Game: Name that road!

[Aravis]

Here you are then:

 

[Venod]

Its Ampney St Peter just of the A417.

 

[ColinJ]

Its Ampney St Peter just of the A417.

After they painted the post box gold - HERE it is before...!

 

[Venod]

After they painted the post box gold - HERE it is before...!

Yes I got it on Google maps but I am having difficulty saving a screenshot.

 

[ColinJ]

Yes I got it on Google maps but I am having difficulty saving a screenshot.

I use the PrtScr key, then paste the image into a graphic app in which I crop and resize it, before dragging it into the post edit box.

 

[Aravis]

Well that wasn't too hard, was it. A win for @Venod.

Here is the dedication. The lady is now Laura Tomlinson, a bit easier to remember and if you ever find your way onto Pointless it might even win you some money.

 

[Venod]

I use the PrtScr key, then paste the image into a graphic app in which I crop and resize it, before dragging it into the post edit box.

I have just done that for the next pic, but I am sure I have pasted a screenshot straight into a post before.

 

[Venod]

Here is the next one excellent cycling area for anyone who's never been.

 

[ColinJ]

I have just done that for the next pic, but I am sure I have pasted a screenshot straight into a post before.

PrtScr, put cursor where you want it in your new post, Ctrl-V. Example...



Just below?

Yes - that works!

 

[Venod]

Yes - that works

I know you have not posed this as part of the game, but is it the A828 going north from Connel in Scotland.

 

[ColinJ]

I know you have not posed this as part of the game, but is it the A828 going north from Connel in Scotland.

It is. (The file name in the top left is a bit of a giveaway!)

I was once having a meal with some members of the Scottish side of my family in a pub in Connel and spotted an old black and white photograph on the wall showing the construction of the bridge in 1902-3. One of the steel erectors in the picture turned out to be a relative.

Steam trains were still using the then railway line over the bridge when I used to go up for my annual 6 week holiday in Scotland every summer as a child. Traffic lights controlled access to the bridge for motor vehicles.

Oh, wow - I just found some very old footage of trains using the bridge at that time!

 

[Venod]

It is. (The file name in the top left is a bit of a giveaway!)

Didn't see that, I have only been over it once, it must have left an impression

 

[ColinJ]

I know you have not posed this as part of the game, but is it the A828 going north from Connel in Scotland.

Q: How far is it from Connel to North Connel?

A1: About 0.5 km. (Over the bridge.)
A2: About 143 km via Tyndrum and Glencoe. (When an unobservant driver got his over-height truck wedged under the metalwork of the bridge!)

 

[Dogtrousers]

Here is the next one excellent cycling area for anyone who's never been.

Has a look of the Yorkshire Wolds about it. Fimber, Thixendale, Wharram Percy. Round there.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Huggate Hill, Thixendale