English translation: small country lane / side road
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Explanation: It sounds like this is a junction with a signpost pointing to "Castelltallat"; it sounds like a small country lane like there are lots of in Wales or Cornwall, which I know well.
Thanks Deborah and everyone! This works well. I also like side road- thanks neilmac, wish I could divvy up points. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Knowing that the directions are for reaching a "masia" or country house is useful, but the part of the text we are discussing seems to indicate a "pista" previous to the actual access to the house, which could indeed be car/tractor made and full of holes. I now also realize that the text does not say "pista asfaltada", also commonly used in the case of minor roads.
Hi, Sherry! "Track road" is a very commonly used term for the type of road I mentioned in my answer. As opposed to "track", it is actually a "car-made" road, i.e. made by cars consistently going to wherever, in this case, the rural house.
Asking about the road quality may be difficult. I think it would take a long chain of people to get to the original writer of this part of the text. :) "Track road" may be an option for a road that is less 'finished'. Although I have to admit I haven't heard it used much. Is it common?
...that track might give drivers more warning about pothole content! Don't know how ready British visitors are to hurl their vehicles down along such surfaces. Also if you are looking for a minor road, you might ignore anything which is not metalled. Any chance of asking about the surface quality?!
Are we heading for something pretty rural Sherry? The reason I ask is that it would seem feasible to have a dirt track / unmetalled road etc to reach, say, a nature reserve, or a casa rural, but not an airport!
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4 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
minor road / track
Explanation: Pista can refer to a minor asphalted road, with no painted lines. They are common in rural areas and are used by vehicles and walkers.
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Viajando por GALICIA. Los Ancares, Parque Natural. ... can be reached by minor roads, which are sometimes little more than country tracks. ... www.galinor.es/galeria/ancares-e.html -
At 9k cross the A9 and continue along minor roads through the 'new' town of Milladoiro. ... The familiar yellow arrows showing the route through Galicia are ... www.csj.org.uk/route-camino-portugues.htm
darwinista Local time: 21:12 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English, Spanish PRO pts in category: 16
14 mins confidence:
track road
Explanation: This tends to be a road actually marked out by the tyres of cars that have steadily passed, creating a track with no asphalt but with the natural clay in the area.
margaret caulfield Local time: 21:12 Works in field Native speaker of: English, Spanish PRO pts in category: 16
Explanation: UK English: a minor road branching off of a main road.
I have to get home along some of these, and my house is on a non-asphalted dirt track (camino rural) full of potholes that gets washed away if it rains too heavily;)
neilmac Spain Local time: 21:12 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 57
Explanation: It sounds like this is a junction with a signpost pointing to "Castelltallat"; it sounds like a small country lane like there are lots of in Wales or Cornwall, which I know well.
Deborah Lockett Local time: 20:12 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 155
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Thanks Deborah and everyone! This works well. I also like side road- thanks neilmac, wish I could divvy up points.
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