Calling Red Devil .... Location needed.

[Slippydiff]

So, a genuine question RD, where is this section of road :





I can narrow its location down a bit, it could be "around" Ellesmere, possibly Cholmondley/Castle or some castle ruins with a moat ? in a village whereby the road runs right alongside them ??

Having looked at the map more closely, that'll be Whittington

So somewhere around Whittington Sorry I can't be anymore helpful than that.

[Slippydiff]

Red Devil said:

I'm flattered by your estimation of my abilities.
However the likelihood of my recognising a random bit of B road from a few trees bordering a double bend is a bit tenuous!
What makes you think the location is on the borders of Cheshire/Shropshire btw?

Cos I remember the drive. but not the road

[Slippydiff]

Red Devil said:

If you can tell me where your start and end points were that might help.

I may need to call upon the assistance of John H. Watson though...

If I knew that, I'd happily spend an hour on GMaps and establish the location myself, but I thought with your "photographic memory" you may have been able to recall the location.

I suspect the images were taken sometime between '86 and '89 after I'd been spectating on a gravel event in Dyfi or Coed Y Brenin. I was heading back to Threapwood (between Whitchurch and Wrexham).

[Slippydiff]

Red Devil said:

The most direct route from Coed-y-Brenin to Threapwood would be Bala->Corwen->Llangollen->Ruabon.
Can't think of anywhere on that which might resemble the photos.
However you mentioned Whittington, which would imply a return route via Oswestry.

The bank of trees on the right are evergreens/conifers which suggests a location further west.
As does the terrain: east of the A5 is much flatter and more open. Still not ringing any bells though.
With only a double bend and some trees to work with it's makes identification a tad difficult.

Plus Wales isn't my destination of choice so I'm not as well acquainted with it as other areas.

I have other pictures taken on the same journey, I just can't find them currently .... Looking at the map I think Dyfi is more likely than Coed y Brenin.

[Slippydiff]

The field on the left of the images has the "feel" of the fields alongside the A495 from Welshampton to Ellesmere (before they widened it), a road I know well. The section of road I photographed is even narrower than the A495 (pre-widening)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9025607,-2.87340...