I need more clues to crack this one, county would be a good start without giving much away.
Game: Name that road!
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I need more clues to crack this one, county would be a good start without giving much away.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
OK, googling simple search terms (new road flooded again) and checking the image results... is it the Alderley Edge bypass?
here's the pic from the Manchester Evening News...
here's the pic from the Manchester Evening News...
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Looks like we have a winner!
Assuming that the flood didn't just deluge the road in about 5 seconds, and that the driver didn't have his/her car pack up on the road before it flooded... WHY DID THEY DRIVE INTO THE FLOOD WATER!?
Assuming that the flood didn't just deluge the road in about 5 seconds, and that the driver didn't have his/her car pack up on the road before it flooded... WHY DID THEY DRIVE INTO THE FLOOD WATER!?
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Yes indeed!
This stretch is called "Melrose Way", named after a local Councillor, but if you continue past the next roundabout it becomes 'Pendleton Way", then "Maclean Way", after local cycling heroes.
The accompanying cycleway along this part is probably the only fit for purpose stretch of such in the whole of Cheshire that I'm aware of. Naturally it starts at a busy roundabout on the edge of town and stops at a busy roundabout in the middle of nowhere.
Over to you.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Looks like we have a winner!
Assuming that the flood didn't just deluge the road in about 5 seconds, and that the driver didn't have his/her car pack up on the road before it flooded... WHY DID THEY DRIVE INTO THE FLOOD WATER!?
There were many cars abandoned in such circumstances on local roads last year at several different locations (this was the same event that nearly burst the dam at Whaley Bridge, and took local rivers to all time record levels).
In the same way some motorists simply cannot cope with a cyclist being in front of them, it seems many simply cannot conceive of a road being impassable, and just keep on going until the engine stops.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
This is the top of a little climb...
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Somewhat more intelligent googling from me this time. Searching for wind farms in North West England instantly showed a likely candidate:
It's an obscure road heading eastwards from Lancaster, and the image is from a couple of miles south of the village of Caton.
It's an obscure road heading eastwards from Lancaster, and the image is from a couple of miles south of the village of Caton.
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
That didn't take long... Well done!
It's a lovely part of the world, but I am biased. Caton Moor, on which the wind farm is, leads over into Roeburndale, and from there is a track called The Old Hornby Road which goes right over the moors to Slaidburn... I keep meaning to do it one day, but haven't got round to it yet. I have been over Littledale quite a few times, and up to the wind
Your turn @Aravis
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Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
OK, I'll try this one. You can never tell how they're going to go - there's an obvious feature which will certainly show up on Ordnance Survey, but little indication of the altitude, which is considerably greater than you might think:
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I agree - well done, @Aravis!
It is indeed a lovely part of the world, and SoV and I had worked out a route for a super forum ride there. We intended to run it in June or July this year but the wretched Covid-19 virus took the world hostage! We held off any announcements because we hoped that the situation would improve but I don't think it is going to happen this year now. Let's keep it for 2021, by which time (fingers crossed!) some properly developed vaccine(s) (i.e. non-Russian, rushed out after testing it on a donkey, a chimp, and 37 prisoners) might be available?
This is what we had in mind. You can see that we would have been going along the lovely and obscure road in question. That section is a road that I haven't ridden before, which is why we planned the route to go that way.
I did it with @Blue Hills last year. About 2/3 of it is very rideable, 1/3 less so unless you have a mountain bike and/or are exceptionally skilled and confident on sharp wet rocks, gravel, ruts, puddles etc., especially going downhill!
It is very remote; definitely not the kind of place that you would want to fall off and hurt yourself, especially if riding solo. Great views though...
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
It certainly is, looking considerable more hirsute in June 2018. Until today I thought that word meant something completely different - hope I've used it correctly.
O/S suggests the road here tops out at fractionally over 1000 feet, so I try to get there every year. Needless to say I have some relatively undemanding ways of pedalling there.
Over to you...
It will be tommorow before I get to post another, this thread is realy time consuming.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Constantly impressed with detective work that goes on here
