martina dominici (asker) Jul 2, 2013:

Avevo visto il Cinder Track inglese ma non credo abbia a che fare con il racconto. Grazie comunque Haribert! Silvia, la tua è una buona pista, anche se forse Jacki-dart con la traduzione di cinders con scorie (che favoriscono appunto la trazione) ha cntrato il punto. Ci penso ancora un po'...

haribert Jul 2, 2013:

Ciao, non vorrei confonderti le idee..xò ho trovato che "cinder track" è anche il nome di una linea ferroviaria inglese, xò forse avrebbe dovuto essere maiuscolo..

http://www.gatewaywhitby.co.uk/projects/the cinder track

The Cinder Track
From 1885 until its closure in 1965 the old railway line from Scarborough to Whitby took goods and passengers up and down the North Yorkshire coast. Now it's an off road route through the North York Moors National Park for walkers, horse riders and cyclists.

You might decide to make a slight detour and visit one of the quiet bays such as Crook Ness, Cloughton Wyke, Hayburn Wyke, Stoupe Beck Sands or Maw Wyke Hole, or make a circular walk of it by taking in part of the Cleveland Way.

You may prefer to stop for a pint at the Hayburn Wyke Hotel or for afternoon tea at the old station in Cloughton or the cafe in Ravenscar. You could hire a bike from Trailways at Hawsker. You can explore our early industrial heritage at the Peak Alum Works - the birthplace of the British chemical industry - where locally mined rock was combined with human urine, brought up by barge from London,

Silvia Roveda Jul 2, 2013:

non so se può essere utile....Cinders have been used on track surfaces and roads to provide additional traction in winter conditions
in questo caso si tratterebbe di carbone, più che cenere...