Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
It wasn't fully formulated but was going to be something to do with the rules about drought restrictions. Or stockings.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The previous road was a first... The picture of a road was posted. It is recognised by someone who does not name it but gives an unsolicited clue. The clue is used by someone else to find the road but he doesn't name it either. Then the OP comes back on and he also doesn't name it!!! 
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Beautiful pic. Main road heading North (ish) to a summit. Looks Scottish borders (or maybe Welsh?) to me. Can't find it!
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
...which for anyone who hasn't figured it out yet, leads you to Hoselaw.
@Mr Celine is quite right to award the win to @Marchrider, and what a superb picture we have as a result.
Personally I'm quite happy with folks giving clues to other poster's puzzles.
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Slingdean? Heading north from Saughtree on B6357
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Marchrider
Über Member
The previous road was a first... The picture of a road was posted. It is recognised by someone who does not name it but gives an unsolicited clue. The clue is used by someone else to find the road but he doesn't name it either. Then the OP comes back on and he also doesn't name it!!!
it is a wonderful little road that affords wonderful views over the northern Cheviots
here is the google map link that I think you are after
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gVSBzNFS9s3ffjwx6
and here is a view of the cheviots looking over hoselaw loch that I used in the "My Ride Today" thread
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-7335951
I was along there today, but the hills weren't out, cloaked in low cloud
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Ha had a look round there (as well as border roads further east) after the clue, but didn’t traverse that road.
Marchrider
Über Member
Spot on - your turn
here's the map link https://maps.app.goo.gl/JF4YQdw6WxNHv46N6
It is a curious road, it is a sort of super highway across the hills with little more than a dilapidated single track road on either end of it, I believe it was back in EU days (and please lets not go down that mad road) and money given to help rural areas, in this case the extraction of timber from the large commercial forests. Its a well made road, lovely surface and has very little traffic, watch out for the logging trucks though, they don't take prisoners - but most of all it is a fantastic road to ride on
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I was looking at it on my little phone screen earlier and it didn't have quite the same impact as on my 12" laptop screen - yes, superb!
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Excellent
I cycled it once (in an audax) and immediately recognised it. Must have been suffering at the time 
Will scroll through some of my photos and post tomorrow
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
It's older than that, though may have been widened at some point. The summit is known as Note o' the Gate which IIRC has some connection with Mary Queen of Scots. Old OS maps show a toll bar at the summit, according to Canmore it was turnpiked in 1825.
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Here you go, photo for new challenge - name that road.
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iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Clue - It's on a long distance cycling route.
robjh
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire - almost Essex
I'd been looking at Caradon Hill transmitter in Cornwall, but I can only see two masts there, and in any case can't find any road at just that angle, though it has strong south-west moorland vibes to me. Although I accept that other moors are available.
