Game: Name that road!

[Aravis]

Bostal Road. I think your bike was parked just beyond the bush on the right. If I move one step forwards the bush is no longer visible:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.8...4!1sgLVxeM0u7YViJEK7K13H7Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

 

[robjh]

Bostal Road. I think your bike was parked just beyond the bush on the right. If I move one step forwards the bush is no longer visible:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.8...4!1sgLVxeM0u7YViJEK7K13H7Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

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You beat me by moments! I'd just found that skyline and was looking for the right spot on the road. Well done.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Well done @Aravis There's not much in the way of structures but I thought the South Downs skyline would be quite distinctive. For a while I thought one of the silhouettes on the skyline was actually Ditching beacon, but after studying maps I think I was mistaken. I think you can also see Shoreham by Sea over on the right.

I'd just ridden up Steyning Bostal which is challengingly steep

 

[lazybloke]

Well done @Aravis There's not much in the way of structures but I thought the South Downs skyline would be quite distinctive. For a while I thought one of the silhouettes on the skyline was actually Ditching beacon, but after studying maps I think I was mistaken. I think you can also see Shoreham by Sea over on the right.

I'd just ridden up Steyning Bostal which is challengingly steep

Nice one, but OMG I didn't even recognise my home turf of the South East.
Eyes in the open position from now on...

 

[Aravis]

I was thinking it must be that area before the strong hint; there only seemed to be one pair of masts to find the right view of, but it sounds as though @robjh and I were racing neck and neck along the road in search of the exact spot!

Here is the next one. I regret I haven't worked out any clues yet:

 

[Dogtrousers]

I don't have any idea but I'm going to bet that the little lump of a hill in the mid-ground has a local nickname like "Devils Shovelful" or "Devils Footrest" or somesuch. It sees quite distinctive.

(Although it might be a very boring feature seen from an interesting angle)

 

[Aravis]

Boring it certainly isn't, but a few minutes' surfing has failed to find an interesting nickname for the hill. There is however a webpage written by an enthusiast including some spectacular photographs. I will provide a link when this is all over.

Google's photographic attempts aren't bad either. A little closer, it looks like this:

 

[Dogtrousers]

I've just spent some time reading about an interesting hill. 🤔 Unfortunately I think it's the wrong hill.

 

[Mike_P]

Thinking it might not be a natural hill but a reclaimed spoil heap ?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Thinking it might not be a natural hill but a reclaimed spoil heap ?

I've been searching hill forts in Wiltshire. The ridge in the distance reminds me of the WIltshire hills you can see from the Great Western mainline. I'm probably wrong.

 

[robjh]

I've just spent some time reading about an interesting hill. 🤔 Unfortunately I think it's the wrong hill.

It's a glorious hill, wherever it is

 

[Bimble]

I think I just found the hill on Google maps using 3D but will wait for the result to see if I hit the mark (or not - there are quite a few hills in the area and I could be miles out, or even counties )

 

[ColinJ]

I think I just found the hill on Google maps using 3D but will wait for the result to see if I hit the mark (or not - there are quite a few hills in the area and I could be miles out, or even counties )

If you think that you know which hill it is, why not just check the nearby roads on Street View?

 

[Venod]

Nyeland Drove, a bit further down the lane from your original, which was at the road junction with Brook Bank.

 

[Aravis]

Spot on, @Venod. Over to you...

I tried to emphasise how 76m Nyland Hill stands proud over the Somerset Levels, with the Mendip Hills behind rising high above yet not dominating the scene.

Here's the website I mentioned:

https://followingmyfeet.com/?p=13690