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Steve
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5th Dec 11 at 18:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
evo triangle is a bandwagon type of road
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quote:
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evo triangle is a bandwagon type of road


Bit like the 'Ring IMO.
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Evo triangle was good the first time but head over Snowdonia way and there's far better.

I've done all the usuals, Snake, Woodhead, Buttertubs, Triangle, Cat and Fiddle. Of those the Snake pass is probably my favourite but I've driven some roads in Scotland that are better but I don't actually know what roads they were.
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The "rest and be thankful" road is bloody good and a fav with the Evo boys up this way.
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B6255 between ribblehead and hawes is one of my favs.
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Forgot that I also like this, had some awesome NSL sections which were a great drive until getting stuck behind yet another tractor But the good parts far outweighed a couple of tractors along the way.

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Black mountains is good, there are some better roads close by though allegedly.
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My favourite local road is A592 Windermere to Penrith over Kirkstone Pass. The Mini is made for that road. It's got everything. Up and over a massive Lakeland pass, a few good length straights and a road that snakes up and down and around tight corners and fast flowing corners. It's fantastic.

Have a look at the street view at various points along it to see what I mean.

http://g.co/maps/zfe76



[Edited on 05-12-2011 by mwg]




Was going to say last time I went to the lakes and windamere we stumbled accross some cracking roads


Nothing really round this way stand out wise. Couple of good back lanes if you know them but thats about it.
Lakeside roundabouts

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Just found this site, it seems to have a decent top 10 list http://www.carpages.co.uk/caterham/caterham-09-09-08.asp

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My favorite local road is what I call the Rockley road.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1T4GPEA_enGB311GB312&q=marlborough+to+broad+hinton,+swindon&gs_upl=0l0l0l6744lllllllllll0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl

The road from Newbury to Wantage is also great.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1T4GPEA_enGB311GB312&q=newbury+to+wantage&gs_upl=0l0l0l16768lllllllllll0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl

This one from Wantage to Ashbury is also great, but very bumpy.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1T4GPEA_enGB311GB312&q=wantage+to+ashbury,+swindon,+uk&gs_upl=0l0l0l6605lllllllllll0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl
It takes in the Uffington White Horse.



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They're all the same link mate Newbury to Wantage looks good though, not that far from me so may have to try it Got a couple of days off next week

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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787

Was going to say last time I went to the lakes and windamere we stumbled accross some cracking roads


only problem is 90% of the time they are full of tourists

at night in the summer they are amazing
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Kirkstone pass
Hartside
Hard Knott pass

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They're all the same link mate Newbury to Wantage looks good though, not that far from me so may have to try it Got a couple of days off next week


Fixed it. Also do the Wantage to Ashbury, after coming from Newbury. Once your in Ashbury turn right and that takes you back to the A420. Which is a shit road.
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This is a run that I did a few times earlier this year, some great views and a brilliant road. At the end is one of the two shops I know of in England that sell Irn Bru in glass bottles, nice little bonus

I was tempted to go again a while back but it's a 6 hour round trip, seemed a bit excessive for a random drive out in the Combo

Honister pass is a good one too

[Edited on 05-12-2011 by Mike B]
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I really do hate the A420 I got lost and confused in Swindon because the satnav was trying to take me down the A420 and I refused to go that way

Nice, I wanted to go round by the white horse at some point too. Stay on the B4000 until you get to the A361 and up to the A40 - that's my preferred way back instead of that dreaded A420

[Edited on 05-12-2011 by Daveskater]

Numberwang!

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I like you Dave, you are a man of men

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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle

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Ojc
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Road driving is too dangerous and boring
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Oxymoron much.
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dont find that in england
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
My favourite local road is A592 Windermere to Penrith over Kirkstone Pass. The Mini is made for that road. It's got everything. Up and over a massive Lakeland pass, a few good length straights and a road that snakes up and down and around tight corners and fast flowing corners. It's fantastic.

Have a look at the street view at various points along it to see what I mean.

http://g.co/maps/zfe76



[Edited on 05-12-2011 by mwg]


I was going to say this, or Hartside Pass, although it is quite scary at times!
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Originally posted by Ojc
Road driving is too dangerous and boring


Never been up north or to Scotland then this is why you southerners are so obsessed with track days, your roads are shite.
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dartmoor national park. (B3212)


road from yelverton to prince town and then just keep going and going until you want to turn home.
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i think mwg should go on a track then compare his roads

he will never boot it on a road again imo

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