MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Messier and scorpion's heart (Anteres) is leading me to an astronomical link... but me trying to follow cryptic clues always leads to a black hole 
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
All part of the narrowing down process.
I'll try to make things messier. The scorpion's heart will guide you.
Oddly enough I was just reading an article about scorpions' organs. Seemingly, they can respond to attack by discarding their tail segments (called autotomy). Unfortunately this also means discarding their anus, which "prevents defecation and leads to constipation".
Sorry, as you were.
Scorpions - Follow Your Heart Lyrics
Have you ever climbed the mountain?Have you ever crossed the sea?
Take a look around the corner
And listen to your heartbeat
Have you ever touched the rainbow
Take a ride in the ferris wheel
It takes one step to start a journey
It's up to you, to make it real
This is the time for yourself to be free
You gotta follow your heart
This is the time in your life and it's never too late
To see the light in the dark
You gotta follow your heart
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Messier is also known as M4 which is near Antares star, so do we need a road under the M4, in a rural location. not fond anything from a quick scan. its also quite an old style bridge so not a new or recent part of M4???
I like your thinking. There's 110 Messier objects, presumably M1 to M110. M4, M6, M7 and M80 are also in Scorpius.
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cougie uk
Guru
OOh was this on Grand Designs ? I'm sure I saw a build at a very similar location. But I could be way off...
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
about here, south of Baydon on the Swindon-Lambourn road, where the M4 crosses
When I saw the picture I immediately though of the Wessex downs, but couldn't think of a straight road with the downs to the north/northeast, and a bridge... until I got the M4 clue
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Contratulations - sounds like a bit of a joint effort so I'll let you decide who I've passed the torch to.
Indeed, and it was quite a while before I was happy with the wording of the clue. M4 is the closest to Antares, sometimes known as the scorpion's heart, apparently. The name translates as rival of Mars, which wasn't so helpful in framing a clue.
It's a very pretty road, by the way, but the traffic is often a bit quick. When cycling, the Lambourn valley road running roughly parallel is always far more appealing.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
not up to me but surely it's the first person who actually identifies, links to and posts a picture of said road?
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
A favourite road for motorcycling - I thought it looked familiar!
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Quite right of course. I'm not sure what I was thinking.
But I would've kept M4 well to myself.
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
Name that road
