Game: Name that road!

[lazybloke]

Well done @Aravis , it is The Causeway.
I had come from Lakeside, followed the steam railway to the Swan Hotel, then took tiny lanes West to avoid the A-road.
The flood and scenery looked amazing in the late evening light - the photo doesn't quite do it justice, not surprising as it was already getting dark. Lovely lanes in that area.
Am 99% sure this is the gate on streetview : https://goo.gl/maps/4KJBUqdrfvMgAWwm7

I was only vaguely aware of the Bay Cycleway, and used some of it on the way back. Hilly!

 

[Aravis]

I'll try this one. You could say the river matches the sky:

 

[lazybloke]

I'll try this one. You could say the river matches the sky:

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Forge End over the River Leadon.

 

[lazybloke]

Not much doubt about that pic (too good a clue, @Aravis!), so am putting up another pic - hopefully less obscure than my last one.

Well streetview actually, because I didn't have a camera at the time. It was Day 1 of my first ever cycling holiday, and I was heading for the coast.
I was nowhere near my usual Surrey villages, so this place felt like another world. Absolutely amazing, really opened my eyes to cycling.

 

[Aravis]

Not much doubt about that pic (too good a clue, @Aravis!)

Well done @lazybloke. It's quite a popular road for cycling but I didn't think you'd have much chance without a clue. The sky had brightened a bit by the time I reached that spot so I was stretching things a bit for the sake of the pun. The picture is from my January 2018 ICaM ride.

There's an old watermill behind the spot I was standing with the wheel still in place. While I was stopped the chap living there asked if I was OK. Apparently the water had been a lot higher a few hours earlier and some of the cyclists who insisted on coming through regardless were not totally OK.

I like your comment about a moment that opened your eyes to cycling. I suspect we all have seminal moments like that - possibly a productive subject for a thread if it hasn't already been done.

 

[lazybloke]

Well done @lazybloke. It's quite a popular road for cycling but I didn't think you'd have much chance without a clue. The sky had brightened a bit by the time I reached that spot so I was stretching things a bit for the sake of the pun. The picture is from my January 2018 ICaM ride.

There's an old watermill behind the spot I was standing with the wheel still in place. While I was stopped the chap living there asked if I was OK. Apparently the water had been a lot higher a few hours earlier and some of the cyclists who insisted on coming through regardless were not totally OK.

I like your comment about a moment that opened your eyes to cycling. I suspect we all have seminal moments like that - possibly a productive subject for a thread if it hasn't already been done.

Well I initially thought "Somerset", and spent a while comparing OS maps to Environment Agency flood maps. Your clue quickly put me back on track.

 

[Tribansman]

Not much doubt about that pic (too good a clue, @Aravis!), so am putting up another pic - hopefully less obscure than my last one.

Well streetview actually, because I didn't have a camera at the time. It was Day 1 of my first ever cycling holiday, and I was heading for the coast.
I was nowhere near my usual Surrey villages, so this place felt like another world. Absolutely amazing, really opened my eyes to cycling.

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North Pennines?

 

[lazybloke]

North Pennines?

You're not a massive distance away, but Google says this place has a different geology and age.

 

[ColinJ]

You're not a massive distance away, but Google says this place has a different geology and age.

My guess is somewhere in the North York Moors. If it is, I'll spend more time looking for which road it is. I have found some that look very similar but don't want to waste hours on a wild goose moor chase looking for the actual road!

I haven't ridden there but would like to give it a go before I would need an ebike to get up the climbs...

 

[lazybloke]

My guess is somewhere in the North York Moors. If it is, I'll spend more time looking for which road it is. I have found some that look very similar but don't want to waste hours on a wild goose moor chase looking for the actual road!

I haven't ridden there but would like to give it a go before I would need an ebike to get up the climbs...

Yes!

 

[Venod]

I thougt NYM, I wondered if this was a clue "Absolutely amazing, really opened my eyes to cycling" Moor to Sea route ?

 

[ColinJ]

I have a few things to do now. I bet that @Dogtrousers or someone else finds it before I get back to the computer. If not, I'll try again this evening!

 

[Tribansman]

Can't see the actual name of the road on Google Maps, but is it the road between Hetton le Hole and Castleton, not far from Castleton?

Edit: Blakey Lane?

 

[lazybloke]

I thougt NYM, I wondered if this was a clue "Absolutely amazing, really opened my eyes to cycling" Moor to Sea route ?

You can take the "opened my eyes" comment at face value. It really was a landscape that I'd never encountered on a bike before, maybe in a car on a family holiday when I was younger, but there's nothing like being on a bike in the fresh air as the daylight starts to fade. This road kept on delivering; absolutely stunning views on a scale totally unlike the boring Sarf East.

 

[lazybloke]

Can't see the actual name of the road on Google Maps, but is it the road between Hetton le Hole and Castleton, not far from Castleton?

Yes, that's the road. It's a streetview pic you should be able to find the exact spot.