Game: Name that road!

[ColinJ]

Half-human female creature: Mermaid

Good health: Well

Can't ride a bike: No legs!!

There is a Mermaid's Well at Pyatshaw...

Found it! The A697, heading east, so obviously the photo was taken late in the day.

 

[Mr Celine]

My clues must be getting less cryptic...

Well done @ColinJ over to you.

 

[ColinJ]

I think that I cycled along this road a couple of decades ago, and intend to do it again this year.

It should be fairly easy to find without any extra clues...

 

[ColinJ]

It should be fairly easy to find without any extra clues...

Apparently not!

Okay: Terrain, wall, horizon...

 

[T4tomo]

is that Emley mast away to the right? and looks like wind turbines nearer and more central?

 

[ColinJ]

is that Emley mast away to the right? and looks like wind turbines nearer and more central?

If I said yes and you checked an OS map then you would find it in seconds so I politely decline to answer...

 

[Emanresu]

Royd Moor Road on the WYCR?

 

[ColinJ]

Royd Moor Road on the WYCR?

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That's the one!

I normally travel to Leeds by train via Halifax but there is an alternative route via Mirfield. That journey takes just over half an hour and I can get a return ticket for only £3.65! It struck me that I could plan rides down into South Yorkshire from Mirfield so I have been looking at roads including Royd Moor Rd to use on a coming forum ride.

Over to you!

 

[Emanresu]

Name this road. Haven't ridden it but have travelled on it. And a bonus point if you can give it's local name and it's claim to fame.

 

[T4tomo]

If I said yes and you checked an OS map then you would find it in seconds so I politely decline to answer...

I'll claim an assist

 

[robjh]

Name this road. Haven't ridden it but have travelled on it. And a bonus point if you can give it's local name and it's claim to fame.

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Well the file name narrows the search area down a bit

- unless @Emanresu is laying false clues for us

 

[Aravis]

It's the Electric Brae near Maybole in Ayrshire. Famous because apparently it looks as though it's uphill in the downhill direction:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.3...k2tA3hcaley7O3bg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

 

[Emanresu]

It's the Electric Brae near Maybole in Ayrshire. Famous because apparently it looks as though it's uphill in the downhill direction:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.3...k2tA3hcaley7O3bg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

It is indeed the 'gravity hill' in Ayrshire. Over to you @Aravis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_hill

Edit: Should give @Aravis two bonus points. The first for the 'local' name which is Croy Brae and a second for the 'colloquial' name of Electric Brae which was the one I was after.

 

[Aravis]

The stone doesn't use the general term "gravity hill" at all, and states clearly that the local name is "Croy Brae". Sadly I didn't read this properly until this morning so I won't find out how I was to be awarded my bonus point.

Your next task is to find this:

 

[Aravis]

Oh dear, we've slipped onto the second page again.

I think the visible geographical features should be enough, but if we move down the hill a bit, perhaps things become a little clearer: