Lands End to Lowestoft on midsummers night 2014
Discussion
Good luck everyone.
I wanted to do this but I originate from Lowestoft and don't live too far from there now. So I would be driving to LE and back. The finish at Lowestoft would be a bit of an anti climax for me having grown up in the area. That said I would still like to tick this off my list.
There are new average speed cameras on the A12 around Witham btw. Very subtle and probably difficult to spot at night as they are small and Blue iirc? Certainly not obvious anyway so once you get past Chelmsford stick to 70.
I also think the 40 limit just before Ipswich has now been cleared. No fixed cameras north bound on the a12 between Ipswich & Lowestoft.
I wanted to do this but I originate from Lowestoft and don't live too far from there now. So I would be driving to LE and back. The finish at Lowestoft would be a bit of an anti climax for me having grown up in the area. That said I would still like to tick this off my list.
There are new average speed cameras on the A12 around Witham btw. Very subtle and probably difficult to spot at night as they are small and Blue iirc? Certainly not obvious anyway so once you get past Chelmsford stick to 70.
I also think the 40 limit just before Ipswich has now been cleared. No fixed cameras north bound on the a12 between Ipswich & Lowestoft.
B3NNL said:
Red Cerbera will be there ready for the off Sat evening.
Going to take a cheapie walkie talkie from Maplins so if anyone else has one bring it along, we can get ourselves on the same channel and have some radio chat en route.
Any idea which model? I'll try and go to Maplins on my way to LE.Going to take a cheapie walkie talkie from Maplins so if anyone else has one bring it along, we can get ourselves on the same channel and have some radio chat en route.
Count me out. Spent yesterday doing a shed load of work on the car after identifying that the reason the crank sensor was appearing faulty and the ignition was out was that the overlay pulley had shifted on the main crank pulley body.
She's back together and running but until I've done a few more miles I'm not keen on throwing her at a trip like this.
She's back together and running but until I've done a few more miles I'm not keen on throwing her at a trip like this.
Making good headway, passed through A303 with no issues, druids already gathering at the henge but roads all empty... Perhaps they all came on their dragons?! Quick refuel at Andover shell garage and back on track to the M3.
M3 roadworks from fleet services had their enforced 50mph limit for about 15 miles, but all passed without issue. Onto M25 and a quick driver change at j17, now approaching j21 on M25 and currently approximately 18mins ahead of schedule.
M3 roadworks from fleet services had their enforced 50mph limit for about 15 miles, but all passed without issue. Onto M25 and a quick driver change at j17, now approaching j21 on M25 and currently approximately 18mins ahead of schedule.
A quick video of the cars leaving Lands End: https://goo.gl/photos/wP7hrg3R8Fw7cpWN6
Having watched it, I apologize to those in the Alfa for the amount of smoke that we were belching out - I learned that the accelerator in that Audi makes it louder and deploys a smokescreen, but doesn't appear to do much to the speed...
Having watched it, I apologize to those in the Alfa for the amount of smoke that we were belching out - I learned that the accelerator in that Audi makes it louder and deploys a smokescreen, but doesn't appear to do much to the speed...
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