MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I knew the trip to East Lancs would trip a few of you up 
Game: Name that road!
- Thread starter ColinJ
- Start date
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figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
First guess based on nothing more than intuition is somewhere in the Minchinhampton/Badminton area?
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
The picture was taken in early October a few years ago, late morning.
On the right you can see a long barrow which sounds as though it's occupied by someone big in neolithic times.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Why do I even try??
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
You did manage to misread a number of signs, but we've all been there.
One of the suggestions made so far was spectacularly close, and it was difficult to know how to react to that without giving the game away completely. One additional clue: the watercourse in the foreground is a headwater of a river which shares it's name with many others, and is forever associated with one of the greatest Britons.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
OK, so now I'm right on it.
River must be Avon, famous Briton Shakespeare. Barrow suggests Salisbury, through which the Avon passes.
A close search of the headwaters of the Avon above Pewsey, however, whilst scatologically rich (Cock Lane, cuckoo's knob) reveals no barrows.
OK, back to "spectacularly close" guess. Minchinhampton is bleedin miles from Pewsey. Why don't I pay attention?
Right. Just south of Minchinhampton is... Avening! There's an unnamed (on OS) river running through, but it *must* be an Avon, right? Another fruitless search for barrows commences, this time not even leavened by cuckoo's knobs.
OK, so Badminton? There's a river just north, and hey presto! Giants cave long Barrow!! GOTCHA!!!
Following the river downstream we find Bradford upon Avon, and Streetview gives us, heading west from Luckington:
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Perfectly done, @roubaixtuesday. I get the impression you enjoyed that in the end...
The famous Briton is obviously not Shakespeare, but I made sure it would sound as though it could be. By the way, who was it?
Over to you now.
The famous Briton is obviously not Shakespeare, but I made sure it would sound as though it could be. By the way, who was it?
Over to you now.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Wow! Good work! Glad my intuition was working well too - it just looked familiar from times I’ve driven to and around the Badminton Horse Trials.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Brunel?
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
I think very, very easy this one.
Well done. I think that I must have looked at every B Road in Lancs apart from this one.
Tribansman
Veteran
Damn it, I'd identified Giant's Cave from Google but couldn't place the exact spot on street view
That's very impressive persistence and reasoning @roubaixtuesday 👍
- Location
- Inside my skull
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roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
- Location
- Inside my skull
Here you go. Hopefully fairly easy.
