Not far off! Relatively speaking, anyway. I've ridden this road on the way to Skipton before.
Game: Name that road!
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Is that coming from Dorset or Oxford?
From Leeds!
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Can't think what took us so long 
Edit: I think this road might've been on the Women's ToB last year? They probably went past this spot on a commercial break.
Edit: I think this road might've been on the Women's ToB last year? They probably went past this spot on a commercial break.
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Yeah, lovely part of the world, and I particularly enjoyed riding out to Otley - descending East Chevin! Incidentally, one of the few Strava segments where I'm anywhere near competitive with pros (UCI Worlds last year)... on the bike in the pictureCan't think what took us so long
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Edit: I think this road might've been on the Women's ToB last year? They probably went past this spot on a commercial break.
Anyway, your turn
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Thanks @Solocle. That certainly wasn't easy. The only thing I could see to hunt for was a farm track leaving a straightish road at an angle slightly to the left of perpendicular. I wasn't going to find that without the area being narrowed down significantly.
And now for something completely different. This was taken by my dad, on holiday, probably August 3rd 1975. I can narrow it down to that extent because I know which test match England were playing while we were travelling the previous day. I've ridden past this spot just once, on Good Friday 1984.
And now for something completely different. This was taken by my dad, on holiday, probably August 3rd 1975. I can narrow it down to that extent because I know which test match England were playing while we were travelling the previous day. I've ridden past this spot just once, on Good Friday 1984.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Scotland?
Tribansman
Veteran
This is the first one I've recognised!
High Street, Gatehouse of Fleet
High Street, Gatehouse of Fleet
OP
OP
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I was looking around Otley but that was one of the few roads that I hadn't got round to checking!Can't think what took us so long
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Edit: I think this road might've been on the Women's ToB last year? They probably went past this spot on a commercial break.
There is something quite distinctive about the lower Wharfe valley which is in the distance.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Well done @Tribansman, I thought there was a fair chance someone would recognise it. If not, I was going to help with a couple more pictures from the same time which combined would definitely have put you on the right road:
In pre by-pass days Gatehouse used to be transformed at certain times of the day by a procession of vehicles of this type, quite an exciting feature when on holiday but no doubt the townspeople were glad to see the back of them.
When I passed through in 1984 I'd travelled up overnight on the train to Dumfries and rode to Stranraer for a lunchtime ferry, all the way on the A75 apart from a little corner-cut east of Gatehouse. I don't remember it being anything other than delightful.
Over to @Tribansman ...
In pre by-pass days Gatehouse used to be transformed at certain times of the day by a procession of vehicles of this type, quite an exciting feature when on holiday but no doubt the townspeople were glad to see the back of them.
When I passed through in 1984 I'd travelled up overnight on the train to Dumfries and rode to Stranraer for a lunchtime ferry, all the way on the A75 apart from a little corner-cut east of Gatehouse. I don't remember it being anything other than delightful.
Over to @Tribansman ...
Tribansman
Veteran
Thanks Aravis. Interesting history that. I recognised the tower from when I went through Gatehouse on my LEJOG route.
Right, shouldn't be too difficult this (have used a street view image as it looks quite different from the actual picture i took, which was also a bit grainy)...
Right, shouldn't be too difficult this (have used a street view image as it looks quite different from the actual picture i took, which was also a bit grainy)...
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
ditto
Tribansman
Veteran
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I'm good at this
