Game: Name that road!

[Venod]

Did you know it, find it from the clues, or just have a look around Todmorden for that kind of thing?

I thought it looked Calder Vallyish, but in this case google image was my friend and a report of an accident in the Huddersfield Examiner

 

[Alex321]

Last question...

Is THIS it?!

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I used to live less than 5 miles as the crow flies from there, but I don't think I have ever driven that actual road (or ridden it).

I was looking further East in Wales, more Black Mountains than Brecon Beacons.

 

[lazybloke]

I need better glasses or a bigger picutre.

I didn't even notice that!

I accidentally left part of the Street View compass in bottom right, which would give some indication as to which directions we definitely were NOT facing.

The clues were:

1. Footpath off to left.
2. STEEP road!
3. Dry stone wall made of millstone grit (strong hint of YORKSHIRE!)
4. Distant hillside.
5. Partial compass suggests NOT easterly/westerly.

Well done!

Did you know it, find it from the clues, or just have a look around Todmorden for that kind of thing?

Damn, me and my eyes. I thought 3 was a hedge, so it must have been a hill near Leyland.

 

[ColinJ]

... it might not be popular...

In the dog house?

I used to live less than 5 miles as the crow flies from there, but I don't think I have ever driven that actual road (or ridden it).

It's quite a tough climb, but a nicer way to head towards Burnley than just going up the A646.

 

[Alex321]

In the dog house?


It's quite a tough climb, but a nicer way to head towards Burnley than just going up the A646.

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I didn't mean that road, I was talking about the one near Penderyn in Wales

I lived here until 2020.

 

[ColinJ]

I didn't mean that road, I was talking about the one near Penderyn in Wales

I lived here until 2020.

Oops - I didn't check what you had quoted!

That Welsh road is the kind that I would choose. I wouldn't be quite so keen to end up on the A470 though.

 

[Alex321]

Oops - I didn't check what you had quoted!

That Welsh road is the kind that I would choose. I wouldn't be quite so keen to end up on the A470 though.

I have cycled on parts of it, but not many and not often. There are bits that aren't bad for cycling, other bits that I really wouldn't want to.

 

[Aravis]

I didn't mean that road, I was talking about the one near Penderyn in Wales

I lived here until 2020.

If I'd posted one of the pictures I was considering you'd've found it very quickly.

 

[GuyBoden]

On the latest NTR, there seems to be a blue plaque on the house wall and a brown sign.

"There are 93 symbols on brown signs that make up the officially recognised “types” of attractions and facilities across Britain."
http://www.followthebrownsigns.com/brown-signs/

Maybe, Church, Cathedral or Castle

 

[MontyVeda]

looks like the castle one to me.

There's an information thingy facing the remains of a building too... so somewhere with plenty of historical interest

 

[GuyBoden]

There's what looks like a piece of the castle's wall on the far right of the picture.

 

[MontyVeda]

Found it... The Booths, Pontefract.

 

[GuyBoden]

I'm looking at

Found it... The Booths, Pontefract.

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Well done, I'd already looked at Pontefract Castle and missed it. Good find

 

[MontyVeda]

I'm looking at


Well done, I'd already looked at Pontefract Castle and missed it. Good find

I missed it too the first time, completely overlooking the approach from the east. Then a search for 'castle conservation areas yorkshire' led me to a PDF in which was a photo of The Booths and the remains of an Anglo-Saxon church.

 

[MontyVeda]

I'll jump in with the next before @Venod gives his approval.

In a very similar vein...