck]

Good work in all of that Colin.
The Detective work was paying off

 

[MontyVeda]

Nearest i got was Denby dale but figured any further south would be too far away. Well found @Aravis

 

[ColinJ]

Nearest i got was Denby dale but figured any further south would be too far away.[/USER]

That's pretty much what I was thinking, which is why I was starting close and working my way out.

 

[Aravis]

Sorry I'd completely forgotten about this. Engrossed in sexaginta-quattuordle.

This is the next one. The maps are unclear on whether this section has a name, so identify the road it will haver to be:

 

[ColinJ]

Sorry I'd completely forgotten about this. Engrossed in sexaginta-quattuordle.

Aargh - I thought you were joking, but now I am engrossed in it too!

 

[GuyBoden]

It will probably be somewhere near Gloucester.

 

[Aravis]

Another view of the same spot:

 

[MontyVeda]

I think i've found the hills but can't find the road... I'm looking east of the Malverns around Wellend