Game: Name that road!

[MontyVeda]

finally!

Can't see a name for the road but it's going through the village of Overbury, north and east of Tewkesbury.

And there is something rather grand on the other side of the wall on the left.

 

[lazybloke]

Well done @MontyVeda. I was starting wonder what clues to give.

I've no connection with the village of Overbury at all, it was just a quaint village I spotted on Streetview when planning a long but quiet route from home (Surrey) to Cradley near Malvern. At nearly 140 miles it would have been my longest ride ever, but this was a few years ago when I was commuting and much fitter.

The plan got abandoned because I ended up taking the family in the car, but I really fancy doing a loooooong ride later this year, so the route has stuck in my mind.

Over to you!

 

[MontyVeda]

Well done @MontyVeda. I was starting wonder what clues to give.

I've no connection with the village of Overbury at all, it was just a quaint village I spotted on Streetview when planning a long but quiet route from home (Surrey) to Cradley near Malvern. At nearly 140 miles it would have been my longest ride ever, but this was a few years ago when I was commuting and much fitter.

The plan got abandoned because I ended up taking the family in the car, but I really fancy doing a loooooong ride later this year, so the route has stuck in my mind.

Over to you!

It does look like a lovely area... Overbury and the villages around it appear untouched for a couple of hundred years. There's a track called the Yellow Brick Road to the east of the village heading down to Beckford which would be tempting to follow.

I'll be back with the next road shortly.

 

[MontyVeda]

OK... this is variant B of Name That Road.

I don't know where this road is and have never cycled it...

The photo is from an old family photo album i found years ago in a junk shop. No idea who the family is, but most of the pictures are taken in and around the Conwy and Llandudno area of North Wales, so i guess it's somewhere round there.

Here's a couple more from the album, to give you an idea of its vintage (mid '30s I guess, by the car?).

 

[MontyVeda]

Well, it's not far from the station. So that narrows it down a bit.

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since i don't know where it is, I can't give clues but can offer as much help as i can...

 

[ColinJ]

Well, it's not far from the station. So that narrows it down a bit.

That narrows it down A LOT - there were not hundreds of stations in N Wales...

Apart from that though... another tricky one!

 

[lazybloke]

There's a big hilltop behind the house (a slightly rounded part is just visible between the trees - might be distinctive).


The children will be older.

 

[MontyVeda]

Here's a few more photos from the album which may help you get the general area

I used to think the two on the right was Llandudno, but I'm not so sure now


And i'm pretty sure that's the island off Anglesey (the coastguard has since leveled the sea)


The big house looks like it could be a national trust type property


The front of the big house

...and i think the writing on the paddle boat is PB Co. Gwynedd

 

[classic33]

Pantasaph keeps on coming up in searches.

 

[lazybloke]

The little island is Puffin Island off the eastern side of Anglesey.

Edited to add: but I think the seafront picture (with the scarred hillside behind) is mainland, maybe Barmouth????

2nd edit: Huh, you already knew it was Anglesey. Obviously the recent covid jab has addled my braincell.

 

[MontyVeda]

The little island is Puffin Island off the eastern side of Anglesey.

Edited to add: but I think the seafront picture (with the scarred hillside behind) is mainland, maybe Barmouth????

2nd edit: Huh, you already knew it was Anglesey. Obviously the recent covid jab has addled my braincell.

looks a lot more like Barmouth than it does Llandudno

On the downside, it looks like this 1930s family trip to Wales covered a lot more ground than I'd anticipated...

this could be a challenge too far

 

[MontyVeda]

Not much activity going on with the current name that road challenge and not knowing where it is myself means i can't nudge people in the right direction.

So rather than stall the thread with a difficult road to name.... here's a road that I do know and have cycled many many times

 

[ColinJ]

Maybe we should have a sister thread for this kind of thing? Please help - I want to cycle here but don't know where it is!

 

[BrumJim]

looks a lot more like Barmouth than it does Llandudno

On the downside, it looks like this 1930s family trip to Wales covered a lot more ground than I'd anticipated...

this could be a challenge too far

Hmm, the house looks like a low-grade stone cottage. The roof would be very low, and being on a street corner doesn't make it particularly desireable. At a guess, this would have been knocked down some time ago, particularly if it was in a tourist area.

 

[ColinJ]

Hmm, the house looks like a low-grade stone cottage. The roof would be very low, and being on a street corner doesn't make it particularly desireable. At a guess, this would have been knocked down some time ago, particularly if it was in a tourist area.

Having checked a lot of places near small Welsh stations but had no success, I am inclined to agree!