Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
When you've set the problem, it's often impossible to tell if folks are enjoying the challenge or getting totally ****ed off.
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Great! But where is it?! We need closure here!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Looks like we are going to be back on @Trickedem's hilly road photo very shortly! 
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Well done, @Trickedem, over to you. As you quickly find on this thread, some work better than others and it's hard to tell in advance. I was hoping this one would look as though it's in a village, which would help to narrow things down. Here's an extract from O/S:
The N/S road through Llangenny is part of a very useful route around the Sugar Loaf, and if you were, say, heading from the Gospel Pass to the Tumble, unless you particularly wanted to go through Abergavenny it's probably the way you'd go. Or Llanelly Hill instead of the Tumble if you're proper hard (I never was).
But while I'm here, I'd also like to draw attention to hill next to the blue number 16, which I don't seem to be able to find on any "hardest climb" list, or even find a name for. I've tackled it successfully in a motorized vehicle; the evidence from RwGPS suggests it's every bit as tough as Llanelly, and it's much more rural. At the top there are several miles of old tramway heading round to Brynmawr.
All blasts from the past as far as I'm concerned. I'm a hill avoider nowadays.
Edit: the Llanelly Hill I'm talking about is not the one going through Llanelly village in the map above - confusing or what? It's a few miles further south.
The N/S road through Llangenny is part of a very useful route around the Sugar Loaf, and if you were, say, heading from the Gospel Pass to the Tumble, unless you particularly wanted to go through Abergavenny it's probably the way you'd go. Or Llanelly Hill instead of the Tumble if you're proper hard (I never was).
But while I'm here, I'd also like to draw attention to hill next to the blue number 16, which I don't seem to be able to find on any "hardest climb" list, or even find a name for. I've tackled it successfully in a motorized vehicle; the evidence from RwGPS suggests it's every bit as tough as Llanelly, and it's much more rural. At the top there are several miles of old tramway heading round to Brynmawr.
All blasts from the past as far as I'm concerned. I'm a hill avoider nowadays.
Edit: the Llanelly Hill I'm talking about is not the one going through Llanelly village in the map above - confusing or what? It's a few miles further south.
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I went over there but dismissed it because i wasn't looking for a bridge over the river, assuming the road continued along the bank... but on closer inspection of Aravis' picture, i can now just about make out the bridge through the trees.
Well done!
I suppose a couple of clues might help. It is North of @Aravis 's picture and is well known on the route of one of the toughest bike rides in Wales.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Is that the mountain Road up from Machynthlleth?
More down to Machynthlleth, but yes it is that road.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Dang! Initially i was thinking Helvellyn from the NE but after searching for Aravis' road, i decided it was the Black Mountains... at least i got the country 
It's part of the route of the Bryan Chapman Memorial 600k Audax. It is a long climb up from LLanidloes, but the descent is magnificent.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Hmmm. I guess it's my turn. Are foreign roads allowed?
Just looked at that climb. It is a beast. There is a Strava segment
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Here we go.
You might recognise at least one of the riders as well as the road...
You might recognise at least one of the riders as well as the road...
