The "guess the place" thread

[Rig of Jarkness]

Where's this?

Haven't a clue but I'll guess Kielder ?

[Rig of Jarkness]

Here's a very recognisable stand of trees in the pissing rain:



And a bit of the view, if you need it:

Another wild guess.  Exmoor ? Webbers Post ?

[andrew_s]

Haven't a clue but I'll guess Kielder ?

further south than that

[clarion]

Another wild guess.  Exmoor ? Webbers Post ?

A fair way east of there.  I got there & back in a day's drive, with time for a walk, albeit a short one, given the conditions.

[Adrian]

100 Aker Wood?

[Jaded]

100 Aker Wood?

[Martin]

100 Aker Wood?

I would not have guessed from the second photo but if it is indeed Ashdown Forest it's Gills Lap (Galleons Lap in the Pooh books)

[clarion]

It's not Five Hundred Acre Wood, but it is Ashdown Forest, so it'd be niggling to say no.  It's TQ474301.  The clump of trees is quite distinctive, and is called Kingstanding Clump on Pillow Mound, which may be an ancient earthwork.  It certainly looks like it could be the site of the heffalump chase, where they go round in circles.

Gill's Lap is nearby, but that's not the view, which is across Old Mill towards the back of The Warren.



The ice cream van in the Caption It thread is taken facing the other way in the car park

[Martin]

gotttit now; took a team photo there at the last Surrey/Sussex Xmas ride

interesting that Disney (who now own or something the Poohsticks bridge site) have created more characters for their version of the strories than Milne and Shephard ever did, when I went there I was expecting to see a bunch of fibreglass cartoon characters on the bridge....

Hundred Acre Wood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[clarion]

I am outraged that Disney have felt it appropriate to add raccoons, skunks and porcupines as residents of Sussex.  I recognise that there are very few tigers, bears & kangaroos, either, but Milne put them there, so that's somehow different.

What I most object to is the introduction of heffalumps.  Part of the point of the episode with heffalumps & woozles was that they don't exist.

Bloody septics

And I'm not even that fond of the books


Poohsticks bridge is (or at least was until recently) remarkably uncommercialised, but I suspect that's because it's a bit of a walk from Hartfield or even the nearest car park, so very few tourists can be bothered to get there.

[Deano]

Ok, another one:

Sorry about the sun spot.

Is that Mardale?  I think it's too broad, but...

[αdαmsκι]

Is that Mardale?  I think it's too broad, but...

Nope, not the flooded village of Mardale, which I think you're refering to, or any other Mardale for that matter.

[Deano]

Is that Mardale?  I think it's too broad, but...

Nope, not the flooded village of Mardale, which I think you're refering to, or any other Mardale for that matter.

That is the one I meant, behind Haweswater. 

[Tewdric]

Wasdale?

[αdαmsκι]

Nope, not Wasdale. Head northwards.

[RJ]

Glen Feshie?

[αdαmsκι]

Nope, not Glen Feshie. The photo is taken from the assent of a Munro, and it's normal to then continue onto an adjacent Munro.

[andrew_s]

Glen Clova?

[αdαmsκι]

Yip, that's the one.

[eck]

Glen Clova?

Yip, that's the one.

Oh dear, we live about five miles from here, and ride the road regularly. I didn't recognise it at all. 

[αdαmsκι]

Oh dear, we live about five miles from here, and ride the road regularly. I didn't recognise it at all. 

I did wonder if you're figure the location. It's taken from the ridge heading up Driesh, so certainly a different view than one gets by cycling up the glen.

[David Martin]

Glen Clova?

Yip, that's the one.

Oh dear, we live about five miles from here, and ride the road regularly. I didn't recognise it at all. 

+1 (but 25 miles).

Then again, that is a somewhat different view. Last time I went up Dreish was with an iceaxe and a rope..

[jogler]

Ice axe & rope?
That's EXTREME cycling that is,none of your poncy off-roading

[Bluebottle]

The scardiest I have been up a hill has been on the plateau before the summit of Mayar.  Having waded up the Kilbo (Rivers of Mud) one crisp February, we got onto the plateau to plough head-long into a gale.  Not too bad apart from the fact that I couldn't feel my hands, and the wind was picking up ice particles and shot-blasting my legs...and 2 100 kg guys with rucksacks and lifting them a foot off the ground.

[Jaded]