Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I cant get an exact match but is it Castlemoreton Common? Sort of looks right
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
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figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Looks like it to me! Nice find.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Yes that's right @Dogtrousers. I was a little back from the road which will have made it harder to find a precise match. You can see the same signpost in the middle distance.
It's an absolutely gorgeous road, giving all the feeling of being in the uplands without having to climb very much, although if you use it as a through route there are are a couple of short and sharp ascents. It's on the edge of the Malverns so there's some serious climbing and off-roading nearby if that's more to your liking.
Looking forward to what you have for us next...
It's an absolutely gorgeous road, giving all the feeling of being in the uplands without having to climb very much, although if you use it as a through route there are are a couple of short and sharp ascents. It's on the edge of the Malverns so there's some serious climbing and off-roading nearby if that's more to your liking.
Looking forward to what you have for us next...
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Also, here is a January view, taken while on a ride a few years ago, a bit lower down on the same road. Seriously nice!
You can ride to the top of the highest summit almost completely on tarmac if you want to...
You can ride to the top of the highest summit almost completely on tarmac if you want to...
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I found it by figuring that the sky was a bit darker on the left so it was probably facing east, and looking for an unfenced road west of Bredon hill. I grew up in the West Midlands and we often had family outings to Malvern and Bredon Hill.
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It looked a bit different in 1992
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-39960232
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-39960232
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Here we go. THat's my bike on the right. I don't know the cyclists pictured, I hope I've not violated anyone's image rights.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
(Referring back to Aravis's road...)
It looks like a nice place to ride.
I have been thinking for a while now about organising a forum ride to the Malvern Hills from Coventry, where one of my sisters still lives. I reckon it would be near enough 100 miles. It is something that I will save for a post-Covid time though, or at least a post-Covid-vaccination time!
It looks like a nice place to ride.
I grew up in Coventry but only went to Malvern once (by car).
I have been thinking for a while now about organising a forum ride to the Malvern Hills from Coventry, where one of my sisters still lives. I reckon it would be near enough 100 miles. It is something that I will save for a post-Covid time though, or at least a post-Covid-vaccination time!
I can see the Malvern Hills from most of the rides I go on. Not far from me at all. I'm not fit enough to get up them yet though, so possibly another target for next year. I did plot a route on Komoot to go up there but took a look at the elevation profile and totally bottled it. I'm simply not capable yet.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
A year can make a big difference - as long as you keep on riding regularly and gradually stretch your limits!
Indeed. I'll try and conquer Alpe de zwift first but I've started from zero fitness and improved so much that I think the Malverns is a possibility next year.
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
I reckon it would be quite a stretch to do Coventry to the Malverns and back without going too far over 100 miles. You might find you have to take pretty much the shortest route there and back, and then not have enough time in the hills when you're there.
This might be old hat, but I wonder if the Broadway Tower, the highest (I think) through route in the Cotswolds might be a better target. I've sketched out a route which starts at Warwick University (where else
), and using mostly routes I've used at one time or another, including some good traffic-free stuff, negotiates a couple of seriously steep climbs on the way back, and at the end passes the cyclists' memorial at Meriden:https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34366477?beta=false
It's kinda the wrong way round for me though.
Now, I am sure I recognise this. National Trust property on the right. Forest and a lake ahead. Bewl Water or Weir Wood? Am I warm?
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yes - it would probably be a quick trip over one of the hills and straight back.
That looks very similar to the route of The Cotswold Challenge audax from Meriden. I bumped into @dave r at the start of the event about 10 years ago.This might be old hat, but I wonder if the Broadway Tower, the highest (I think) through route in the Cotswolds might be a better target. I've sketched out a route which starts at Warwick University (where else
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34366477?beta=false
For some reason I can't find my GPX file of the route. It might have been on my old laptop, in which case it has probably been lost now.
It was a nice route.
lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
I had similar thoughts and scoured the maps yesterday, without much luck. is it on streetview?
